Bristol, VA - December 6 - 10, 2000 Obituaries: BRISTOL HERALD COURIER
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Wednesday, December 6, 2000
Pauline Sheffey Anderson
MARION, Va. -- Funeral services for Pauline Sheffey Anderson will
be held Thursday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. in the Barnett's Marion
Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Neville Mozingo, Rev. Mike Sage
and Rev. Mark Ross officiating. Burial will follow in Round Hill
Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from
6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Anderson, 76, of Marion, passed away Sunday, Dec. 3,
2000, in the Smyth County Community Hospital.
She was preceded in death by her son, Anthony Anderson and
her brother, William Sheffey.
Survivors include: one son: Keith Todd Anderson of Marion; seven
daughters: Mary P. Anderson of Bristol Virginia, Evangeline A. Cox
of Troutdale, Va., Donna M. Anderson of Marion, Roslyn A. Stovall
of Marion, Deborah A. Calloway of Moneta, Va., H. Regina Roberts
of Marion and Karen S. Slack of Marion; one sister: Roslyn Graham
of Newark, Del.; 30 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren;
several nieces and nephews; and a multitude of friends.
Barnett's Marion Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Willard E. Bailey
The committal service for Willard Earl Bailey will be conducted at
11 a.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of Memories Mausoleum at
Mountain View Cemetery. Entombment will follow.
Mr. Bailey, 81, of Bristol Tennessee, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000,
at Bristol Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements especially for Mr. Bailey have been made through
Oakley-Cook Funeral Home.
Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail at
ocookfh\Npreferred.com.
Louise Carnes Baisden
LEBANON, Va. -- Graveside funeral services for Louise Carnes
Baisden will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Family
Cemetery in Breeden, W.Va., with the Rev. Jerry Messer
officiating. Burial will follow in the cemetery. In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be made to Lebanon Memorial United Methodist
Church, P.O. Box 158, Lebanon, VA 24266.
Mrs. Baisden, 84, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, in Maple Grove
Health Care Center.
Combs Funeral Service is serving the Baisden family.
Margaret S. Cassell
The committal service for Margaret S. Cassell will be conducted
at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the graveside at Glenwood Cemetery
with Rev. Davis Whitesides officiating. A memorial service will
follow at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Windsor Avenue Presbyterian
Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to
Windsor Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1100 Windsor Ave., Bristol,
TN 37620 or the Adult Respite Care Program c//o Central
Presbyterian Church, 300 Euclid Ave., Bristol, VA 24201.
Mrs. Cassell, 91, of Bristol Tennessee, died Saturday, Dec. 2,
2000.
Arrangements especially for Mrs. Cassell have been made thorugh
Oakley-Cook Funeral Home.
Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at
ocookfh\Npreferred.com.
Jeffrey Edward Emmert
Funeral services for Jeffrey Edward Emmert will be conducted at 1
p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at the graveside in Weaver
Cemetery with the Rev. Scott Price officiating. Pallbearers will be
Junior Clark, Alan Emmert, Jim Davis, Jamie Davis, Don Sternfeld
and Matthew Davis. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8
p.m. Wednesday at Weaver Funeral Home.
Mr. Emmert, 42, of New York City, died Thursday, Nov. 30, 2000,
at St. Vincent Hospital after a brief illness.
Weaver Funeral Home is in charge.
Thomas F. Ferreira Jr.
BRIGHTON, Mass. -- Thomas F. Ferreira Jr., died Dec. 4, 2000.
He was the beloved husband of Margaret C. (Chadwick); devoted
father of James M. and his wife, Jennifer, of Abingdon, Va.,
Denise E. of Brookline, Mass., and the late Thomas F. III,; loving
grandfather of Michael Sergei, Thomas Dimitri and the late
Genevieve Ferreira; brother of Louise Enos of Hyannis, Catherine
Brooks of New Hampshire, Eleanor Happenny of Falmouth, Mass.,
Patricia Howland of Sandwich, Mass., William of Florida, Richard of
Boston, Mass., and Robert of Falmouth. He is also survived by his
aunt, Babe Krzewick, of Newton, Mass.; and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral from the Lehman & Reen Funeral Home, 643 Chestnut Hill
Ave., Brighton, Mass., on Thursday at 9 a.m. A funeral Mass will
be held in St. Gabriel Church, Brighton, at 10 a.m. Visiting hours
in the funeral home on Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Interment
will take place in Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne,
Mass.
He was a Marine veteran of World War II and a member Boston
Carmen's Union Local 589.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to St. Jude Childrens Hospital, P.O.
Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101-0050 would be appreciated.
Mr. Ferreira was very fond of Southwest Virginia and East
Tennessee because of the kindness shown his family during his
granddaughter Genevieve's illness.
Lucille Bennett Hamm
NEW CONCORD, Ohio -- Evelyn Lucille Hamm, 72, died Saturday,
Dec. 2, 2000 at The Beckett House, New Concord.
She was born Dec. 11, 1927, in Bristol Tennessee, a daughter of
the late James E. and Nettie Sproles Cross. She was a former
dental office receptionist and had formerly resided in Upland,
Calif.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Susan Bennett.
Survivors include three sons, Cary Bennett of New Concord,
Lance Bennett of Upland and Miles Bennett of Livermore, Calif.; a
sister, Betty Kolonis of Victorville, Calif., a brother, Jack Cross of
Bristol Tennessee; three grandchildren; and several nieces and
nephews.
Services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in Oak Park Cemetery,
Claremont, Calif.
Memorial contributions may be made to The American Diabetes
Association.
Mock-Miller Funeral Home, New Concord, is handling the
arrangements.
Eulis Clell Johnson
Eulis Clell Johnson, 55, of State Line Ridge No. 1, Paynesville,
W.Va., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, at his residence.
Born in Jolo, W.Va., May 20, 1945, he was the son of Garland
Johnson of Whitewood, Va., and the late Lou Eva Blankenship. He
was a retired mechanic, attended Cross View Church of Christ,
bred and showed pacing horses and had won several blue ribbons.
He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.
He was preceded in death by two brothers: Garland Ray Johnson
and Terry Johnson; three sisters: Francis Blankenship, Penny
Akers and Robin Riley.
In addition to his father, he is survived by his stepfather: Ersel
Blankenship; his wife of 33 years: Dolly Stacy Johnson of
Paynesville; two daughters: Mrs. Roger (Jeanette) Matney of
Paynesville and Cheri Johnson of Charleston, W.Va.; nine sisters:
Betty Lou Blankenship of Galax, Va., Florine Stacy of Kentucky,
Judy Carol Blankenship and Rose Mary Lester, both of Paynesville,
W.Va., Elsie Marie Matney of Panther, W.Va., Helen Matney and
Dorothy Wolford of Bristol Tennessee, Pat Stiltner of Grundy, Va.,
and Brenda Johnson of Ohio; six brothers: Ercel Edward
Blankenship of Paynesville, James Johnson of Galax and Jessie
Clark Mitchell, Charles Mitchell, Everett Ellis Blankenship and John
Richard Blankenship, all of Paynesville. He is also survived by one
grandson: Kevin Clell Matney of Paynesville.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at 1
p.m. at Cross View Church of Christ with Evangelist Hobert
Kennedy officiating. Burial will follow in the Johnson Family
Cemetery on State Line Ridge No. 1, Paynesville.
Family and friends will serve as active pallbearers. Honorary
pallbearers will be: Dr. J.G. Patel, Dr. R. Patel and Dr. Rasik Sahai.
The family will receive friends at the Cross View Church of Christ
on State Line Ridge No. 1 Wednesday after 6 p.m. Evening
service will be held at 7 p.m.
The family of Eulis Clell Johnson is being served by the
Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home of Grundy.
Wilma Lee Jones
CLINTWOOD, Va. -- Wilma Lee Jones, 49, died at Dickenson
County Medical Center, Clintwood, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2000.
A lifelong resident of Dickenson County, she was the daughter of
the late Chester Ratliff and Faye Smith Ratliff. She was a member
of Flemingtown Freewill Baptist Church where she taught youth
league.
Surviving are her husband, Clarence H. Jones, Clintwood; mother,
Faye Ratliff, Clintwood; son, Artie Mullins, Manassas, Va.;
daughter, Cindi Farmer, Sterling, Va.; two brothers, Lee Don
Ratliff, Dixon, Calif., and Joe Ratliff, Clintwood; sister, Teresa
Newberry, Clintwood; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 7,
2000, from the Clintwood Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lester
Mullins and Rev. L. Myers Mullins officiating. Burial will follow in
the Moore Cemetery, Route 3, Clintwood. The family will receive
friends after 6 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. A song
service will follow at 7 p.m. Relatives and friends will serve as
pallbearers.
Clintwood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mary McClellan
Mary McClellan passed away Dec. 4, 2000, in her home.
Mrs. McClellan was born and raised in Dundee Scotland and
served the British Royal Air Force as a plane spotter during World
War II. She married her husband and moved to the United States
at the close of the war. She was preceded in death by her loving
husband, Octor.
She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Linda
McClellan and Steve and Lola McClellan; four grandchildren,
Jimmy, Alan, Maggie and Kaine; and two great-grandchildren,
Braxton and Megan.
The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at
the graveside in the National Cemetery at Mountain Home, Tenn.,
with Pastor Thomas Quickel officiating.
Blevins Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. McClellan.
Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at
blvinsfh\Npreferred.com.
Charlotte Geneva Miller
Mrs. Charlotte Geneva Miller, 82, of Doran, Va., died Tuesday,
Dec. 5, 2000, in a Raleigh, N.C., hospital.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Hurst-Scott Funeral
Home in Richlands.
Rocky R. Mitchell
HAYSI, Va. -- Funeral services for Rocky Richard Mitchell will be
conducted Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, at 11 a.m. at Haysi Funeral
Home Chapel with Elders Frank Newsome, Toby Bailey, William
McClananhan and Harvey Creech. Burial will follow in the Mitchell
Family Cemetery at Route 1, Haysi.
Mr. Mitchell, 34, of Route 1, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, at his
residence.
Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Alfred S. Nickels
Mr. Alfred S. Nickels, 65, of Hilton Head, S.C., died in Vanderbilt
Hospital, Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, Dec. 4, 2000.
Mr. Nickels was born and raised in Bristol Tennessee. He
graduated from both the McCallie School and Georgia Institute of
Technology. He formed the Nickels-Saacke Corporation in Bristol
Tennessee, specializing in real estate, building and development.
This corporation developed Forest Hills III and Middlebrook
subdivisions. Mr. Nickels was a former member of First
Presbyterian Church, Bristol County Club, the Bristol Board of
Realtors and the Lions Club. He moved to Hilton Head in 1978,
where he continued a career building home and condominiums. He
as the president of Nickels and Associates of Hilton Head and was
associated with Spinnaker Development Company. He was also a
member of the South Carolina Board of Realtors.
He is survived by his mother, Martha Nickels Preston, Grand
Court, Bristol Virginia; four children, Dr. Michael Nickels and his
wife, Kelly Kim, Hershey, Pa., Dr. Scott Nickels and his wife, Kelly,
Nashville; Britt Nickels, Townsend, Ga., and Lauren Nickels, Hilton
Head. Mr. Nickels is also survived by two grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his father, J. Wood Nickels and his brother,
Jack Nickels.
After a private internment, a memorial service will be held at 3
p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at Central Presbyterian Church. Dr.
Robert Lowry will officiate. The family will greet friends in the
church immediately after the service. A memorial service will also
be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, at Lowcountry
Presbyterian Church, 10 Simmonsville Road, Bluffton, S.C. Those
desiring may make contributions to The American Cancer Society,
126 Johnson St., Bristol, VA 24201.
E-mail condolences may be sent to the family at
akardfh\n3wave.com.
Akard Funeral Home is serving the family of Mr. Nickels.
Dean Raymond Rasnick
DEMOREST, Ga. -- Dean Raymond Rasnick, 45, died Dec. 3, 2000,
at his home.
He was born Aug. 16, 1955. He was a former resident of Haysi,
Va.
He was preceded in death by a son, Gregory Shannon; his
grandparents, Joe and Lizzie Rose and Joseph and Ida Rasnick,
and also his father, Woodrow Wilson Rasnick.
He is survived by his children, Joshua, Dean Jr., Steven, Heather,
Ricky and Bradley; two grandsons, Joshua Arron and Gregory
Shannon II; his mother and stepfather, Clara and Harry Jabiro,
Madison Heights, Mich.; two brothers, Karl Rasnick, Coeburn, Va.,
and Matthew Jabiro, Madison Heights; three sisters, Carolina Boji,
Farmington Hills, Mich., Rosanna Fachou and Dean Chaoulagh,
Madison Heights; and several nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts and
friends.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at 11
a.m. at Haysi Funeral Home Chapel with Elder A.L. Yates. Burial
will follow in the Joe Rose Cemetery at Route 1, Clinchco, Va.
Military graveside rites will be held by VFW Post 8979 of
Clintwood, Va. The family will receive friends at the funeral home
after 6 p.m. on Wednesday where a service will be held at 7 p.m.
with Elder A.L. Yates.
Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Margaret Tamer
NORTON, Va. -- Margaret Tamer died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, in
St. Mary's Hospital Long Term Care.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later. Hagy
Funeral Home of Norton in charge of arrangements.
Francis B. Widener
SEVEN MILE FORD, Va. -- Frances Blevins Widener, 81, died
Monday, Dec. 4, 2000, at her home.
She was the widow of Abram W. Widener and a member of
Grosses Creek Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters: Ellen Williamson, Atkins, and
Connie Hayton, Marion; one son, David Widener, Seven Mile Ford;
two grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; and seven
step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Grosses
Creek Baptist Church, Chilhowie, with Rev. Lloyd L. Sheets and
Rev. Mark Lundy officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the
Williams Funeral Home.
Alberta Yates
BIRCHLEAF, Va. -- Funeral services for Alberta (Bird) Yates will be
conducted Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, at 2 p.m. at Haysi Funeral
Home Chapel with Elders Joe Lee Edwards and Frank Viers
officiating. Burial will follow in Rakes Ridge Cemetery at Birchleaf.
Pallbearers will be Anthony Anderson, Clark Anderson, John
Edwards, Fayne Edwards, Barry Mullins, Mark Mullins, Kevin
Edwards, Steve Viers and Jessie Yates. Honorary pallbearers will
be Dr. H.C. Scott, Dr. Marguerite C. Lippert and Dr. Eugene Foley.
Mrs. Yates, 71, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, at her home.
Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Thursday, December 7, 2000
Bobby L. Almany
Bobby L. (Bob) Almany of New Canton, Va., died Tuesday, Dec 5,
2000.
He was a retired Virginia State Trooper and was preceded in
death by his wife, Janis Cowan Almany.
He is survived by two sons: Charles H. Almany of Powhatan, Va.,
and R. Paul Almany and his wife, Mary, of Glen Allen, Va.; one
daughter: Alison A. Harding and her husband, Andy, of Powhatan;
and three grandchildren: Amanda, Dillon and Summer.
The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the
graveside in Glenwood Cemetery with the Rev. Fred Dearing
officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 a.n. until noon
Saturday at Blevins Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be
sent to Centenary United Methodist Church, 411 E. Grace St.,
Richmond, VA 23231.
Arrangements especially for Mr. Almany have been made through
Blevins Funeral Home.
E-mail condolences may be sent to the family at blvinsfh
Npreferred.com.
Lokiel M. Arden
Lokiel M. Arden, 70, of 408 Newland Ave., Kingsport, went to be with
the Lord Tuesday evening Dec. 5, 2000, at Wellmont Holston Valley
Medical Center, Kingsport, following a short illness.
Lokiel was preceded in death by her parents, James O. and Eva Reece
Miller; two brothers; and one grandson, James Travis Grace. She was a
member of Bloomingdale Baptist Church and a member of the church
choir.
Lokiel is survived by her husband of 45 years, Glenn Arden of the home;
one daughter and son-in-law, Valice and Rev. Danny Grace of Scranton,
S.C.; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Brooksie and Don Meade of
Gray, Tenn., Belle and Lewis Gentry of Kingsport and Barbara and J.
Fred Lane of Kingsport; one brother and sister-in-law, Claud and Evelyn
Miller of Harvest, Ala.; two granddaughters, Analiese Grace of Florence,
S.C., and Angela Grace of Scranton, S.C.; two grandsons, Ricky and
Reese Grace of Scranton; and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, 5-7 p.m. at the Carter-Trent
Funeral Home downtown. Funeral service will be held Friday at 1 p.m.
at the Bloomingdale Baptist Church with Rev. Joe W. Byrd officiating.
Music will be provided by the Bloomingdale Church Choir. Pallbearers
will be the deacons of Bloomingdale Baptist Church. Interment will
follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church one
hour before service. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the
Bloomingdale Baptist Church.
Carter-Trent Funeral Home downtown is in charge of arrangements.
Jeffrey Edward Emmert
Funeral services for Jeffrey Edward Emmert will be conducted at 1 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at the graveside in Weaver Cemetery with the
Rev. Scott Price officiating. Pallbearers will be Junior Clark, Alan
Emmert, Jim Davis, Jamie Davis, Don Sternfeld and Matthew Davis. The
family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Weaver
Funeral Home.
Mr. Emmert, 42, of New York City, died Thursday, Nov. 30, 2000, at
St. Vincent Hospital after a brief illness.
Weaver Funeral Home is in charge.
Lucille Bennett Hamm
NEW CONCORD, Ohio -- Evelyn Lucille Hamm, 72, died Saturday,
Dec. 2, 2000 at The Beckett House, New Concord.
She was born Dec. 11, 1927, in Bristol Tennessee, a daughter of the late
James E. and Nettie Sproles Cross. She was a former dental office
receptionist and had formerly resided in Upland, Calif.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Susan Bennett.
Survivors include three sons, Cary Bennett of New Concord, Lance
Bennett of Upland and Miles Bennett of Livermore, Calif.; a sister, Betty
Kolonis of Victorville, Calif., a brother, Jack Cross of Bristol Tennessee;
three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont,
Calif.
Memorial contributions may be made to The American Diabetes
Association.
Mock-Miller Funeral Home, New Concord, is handling the
arrangements.
Myrtle C. Hart
CHILHOWIE, Va. -- Mrs. Myrtle C. Hart, 77, died Wednesday (Dec.
6, 2000), at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Va.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time. D.R. Henderson Funeral
Home is in charge.
Warren Payton Harvey
COEBURN, Va. -- Warren Payton Harvey, 70, died Wednesday, Dec.
6, 2000, at Norton Community Hospital in Norton, Va.
Mr. Harvey was a retired coal miner and a former employee of
Westmoreland Coal Co.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Randall and Julie Kern
Harvey.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Harvey; two sons, Jerry Harvey and Jeff
Harvey, both of Coeburn; three daughters, Sandra Mefford and Patricia
Barnette, both of Coeburn, and Kim Carpenter, Gray, Tenn.; one sister,
Millie Cole, Martinsville, Va.; eight grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; and several nephews and nieces.
Funeral service will be held Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, at 2 p.m. at Pine
Camp Church of God of Prophecy. Rev. Curtis Bond and Rev. Sammy
Hall will be officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Memorial
Gardens in Coeburn. Visitation will be held at Pine Camp Church of God
of Prophecy on Thursday after 5 p.m.
Estes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Oma Lee Hodge
Oma Lee Hodge, 85, of Bristol Tennessee died Wednesday, Dec. 6,
2000, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
She was the daughter of the late Charlie and Mary Farris Helton. She
was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband, John B.
Hodge. She was a member of Fellowship Chapel Church.
Survivors include several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Akard Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev. Lester MacKinnon officiating. Burial will be in
Glenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers will be friends. The family will receive
friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Akard Funeral Home.
E-mail condolences may be sent to akardfh\n3wave.com.
Akard Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Hodge.
Wilma Lee Jones
CLINTWOOD, Va. -- Funeral services for Wilma Lee Jones will be
conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, from the Clintwood
Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lester Mullins and Rev. L. Myers
Mullins officiating. Burial will follow in the Moore Cemetery, Route 3,
Clintwood.
Mrs. Jones, 49, died at Dickenson County Medical Center, Clintwood,
on Monday, Dec. 4, 2000.
Clintwood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Geneva Hodges Miller
Mrs. Geneva Hodges Miller, 82, of Doran, Va., died Tuesday, Dec. 5,
2000, in a Raleigh, N.C., hospital following a brief illness.
She was born in Swords Creek, Va., and was a daughter of the late John
and Lillie Mae Dye Justice, both Russell County natives.
She was a lifelong resident of the Doran area and was a retired nurses
aide at the Mattie Williams Hospital.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first
husband, Mr. Clarence Hodges, second husband, Mr. Teddy Miller and
several sisters and brothers.
Survivors are: one daughter: Mrs. Robert (Linda) Harris of Raleigh; three
sons: Jimmy and wife, Judy, Hodges of Newport News, Va., John and
wife, Juanita, Hodges of Newport News and Bobby Hodges of North
Wilkesboro, N.C.; one sister: Mrs. Dorothy Perkins of Swords Creek;
and one brother: Mr. Ernest Justice of Tazewell, Va. Eight grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the Hurst-Scott
Funeral Chapel in Richlands with Rev. David Danford officiating.
Interment will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va.
Relatives and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Friends may call at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands after 6
p.m. Thursday.
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands is in charge of arrangements.
Amy M. Moore
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Amy Lorae Mutter Moore, 32, died Monday,
Dec. 4, 2000, in Knoxville as the result of an automobile accident.
She resided in the Knox County area. She was a graduate of
Chuckey-Doak High School in Greenville, Tenn., attended Walters State
College in Morristown, Tenn., and continued her education in the legal
profession. She became a paralegal and assisted several prominent
attorneys in Knoxville. She attended and was a member of Trinity United
Methodist Church in Big Stone Gap, Va. She was a wonderful daughter,
loving mother and caring sister. "Aim," we will miss you terribly.
She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Frank and
Mattie Mutter and by her maternal grandfather, Worley Hopson.
Surviving are her son, Andrew "Drew" Kerr; her parents, Rev. Ronnie R.
and Patsy Ann Mutter of Big Stone Gap; two brothers and
sisters-in-law, Randy and Karen Mutter of Greenbrier, Tenn., and Joe
and Kelli Mutter of Lake Wiley, S.C.; two sisters and brothers-in-law,
Connie and John Hislop of Gatlinburg, Tenn., and Jeanna and Jeffery
Large of Crystal River, Fla.; two nephews, Brandon Mutter and Grant
Hislop; and a special friend, Steven Fleenor of Big Stone Gap.
Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Trinity United Methodist
Church in Big Stone Gap. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m.
Friday at the church with the Rev. Frank M. "Bob" Bostick and the Rev.
Dennie D. Humphreys officiating. Burial will follow in Powell Valley
Memorial Gardens, Big Stone Gap. Pallbearers will be Randy Mutter,
Joe Mutter, Fred Herndon, Kenny Spurlock, James Fleenor and Skip
Skinner. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Hospice Choice, P.O. Box 349, Norton, VA 24273, and an educational
fund will also be established for Amy's son, Andrew M. Kerr, Custodial
Fund, Attn: Fred Preston, Union Planters Bank, 900 S. Gay St.,
Knoxville, TN 37902.
Holding Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Alfred S. Nickels
After a private internment for Mr. Alfred S. Nickels, a memorial service
will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at Central Presbyterian
Church. Dr. Robert Lowry will officiate. The family will greet friends in
the church immediately after the service. A memorial service will also be
held 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, at Lowcountry Presbyterian
Church, 10 Simmonsville Road, Bluffton, S.C. Those desiring may make
contributions to The American Cancer Society, 126 Johnson St., Bristol,
VA 24201.
Mr. Nickels, 65, of Hilton Head, died in Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville
on Monday, Dec. 4, 2000.
E-mail condolences may be sent to the family at akardfh\n3wave.com.
Akard Funeral Home is serving the family of Mr. Nickels.
Delpha "Dell" Ogletree
Delpha "Dell" Ogletree, 79, of Bristol Tennessee died Wednesday, Dec.
6, 2000, at Bristol Regional Medical Center.
She was born in Lafayette, Ind., the daughter of the late James and Cora
Ethel Carter Chessman and moved to Bristol in 1956. She was a
member of Fellowship Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Homer E. Ogletree; four
daughters, Shirley Morley of Gray, Tenn., Mrs. James D. (Paige Ann)
Skaggs of Marietta, Ga., and Mrs. Carl (Jodie) Jenkins and Heather
Nicole Ogletree, both of Bristol Tennessee; one son and
daughter-in-law, Paul and Cindy Ogletree of Bluff City, Tenn.; eight
grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of
Memories Mausoleum in Glenwood Cemetery with Rev. Scott Watson
officiating. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at
Oakley-Cook Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be
made to the National Kidney Foundation of East Tennessee, Inc., P.O.
Box 1135, Blountville, TN 37617.
Arrangements especially for Mrs. Ogletree have been made through
Oakley-Cook Funeral Home.
Condolences may be sent via e-mail to ocookfh\Npreferred.com.
Dean Raymond Rasnick
DEMOREST, Ga. -- Funeral services for Dean Raymond Rasnick will
be conducted Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at 11 a.m. at Haysi Funeral
Home Chapel with Elder A.L. Yates. Burial will follow in the Joe Rose
Cemetery at Route 1, Clinchco, Va. Military graveside rites will be held
by VFW Post 8979 of Clintwood, Va.
Mr. Rasnick, 45, died Dec. 3, 2000, at his home.
Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Stuart Rife
Mr. Stuart Rife, 86, of the Pilgrim Knob section of Buchanan County
passed away Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Jack (Brenda) Cole.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Buchanan Funeral Service in
Keen Mountain, Va.
Robert Kyle Settle
LEBANON, Va. -- Robert Kyle (Bobby) Settle, 26, died Wednesday,
Dec. 6, 2000, in the Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center in
Kingsport.
Arrangements are incomplete. Combs Funeral Service is serving the
Settle family.
Lethia W. White
Mrs. Lethia Ellen Wagner White, 83, of Flint, Mich., formerly of the
Compton Mountain section of Buchanan County, Va., passed away
Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, in Grand Blanc, Mich., at the Genesys
Convalescent Center following a lengthy illness.
Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Callaway and
Mary Horn Wagner.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,
Estil White, one son, Perry Gene White and three brothers, Alvis, Elmer
and Harvey Wagner.
She is survived by: one daughter, Nadine and son-in-law, Jim Joyce of
Flint; one daughter-in-law, Jeri White of Pilgrim Knob, Va.; three
grandsons, Darren and Kim Joyce of Swartz Creek, Mich., Bryan and
Becky Joyce of Flint and Justin and Becky White of Elizabethton, Tenn.;
two granddaughters, Jeannine and Bryant Mullins of Salvisa, Ky., and
Kelli and Ted Golembiewski of Mt. Morris, Mich.; two
great-granddaughters, Jillian and Kassi Joyce of Swartz Creek; two
great-grandsons, Perry Ross and Jonathan Mullins of Salvisa; one sister,
Hattie Hagerman of Rock, W.Va.; one sister-in-law, Jenny Wagner of
Compton Mountain; and many special nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, at
Flatwoods Church of Christ on Compton Mountain with Rev. Clarence
Herron officiating. Burial will follow in the Wagner Family Cemetery on
Compton Mountain. Pallbearers will be: Tommy Compton, Buskell
Keene, Lonnie White, Gerald Collins, Ronald Compton, Steve White,
Tim Wagner and Larry Hagerman. Honorary pallbearers will be: Ernest
Kennedy, Elwood Yates, James Wagner, Rodney Wagner, Greg
Cantrell, Daniel Wagner and Tye Hagerman.
Family will receive friends at Flatwoods Church of Christ on Compton
Mountain from 6-9 p.m. Thursday.
Buchanan Funeral Service at Keen Mountain, Va., is in charge of
arrangements.
David Lewis Williams
David Lewis Williams, 55, of 7683 Reedy Creek Road, Bristol, Va.,
died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, in Wellmont Hospice House.
A native of Maben, W.Va., he had lived in the Bristol area since 1962.
He was a truck driver for Coyne Textiles and was of the Baptist faith. He
was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in Vietnam. He was
discharged from the Army National Guard as a staff sergeant.
Survivors include wife: Betty Williams; four daughters: Mrs. Jeff (Angela)
Hobbs, Mrs. Scott (Edie) Hale, Mrs. Richard (Sandra) Davis and Mrs.
Daniel (Rhonda) Malloy, all of Bristol Virginia; son: David Lewis
Williams Jr., Jackson, Tenn.; sister: Jan Williams, Bristol Tennessee; nine
grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a very special
mother-in-law: Anna Lee Greer.
Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, in the
Weaver Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Walter Statzer officiating.
Committal will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Oak Vale Cemetery in West
Virginia. Honorary pallbearers will be Gary Hensley, Knox Fleenor,
Oscar Sproles, Mike Gibson, Tim House, Dale Hallaway, Roger Gibson
and a special friend, Edna Green. The family wishes to express their
appreciation to a very special friend and employer, Tommy Coyne of
Syracuse, N.Y. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in
the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel.
Friday, December 8, 2000
Bobby L. Almany
The funeral service for Bobby L. (Bob) Almany will be conducted
at 2 p.m. Saturday at the graveside in Glenwood Cemetery with
the Rev. Fred Dearing officiating. The family will receive friends
from 10 a.m. until noon Saturday at Blevins Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Centenary United
Methodist Church, 411 E. Grace St., Richmond, VA 23231.
Mr. Almany of New Canton, Va., died Tuesday, Dec 5, 2000.
Arrangements especially for Mr. Almany have been made through
Blevins Funeral Home.
E-mail condolences may be sent to the family at blvinsfh
Npreferred.com.
Lokiel M. Arden
Funeral service for Lokiel M. Arden will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the
Bloomingdale Baptist Church with Rev. Joe W. Byrd officiating. Music
will be provided by the Bloomingdale Church Choir. Pallbearers will be
the deacons of Bloomingdale Baptist Church. Interment will follow at
Oak Hill Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church one hour
before service. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the
Bloomingdale Baptist Church.
Mrs. Arden, 70, of 408 Newland Ave., Kingsport, went to be with the
Lord Tuesday evening Dec. 5, 2000, at Wellmont Holston Valley
Medical Center, Kingsport, following a short illness.
Carter-Trent Funeral Home downtown is in charge of arrangements.
Peggy Brown
ABINGDON -- Mrs. Peggy Brown, 60, of 318 Court Street died
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at home.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Farris Funeral Service is serving
the family of Peggy Brown.
Macarthur Davis
Macarthur Davis, 56, of the Wolford section of Route 1, Hurley, Va.,
passed away at the Buchanan General Hospital Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000,
following a brief illness.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Grundy Funeral Home of
Grundy, Va.
Harold Claude Dean
NORTON, Va. -- Harold Claude Dean, 65, passed away Tuesday,
Dec. 5, 2000, at the VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tenn.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and had worked in the local area as
a truck driver.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Claude and Pauline Jackson
Dean.
Surviving are one daughter, Melissa Carol Dean, Richmond, Va.; three
brothers, Earl Dean, Lenoir City, Tenn., and Roy Dean and Jimmy Dean,
both of Norton.
Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Friday at Sturgill Funeral
Home Chapel, Wise, Va., with Rev. Roy Dean and Rev. Gary Smith
officiating. Burial will follow in the Gardner Cemetery, Norton, with
military graveside services conducted by Norton VFW Post 4301 and
Wise D.A.V. Chapter 56.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until the time of service at 1
p.m. Friday at Sturgill Funeral Home, Wise. The family requests that
contributions or memorials be made to Sturgill Funeral Home, P.O. Box
1068, Wise, VA 24293.
Shorty Denton
Willie Clyde (Shorty) Denton, 86, of Blountville, Tenn., went peacefully
to be with his Lord on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, in Holston Valley
Medical Center after a period of declining health.
Shorty was born in Scott County, Va., on Feb. 2, 1914, the son of
William Benjamin and Virgie Booher Denton. Shorty moved to Sullivan
County at the age of 16. Shorty retired from Tennessee Eastman
Company where he was foreman in building No. 120 of the CE Division
after 30 years of service. He was a member of the Masonic Whiteside
Lodge of Blountville. He was a member of Miller's Chapel Baptist
Church. Other than his parents, Shorty was preceded in death by a
grandson: Benjamin Berry Helvey; two brothers: John Hugh Denton Sr.
and Herbert Denton Sr.; and a brother-in-law: Carmel Stevens. Shorty
was a kind, sincere and devoted man whose laugh brought joy to others.
He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Georgia Berry Denton of
the home; two daughters and sons-in-law, Margaret Helvey and her
husband, Thomas, and Linda Ramsey and her husband, Vance, all of
Blountville; a son, James W. (Jim) Denton of Blountville; eight
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Bonnie Stevens of
Blountville; and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be 5-7 p.m. Saturday at East Lawn Funeral Home with
a Masonic service following the visitation at 7 p.m. in East Lawn Chapel
conducted by Blountville Whiteside Lodge. The funeral service will be at
2 p.m. Sunday in the East Lawn Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Johnny
Bowlin and Elder Basil Freeman officiating. Burial will follow in the East
Lawn Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be grandsons, nephew and
friends: Derek Helvey, Brent Helvey, Darren Ramsey, Jason Denton,
Myrt Worley, Daryl Falin and Robert C. Evans. Honorary pallbearers
will be Harvey Long, Thomas Helvey, Vance Ramsey, Herbert Denton
Jr., Ralph Baker and Sam Berry. In lieu of flowers, the family requests
that memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude's Children Research
Hospital, 501 Saint Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or to the American
Heart Association, P.O. Box 905, Kingsport, TN 37662.
East Lawn Funeral Home is serving the Denton family.
Myrtle C. Hart
CHILHOWIE, Va. -- Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle C. Hart will be
conducted at 8 p.m. Friday (Dec. 8, 2000) at the D.R. Henderson
Funeral Home with Rev. Wayne Kestner officiating. The family will
receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday just prior to the service.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Mount
Rose Cemetery with the Saltville V.F.W. Post No. 7328 conducting
military rites. Pallbearers: Anthony Ferguson, Henry Howell, Danny
Tilson, Mike Helton and Gary Kelly and honorary pallbearer: Alex
Hamm.
Mrs. Hart, 77, died Wednesday (Dec. 6, 2000), at Roanoke Memorial
Hospital in Roanoke, Va.
She was the daughter of the late Graham and Bertha Helton and was the
widow of Edward L. Hart. Mrs. Hart was a charter member of the Joy
Baptist Church, Chilhowie, and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War
II.
Survivors: one daughter and son-in-law: Norma and Roger Blevins,
Lenoir City, Tenn.; two sons and daughters-in-law: Jerry and Barbara
Helton, Basking Ridge, N.J., and Bobby and Jeanie Hart, Chilhowie; one
sister: Minnie (Ludy) Kelly, Saltville, Va.; three brothers: Edward Helton,
Christopher, Ill., Paul Helton, Charleston, S.C., and Charles Helton,
Birmingham, Ala.; four grandchildren: Tanya H. Howell, Anthony
Ferguson, Jill Blevins and Hope Blevins; four great-grandchildren: Alex
Hamm, Sydney Ferguson, Emily Ferguson and Lindsey Catherine
Ferguson; and several nieces and nephews.
Oma Lee Hodge
Funeral services for Oma Lee Hodge will be conducted at 11 a.m.
Saturday in Akard Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lester MacKinnon
officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers will be
James Tate, Mike Tate, Mike Stevens, Bobby Stevens, Mark Stevens,
Wayne Rush and Gary Kestner. The family will receive friends from 6-8
p.m. Friday at Akard Funeral Home.
Mrs. Hodge, 85, of Bristol Tennessee died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000,
in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Hodge was preceded in death by three sisters, Leona Logan,
Thelma Brown and Ethel Stevens; and two brothers, Charles Helton and
Kyle Helton.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to Fellowship Chapel Church, 201 Crockett
St., Bristol, VA 24201.
E-mail condolences may be sent to akardfh\n3wave.com.
Akard Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Hodge.
Geneva Hodges Miller
Funeral services for Mrs. Geneva Hodges Miller will be conducted
Friday at 2 p.m. at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands with
Rev. David Danford officiating. Interment will follow in Greenhills
Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va. Relatives and friends will serve as
pallbearers.
Mrs. Miller, 82, of Doran, Va., died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, in a
Raleigh, N.C., hospital following a brief illness.
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands is in charge of arrangements.
Clella Rogers Minor
Clella Rogers Minor, 76, of Norton passed away on Thursday, Dec 7,
2000, at home.
She was born in Wise County and was a lifelong resident of the area.
Mrs. Minor had worked as a bookkeeper, had been the owner of Minor
Funeral Home for many years. She had also been involved in the
ceramics business. She was a charter member of Lonesome Pine
Chapter No. 134, Order of the Eastern Star, where she was treasurer
for many years and was treasurer at the time of her death. She was a
member of Hurricane Rebekah Lodge No. 7, Wise, and was a member
of Xi Upsilon, where she also served as treasurer. Mrs. Minor was also a
Kentucky Colonel.
She was a daughter of the late Horace Creed Rogers and Pearl
Blankenbecler Rogers, and was also preceded in death by her husband,
Kenneth Minor.
Survivors include her son, Jeffery Minor of Norton; one aunt; several
nieces and nephews; and many friends.
A Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Carty Funeral Home
Chapel, where an Eastern Star Service will precede the funeral services
at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, 2000. The Rev. Steve Conerly will officiate.
Interment will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, in Powell Valley
Memorial Gardens in Big Stone Gap. Friends and family are requested to
meet at the cemetery on Saturday. Pallbearers will be men members of
Eastern Star.
Carty Funeral Home of Norton-Wise is in charge.
Delpha "Dell" Ogletree
Delpha "Dell" Ogletree, 79, of Bristol Tennessee died Wednesday, Dec.
6, 2000, at Bristol Regional Medical Center.
She was born in Lafayette, Ind., the daughter of the late James and Cora
Ethel Carter Chessman and moved to Bristol in 1956. She was a
member of Fellowship Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Homer E. Ogletree; four
daughters, Shirley Morley of Gray, Tenn., Mrs. James D. (Paige Ann)
Skaggs of Marietta, Ga., and Mrs. Carl (Jodie) Jenkins and Heather
Nicole Ogletree, both of Bristol Tennessee; one son and
daughter-in-law, Paul and Cindy Ogletree of Bluff City, Tenn.; eight
grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of
Memories Mausoleum in Glenwood Cemetery with Rev. Scott Watson
officiating. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the National
Kidney Foundation of East Tennessee, Inc., P.O. Box 1135, Blountville,
TN 37617.
Arrangements especially for Mrs. Ogletree have been made through
Oakley-Cook Funeral Home.
Condolences may be sent via e-mail to ocookfh\Npreferred.com.
Brady Owens
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. -- Brady Owens, 88, died Thursday, Dec. 7,
2000, after a long illness.
A native of Dickenson County, he had lived in Douglasville for the past
16 years. He was a retired coal miner and veteran of World War II. He
was preceded in death by his parents, Billy and Caroline Deel Owens;
three brothers, Ed, Ted and Taw Owens; and two sisters, Lona Owens
Childress and Florence Owens.
Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Molly Owens; two sons, Bill
Owens and wife, Ann, and Paul Owens and wife, Alice, all of Birchleaf,
Va.; one daughter, Rita Yates and husband, John, of Douglasville; six
grandchildren, Jeffrey Owens, Vansant, Va., Pamela Fultz, Lenoir, N.C.,
Jennifer Honaker, Honaker, Va., Lisa Owens, Buckhannon, W.Va., P.
David Owens, Douglasville, and Johnathan Brady Yates, Douglasville;
two great-grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; one brother, Roby
Owens of Birchleaf; and one sister, Effie Owens, Haysi, Va.
Funeral services will be conducted, Saturday, Dec. 9,. 2000, at 11 a.m.
at Haysi Funeral Home with Rev. Deion Marshall officiating. Burial will
follow in the Jackson-Owens Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons,
nephews and grandsons-in-law. Friends may call at Haysi Funeral Home
after 6 p.m. on Friday where an evening service will be held at 7 p.m.
with Rev. Deion Marshall.
Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mary M. Richardson
Mrs. Mary M. Richardson, 79, of 1134 Sugar Creek Road, Laurel
Bloomery, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, in the Watauga
Medical Center, Boone, N.C.
She was a native of Washington County, Va., but had made her home in
Johnson County for the past 26 years. She was a daughter of the late
Clint and Matilda Pennington Daye and was preceded in death by one
son, Richard Michael Richardson; and two daughters, Phyllis Jean
Richardson and Mary Alice Richardson.
Mrs. Richardson was a homemaker and a member of the Liberty
Christian Church.
Survivors: husband, James D. Richardson Sr. of Laurel Bloomery; three
daughters: Bettie Bellamy of Bristol Tennessee, Carol McClure of
Madison, Ala., and Linda DeWald of Elizabeth City, N.C.; son: James
Richardson Jr. of Butler, Tenn.; brother: Otis Daye of Port Deposit,
Md.;. three sisters: Carrie Lewis of Green Cove, Va., Irene Lambert of
Mountain City, Tenn., and Kathleen Richardson of Taylor's Valley, Va.;
10 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Several nieces and
nephews also survive.
Funeral service will be held Saturday at 8 p.m. from the Chapel of the
Percy Hux Funeral Home with Mr. James Hutchinson, minister, and Mr.
Maurice Widener officiating. Graveside service and interment will be
Sunday 2 p.m. from the Sunset Memorial Park, Damascus, Va.
Pallbearers will be grandsons and Michael Morefield. Honorary
pallbearers: Dr. John Whitlock, Dr. Peter Ashline, Dr. Griffith; and men
from the Adult Sunday School Class. The family will receive friends
Saturday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home and friends may
call at the residence at any time.
Percy-Hux Funeral Home is in charge.
Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at percyhux\Npreferred.com.
Stuart Rife
Funeral service for Mr. Stuart Rife will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday,
Dec. 9, 2000, in the Buchanan Funeral Service Chapel at Keen
Mountain, Va., with Elders Benny Dales, Andy Deel, Danny Hurley and
Earl Dean Yates officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenhills Memory
Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va. Pallbearers will be James Keen, Robert
Rife, Roy Rife, Bruce Rife, Keys Blankenship, Keith Blankenship and
Ronald Cantrell. Honorary pallbearers will be Mack Lester, Carl Keene,
Marlin Justice, Charlie Cooper, Clay Payne, Charles Smith, Burton
Cooper, Arthur Cooper, Ralph Horn, Arthur Whitt, Hurdle Cantrell, Dr.
Ramon Motos, Bill Fiess and Don Ashby.
Special thanks from the Rife family to his home health nurses, Pat Rife
and Tamara Wright.
The family will receive friends at the Buchanan Funeral Service at Keen
Mountain from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Mr. Rife, 86, of the Pilgrim Knob section of Buchanan County, passed
away Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jack
(Brenda) Cole, following a long illness.
Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Sylvester and
Syrilda Horn Rife. He was a member of Hale Creek Old Regular Baptist
Church for 14 years, a member of the U.M.W.A. and the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. He was a retired coal miner, having worked 36
years with the Jewell Ridge Coal Co.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Rife was preceded in death by his wife,
Ida Mae Rife; a daughter, Irene Rife Lester; ten brothers, George, John,
Millard, Ervin, Gordon, Alda, Earl, Burl, Authur and Nelson Rife; and
one sister, Watie Deel.
Mr. Rife is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Brenda Cole and husband,
Jack, of Pilgrim Knob; two sons, Kermit Rife and wife, Lee, of
Winnabow, N.C., and Ken Rife and wife, Cindy, of Abingdon, Va.;
three brothers, Henry Rife of Flint, Mich., Carl Rife of Burton, Mich.,
and Bill Rife of Pickens, S.C.; two sisters; Mrs. Georgia Smith of Hurley,
Va., and Mrs. Mary Rowe of Pilgrim Knob; nine grandchildren; and
seven great-grandchildren.
Buchanan Funeral Service at Keen Mountain is in charge of
arrangements.
Robert Kyle Settle
LEBANON, Va. -- Funeral services for Robert Kyle (Bobby) Settle will
be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Combs Funeral Service Chapel
with Elder Garnell Gilbert and the Revs. Darrell Fletcher, Carol Ferguson
and Richard Neese officiating. Burial will follow in the Russell Memorial
Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jackie Darrell Rhea, John Couch, Bryan
Kiser, Gerald Smith, Billy Johnson and Steven Dingus. Honorary
pallbearers will be great uncles: O'Brian Jackson, Jerome Jackson,
Almerine Jackson, Joe Breeding and Pat Combs. The family will receive
friends 6-9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mr. Settle, 26, died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, in the Wellmont Holston
Valley Medical Center in Kingsport.
A lifelong resident of Russell County, he was a son of Richard L. Settle
Jr. and Eva Combs Settle. He was a member of the American
Saddlebred Horse Association.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents: Richard L. and Lillian
Jackson Settle, and Paul (Jack) Combs; aunt, Mary Kay Settle; and
uncle Freddie Settle.
Surviving, in addition to his parents, are one brother: James R. Settle and
wife, Jennifer, of Rosedale; two nephews, Tommy Settle and Taylor
Settle of Rosedale; maternal grandmother: Austine Fields and her
husband, James, of Lebanon; maternal great-grandmother: Mable
Morefield of Lebanon; paternal great-grandmother: Virgile Jackson,
Lebanon; uncles and wives: Jack and Brenda Combs, Frank and Linda
Combs, Ronnie and Diane Combs, Berton and Barbara Combs, Billy
and Judy Settle and Giles and Wanda Fields, all of Lebanon, and James
A. Fields Jr. of Bristol Virginia, and Dean and Stella Fields of Abingdon.
Combs Funeral Service is serving the Settle family.
Margaret Tamer
NORTON, Va. -- The family of Mrs. Margaret A. Tamer will receive
friends from 9-11 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Mass
of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 11 a.m. with Father Joseph
Facura as Celebrant. Burial will follow in the Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Memorial contributions may be made
to St. Mary's Hospital, P.O. Box 620, Norton, VA 24273 or to St.
Anthony Catholic Church, 1009 Virginia Ave., Norton, VA 24273.
Mrs. Tamer, 91, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, in St. Mary's Hospital
Long Term Care in Norton.
She was born Jan. 10, 1909, in Norton. She was an employee in the
family restaurant (Tamer's) until it closed in 1946. She was then
employed at Dave's in Appalachia until 1975 and at Dave's in Norton
until 1994.
She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church, the Green Thumb
Garden Club, the Wise County Rose Society and a charter member of
the Texas Club.
In addition to her parents, George and Kate Tamer, she was preceded in
death by two sisters, Mrs. Julia T. Isaac and Mrs. Rosalind T.
McGannon; and three brothers, George "Doc" Tamer Jr., James Tamer
and Kitts Tamer.
Surviving: daughter, Betty Jane Tamer, Atlanta, Ga.; special niece, Mrs.
Richard (Georgianna) Tamer, Middlesboro, Ky.; and several nieces and
nephews.
Hagy Funeral Home of Norton in charge of arrangements.
David Lewis Williams
Funeral services for David Lewis Williams will be conducted at 8 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, in the Weaver Funreal Home Chapel with Rev.
Walter Statzer officiating. Committal will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Oak
Vale Cemetery in West Virginia. Honorary pallbearers will be Gary
Hensley, Knox Fleenor, Oscar Sproles, Mike Gibson, Tim Houser, Dale
Hallaway, Roger Gibson and a special friend, Edna Green.
Mr. Williams, 55, of 7683 Reedy Creek Road, Bristol, Va., died
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, in Wellmont Hospice House.
Saturday, December 9, 2000
Peggy Brown
ABINGDON -- A memorial service for Peggy Brown will be
conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Farris Funeral Chapel with
Rev. Richard D. Mullan and Rev. Jeanette Clark officiating.
Interment will be in the High Point Cemetery. The family will
receive friends 30 minutes prior to the memorial service.
Mrs. Brown, 60, of 318 Court Street died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000,
at home.
She was a native of Washington County and was an employee in
the deli department at Kroger Food Store. Peggy was a member
of the Charles Wesley United Methodist Church and had served
on the missionary board. She was preceded in death by her
father, Floyd James Clark.
She is survived by her beloved mother, Credell Fonte'; two
brothers, Jack Clark and wife Glenda of Austell, Ga.; Floyd Clark
and wife Jeanette of Elizabethton, Tenn.; five sisters, Mary Baker
of Abingdon, Charleen Stigger and husband Richard of Abingdon,
Carolyn Simpson and husband Larry of Somerset, N.J., Alice
McKesson and husband Dennis of Elizabethton, Tenn., and Izetta
Robinson of Los Angeles, Calif.; 16 nieces & nephews; 11
great-nieces & great-nephews; and cousins & friends.
Farris Funeral Service is serving the family of Peggy Brown.
Billy G. Campbell
LEBANON, Va. -- Billy G. Campbell, 48, died Friday, Dec. 8, 2000,
at his home.
Combs Funeral Service is serving the Campbell family.
Charles E. Colvin
APOPKA, Florida -- Charles E. Colvin, 69, of 13061/2 East First
Street, Apopka, Florida, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, in Florida
Hospital, Altamonte Springs, Florida.
He was a native of Washington County, Virginia, and was the son
of the late Walter and Myrtle Colvin.
He is survived by one son, Charles Colvin, Jr., of Trinity, North
Carolina; two sisters, Eunice Martin of Trinity, North Carolina, and
Terry Owens, of Baltimore, Maryland; four brothers, Roger Colvin
and Earl Colvin, both of Bristol Tennessee, Jerry Colvin of
Cleveland, Ohio, and Frank Colvin of Damascus, Virginia; two
granddaughters, Karen Mincey of Trinity, North Carolina, and
Amanda Colvin of Mountain City, Tennessee; one great-grandson,
Brandon D. Mincey of Trinity, North Carolina; and several nieces
and nephews.
A memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10,
2000, in the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Alan
McCullough officiating. The family will receive friends from 1-3
p.m. Sunday prior to the memorial service at the funeral home.
Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail at
jnsonfh\Npreffered.com.
Johnson Funeral Home in Damascus, Virginia, is serving the family
of Mr. Colvin.
Macarthur Davis
Funeral services for Mcarthur "Mack" Davis will be conducted
Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000, at 2 p.m. at Grundy Funeral Home Chapel
with Evangelist Michael Trent and Rev. Joe Thornton officiating
with burial to follow in Mountain Valley Memorial Park, Big Rock,
Va.
Friends may call at Grundy Funeral Home Chapel Saturday
afternoon at 5 p.m.
Active pallbearers: Rick Stacy, Kenneth Stacy, Mark Hackney,
Mark Cooper, Terry Hensley, Wesley Stacy and Bobby Justus.
Honorary pallbearers will be: Tommy Blankenship, Chuck Stacy,
Tommy Hopkins, Doug Clevinger, Tim Prater, Dr. Jose A.
Alemparte and Butch Crockett.
There will be a song service at the Chapel Saturday evening at 7
p.m.
Mr. Davis, 56, of the Wolford section of Route 1, Hurley, Va.,
passed away at the Buchanan General Hospital Thursday, Dec. 7,
2000, following an extended illness.
Born in Buchanan County, he was a son of the late Junior and
Maggie Stacy Davis. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan
County and a retired employee of M.W. Mining Corp., Phelps, Ky.
Mr. Davis is survived by his wife: Brenda "Bunny" King Davis,
Route \1, Hurley, Va.; 1 daughter: Stephanie Stiltner and
husband Tony Stiltner, Abingdon, Va.; 3 sons: Brian Davis,
Hurley, Va., Bradley Davis and wife Teresa Davis, Stopover, Ky.,
and Brandon Davis, Emory, Va.; and 1 sister: Margie Davis, Floyd,
Va. Also, survived by 2 grandchildren: Toby Slone and Haley
Stiltner.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his
stepfather, Frank Davis; and grandparents: Bud and Lou Davis
and Ben and Sally Stacy.
Grundy Funeral Home of Grundy is in charge of all arrangements.
Mae Mullins Day
CLINTWOOD, Va. -- Mae Mullins Day, 79, died at Wellmont Bristol
Regional Medical Center on Friday, Dec. 8, 2000.
A native of Dickenson County, she had lived in the Washington,
D.C., area prior to returning to Glade Spring in 1980. She was of
the Freewill Baptist faith.
Surviving are sons, Prentice M. Mullins and Jerry E. Mullins, both
of Glade Spring, Va.; daughter, Mary Irene Tompkins and Sue
Brooks, both of Glade Spring; 13 grandchildren; 22
great-grandchildren; and 6 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10,
2000, from the Clintwood Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Frank
Hall officiating. Burial will follow at the Alvin Mullins Family
Cemetery, Rt. \2, Clintwood. The family will receive friends after 6
p.m. Saturday at the Clintwood Funeral Home Chapel. Grandsons
will serve as pallbearers.
Clintwood Funeral Home, Clintwood, Va., is in charge of the
arrangements.
Shorty Denton
Calling hours for Willie Clyde (Shorty) Denton will be 5-7 p.m.
Saturday at East Lawn Funeral Home with a Masonic service
following the visitation at 7 p.m. in East Lawn Chapel conducted
by Blountville Whiteside Lodge. The funeral service will be at 2
p.m. Sunday in the East Lawn Funeral Home Chapel with Elder
Johnny Bowlin and Elder Basil Freeman officiating. Burial will follow
in the East Lawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family
requests that memorial contributions be made to St. Jude's
Children Research Hospital, 501 Saint Jude Place, Memphis, TN
38105 or to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 905,
Kingsport, TN 37662.
Mr. Denton, 86, of Blountville, Tenn., went peacefully to be with
his Lord on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, in Holston Valley Medical
Center after a period of declining health.
East Lawn Funeral Home is serving the Denton family.
E.J. Harnden
E.J. Harnden, 29, of Bristol Tennessee, died Wednesday, Dec. 6,
2000, at his residence following an extended illness.
Mr. Harnden was born in Bristol, Connecticut, and was the son of
the late Errol Filmore Harnden, Sr. and Rowena Beaulieu.
Survivors include his mother, Rowena Beaulieu of Bluff City; one
brother, Shayne Harnden of Bristol Virginia; one sister, Tina
Mozzerlla of VanBuren, Maine; paternal grandmother, Zelda
Harnden of Strong, Maine; godmother and aunt, Earla Cabiga of
Bristol, Conn.; stepmother, Elizabeth Harnden of Bristol, Conn.;
three nephews, Jacob Alexander Harnden of Bristol Virginia, Tyler
Byran and Michael Mozzerlla of VanBuren, Maine; one niece,
Tinesha Mozzerlla of VanBuren, Maine; four cousins, Alan and
Jenna Cabiga of Bristol, Conn., and Diane Kucharski and Danny
Pat Houlihan, also of Bristol, Conn.; and several aunts and uncles
also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000,
from Tetrick Funeral Home-Bluff City Chapel with Rev. Randy
Hensley officiating. Private disposition will be held at a later date.
Family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Saturday from Tetrick
Funeral Home-Bluff City Chapel.
Condolences to the family may be e-mailed to the funeral home
at bfcity\Npreferred.com.
Tetrick Funeral Home-Bluff City Chapel is in charge of the
arrangements.
Ruby P. Barker Hobbs
Ruby P. Barker Hobbs, 86, Bristol, Va., died Friday, Dec. 8, 2000,
at Bristol Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements are incomplete. Weaver Funeral Home is in charge.
Oma Lee Hodge
Funeral services for Oma Lee Hodge will be conducted at 11 a.m.
Saturday in Akard Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lester
MacKinnon officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be James Tate, Mike Tate, Mike Stevens, Bobby
Stevens, Mark Stevens, Wayne Rush and Gary Kestner. The
family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Akard Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Hodge, 85, of Bristol Tennessee died Wednesday, Dec. 6,
2000, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to Fellowship Chapel Church, 201
Crockett St., Bristol, VA 24201.
E-mail condolences may be sent to akardfh\N3wave.com.
Akard Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Hodge.
Carolyn Elizabeth Jones Lane
Carolyn Elizabeth Jones Lane, of Kingsport, Tenn., died Friday,
(Dec. 8, 2000) after a long illness in her home with her family
beside her.
Carolyn was an active member of the community, playing
leadership roles in numerous organizations such as Girls, Inc.,
Leadership Kingsport, Kingsport schools, AAUW, and she served
as president of the League of Women Voters. She received her
master's and doctoral degrees from Virginia Tech and ran her own
business of Information Counts Research Services. Carolyn could
best be described as a person who gave unconditionally to others
and who was deeply loved by all who truly knew her. Her love for
and dedication to her family and friends will live on in them for all
the years to come.
Her father, Fred L. Jones, preceded her in death.
She is survived by her husband, David L. Lane; her daughter,
Jessica E. Lane; her mother, Betty M. Jones; her mother-in-law
and father-in-law, Bonnie and Wayne Ketron; her brother and
sister-in-law, Jesse C. and Beth Jones; her brother-in-law,
Michael Lane; her brother and sister-in-law, Keith and Valerie
Hopson; her nieces, Chelsea and Kirby Jones; and her nephew,
Quinton Lane.
A memorial service will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on
Tuesday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Daniel P. Matthews, Jr. and the
Rev. Suzanne N. Smitherman officiating. The family will receive
friends after the service. Carolyn 's ashes will be spread in New
England at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her memory to
either the local or national chapters of Habitat for Humanity.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home is serving the Lane family.
Mable Reedy McClanahan
Mrs. Mable Reedy McClanahan, 73, of Richlands, Va., passed
away Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, at her home following a long illness.
Born in Tazewell County, she was the daughter of the late Virgil
and Beatrice Burress Reedy. She was a member of the Apostolic
Church of Christ.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her
husband, Chester McClanahan; one daughter, Linda Jean
Harrison; 2 sisters; and 4 brothers.
She is survived by: 4 sons, Jerry McClanahan of the home; Lonnie
McClanahan and wife Carol of Big Creek, Va., Tony William
Harrison and wife Janet of Ashboro, N.C., and Chris Harrison and
wife Rhonda of Ashboro, N.C.; 1 sister, Trula Osborne of
Richlands, Va.; and 2 grandsons, Trevor William Harrison and
Brandon Tyler Harrison.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10,
2000, at Singleton Funeral Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff, Va.,
with Rev. Otis Musick and Brother Jody Bishop officiating. Burial
will follow at Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va.
Pallbearers will be: Denny McClanahan, Dolphus Smith, Johnny
Keene, Tim McClanahan, Clyde Ball, Willie Short, Wayne Short and
Mike Osborne.
Family will receive friends at Singleton Funeral Service in Cedar
Bluff, Va., from 6-9 p.m. Saturday.
Singleton Funeral Service in Cedar Bluff, Va., is in charge of
arrangements.
Joan R. Nealen
MILE BRANCH, W.Va. -- Mrs. Joan R. Nealen, 56, of Mile Branch,
W.Va., near Avondale, passed away Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at
Bluefield Regional Medical Center following a long illness.
Born Jan. 26, 1944, at Jolo, W.Va., she was the daughter of the
late Taylor and Mabel Love Rowe. She was a high school
graduate, a homemaker and affiliated with the Family Worship
Center, Jolo, W.Va.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by 1 sister,
Irene Cunningham; and 2 brothers, Rev. William T. Rowe and
Leslie Rowe.
Survivors include: her husband of 37 years, Jacob Nealen of the
home; 1 daughter, Mrs. Bill (Carol) Ross of Bristol Tennessee; 5
sons, Vincent Nealen of the home, Thomas Nealen, Charlotte,
N.C., Jacob Jr. and wife Joyce Nealen, Raleigh, N.C., Michael and
wife Kisha Nealen, Raleigh, N.C., and James and wife Lois Nealen,
Raysal, W.Va.; 3 sisters, Mrs. Dale (Linda) Whittenburg, Muncy,
Ind., Mrs. Charles (Sharon) Rose of Pea Patch, Va., and Mrs.
Warren (Judy) Thomas of Bristol Virginia; 1 brother, John and wife
Antia Rowe, Bradshaw, W.Va.; and 26 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000, at
noon at the Family Worship Center, Jolo, W.Va., with the
Reverends Charles Rose and Johnny Cooper officiating. Burial will
follow in the Rowe Cemetery at the head of Oozley near
Bradshaw, W.Va. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Friends may call at the church Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, after 4
p.m.
Fanning Funeral Home, Iaeger, W.Va., is in charge of
arrangements.
Delpha "Dell" Ogletree
The funeral service for Delpha "Dell" Ogletree will be conducted at
2 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of Memories Mausoleum in
Glenwood Cemetery with Rev. Scott Watson officiating. In lieu of
flowers, contributions may be made to the National Kidney
Foundation of East Tennessee, Inc., P.O. Box 1135, Blountville,
TN 37617.
Mrs. Ogletree, 79, of Bristol Tennessee died Wednesday, Dec. 6,
2000, at Bristol Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements especially for Mrs. Ogletree have been made
through Oakley-Cook Funeral Home.
Condolences may be sent via e-mail to ocookfh\Npreferred.com.
Brady Owens
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. -- Funeral services for Brady Owens will be
conducted, Saturday, Dec. 9,. 2000, at 11 a.m. at Haysi Funeral
Home with Rev. Deion Marshall officiating. Burial will follow in the
Jackson-Owens Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons, nephews
and grandsons-in-law.
Brady Owens, 88, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, after a long
illness.
Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Hazel M. Parson
MEADOWVIEW, Virginia -- Hazel M. Parson, 77, of Meadowview,
Virginia, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at Johnston Memorial
Hospital, Abingdon, Virginia.
She was a native of Johnson County, Tennessee, and a daughter
of the late Fred and Beulah Phillippi. She was retired from the
Washington County School System as a cafeteria cook.
She is survived by her husband, Robert L. Parson; three
daughters, Martha Lee Jones of Knoxville, Tennessee, Beulah Jean
Moore of Damascus, Virginia, and Barbara Ann Whisnat of Hudson,
North Carolina; two sons, Daniel Wayne Parson of Damascus,
Virginia, and Samuel Dean Parson of Meadowview, Virginia; two
sisters, Deedie Widener of Mountian City, Tennessee, and Janice
Goodson of High Point, North Carolina; fourteen grandchildren;
fifteen great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9,
2000, in the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mahlon H.
Wyatt officiating. The committal service and interment will be 10
a.m. Sunday in Sunset Memorial Park in Damascus, Virginia. In lieu
of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations may be
made to the Damascus Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 458,
Damascus, VA 24236. The family will receive friends from 6-7:45
p.m. Saturday prior to the funeral service at Johnson Funeral
Home.
Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail at
jnsonfh\Npreferred.com.
Johnson Funeral Home in Damascus, Virginia, is serving the family
of Mrs. Parson.
Robert Kyle Settle
LEBANON, Va. -- Funeral services for Robert Kyle (Bobby) Settle
will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Combs Funeral
Service Chapel with Elder Garnell Gilbert and the Revs. Darrell
Fletcher, Carol Ferguson and Richard Neese officiating. Burial will
follow in the Russell Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jackie
Darrell Rhea, John Couch, Bryan Kiser, Gerald Smith, Billy Johnson
and Steven Dingus. Honorary pallbearers will be great uncles:
O'Brian Jackson, Jerome Jackson, Almerine Jackson, Joe Breeding
and Pat Combs.
Mr. Settle, 26, died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, in the Wellmont
Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport.
Combs Funeral Service is serving the Settle family.
Allan Wayne Smith
Mr. Allan Wayne Smith, 48, Midwest City, Okla., died Tuesday,
Dec. 5, 2000, in Oklahoma City.
He was a Great Falls, Montana, native and a son of Andrew
Jackson (Jack), Midwest City, Okla., and the late Laura Rempe
Smith. He was employed with Arwood Industries in shipping and
receiving. He loved to bowl and fish.
Mr. Smith was preceded in death by his grandparents, Andrew J.
"Andy" Sr. and Olive McGhee Smith; and Grandmother Rempe.
Survivors, in addition to his father, include 2 brothers, Charles
Andrew Smith, San Diego, Calif., and Harold Thomas Smith,
Midwest City, Okla.; 1 sister, Sharon Robinson, Midwest City,
Okla.; and several other relatives.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, 2000,
at the Free Methodist Church, Midwest City, Okla. Graveside
services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000, at
Fairview Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tenn. The family will receive
friends from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Dillow-Taylor Funeral
Home, Jonesborough.
Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home, Jonesborough, 423-753-0514.
Margaret Tamer
NORTON, Va. -- The family of Mrs. Margaret A. Tamer will receive
friends from 9-11 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Catholic Church.
Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 11 a.m. with
Father Joseph Facura as Celebrant. Burial will follow in the Laurel
Grove Cemetery. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Memorial
contributions may be made to St. Mary's Hospital, P.O. Box 620,
Norton, VA 24273 or to St. Anthony Catholic Church, 1009
Virginia Ave., Norton, VA 24273.
Mrs. Tamer, 91, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, in St. Mary's
Hospital Long Term Care in Norton.
Hagy Funeral Home of Norton in charge of arrangements.
Worley Wells
NORTON, Va. -- Worley Wells, 71, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000,
at his residence in Regency Towers.
He was a member of the Norton Pentecostal Church. He was
preceded in death by his parents, Anderson and Bessie Wells; 6
brothers; and 3 sisters. He was a lifelong resident of the Norton
area.
Surviving: 4 sisters, Pauline Adams, Wise, Va., and Helen
Calhoun, Juanita Bolling and Cassie Turner, all of Norton, Va.; and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Sunday in the Hagy
Funeral Home Chapel with Revs. Roger Sloce and Darrell Bolling
officiating. Burial will be in the Huff Cemetery. The family will
receive friends from 6-9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
David Lewis Williams
Committal for David Lewis Williams will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in
Oak Vale Cemetery in West Virginia. Honorary pallbearers will be
Gary Hensley, Knox Fleenor, Oscar Sproles, Mike Gibson, Tim
Houser, Dale Hallaway, Roger Gibson and a special friend, Edna
Green.
The family wishes to express their sincere appreciation to Coyne
Textiles and to Mr. Tommy Coyne of Syracuse, N.Y. for their
support during the illness and passing of Mr. Williams.
Mr. Williams, 55, of 7683 Reedy Creek Road, Bristol, Va., died
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, in Wellmont Hospice House.
Sunday, December 10, 2000
Peggy Brown
ABINGDON -- Peggy Brown, 60, of 318 Court Street died
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at home.
She was a native of Washington County and an employee in the
deli department at Kroger Food Store. Peggy was a member of
Charles Wesley United Methodist Church and had served on the
missionary board. She was preceded in death by her father, Floyd
James Clark.
She is survived by her beloved mother, Credell Fonte'; two
brothers, Jack Clark and wife Glenda of Austell, Ga.; Floyd Clark
and wife Jeanette of Elizabethton, Tenn.; five sisters, Mary Baker
of Abingdon, Charlene Stigger and husband Richard of Abingdon,
Carolyn Sampson and husband Larry of Somerset, N.J., Alice
McKesson and husband Dennis of Elizabethton, Tenn., and Izetta
Robinson of Los Angeles, Calif.; 16 nieces and nephews; 11
great-nieces and great-nephews; and cousins and friends.
A memorial service for Peggy Brown will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Sunday in Farris Funeral Chapel with Rev. Richard D. Mullan and
Rev. Jeanette Clark officiating. Interment will be in High Point
Cemetery. The family will receive friends 30 minutes prior to the
memorial service.
Farris Funeral Service is serving the family of Peggy Brown.
Billy G. Campbell
LEBANON, Va. -- Funeral services for Billy G. Campbell will be
conducted at 8 p.m. Sunday in Combs Funeral Service Chapel
with the Rev. Richie Neese officiating. Burial will be at 11 a.m.
Monday in Russell Memorial Cemetery. Those wishing to go in
procession to the cemetery are requested to be at the funeral
home at 10:30 a.m. Pallbearers will be Farrell Dotson, Harry
Ferguson Jr., Bobby Joe Ferguson, Alfred (Bunny) Richardson,
Ricky Rasnake and James Dotson. Dr. Norman Rexrode will serve
as honorary pallbearer. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m.
Sunday at the funeral home and at the home of Bradley Amos, Rt.
1, Cleveland, at other times.
Mr. Campbell, 48, died Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, at his home.
A lifelong resident of Russell County, he was the son of the late
Carl and Dana Gray Campbell. He was a disabled construction
worker.
Surviving are one daughter: Tonia Michelle Wilkinson and her
husband Mark, Abingdon; one son: Michael Wayne Campbell,
Bristol, Tenn., and several aunts, nieces and nephews.
Combs Funeral Service is serving the Campbell family.
William Carr
William Carr, 76, of 24445 Briscoe Drive, Bristol, Va., died
Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, at his residence.
A native of Bluff City, he was a son of the late Noah and Lena
Lilly Carr. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of
North Bristol Baptist Church, Bristol, Va. He was preceded in
death by two brothers.
Survivors include: wife, Marie Carr, Bristol, Va.; two sons, Gary
Carr, Marine City, Mich., and Keith Carr, Bristol, Va.; two
daughters, Delores McGill, Detroit, Mich., and Barbara Kowlczac,
Lincoln Park, Mich.; four sisters, Mae Blalock, Piney Flats, Tenn.,
Ethel Turner, Elizabethton, Tenn., and Mollie Morgan and Ruth
Hagman, both of Bristol, Tenn.; one brother, Claude A. Carr,
Bristol, Va.; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10,
2000, from the chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home--Bluff City Chapel,
with the Rev. Eric Godfrey officiating. Committal and entombment
service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, from
Glenwood Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel. Everyone is requested to
meet at the cemetery at 12:50 for the services. Active
pallbearers will be Gene Blankenship, Arthur Hagman, James
Goodman, Calvin Bentley, Lathan Music and Keith Blevins.
Honorary pallbearers will be the Fishers of Men Sunday School
Class. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations
be made to North Bristol Baptist Church Memorial Fund, 46 Church
Street, Bristol, VA 37202. The family will receive friends Sunday
from 6:30 until 8:30 from the chapel of Tetrick Funeral
Home--Bluff City Chapel.
Condolences to the family may be e-mailed to the family at
bfcity@preferred.com.
Tetrick Funeral Home--Bluff City Chapel is in charge of the
arrangements.
Maude Neal Charlton
Maude Neal Charlton, 93, of Altamonte Springs, Fla., died
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000.
She was the widow of Bill Charlton. Mrs. Charlton was preceded in
death by her parents, Frank and Alice Neal; two sisters, Annie
Neal Devor and Dorlys Neal McGlothlin; and two brothers, Roy
Neal and Kirt Neal.
She was a retired employee of Bluefield Telephone Company.
She is survived by a brother, Chalmer Neal of Norfolk, Va.; and
several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be conducted at 11 o'clock Monday
morning in Oakley-Cook Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Harry
Rehagen officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the
service from 10:30 until 11 o'clock Monday morning. The
committal service and interment will be conducted at 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon at Maple Hill Cemetery in Bluefield, Va., with
Rev. Charles Addington officiating.
Arrnagemetns especially for Mrs. Charlton have been made
through Oakley-Cook Funeral Home.
Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail at
ocookfh@preferred.com.
Mae Mullins Day
CLINTWOOD, Va. -- Funeral services for Mae Mullins Day will be
conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000, from Clintwood
Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Frank Hall officiating. Burial will
follow at the Alvin Mullins Family Cemetery, Rt. 2, Clintwood.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Mrs.Day, 79, died at Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center on
Friday, Dec. 8, 2000.
Clintwood Funeral Home, Clintwood, Va., is in charge of
arrangements.
Tracy Lynn Giles
WISE, Va. -- Tracy Lynn Giles, 25, died Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, in
St. Mary's Hospital, Norton, Va.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Della Mullins Bush.
Surviving are her spouse: Jeff Giles, Wise, Va.; daughters:
Samantha Bush of the home and Kari Giles of the home; sisters:
Melissa Blevins, Clintwood, Va.; father: James "Woody" Bush,
Wise, Va.; paternal grandfather: Otto Bush, Pound, Va.; and
maternal grandparents, Darrell and Flossy Mullins.
Calling hours are 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000, in Baker
Funeral Home. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, in
Sadie Baker Memorial Chapel of Baker Funeral Home, Pound, Va.,
with Elder Willie Cantrell and Elder Trinkle Mullins officiating. Burial
will be in Levi Cantrell Cemetery. Pallbearers: family and friends.
Baker Funeral Home of Pound, Va., is serving the family of Tracy
Lynn Giles.
Joan B. Hensley
Joan B. Hensley, 69, of Tucson, Ariz., passed away Dec. 6, 2000.
She is survived by her husband, Gene O. Hensley and daughter
Paula Hensley, of Tucson, Ariz.; sister, Betty Henry of Utica,
N.Y.,; and brother Edgar Foedish Jr. of Surprise, Ariz.
A long time resident of Kingsport, Joan spent most of her life in
radio and theater. She was managing director of the Olde West
Dinner Theater, cultural arts director for the City of Kingsport
responsible for starting programs such as Allandale Christmas
Village, cultural programs for the deaf and Christmas Connection,
an annual arts and crafts show and sale. She was well known as
the owner/director of the successful Showboat Dinner Theater.
She also established the Rollabout Theater, a senior citizen
theater, several children's theater groups and wrote children's
books. Joan was a member of Kiwanis and Altrusa. She received
numerous awards for outstanding service from various community
and professional organizations and served on the Grovernor's
Committee for Employment of People with Disabilities. In lieu of
flowers, donations may be made to Arizona Schools for the Deaf
and Blind Residential Program at P.O. Box 85000, Tucson, AZ
85754 or the Guillain-Barre' Syndrome Foundation, Int'l P.O. Box
262, Wynnewood, PA 19096.
Memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000,
at Hudgels Swan Funeral Home, Tucson, Ariz.
Ruby P. Barker Hobbs
Services for Ruby P. Barker Hobbs will be held at 10 a.m. Monday,
Dec. 11, 2000, in Mountain View Mausoleum Chapel with Dr.
Austin Cook and Rev. Clarence Barker officiating. The family will
receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Weaver Funeral Home.
Mrs. Hobbs, 86, Bristol, Va., died Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, at Bristol
Regional Medical Center.
She was a homemaker, a lifelong resident of the Bristol area and
the daughter of Arthur and Betty Barker.
She was a member of Victory Baptist Church and the widow of
James P. Hobbs.
She is survived by: daughter Margaret A. Hobbs of Bristol; son
Cecil W. Hobbs of Fairfax, Va.; sisters Josie Hobbs of Bristol,
Tenn., Ardis Leonard of Bristol, Va., and Mary Smith of Bristol,
Va.; brother Clarence Barker of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; three
granddaughters; six great-grandchildren; one
great-great-granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.
Harlen L. Hogston
CHILHOWIE, Va. -- Mr. Harlen L. Hogston, 62, died Friday (Dec.
8, 2000) at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn.
He was a long time manager at Superior Mills in Chilhowie, Va. He
was a graduate of Emory & Henry College.
Survivors: son and daughter-in-law, Bobby and Beverly Hogston,
Glade Spring, Va.; four sisters, Minnie Lowery, Saltville, Va.,
Linnie Booth, Virginia Beach, Dorothy Roberts, Saltville, Va., and
Zella Frye, Saltville, Va.; brother, Garland Hogston, Saltville, Va.;
grandson, Bobby Hogston; fiancee, Pat Delp, Chilhowie, Va.; and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday (Dec. 11,
2000) at D.R. Henderson Funeral Home with the Rev. Allen
Umbarger officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Rose Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 till 9 p.m. Sunday evening at
Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville, Va.
Pallbearers: Sherman Frye, Doug Hogston, Randy Roberts, Steve
Hogston, Mike Lowery, Garland Hogston Jr., Ray Landis and
Freddie Galliher.
Charles W. Holmes
SALTVILLE, Va. -- Mr. Charles W. "Corn" Holmes, 71, died Friday
(Dec. 8, 2000) in Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, Va.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Margret
Holmes. He was a member of Saltville Baptist Church, a former
employee of Smyth County Sheriffs Department, Saltville Police
Department, Virginia State Police and retired from Brunswick Corp.
He was a charter member of Saltville Rescue Squad.
Survivors: son, Charles W. "Bill" Holmes Jr., Jasper, Tenn.;
daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Bobby Dye, Saltville;
brothers, David Eugene Holmes, Marion, Va., Sam Holmes,
Saltville, and Douglas R. Holmes, Bristol, Tenn.; sisters, Nancy H.
Smith, Greenville, S.C., and Shelva J. Chapman, Saltville; and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday (Dec. 11,
2000) at D.R. Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville with the Rev.
Dan Jividen and Rev. Wayne Kestner officiating. Burial will follow
in Mount Olive Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Robert Duncan, Roger
"Buzz" Smith, David Catron, Tony Woods, Mark Holmes, and
Jonathan Holmes. Honorary pallbearers: Con Smith, Chub Arnold,
Charles Norris, K.K. Adams, Danny Arnold, L.T. Olinger, Don Rhea
and Steve Surber. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m.
Sunday (Dec. 10, 2000) at Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville.
Carolyn J. Lane
A memorial service for Carolyn Elizabeth Jones Lane will be held at
St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Tuesday at 1 p.m. with the Rev.
Daniel P. Matthews Jr. and the Rev. Suzanne N. Smitherman
officiating. The family will receive friends after the service.
Carolyn 's ashes will be spread in New England at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her memory to
either the local or national chapters of Habitat for Humanity.
Mrs. Lane, of Kingsport, Tenn., died Friday, (Dec. 8, 2000) after a
long illness in her home with her family beside her.
Carolyn was an active member of the community, playing
leadership roles in numerous organizations such as Girls Inc.,
Leadership Kingsport, Kingsport schools, AAUW, and she served
as president of the League of Women Voters. She received her
master's and doctoral degrees from Virginia Tech and ran her own
business of Information Counts Research Services. Carolyn could
best be described as a person who gave unconditionally to others
and who was deeply loved by all who truly knew her. Her love for
and dedication to her family and friends will live on in them for all
the years to come.
Her father, Fred L. Jones, preceded her in death.
She is survived by her husband, David L. Lane; her daughter,
Jessica E. Lane; her mother, Betty M. Jones; her mother-in-law
and father-in-law, Bonnie and Wayne Ketron; her brother and
sister-in-law, Jesse C. and Beth Jones; her brother-in-law,
Michael Lane; her brother and sister-in-law, Keith and Valerie
Hopson; her nieces, Chelsea and Kirby Jones; and her nephew,
Quinton Lane.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home is serving the Lane family.
Andrew Mullins
Andrew Mullins, 19, of 15698 Monticello Drive, Bristol, Va., died
Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, at his home.
Arrangements are incomplete. Akard Funeral Home is in charge.
Hazel M. Parson
MEADOWVIEW, Virginia -- Hazel M. Parson, 77, of Meadowview,
Virginia, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at Johnston Memorial
Hospital, Abingdon, Virginia.
She was a native of Johnson County, Tennessee, and a daughter
of the late Fred and Beulah Phillippi. She was retired from the
Washington County School System as a cafeteria cook.
She is survived by her husband, Robert L. Parson; three
daughters, Martha Lee Jones of Knoxville, Tennessee, Beulah Jean
Moore of Damascus, Virginia, and Barbara Ann Whisnat of Hudson,
North Carolina; two sons, Daniel Wayne Parson of Damascus,
Virginia, and Samuel Dean Parson of Meadowview, Virginia; two
sisters, Deedie Widener of Mountian City, Tennessee, and Janice
Goodson of High Point, North Carolina; fourteen grandchildren;
fifteen great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9,
2000, in the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mahlon H.
Wyatt officiating. The committal service and interment will be 10
a.m. Sunday in Sunset Memorial Park in Damascus, Virginia. In lieu
of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations may be
made to the Damascus Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 458,
Damascus, VA 24236. The family will receive friends from 6-7:45
p.m. Saturday prior to the funeral service at Johnson Funeral
Home.
Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail at
jnsonfh@preferred.com.
Johnson Funeral Home in Damascus, Virginia, is serving the family
of Mrs. Parson.
Daniel Junior Price
MARION, Va. -- Daniel Junior Price, 78, died Thursday, Dec. 7,
2000, in the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, Va.
Mr. Price was a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served in
the U.S. Army.
He is survived by his wife, Elma Lee Price of Marion, Va.; one
daughter and special son-in-law, Sharon and Jim Schweiger of
Lynchburg, Va.; two grandchildren, Mindy Schweiger and
Shawnya Walker, both of Lynchburg, Va.; two
great-grandchildren; four sisters, Edith Haga of Atkins, Va.,
Amelia Cornett of Independence, Va., Jewell Robertson of Marion,
Va., and Carol Irvin of Cedar Springs, Va.; and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, at 2 p.m. at
Seaver-Brown Chapel with Rev. Joe Wilkins, Rev. Charlie Harbin
and Rev. Todd Rigney officiating. Entombment will follow in Rose
Lawn Cemetery where military rites will be conducted by Francis
Marion VFW Post 4667. The family will receive friends Sunday
evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel.
Seaver-Brown Funeral Service is serving the Price family.
John Pruett
Mr. John (Kelly) Pruett, 82, of Raven, Va., passed away
Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, in an Abingdon, Va., hospital following a
long illness.
Born in Tazewell County, he was the son of the late Andy and
Harriett Huffman Pruett. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in
WWII and a POW, a retired coal miner and attended the Raven
Assembly of God Church. In addition to his parents, he was
preceded in death by one son, Donald Pruett; one daughter,
Judith Atkins; seven brothers, Arthur, Coy, Clyde, Dewey, Doc,
Hurley and Cecil Pruett; and one sister, Hazel Asbury.
Mr. Pruett is survived by his wife of 60 years, Mrs. Julia Simmons
Pruett; two daughters, Mrs. John (Annette) Rickman of Swords
Creek, Va., and Mrs. Buster (Shirley) Newberry of Cedar Bluff,
Va.; one son, John Pruett, Jr. of the home; two sisters, Mrs.
Janice Earls of King, N.C., and Mrs. Thelma Barrett of War, W.Va.;
six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 11,
2000, at Singleton Funeral Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff with Rev.
Joe Copolo and Rev. Doug Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in
Greenhills Memory Gardens Cemetery at Claypool Hill, Va.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends at the Singleton Funeral Service in
Cedar Bluff, Va., from 6-9 p.m. Sunday.
Singleton Funeral Service in Cedar Bluff, Va., is in charge of
arrangements.
Robert Edward Riffe
Robert "Bob" Edward Riffe, 80, of Bristol, Va., died Thursday, Dec.
7, 2000, at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport.
He was born in Garland, W.Va., a son of Hanabel and Viola
Kennedy Riffe. He lived in Welch, W.Va., until moving to Bristol 27
years ago. He was an Army Infantry veteran having served in
World War II. He owned his own business for many years as well
as working in the retail grocery business. After retirement, he
worked as a greeter at Wal-Mart for 10 years. He was a member
of the Baptist faith and was also a member of the Masons.
Survivors include his wife, Olga Smith Riffe; two daughters, Myra
Robertson Ward of Kingsport, Tenn., and Linda Branham of
Tavares, Fla.; two sisters, Mabel McClure of Helen, W.Va., and
Maxie Morgan of Richmond, Va.; one brother, Elmer Riffe of
Princeton, W.Va.; two sons-in-law, Mike Ward and Rick Branham;
three grandchildren, Kim Padgett and Marlo Lawson, both of
Tavares, Fla., and Steven Ward of Kingsport, Tenn.; two
great-grandchildren; and eleven nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be conducted at 8 o'clock Monday
evening in Oakley-Cook Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W.C.
Amos officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the
service from 6 until 7:45 p.m. Monday. The committal service and
burial will be conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday in Elm Springs
United Methodist Church Cemetery in Church Hill, Tenn.
Pallbearers will be Rick Branham, Mike Ward, Ron Tolbert, Jessie
Tolbert and Kyle Ward.
Arrangements especially for Mr. Riffe have been made through
Oakley-Cook Funeral Home.
Condolences to the family may be sent via e-mail to
ocookfh@preferred.com.
Joe Smith
Joe Smith, of Bristol Tenn., died at his home.
He was born in Abingdon, Va., and was a lifelong resident of the
Bristol area. He was a son of the late John Albert and Sarah
Arnold Smith. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in the
Korean War and a member of Hackler-Wood American Legion Post
No. 145. He was retired from Food City.
Mr. Smith is survived by two brothers: William C. Smith and Gilmer
Smith, both of Bristol Va.; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be
announced by Blevins Funeral Home.
E-mail condolences can be sent to blvinsfh@preferred.com.
Bertha Mae Stevens
Mrs. Bertha Mae Stevens, 85, of the Combs Ridge section of
Council, Va., passed away Saturday morning (Dec. 9, 2000) in a
Lebanon, Va., hospital.
Born Dec. 23, 1914, in Drill, Va., she was a daughter of the late
Oliver and Nora Lowe Stevens. She had spent most of her life in
the Buchanan County area and was a member of the House of
Prayer in the Name of the Lord Jesus at Council, Va.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one
son, Luther Robert Stevens; one daughter, Letha Marie Stevens;
and two grandsons, Bennie Andrew Barton and Raymond Eugene
Barton. In her generation, she was the last surviving member of
her immediate family.
Survivors include her husband, Rev. Isaac Stevens of the home;
five daughters and sons-in-law, Jean Dotson, Betty and Ronnie
Ball and Edith and James Johnson, all of Council, Va., Shirley and
Alfred Moore of Lebanon, Va., and Ann Johnson of North Carolina;
six sons and daughters-in-law, Earl and Ruby Stevens, E.C. and
Anna Stevens, Garnett and Dorothy Stevens, and Darrell and Kay
Stevens, all of Council, Va., and Axley "Pete" and Janice Stevens
and Estil and Barbara Stevens, all of Honaker, Va.; 32
grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren;
two step-great-grandchildren; and one
great-great-granddaughter.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Honaker
Funeral Home Chapel, Honaker, Va., with Rev. Homer Wilson,
Sister Donna Johnson and Sister Fay Foster officiating. Interment
will follow in Frank Smith Cemetery on Big A Mountain, Va.
Pallbearers will be Junior Stevens, Randall Stevens, Roger
Stevens, Nolan Stevens, Tony Barton, Conley Dotson, Keith
Stevens and Dallas Taylor. Honorary pallbearers will be Lee
Barton, Greg Stevens, Douglas Taylor, Steven Cook, David Taylor
and Tom Duty.
Friends may call at Honaker Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Sunday
and at any time Monday. There will be an evening service
conducted both evenings at 7 p.m.
Mollie Kathleen Stidham
NORTON, Va. -- Mollie Kathleen Stidham, 57, passed away Friday,
Dec. 8, 2000, at St. Mary's Hospital, Norton, Va.
She was employed with Wise Appalachian Regional Hospital, Wise,
Va., for 24 years as a registered nurse. She graduated from J.J.
Kelly High School and received her RN degree from Mountain
Empire Community College, Big Stone Gap, Va.
Surviving are her husband, James Ray Stidham, Norton, Va.; two
daughters, Kelly Kiser, Norton, Va., and Penni Stidham Kyte,
Elizabethton, Tenn.; two sons, Christopher Ray Stidham, Norton,
Va., and Andy Stidham, Blountville, Tenn.; her mother and
stepfather, Nellie Grace and Beecher Miller, Pulaski, Va.;
stepmother, Ramona Dye, Norton, Va.; three brothers, Tony Dye
and Terry Dye, both of Norton, Va., and Tim Dye, Pulaski, Va.;
eight grandchildren, Matthew Kiser, Christopher Kiser, Ryan
Hodnett, Brittini Thacker, Haley Thacker, Nicole Stidham, Jessica
Stidham and Abigail Kyte.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Sturgill
Funeral Home Chapel, Wise, Va., with Rev. Charles Quinlan and
Rev. Jimmy Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Laurel Grove
Cemetery, Norton, Va. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9
p.m. Sunday at Sturgill Funeral Home, Wise, Va.
Sturgill Funeral Home, Wise, Va., is in charge of arrangements.
Walter Gwin Thompson
Walter Gwin Thompson, 90, of Bristol, Va., died Dec. 9, 2000, at
Bristol Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements by Weaver Funeral Home are incomplete.
Worley Wells
NORTON, Va. -- Funeral services for Worley Wells will be
conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday in Hagy Funeral Home Chapel with
Revs. Roger Sloce and Darrell Bolling officiating. Burial will be in
Huff Cemetery.
Mr. Wells, 71, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at his residence in
Regency Towers.