Bruce Allen Flora

Bruce Allen Flora, age 51 of Boones Mill passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born September 30, 1959 in Boones Mill and was preceded in death by his mother, Wysor Divers Flora. Bruce graduated from Franklin County High School in 1977 and from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Master of Arts Degree in History. He was a true blood Hokie. He also graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Juris Doctorate Degree in Law. He practiced with the firm of Baxley, Pratt, and Wells in Lugoff, SC. He then moved back to Virginia because he missed his Hokies, and opened his own law practice in Boones Mill where he gained his work family at the Franklin County Courthouse. Surviving are his father, David Samuel Flora; brothers, Dennis Page Flora and Barry Lynn Flora; his sister-in-law, Aimee Flora and Pee Wee Simpson; two nephews, Derek Flora and Dakota Flora; and a host of family members, colleagues and friends. Funeral services will be conducted from Flora Funeral Chapel 11 a.m. Saturday with Pastor Bruce Huffman officiating. Interment will follow in the Germantown Brick Church of the Brethren Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Germantown Brick Church of the Brethren, 2363 Brick Church Road, Rocky Mount, Virginia 24151. The family would like to give special thanks to Dr. Christopher Pile, Carilion Hospice and the nursing staff of Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. His family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Friday at Flora Funeral Service & Cremation Center, Rocky Mount.