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     Her Social Security Number was 227-52-0425.³ Erma Arlene Guilliams was born on March 28, 1939 at Franklin Co., Virginia.^2,4,3 As of June 14, 1958,her married name was Custer.¹ She married Daniel Wayne "Danny" Custer, son of Willie Clinton Custer and Eva Pauline Guilliams, on June 14, 1958 at Franklin Co., Virginia.^1,4 Erma Arlene Guilliams died on January 26, 2013 at Franklin Co., Virginia, at age 73.^4,5,3 She Erma Guilliams Custer, 73, of Callaway, passed through the gates of heaven on January 26, 2013, having not awakened from complications from a brain aneurysm suffered on December 23, 2013. She was born on March 28, 1939. She was preceded in death by her parents, T.L. (John) Guilliams and Minnie Nichols Guilliams; her sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ann Guilliams Webb and Henry Webb; and brother-in-law, Glenn Randleman. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Danny Custer; son, Keith Custer, and girlfriend, Debbie Shouse, both Roanoke; daughter, Sherri Custer, Callaway; five grandchildren, 2nd Lt. Clinton Custer and wife, Kristin, Ft. Sill, Okla., Chelsea Custer, Vienna, Mitch Custer, Roanoke, special granddaughter, Jami Leigh Stanley, Callaway, and Dylan Stanley, Callaway; one great- grandson, Alexander Lee Custer, Ft. Sill, Okla; two sisters, Nancy Bradley, Rocky Mount, and Barbara Randleman, Winston Salem, N.C. , along with a host of nieces ;and nephews. Erma worked at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital for almost fifty years. She was a lifelong member of St. Peters in the Mountains Episcopal Church where she served in many capacities including church organist for more years than anyone can remember. Her Sunday morning loaf of bread and famous pound cake will be sorely missed. Erma was a lover of any sport played with a ball and was especially fond of Duke Basketball, Redskins football and Dodgers baseball. She enjoyed her children's and grandchildren's sports and hardly ever missed a game, cheering their teams and razzing the referees. She will be missed by all. The family would like to give special thanks for the care Erma received from the Neurotrauma Intensive Care Unit staff at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and also the Carilion Clinic Hospice staff, especially Kitty Ruby and Karen Tosh. Funeral Services will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday, February 2, 2013 at St. Peters Church, Callaway, with the Rev. John Heck officiating. Interment will be private before the service at the Church Columbarium. on January 27, 2013.⁴