Bristol, VA - October 11 - 15, 1999 Obituaries: BRISTOL HERALD COURIER

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October 11, 1999

Amon F. Armstrong

 SALTVILLE -- Amon Armp Fieldmore "Dick" Armstrong, 82, died Friday,
 Oct. 8 1999, in Smyth County Community Hospital.
 He was a retired employee of Rich Valley Elementary School and was the
 widow of Reba Gay Stevenson Armstrong.
 Surviving are a daughter, Darlene Johnson of Marion; three sons, David
 Armstrong of Radford, Va., and Jerl Armstrong and Michael Armstrong, both
 of Saltville; a sister, Margaret Evans of Saltville; 11 grandchildren; seven
 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. in D.R. Henderson
 Funeral Home Chapel in Saltville. The Rev. Paul Jones will officiate. Burial will
 be in Rich Valley Presbyterian Cemetery.
 Among survivors are a son-in-law, Ervin Johnson of Marion; three
 daughters-in-law, Merilyn Armstrong of Radford and Susie Armstrong and
 Betty Armstrong, both of Saltville; 11 grandchildren, Lisa Sarver, Monica
 Moran, Kim Blevins, Tracy Rhea, Brad Armstrong, Derek Armstrong,
 Shannon Armstrong, Chad Johnson, Ryan Armstrong, Charles Armstrong and
 Perry Armstrong.
 Henderson's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Naomi W. Bales

 CEDAR BLUFF -- Naomi V. White Bales, 83, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999,
 in a Bristol Virginia health care center.
 Mrs. Bales was born in Red Ash, Va., a daughter of the late Thomas W. and
 Nannie Mae Whited White, both Tazewell County natives. She lived most of
 her life in the Steelsburg area and was a member of New Hope Assembly
 Church in Claypool Hill, Va. She was the widow of Cecil Henry Bales.
 Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Clyde (Sharon) Griffith Jr. of Richlands; three
 sons, Jerry Bales, Larry Bales and Michael Bales, all of Bristol Tennessee;
 three sisters, Jean Longworth and Opal Coleman, both of Inverness, Fla., and
 Lorraine Bales of Cedar Bluff; two brothers, Bailey White of Avon Park, Fla.,
 and William White of Cedar Bluff; 10 grandchildren; and nine
 great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Hurst-Scott Funeral
 Chapel in Richlands. The Rev. Claudie Throgmartin will officiate. Entombment
 will be in Green Hills Memory Gardens Mausoleum in Claypool Hill, Va.
 Mrs. Bales was also preceded in death by a son, Cecil Henry Bales Jr.; four
 sisters, Dorothy Vance, Helen Lyons, June McCoy Lester and Joan Umbel;
 and a brother, Henry White.
 Pallbearers will be Michael Ray Bales, Michael Bales Jr., Kevin Bales, Brian
 Griffith, Jeffrey Bales and Gregory Osborne.
 Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday in Hurst-Scott Funeral Home.

 Rhoda B. Brass

 FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Rhoda B. Brass, 82, formerly of Dickenson
 County, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, in Mary Washington Hospital in
 Fredericksburg.
 She was of the Baptist faith.
 Surviving are seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two
 great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at noon in Clintwood Funeral
 Home Chapel. The Rev. Bill Kendrick will officiate. Burial will be in Phipps
 Memorial Cemetery in Clintwood.
 Among survivors is a daughter-in-law, Rita Viers of Fredericksburg.
 Pallbearers will be relatives.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday in Clintwood
 Funeral Home.

 Ada T. Deel

 HAYSI -- Ada T. Deel, 73, of Route 2, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, at her
 home.
 She was born in Floyd County, Ky., a daughter of the late James Lewis and
 Mary Josephine Robinson Tussey. She was the widow of Charlie W. Deel and
 a homemaker. She was a member of Paw Paw Old Regular Baptist Church.
 Surviving are two daughters, Sue Edwards of Naples, Fla., and Josephine
 Boyd of Prater, Va.; five sons, Curtis Deel, James Melvin Deel and Gary
 Lewis Deel, all of Haysi, and David Deel and Larry Michael Deel, both of
 Dalton, Ga.; a sister, Julie Belcher of English, Fla.; 15 grandchildren; and six
 great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Haysi Funeral Home
 Chapel. Elders David Oquinn, Jackie Yates and Frank Oquinn will officiate.
 Burial will be in C.W. Deel Cemetery, Route 2, Haysi.
 Mrs. Deel was also preceded in death by a son, Chucky Deel; a daughter,
 Donna May Deel; and a grandson, Gary Zane Edwards.
 Pallbearers will be sons, son-in-law and grandsons.
 Friends may call after 6 p.m. Monday in the funeral home, where a service will
 be held at 7 p.m.
 Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Allen Lewis Frye

 SALTVILLE -- Allen Lewis Frye, 80, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999, in
 Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon.
 He was a member of Madam Russell United Methodist Church, a 50-year
 member of William King Masonic Lodge 227, past patron of Saltville Chapter
 151 of OES, past grand patron of the Grand Chapter of Virginia OES and
 General Grand Chapter Committee appointment of OES. He was a member of
 Saltville-Rich Valley Lions Club, past district governor of the Lions Club and
 was awarded the Melvin Jones Fellow Award.
 Surviving are his wife, Hazel Clear Frye; a brother, Marvin Frye of Pittsburgh,
 Pa.; three sisters, Louise Bridges of Morgantown, W.Va., Christine Grogg of
 San Diego and Charlotte Brinkley of Gray, Tenn.; and several nieces and
 nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Henderson Funeral
 Home. The Revs. Scott Robertson-Gouge and Jonathan Jonas will officiate.
 Burial will be in Mount Rose Cemetery in Glade Spring, Va.
 Pallbearers will be members of William King Lodge 227 in Saltville.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Henderson
 Funeral Home.

 Maxwell M. Hodge

 Maxwell M. "Whacker" Hodge, 64, of 600 Tennessee Ave., Bristol, Tenn.,
 died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, in the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical
 Center in Mountain Home, Tenn.
 He was a lifelong resident of Bristol Tennessee, a retired employee of Kinkead
 Machine Shop and a U.S. Marine veteran of the Korean War.
 Surviving are his wife, Myra "Dee" Hodge; a son, Maxwell M. "Mike" Hodge
 of Bluff City; six sisters, Barbara Grubbs of Blountville, Hattie Booher and
 Linda Humprhries, both of Bristol Tennessee, Jean Sage of Bristol Virginia,
 Mary Short of Wyndale, Va., and Wanda Gill of Kansas; a brother, George F.
 Hodge Jr. of Bristol Tennessee; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren;
 and several nieces and nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the graveside in
 Glenwood Cemetery by Weaver Funeral Home. The Rev. Jimmy Epperson
 will officiate.
 Mr. Hodge was preceded in death by a son, Richard Allen Hodge.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday in Weaver
 Funeral Home.

 Irene Huddle

 Irene Huddle, 83, of Bristol Nursing Home in Bristol Tennessee, formerly of
 737 Forest St., Kingsport, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, in Bristol Regional
 Medical Center.
 She was born in Atkins, Va., a daughter of the late Seymour T. and Mary
 Horne Atkins. She moved to Kingsport in 1947. She retired from Tennessee
 Eastman Corp. spinning department after 32 years of service. She was a
 member of First Broad Street United Methodist Church.
 Surviving are two daughters, Lavelle Alley of Bristol Tennessee and Linda
 Walker of Kingsport; a brother, Harlow Atkins of Marion; seven
 grandchildren, Mike Alley, Sharon Dowell, Dennis Alley, Melinda Thomas,
 Bob Walker, John Walker and Richard Walker; eight great-grandchildren,
 Matthew Alley, Lauren Alley, Sarah Dowell, Grace Dowell, Seth Alley,
 Shanna Alley, Shelley Thomas and Brody Thomas; and several nieces and
 nephews.
 Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Oak Hill Cemetery
 by Oak Hill Funeral Home in Kingsport. The Rev. Joel Campbell will officiate.
 Mrs. Huddle was also preceded in death by two sisters, Bessie Jennings and
 Mary Cress; and two brothers, Frank Atkins and Talmage Atkins.
 Among survivors are two sons-in-law, Lee Alley of Bristol Tennessee and Jim
 Walker of Kingsport; three granddaughters-in-law, Rosemary Allen, Angela
 Alley and Ellen Walker; and two grandsons-in-law, David Dowell and Jeff
 Thomas.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday in Oak Hill
 Funeral Home.

 Lola G. Layne

 OAKWOOD, VA. -- Lola Griffith Layne, 86, of the Dismal Route section,
 died Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999, in Buchanan General Hospital in Grundy.
 She was born in Pike County, Ky., a daughter of the late William Frank and
 Tilda Kinder Griffith. She was a resident of Pike County for several years and
 moved to Buchanan County in 1937. She was a member of Big Branch Church
 of Christ for 66 years, where she was a Sunday School teacher and active in
 other areas of the church. She and her husband owned and operated Clyde
 Layne General Merchandise Grocery Store for several years. She was a
 homemaker.
 Surviving are her husband of 68 years, Virgil Clyde Layne; two daughters,
 Ruby Jean L. Ratliff of Abingdon and Garnette Ann L. Stewart of Roanoke;
 two sons, Dallas Layne of Pikeville and Donald L. Layne of Oakwood; four
 sisters, Sophia G. Smith of Abingdon, Ruby G. Fletcher of Johnson City,
 Beatrice G. Keene of Mouth Card, Ky., and Shelby Jean G. Compton of
 Grundy; a brother, Leo Griffith of Grundy; seven grandchildren; and nine
 great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Grundy Funeral Home
 Chapel. Evangelists Clarence Greenleaf, Michael Trent, Mike Rife and Stanley
 Smith will officiate. Burial will be in Annie Young Cemetery.
 Mrs. Layne, a loving wife, mother and grandmother, was also preceded in
 death by a daughter, Shirley Layne; a sister, Piney Yates; and four brothers,
 Arlin, Ertle, Corbert and Elmo Griffith.
 Among survivors are a son-in-law, Frank Ratliff of Abingdon; a
 daughter-in-law, Shirley Layne of Oakwood; three brothers-in-law, Alvie
 Fletcher of Johnson City, Marcum Keene of Mouth Card and Blake Compton
 of Grundy; and a sister-in-law, Patty Griffith of Grundy.
 Pallbearers will be Jonathan Layne Ross, David Layne, Paul Layne, James
 Rasnake, Charles Edward Yates and Bill Smith. Honorary pallbearers will be
 men of Big Branch Church of Christ.
 There will be services in the funeral home chapel at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Grundy
 Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Bertha P. Noonkester

 Bertha Posten Noonkester, 90, of Bristol Virginia, died Sunday, Oct. 10,
 1999, at her home.
 She was born in Saltville, a daughter of the late Rev. Lee and Hattie Worley
 Posten. She was a lifelong resident of Washington County and the widow of
 F.B. "Jack" Noonkester. She and her husband were former owners of Midway
 Builders (later known as Midway Wholesale) and donated the land for the
 Washington County Little League Field to the Goodson Kinderhook Lions
 Club, which is now known as the F.B. "Jack" Noonkester Little League Field.
 She was a member of State Street United Methodist Church.
 Surviving are a son, W.B. "Bill" Noonkester of Bristol; three sisters, Loretta
 Barker of Abingdon, Dana Larkey of Kingsport and Velma Parker of Mount
 Carmel, Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 4 p.m. in State Street United
 Methodist Church Chapel by Akard Funeral Home in Bristol, Tenn. The Rev.
 Fred Dearing will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memory Gardens.
 Mrs. Noonkester was also preceded in death by a brother, Paul Posten of
 Bristol Tennessee; three sisters, Lakey Boardwine of Saltville, Nadine Doak of
 Abingdon and Revonda Netherland of Kingsport.
 Pallbearers will be C.W. Cumbow, Mike Noonkester, Randall Brooks, Cecil
 Huckaby, Jimmy Barker, Bob H. Smith, Wade Ferguson and Joe Mumpower.
 Honorary pallbearers will be members of Goodson Kinderhook Lions Club.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday in Akard Funeral
 Home.

 James L. Nunley

 ABINGDON -- James Lee Nunley, 30, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, from
 injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
 He was a lifelong resident of Washington County, Va., and a son of Freddie
 and Katherine Doss Nunley of Abingdon. He was employed by Summitt BSR
 Roofing, was of the Baptist faith and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.
 Surviving, besides his parents, are his wife, Nickie Sinclair Nunley; a daughter,
 Kuristian Nunley of the home; a son, Michael Harris of Marion; three sisters,
 Virginia Anderson of Abingdon, Tammy Begoli of Burlington, N.C., and
 Angela Blankenship of Crestline, Ohio; and maternal grandmother, Katherine
 Plummer of Abingdon.
 Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Farris Funeral Chapel.
 The Revs. Bill Denton and Claude Canter will officiate. Burial will be in
 Greenwood Cemetery.
 Mr. Nunley was preceded in death by a brother, Freddie Nunley Jr.,
 grandfather, Bill Nunley; grandmother, Alice Nunley; an aunt, Ruby Nunley;
 and an uncle, Willie Gene Nunley.
 Pallbearers will be Robert Davis, Tommy Winter, Aaron Blevins, B.J. Sinclair,
 Jason Parks and Duffy Parks. Honorary pallbearers will be Roger Parks,
 Kenny Doss, Matthew Marlow, Justin Anderson and Hank Sinclair.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday in Farris Funeral
 Service.

 Vadie P. Osborne

 PINEY FLATS -- Funeral services for Vadie Price Osborne will be
 conducted Monday at 1 p.m. in the Glenwood Mausoleum Chapel. Minister
 Don Moorhouse will officiate. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
 Mrs. Osborne, 95, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, in the NHC HealthCare
 Center in Johnson City.
 Pallbearers will be grandsons, nephews and friends.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Mick Owens

 ABINGDON -- Funeral services for Raymond M. "Mick" Owens will be
 conducted Monday at 2 p.m. in Farris Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Tim Graham
 will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memory Gardens with full military
 honors by Patton-Crosswhite VFW Post 6975 of Bristol, Tenn.
 Mr. Owens, 59, died Friday, Oct. 8, 1999, in Johnson Memorial Hospital.
 Pallbearers will be Willard Kestner, David White, Jay Wright, Thurl Cannon,
 Fred Buckles, George Owens, David Coleman and Pat Helms. Honorary
 pallbearers will be Dennis Forrester, Guy Davidson, C.W. Price, Jessee
 Looney, Don Gray and other Hapco employees.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer
 Society, 165 East Main St., Abingdon, VA 24210, or to Glade Spring
 Volunteer Life Saving Crew, P.O. Box 59, Glade Spring, VA 24340.
 Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

 George W. Rankin

 Graveside services for George W. Rankin will be conducted Tuesday at 11
 a.m. in Forest Hills Memory Gardens Chapel of Memories Mausoleum by
 Farris Funeral Service in Abingdon. The Rev. James Allen will officiate.
 Mr. Rankin, 91, of Bristol Virginia, died Satufday, Oct. 9, 1999, in Wellmont
 Hospice House.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Farris
 Funeral Home.
 Memorial contributions may be sent to Wellmont Hospice House and Home
 Hospice, 280 Steele Road, Bristol, TN 37620.

 Virginia H. Robinson

 LEBANON -- Virginia Helen Robinson, 50, of the Dry Branch section, died
 Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, in a Lebanon hospital.
 She was born in Russell County, Va., and was a daughter of the late Samuel
 and Sally Sims Johnson. She had spent most of her life in Russell County and
 was a 1967 graduate of Lebanon High School. She was of the Holiness faith
 and a member of Lebanon Church of Jesus Christ.
 Surviving are her husband, Anthony Robinson; two daughters, Renee
 Reynolds-Gay of Houston and Crystal Reynolds Browning of Lebanon; four
 sisters, Brenda Wallace of Honaker and Bertha Cox of Vero Beach, Fla.,
 Roberta Fields of Hickory, N.C., and Sandra McGuire of Havre de Grace,
 Md.; two brothers, Freddie Hafley of Belfast, Va., and Eugene McGuire of
 Havre de Grace; two grandsons; and several nieces and nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Honaker Funeral
 Home Chapel. The Revs. James Sims and Rodney Meadows will officiate.
 Burial will be in Boyd Cemetery at Dry Branch.
 Pallbearers will be Justine Sims, Christopher Wallace, Jay Kropog, Ray
 Combs, Randall Combs and Ronnie Combs. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr.
 Dwight Bailey, Dr. Ernest Henry, June Puckett, Eddie Brown and Bob Cox.
 Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday in Honaker Funeral Home.

 Michael J. Ryals

 ORLANDO, Fla. -- Michael Jon Ryals, 39, died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 1999.
 He was a son of Ernie and Betty Ryals of Orlando.
 Surviving, besides his parents, is a brother, David B. Ryals of Kissimmee, Fla.
 Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Newberry Funeral
 Home Chapel in Chilhowie. The Rev. Lloyd Sheets will officiate. Burial will be
 in Grosses Creek Cemetery.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday in Newberry
 Funeral Home.
 Memorial contributions may be sent to Center for Drug Free Living, P.O. Box
 538350, Orlando, FL 32853.
 Newberry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Andrew J. Sargent

 Graveside services for Andrew J. Sargent will be Monday at 1 p.m. in Rose
 Hill Cemetery in Bastian, Bland County, Va.
 Mr. Sargent, 74, of 456 Wyandotte Road, Bristol, Va., died Thursday, Oct. 7,
 1999, in Wellmont Hospice House.
 Oakley-Cook Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Clyde E. Shaffer

 Funeral services for Clyde E. Shaffer will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. in
 Highland Chapel Church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
 Mr. Shaffer, 73, of 734 Oakwood St., Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday, Oct. 9,
 1999, in Bristol Regional medical Center.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Carter Shortridge

 LEBANON -- Funeral services for Carter Shortridge will be conducted
 Monday at 11 a.m. in Honaker Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Ancil
 Childress and Lester Sexton will officiate. Burial will be in Ketron Memorial
 Gardens in Lebanon.
 Mr. Shortridge, 74, of 279 Ridgewood Drive, formerly of Rowe, Va., died
 Friday, Oct. 8, 1999, in a Lebanon hospital.
 Pallbearers will be Donald Shortridge, Robert Shortridge, Hartford Shortridge,
 Guy Shortridge, Ferrell Shortridge, Dennis Shortridge, Jacob Shortridge and
 Matthew Shortridge. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Ernest Henry, Dr. Jey
 Maran and the men of Glorious Church.
 Friends may call any time Sunday in Honaker Funeral Home.

 Wilma G. Swiney

 BLUFF CITY -- Wilma Rosetta Garland Swiney, 76, of 349 Silver Grove
 Road, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, at her home.
 She was born in Shady Valley, Tenn., lived in Bluff City most of her life and
 was a former employee of Plumbium Manufacturing Co. She was of the Baptist
 faith and the widow of Alva Basil Swiney.
 Surviving are a son, Charles E. Swiney of Birmingham, Ala.; two brothers,
 Marion Garland of Bristol Tennessee and Lewis Garland of Shady Valley; and
 several nieces and nephews.
 Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Morning View
 Cemetery in Bluff City. The Rev. Howard Campbell will officiate.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday in Weaver
 Funeral Home.

 Garnet M. Tillison

 Funeral services for Garnet Mink Tillison will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m.
 in East End Christian Church by Akard Funeral Home. The Rev. Samuel
 Saunders will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery.
 Mr. Tillison, 88, of Bristol Tennessee, died Friday, Oct. 8, 1999.
 Pallbearers will be relatives and friends.
 Memorial contributions may be sent to East End Christian Church Van Fund,
 1216 Texas Ave., Bristol, VA 24201.
 Akard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


October 12, 1999

Paul E. Baker

 MARION -- Funeral services for Paul Elwin Baker were held Monday in
 Seaver-Brown Chapel. The Rev. William T. Wing III officiated. Burial was in
 Rosewood Memorial Gardens in Rural Retreat, Va.
 Mr. Baker, 68, died Friday, Oct. 8, 1999, in Charleston, S.C.
 Surviving are his wife, Virginia Haulsee Baker of Charleston; a daughter,
 Sandra B. Fort of Charleston, S.C.; two sisters, Patricia Stephens and Jewel
 Armstrong, both of Marion; two brothers, James Ralph Baker of Silex, Mo.,
 and James Lester Baker of Greenville, S.C.; and a grandchild.
 Memorial contributions may be sent to the Arthritis Foundation, 1240-B, 3rd
 St., Roanoke, VA 24016.
 Seaver-Brown Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.

 Naomi W. Bales

 CEDAR BLUFF -- Funeral services for Naomi V. White Bales will be
 conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands. The
 Rev. Claudie Throgmartin will officiate. Entombment will be in Green Hills
 Memory Gardens Mausoleum in Claypool Hill, Va.
 Mrs. Bales, 83, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999, in a Bristol Virginia health care
 center.
 Among survivors are three daughters-in-law, Rose Bales, Jean Bales and
 Sandra Bales, all of Bristol Tennessee.
 Pallbearers will be Michael Ray Bales, Michael Bales Jr., Kevin Bales, Brian
 Griffith, Jeffrey Bales and Gregory Osborne.
 Hurst-Scott Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Leora C. Bentley

 APPALACHIA -- Leora Cress Bentley, 97, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, at
 her home.
 She was the widow of Benjamin H. Bentley Sr. and a lifelong member of
 Appalachia United Methodist Church. She was the oldest member of the
 Appalachian Chapter 26 Order of the Eastern Star.
 Surviving are a daughter, June B. Becraft of Gaithersburg, Md.; three sons,
 Ben H. Bentley Jr. of Charlotte, N.C., Dr. Jack K. Bentley of Richmond and
 Bruce E. Bentley of Bristol Virginia; a stepson, James Bentley of Kingsport; a
 brother, George Cress of Venice, Fla.; a sister, Nora Davis of Montgomery,
 Ohio; 10 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and
 nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Roy A. Green
 Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. David Gilbert will officiate. Graveside
 services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in Glencoe Cemetery in Big Stone Gap.
 Among survivors are a dedicated caregiver, Amy Mooneyhan.
 Pallbearers will be J. Fred Tate, Lloyd Robinette, John Blakemore, Harry
 Knight, Sonny Collins, Roy Lee Munsey, Larry Munsey and Bob Isaac.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday before the
 memorial service in the chapel of Roy A. Green Funeral Home.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Appalachia United
 Methodist Church.

 Merrywyn Bentley

 BIG STONE GAP -- Merrywyn Bentley, 67, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999, in
 Flatwoods Adult Center.
 She was a lifelong resident of Big Stone Gap and a daughter of the late Rev.
 Earl Bentley and Golda Wade Bentley. She was a member of Powell Valley
 Presbyterian Church.
 Surviving are a sister, Amanda Kay Lewis of Big Stone Gap; a brother, Earl R.
 Bentley of Big Stone Gap; three nephews; and two nieces.
 Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Holding Funeral
 Home. The Revs. Hugh Bowers and Roy Smith will officiate. Graveside
 services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Powell Valley Memorial Gardens.
 Family and friends will meet at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
 Mrs. Bentley was also preceded in death by a sister, Doris B. Hamm; and a
 nephew, Randy Hamm.
 Among survivors are two brothers-in-law, George Lewis of Big Stone Gap
 and Lindsey Hamm; a sister-in-law, Patricia Bentley of Big Stone Gap; three
 nephews, Tim Lewis, Earl Bentley and Lindsey Hamm Jr.; and two nieces,
 Maria Bentley and Amanda Lambert.
 Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Holding Funeral Home.

 Rhoda B. Brass

 FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Funeral services for Rhoda B. Brass will be
 conducted Tuesday at noon in Clintwood Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Bill
 Kendrick will officiate. Burial will be in Phipps Memorial Cemetery in
 Clintwood.
 Mrs. Brass, 82, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, in Mary Washington Hospital in
 Fredericksburg.
 Pallbearers will be relatives.
 Clintwood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Mary E. Canter

 BLOUNTVILLE -- Mary E. Canter, 75, of 328 Hickman Road, died
 Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, at her home.
 Funeral arrangements will be announced by Weaver Funeral Home in Bristol,
 Tenn.

 Ada T. Deel

 HAYSI -- Funeral services for Ada T. Deel will be conducted Tuesday at 11
 a.m. in Haysi Funeral Home Chapel. Elders David Oquinn, Jackie Yates and
 Frank Oquinn will officiate. Burial will be in C.W. Deel Cemetery, Route 2,
 Haysi.
 Mrs. Deel, 73, of Route 2, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999.
 Pallbearers will be sons, son-in-law and grandsons.
 Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Allen Lewis Frye

 SALTVILLE -- Funeral services for Allen Lewis Frye will be conducted
 Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Henderson Funeral Home. The Revs. Scott
 Robertson-Gouge and Jonathan Jonas will officiate. Burial will be in Mount
 Rose Cemetery in Glade Spring, Va.
 Mr. Frye, 80, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999, in Johnston Memorial Hospital in
 Abingdon.
 Pallbearers will be members of William King Lodge 227 in Saltville.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Henderson
 Funeral Home.
 Memorial contributions may be sent to Madam Russell United Methodist
 Church or the Saltville Rescue Squad.

 Max M. Gillenwater

 MENDOTA -- Max M. Gillenwater, 70, of 6040 Kilgore Drive, died
 Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
 He was a lifelong resident of Mendota, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II
 and a gunsmith.
 Surviving are his wife of 45 years, Helen D. Gillenwater; a daughter, Mae
 Gillenwater of Bristol Virginia; a son, Guy Stephen Gillenwater of Mendota;
 two sisters, Mildred Osborne and Audrey Hobbs, both of Bristol Virginia;
 three granddaughters; a niece; and two nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Weaver Funeral
 Home Chapel. The Rev. Jim Cumbow will officiate assisted by the Rev. Dexter
 Terry. Burial will be in Banner Cemetery in Mendota with military honors by
 DAV Chapter 40 of Bristol.
 Among survivors are three granddaughters, April, Becky and Tiffany; and a
 sister-in-law, Charmie Gillenwater.
 Mr. Gillenwater enjoyed working in his rose garden.
 Pallbearers will be Alvin Murray, Creed Dye, Freddie Vickers, Dennis Moore,
 Paul Bryant, Calvin Vermillion and Gordon Barker Jr. Honorary pallbearers
 will be friends and neighbors.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Weaver
 Funeral Home.

 Radford G. Gillenwater

 SALTVILLE -- Radford Giles Gillenwater, 76, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999,
 at his home.
 He was born in Saltville, a son of the late Blair Gillenwater and Mae Little. He
 moved to Glade Spring in 1934 and returned to Saltville in 1965. He was a
 U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and a former employee of The Vance
 Co., Saltville Police Department and National Life Insurance Co. He was of
 the Presbyterian faith.
 Surviving are his wife, Mary Lester Gillenwater; a son, Stephen Douglas
 Gillenwater of Hendersonville, Tenn.; two granddaughters, Stephanie
 Gillenwater and Lori Gillenwater, both of Hendersonville.
 A memorial service will be conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Midway Chapel,
 107 Highway. The Revs. Bobby Briggs and Shirley Carter will officiate.
 Among survivors are a daughter-in-law, Susan Robinson Gillenwater of
 Hendersonville; and special friends, Pat, Wayne, David and Ashley Jones.
 Information courtesy of D.R. Henderson Funeral Home.

 A.K. Gilmer Jr.

 LEBANON -- A.K. "Doc" Gilmer Jr., 87, died Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, in
 Johnston Memorial Hospital.
 He was a lifelong resident of Russell County and a member of Lebanon
 Memorial United Methodist Church, where he was a Sunday School teacher
 for more than 27 years and served on many committees. He was the widower
 of Katherine Stanley Gilmer and a 1933 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic
 Institute with a degree in animal science. He was a farmer, real estate broker
 and former owner and operator of Tazewell and Abingdon Livestock Markets.
 He was a member of Southwest and Russell County Historical Societies.
 Surviving are two daughters, Betty Gilmer and Cornelia Estep, both of
 Lebanon; a son, A.K. Gilmer III of Lebanon; and two granddaughters, Amy
 K. Gilmer and Lindsey M. Gilmer.
 Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Lebanon Memorial
 United Methodist Church by Lebanon Funeral Home. Dr. Tony Collins will
 officiate. Burial will be in Russell Memorial Cemetery.
 Mr. Gilmer was also preceded in death by a brother, Dr. Giles Gilmer; and a
 sister, Cornelia McDanial.
 Pallbearers will be Ron Barrett, H.C. Pratt, John H. Smith, Bob Sutherland,
 Mike Hendrickson, David Leonard and Clyde Yates. Honorary pallbearers
 will be Steve Quillen, Frank Ketron, Dr. Sam Ketron, Jack Arrington, L.C.
 Angle, Turner Gilmer, Charles H. Gilmer, Franklin Gilmer and Harry
 Dickenson.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Lebanon
 Funeral Home.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Giles Wilson Gilmer
 Memorial Fund, c//o Lebanon Memorial United Methodist Church, P.O. Box
 158, Lebanon, VA 24266.

 Margaret S. Hall

 WISE -- Margaret S. Hall, 87, of Heritage Hall, formerly of Castlewood, died
 Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, in Norton Community Hospital.
 She was a daughter of the late Cowan and Ibbie Minton Saddler and the
 widow of Charlie M. Hall. She was a retired cook from the Holiday Inn in
 Bristol, Va.
 Surviving are three daughters, Ibby Hall of Castlewood, Pauline Justice of
 Logan, W.Va., and Anna L. Porter of Burton, S.C.; six grandchildren; and six
 great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Huff-Cook Funeral
 Home Chapel in Castlewood. The Revs. Doyle Hobbs and Elwood Hall will
 officiate. Burial will be in Skeens Cemetery in Castlewood.
 Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Huff-Cook Funeral Home.

 Billy Joe Harris

 SALTVILLE -- Billy Joe Harris, 61, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999, in
 Greystone Nursing Center in Blountville.
 He was a member of Saltville Baptist Church.
 Surviving are his wife, Wanda Harris; a son, Jon William Harris of the home;
 two daughters, Kristie H. Jackson of Knoxville and Betty H. McCready of
 Saltville; a sister, Nila Grey Harris of Sterling, Ill.; and two grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conduced Wednesday at 11 a.m. in D.R. Henderson
 Funeral Home. The Rev. Dan Jividen will officiate. Burial will be in Elizabeth
 Cemetery.
 Mr. Harris was a loving husband and father.
 Among survivors are two grandchildren, Casey Beau Jackson and Jarad Evan
 McCready; and special friends, Bill DeBord, James Eastridge, Billy Joe Nunn
 and Don Smith.
 Pallbearers will be James Eastridge, Don Little, Carl Cardwell, Carl Lamie,
 Jamie Lamie and Ronnie Chapman. Honorary pallbearers will be Don Smith,
 Billy Joe Nunn, Bill DeBord, Con Smith and Raymond Cross.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in D.R.
 Henderson Funeral Home.

 Maxwell M. Hodge

 Funeral services for Maxwell M. "Whacker" Hodge will be conducted Tuesday
 at 2 p.m. at the graveside in Glenwood Cemetery by Weaver Funeral Home.
 The Rev. Jimmy Epperson will officiate.
 Mr. Hodge, 64, of 600 Tennessee Ave., Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday, Oct. 9,
 1999, in James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Mountain Home,
 Tenn.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Mary B. Hollinger

 BIG STONE GAP -- Mary B. "Goldie" Hollinger, died Thursday, Oct. 7,
 1999, in St. Mary's Hospital in Norton.
 She was born in Canton, Miss., a daughter of the late Tom and Amy Long.
 She lived most of her life in Roda, Va., and Big Stone Gap and was a member
 of First Baptist Church in Big Stone Gap, where she served as president of the
 floral fund. She was the widow of Claude Hollinger Sr.
 Surviving are five sons, Claude Hollinger Jr. of Powder Springs, Ga., Ernest J.
 Hollinger of White Plains, N.Y., Ronald G. Hollinger of Richmond, Randall W.
 Hollinger of Big Stone Gap and Vincent L. Hollinger of Kingsport; five
 daughters, Patricia A. Pickett and Brenda H. Livingston, both of Manchester,
 Conn., Debra L. Chapman of Woodbridge, Va., Shirley K. Brown of East
 Hartford, Conn., and Teresa L. Hollinger of the home; a brother, Willie Long
 of Pontiac, Mich.; two half-sisters, Angie Marshall of Indianapolis and Ida
 Simms of Chicago; 28 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and several
 nieces and nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in First Baptist
 Church by Holding Funeral Home. The Rev. Sandra Jones will officiate. Burial
 will be in Oakview Cemetery in Big Stone Gap.
 Mrs. Hollinger was also preceded in death by two sisters, Geraldine Morris
 and Sarah Embry; a son, Michael D. Hollinger; and a brother, Eddie Bibbs.
 Among survivors are four daughters-in-law, Barbara Reasor-Hollinger, Deloris
 Shepard-Hollinger, Arnita Tolbert-Hollinger and Jane Hill-Hollinger; three
 sons-in-law, Donald H. Chapman, Kenneth T. Brown and Erick Pickett; a
 god-son, Carlos Milbro; and a host of friends.
 Mrs. Hollinger, who was affectionately called Goldie, confessed hope in Jesus
 at an early age.
 The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the church.
 Holding Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Bertha P. Noonkester

 Funeral services for Bertha Poston Noonkester will be conducted Tuesday at 4
 p.m. in State Street United Methodist Church Chapel by Akard Funeral Home
 in Bristol Tennessee. The Rev. Fred Dearing will officiate. Burial will be in
 Forest Hills Memory Gardens.
 Mrs. Noonkester, 90, of Bristol Virginia, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999, at her
 home.
 She was a daughter of the later Rev. Lee and Hattie Worley Poston.
 She was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Poston.
 Pallbearers will be C.W. Cumbow, Mike Noonkester, Randall Brooks, Cecil
 Huckaby, Jimmy Barker, Bob H. Smith, Wade Ferguson and Joe Mumpower.
 Honorary pallbearers will be members of Goodson Kinderhook Lions Club.
 Akard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 James L. Nunley

 ABINGDON -- Funeral services for James Lee Nunley will be conducted
 Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Farris Funeral Chapel. The Revs. Bill Denton and Claude
 Canter will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
 Mr. Nunley, 30, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, from injuries sustained in an
 automobile accident.
 Pallbearers will be Robert Davis, Tommy Winter, Aaron Blevins, B.J. Sinclair,
 Jason Parks and Duffy Parks. Honorary pallbearers will be Roger Parks,
 Kenny Doss, Matthew Marlow, Justin Anderson and Hank Sinclair.
 Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

 Doris J. Pannell

 LIMESTONE, Tenn. -- Doris Jerald Pannell, 59, of Bowmantown Road, died
 Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, in Johnson City Medical Center.
 Funeral arrangements will be announced by Scott County Funeral Home in
 Weber City, Va.
 He was born in Scott County, a son of Callie Lawson Pannell of Kingsport and
 the late Emmett Pannell. He was a retired manager from the deli and bakery of
 Food Lion Stores in Florida and was of the Baptist faith.
 Surviving, besides his mother, are his wife, Dorothy Charles Pannell; a son,
 Todd Pannell of Morristown, Tenn.; two stepdaughters, Sandra Burns of
 Tampa, Fla., and Jeanette Strickland of Bristol Virginia; three sisters, Mrs. Don
 (Barbara) Kilbourne of Weber City, Va., Wilma Sue Bellamy and Mrs.
 George (Brenda) Osborne, both of Church Hill, Tenn.; three brothers, Harold
 Pannell and Jerry Pannell, both of Kingsport, and William Vance Pannell of
 Rockford, Ill.

 Carol E. Patterson

 MEADOWVIEW -- Carl Elizabeth Patterson, 47, died Saturday, Oct. 9,
 1999.
 Funeral arrangements will be announced by Farris Funeral Service in
 Abingdon, Va.

 George W. Rankin

 Graveside services for George W. Rankin will be conducted Tuesday at 11
 a.m. in Forest Hills Memory Gardens Chapel of Memories Mausoleum by
 Farris Funeral Service in Abingdon. The Rev. James Allen will officiate.
 Mr. Rankin, 91, of Bristol Virginia, died Satufday, Oct. 9, 1999, in Wellmont
 Hospice House.
 Memorial contributions may be sent to Wellmont Hospice House and Home
 Hospice, 280 Steele Road, Bristol, TN 37620.
 Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

 Virginia H. Robinson

 LEBANON -- Funeral services for Virginia Helen Robinson will be conducted
 Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Honaker Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. James Sims
 and Rodney Meadows will officiate. Burial will be in Boyd Cemetery at Dry
 Branch.
 Mrs. Robinson, 50, of the Dry Branch section, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, in
 a Lebanon hospital.
 Among survivors are two grandsons, Colbey Shane Browning and Rodney
 Logan Browning; two sons-in-law, Chad Gay of Houston and Shane Browning
 of Lebanon; and a special sister-in-law, Kutrena Robinson; and several aunts
 and uncles.
 Pallbearers will be Justin Sims, Christopher Wallace, Jay Kropog, Ray Combs,
 Steve Osborne and Ronnie Combs. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Dwight
 Bailey, Dr. Ernest Henry, June Puckett, Eddie Brown and Bob Cox.
 Honaker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Sarah A. Stephens

 MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Sarah A. Stephens, 72, formerly of Wise, died
 Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, in Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne.
 She was of the Baptist faith and a homemaker.
 Surviving are a son, Ronald Stephens III of Melbourne; three brothers, Shell
 Arnold Jr. of Big Stone Gap, Conley Arnold of Winter Springs, Fla., and
 Luther Arnold of Sandusky, Ohio; three sisters, Jean Hayden and Ruth
 McElroy, both of Melbourne, and Donna Bevins of St. Cloud, Fla.
 Funeral services will be conducted Thursday in Eau Gallie, Fla.
 Memorial contriubitons may be sent to local American Cancer Society.
 Information courtesy of Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise, Va.

 Wilma G. Swiney

 BLUFF CITY -- Graveside services for Wilma Rosetta Garland Swiney will
 be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Morning View Cemetery in Bluff City. The
 Rev. Howard Campbell will officiate.
 Mrs. Swiney, 76, of 349 Silver Grove Raod, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, at
 her home.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


October 13, 1999

Elsie N. Buchanan

 BIG STONE GAP -- Elsie Nye Buchanan, 88, died Monday, Oct. 11, 1999,
 at her home.
 She was a lifelong resident of Big Stone Gap and a daughter of the late John
 and Jennie Pobst. She was a 78-year member of First Christian Church, where
 she had a perfect attendance in Sunday School and church for 13 years.
 She was office manager for Royal Laundry for 50 years and the widow of
 Dwight Buchanan.
 Surviving are a son, Guy Buchanan of Big Stone Gap; a daughter, Nancy
 Buchanan of Big Stone Gap; a sister, Ruth Plaskie of Coneyers, Ga.; and three
 nieces.
 Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in First Christian
 Church in Big Stone Gap. Greg Townsend, minister, will officiate. Burial will be
 in Glencoe Cemetery in Big Stone Gap.
 Mrs. Buchanan was also preceded in death by a brother, Guy T. Pobst.
 Among survivors are a daughter-in-law, Sis Buchanan of Big Stone Gap; and
 three nieces, Susan Hamilton of Conyres, Nancy Lou Thomas of Roanoke and
 Ora Dean Dickenson of Knoxville; and a sister-in-law, Faye Pobst of Big
 Stone Gap.
 Pallbearers will be Mike Day, Jon Scott Dickenson, Mandal Mack, Richard
 Weatherly, Roy Laster and Roy Hamilton. Honorary pallbearers will be Ray
 Bailey, Jack Clendenon, Ben Mullins and Jerry Potter.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Gilliam
 Funeral Home.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to First Christian Church
 Building Fund, P.O. Box 645, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219.

 Mary T. Canter

 BLOUNTVILLE -- Mary Elizabeth Trinkle Canter, of 328 Hickman Road,
 died Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, at her home.
 She was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County, a member of Shakesville
 Tabernacle Church and a homemaker. She was the widow of William Henry
 Canter.
 Surviving are five daughters, Shirley Cadle and Brenda Canter, both of Bristol
 Virginia, Bessie Parson of Granite Falls, N.C., Louise Miller of Tazewell, Va.,
 and Betty Tittle of Blountville; seven sons, Jerry Canter, Bobby Canter, Robert
 Canter, Ronnie Canter, Jackie Canter and Johnny Canter, all of Bristol
 Tennessee, and Clifford Canter of Blountville; 36 grandchildren; 15
 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Weaver Funeral
 Home Chapel. Brother Paul Brown and the Rev. Thomas Thacker will
 officiate. Burial will be in East Hill Cemetery.
 Pallbearers will be sons.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Weaver
 Funeral Home.

 H. Carmack Carrier

 H. Carmack Carrier of Bristol Tennessee died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999.
 He was born in Sullivan County, a son of the late Robert Hugh Carrier and
 Bessie Offield Carrier.
 He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II and a contractor and
 businessman. He built homes in numerous subdivisions and also built a number
 of commercial buildings. He was a charter member of Edgemont Presbyterian
 Church, where he served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher.
 Surviving are his wife, June Burkholder Carrier; a brother, Larry Carrier; a
 niece, Carolyn Carrier Boose; three nephews, Larry Carrier Jr., Mark Carrier
 and Andy Carrier; a great-niece; and two great-nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 8 p.m. in Edgemont
 Presbyterian Church by Weaver Funeral Home. The Rev. Larry Stallard will
 officiate. Graveside services will be Friday at 10 a.m. in Glenwood Cemetery.
 The family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Thursday in
 Edgemont Presbyterian Church.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Bertha M. Cole

 CHILHOWIE -- Bertha Lee McClure Cole, 57, died Tuesday, Oct. 12,
 1999, in Smyth County Community Hospital.
 Funeral arrangements will be announced by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service in
 Marion.

 Max M. Gillenwater

 MENDOTA -- Funeral services for Max M. Gillenwater will be conducted
 Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Weaver Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Jim
 Cumbow and Dexter Terry will officiate. Burial will be in Banner Cemetery in
 Mendota with military honors by DAV Chapter 40 of Bristol.
 Mr. Gillenwater, 70, of 6040 Kilgore Drive, died Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, in
 Bristol Regional Medical Center.
 Pallbearers will be Alvin Murray, Creed Dye, Freddie Vickers, Dennis Moore,
 Paul Bryant, Calvin Vermillion and Gordon Barker Jr. Honorary pallbearers
 will be friends and neighbors.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 A.K. Gilmer Jr.

 LEBANON -- Funeral services for A.K. "Doc" Gilmer Jr. will be conducted
 Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Lebanon Memorial United Methodist Church by
 Lebanon Funeral Home. Dr. Tony Collins will officiate. Burial will be in Russell
 Memorial Cemetery.
 Mr. Gilmer, 87, died Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, in Johnson Memorial Hospital.
 Pallbearers will be Ron Barrett, H.C. Pratt, John H. Smith, Bob Sutherland,
 Mike Hendrickson, David Leonard and Clyde Yates. Honorary pallbearers
 will be Steve Quillen, Frank Ketron, Dr. Sam Ketron, Jack Arrington, L.C.
 Angle, Turner Gilmer, Charles H. Gilmer, Franklin Gilmer and Harry
 Dickenson.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Giles Wilson Gilmer
 Memorial Fund, c//o Lebanon Memorial United Methodist Church, P.O. Box
 158, Lebanon, VA 24266.
 Lebanon Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Harry L. Gullett

 Harry Lee Gullett, 72, of 403 Elmo St., Bristol, Va., died Tuesday, Oct. 12,
 1999, in Wellmont Hospice House.
 He was born in Dante, a son of Ruby Gullett of Lebanon. He came to Bristol in
 1972 from Maryland, was a retired coal miner, a U.S. Army veteran and was
 of the Holiness faith.
 Surviving, besides his mother, are his wife, Maxine Gullett; two daughters, Alta
 Ellis of Bel Air, Md., and Evelyn Woods of Havre de Grace, Md.; a son, Larry
 Gullett of Florida; three stepsons, Gene Rosenbalm of Bristol Tennessee and
 Joey Rosenbalm and Jeffrey Rosenbalm, both of Bristol Virginia; a
 stepdaughter, Connie Scott of Landrum, S.C.; three brothers, Jerry Gullett of
 Abingdon, Roy Gullett of Perryman, Md., and Frankie Gullett of Castlewood;
 four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and four step-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in Weaver Funeral
 Home Chapel. The Rev. Michael Leonard will officiate. Burial will be in
 Booher's Cemetery.
 Among survivors is a special friend, Garland Leonard.
 Pallbearers will be friends and family. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. John
 Green, Dr. Doug Green, Dr. Tom Green, Dr. Donald Quinn, Dr. Ben Cowan
 and Dr. Roger McSherry.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Weaver
 Funeral Home.

 Margaret S. Hall

 WISE -- Funeral services for Margaret S. Hall will be conducted Wednesday
 at 2 p.m. in Huff-Cook Funeral Home Chapel in Castlewood. The Revs. Doyle
 Hobbs and Elwood Hall will officiate. Burial will be in Skeens Cemetery in
 Castlewood.
 Mrs. Hall, 87, of Heritage Hall, formerly of Castlewood, died Monday, Oct.
 11, 1999.
 Pallbearers will be Kenneth Hall, David Skeens, Gene Mullins, Frank Porter,
 Darrell Hurd and James J. Hall.
 Huff-Cook Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Patricia L. Jones

 GATE CITY -- Patricia A. Leonard Jones, 54, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999,
 in Holston Valley Medical Center.
 Gate City Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Hallie M. Little

 BLACKLICK, Ohio -- Hallie Mae Little, 84, died Monday, Sept. 17, 1999,
 in Broadview Health Center.
 He was born in Stacey, Va., a daughter of the late John and Victoria Riffe
 Keene.
 He retired from Lazarus and attended Westerville Community United Church
 of Christ. She was the widow of Berlin Little.
 Surviving are a son, Berlin Little of Blacklick; three sisters, Ocie Clevenger of
 Virginia Beach, Va., Ruth Justus of Hurley, Va., and WeeAnn Painter of
 Decatur, Ga.; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
 Mrs. Little was also preceded in death by a daughter, Peggy Nowell; and a
 son, David Little.
 Among survivors are a son-in-law, Paul Nowell of Westerville; a
 daughter-in-law, Judy Little of LaSalle, Ill.; eight grandchildren, Bobbi, Pamela,
 Julie, Richard, Joseph, Krista, Tammy and David; and six great-grandchildren,
 Mark, Tylor, Brittany, Stephanie, Leo and Veronica.
 Graveside services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Mountain Valley
 Memorial Park in Grundy.
 Moreland Funeral Home in Westerville, Ohio, is in charge of arrangements.

 Doris J. Pannell

 LIMESTONE, Tenn. -- Doris Jerrell Pannell, 59, of Bowmantown Road, died
 Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, in Johnson City Medical Center.
 He was born in Scott County, a son of Callie Lawson Pannell of Kingsport and
 the late Emmett Pannell. He was a retired manager from the deli and bakery of
 Food Lion Stores in Florida and was of the Baptist faith.
 Surviving, besides his mother, are his wife, Dorothy Charles Pannell; a son,
 Todd Pannell of Morristown, Tenn.; two stepdaughters, Sandra Burns of
 Tampa, Fla., and Jeanette Strickland of Bristol Virginia; three sisters, Mrs. Don
 (Barbara) Kilbourne of Weber City, Va., Wilma Sue Bellamy of Church Hill,
 Tenn., and Mrs. George (Brenda) Osborn of Chilhowie; three brothers, Harold
 Pannell and Jerry Pannell, both of Kingsport, and William Vance Pannell of
 Rockford, Ill.
 Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Scott County
 Funeral Home Chapel. Evangelist Walter Charles and pastor George Osborn
 will officiate. Music will be by Donita Stiltner. Burial will be Thursday at 11
 a.m. in Holston View Cemetery with military graveside rites by VFW Post
 3382 of Kingsport.
 Mr. Pannell was also preceded in death by materanl grandparents, John and
 Sarah Bowen Lawson; and paternal grandparents, William and Nannie Jones
 Pannell.
 Among survivors are a daughter-in-law, Tracey Pannell of Morristown; two
 stepsons-in-law, George Burns of Tampa, Fla., and Wayne Strickland of
 Bristol Virginia; a grandson, Chase Pannell of Morristown; five
 step-grandchildren, Alicia, Cassie and Blake Burns, all of Tampa, Frank
 Strickland of Atlanta and Hannah Sue Marie Strickland of Bristol Virginia;
 three sisters-in-law, LaRue Pannell and Karen Pannell, both of Kingsport, and
 Jenny Pannell of Rockford; an uncle, John Pannell and wife Nell of Weber
 City; and two aunts, Lula Phillips of Kingsport and Rosie Johnson of
 Pattonsville, Va.
 Pallbearers will be Josh Osborn, John Osborn, Wayne Strickland, David Hale,
 Hyder Reynolds and Gregory Bellamy.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Scott
 County Funeral Home.

 Carol E. Patterson

 MEADOWVIEW -- Carol Elizabeth Patterson, 47, died Saturday, Oct. 9,
 1999.
 She was born in Wilmington, Del., a daughter of Carolyn Cronovich of Sun
 City, Ariz. She lived in Wilmington before moving to Washington County in
 1975.
 Surviving, besides her mother, are a daughter, Tanya Gentry of Bristol Virginia;
 and four brothers, Jesse S. Patterson, Wayne W. Patterson and Christopher
 A. Patterson, all of Newark, Del.; and Darrell F. Patterson of Marshall, Del.
 Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Farris Funeral
 Chapel. The Rev. Wayne Parsons will officiate. Burial will be in Jackson-Lewis
 Cemetery.
 Pallbearers will be David Patterson, Tony Slaughter, Joe Gentry, Jack Hamm,
 Bill Mink and Mark Stanley.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Farris
 Funeral Service.

 Pamela D. Sturgill

 BEAN STATION, Tenn. -- Pamela Denise Sturgill, 40, died Monday, Oct.
 11, 1999, at her home.
 She a daughter of Faye Lawson of Granite Falls, N.C., and the late Carl
 Lawson. She was a former resident of Norton and a former attendee of
 Ramsey Freewill Baptist Church. She was an employee of Berkline Corp. in
 Morristown, Tenn.
 Surviving, besides her mother, are her husband, Wendal Sturgill; a daughter,
 Dawn Collins of Morristown; three sons, Anthony Collins of Morristown and
 Shane Collins and Eric Collins, both of Pound; a brother, Carl Lawson Jr. of
 Howardsville, Va.; three sisters, Carlotta Wells of Norton, Kay Collier of
 Macon, Ga., and Judy Varesi of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; four stepchildren,
 Darlene Begley, Raina Garrett and Wendal Sturgill Jr., all of Bean Station, and
 Tracy Fox of Big Stone Gap; a grandchild; and three step-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Hagy Funeral Home
 Chapel in Norton. The Revs. Roger Jenkins and Allen Culbertson will officiate.
 Burial will be in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
 Among survivors are a daughter-in-law, Jenny Collins of Morristown.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Hagy
 Funeral Home.


October 14, 1999


 Clark Arnold

 Clark Arnold, infant son of Joseph and Shannon Arnold of 1705 Blountville
 Highway died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, in Johnson City Medical Center
 Hospital.
 Surviving, besides his parents, are a sister, Summer Taylor of Blountville;
 maternal grandparents, James and Lisa Gail Hopkins of Bluff City; paternal
 grandparents, Lester and Carolyn Arnold of Kingsport.
 The family will have a private graveside service in Sunrise Cemetery.
 Tetrick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Lula S. Blankenship

 GRUNDY -- Lula Mae Stiltner Blankenship, 92, died Wednesday, Oct. 13,
 1999, in Russell County Medical Center in Lebanon.
 She was born in Buchanan County, a daughter of the late William Henry and
 Mary E. Hogston Stiltner. She was a lifelong resident of the Grundy area, a
 member of Grundy Church of Christ and a homemaker. She was the widow of
 Ira H. Blankenship.
 Surviving are two grandsons, Dennis Blankenship and Richard Wayne
 Blankenship, both of Grundy; two great-grandchildren, Tina Rena White of
 Oakwood, Va., and Dennis Brian Blankenship of Lebanon; and a
 great-great-granddaughger, Brianna Shea Blankenship of Grundy.
 Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. in Grundy Church of
 Christ by Grundy Funeral Home. Evangelists Clarence Greenleaf, Michael
 Trent and Hillary Underwood will officiate. The body will be taken to the
 church at 5 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Mountain Valley Memorial Park in
 Big Rock, Va.
 Mrs. Blankenship was also preceded in death by two daughters, Loraine and
 Rose Blankenship; five sons, Jessy Lee "Jack" Blankenship on Jan. 3, 1993,
 Ira Blankenship Jr., Lloyd Denver Blankenship, Arthur Johnson Blankenship
 and Eugene Blankenship; nine sisters, Anny, Angie, Jane, Vida, Nicketie, Ethel,
 Judy and Mary; and six brothers, Lon, Robert, John, Thomas, Pete and Ranse
 Stiltner.
 She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
 Pallbearers will be Brian Blankenship, Ryan White, Butch Stiltner, Wayne
 Blankenship, Dennis Blankenship, Ricky Cochran, Roland Lester Jr., Leonard
 Bowman, Dean Wagner, Arnold Clark, Ira Stiltner, Luther Whitt, Monroe
 Stiltner, Rodney Lee and Frank Reedy. Honorary pallbearers will be elders
 and deacons of Grundy Church of Christ.
 Friends may call at 6 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home chapel. Services will
 be held Friday at 7 p.m. in the church.
 Grundy Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Salley H. Bright

 Salley Edith Hunsucker Bright, 91, of Route 3, Box 209, Bristol, Va., died
 Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, at her home.
 She was born in Scott County, lived in the Bristol area all of her life and was a
 member of Gardner's Chapel Primitive Baptist Church. She was a homemaker
 and the widow of O.M. "Pete" Bright.
 Surviving are three sons, Hershel Lee Bright and Bobby Scott Bright, both of
 Bristol Virginia, and John Luther Bright of Gulfport, Miss.; 11 grandchildren;
 20 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
 Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Weaver Funeral Home
 Chapel. The Revs. Johnny Bowlin and Basil Freeman will officiate. Burial will
 be in Booher's Chapel Cemetery.
 Mrs. Bright was also preceded in death by a son, Charles Reuben "C.R."
 Bright; and four grandchildren, Charles R. "Chuckey" Bright Jr., Mark Bright,
 Amy Bright and Mitchell Bright.
 Pallbearers will be grandsons, Bobby Bright II, Bartley Bright, Barry Bright,
 Brad Allison, Michael Bright and Jeff Bright. Honorary pallbearers will be
 Eddie Allison, Hiram Gardner, Ronnie Fleenor, Burl Jennings, Tyler Campbell,
 Gary Baker and David Myers.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.Thursday in Weaver
 Funeral Home.

 Mary T. Canter

 BLOUNTVILLE -- Funeral services for Mary Elizabeth Trinkle Canter will be
 conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Weaver Funeral Home Chapel. Brother Paul
 Brown and the Rev. Thomas Thacker will officiate. Burial will be in East Hill
 Cemetery.
 Mrs. Canter, of 328 Hickman Road, died Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, at her
 home.
 Pallbearers will be sons.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 H. Carmack Carrier

 Funeral services for H. Carmack Carrier will be conducted Thursday at 8 p.m.
 in Edgemont Presbyterian Church by Weaver Funeral Home. The Rev. Larry
 Stallard will officiate. Graveside services will be Friday at 10 a.m. in Glenwood
 Cemetery.
 Mr. Carrier, of Bristol Tennessee, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999.
 He was born in Sullivan County, a son of Robert Hugh Carrier and Bessie
 Offield Carrier. He lived in Bristol Tennessee all of his life and served two
 terms as Sullivan County Commissioner.
 He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II and a contractor and
 businessman. He built homes in numerous subdivisions and also built a number
 of commercial buildings. He was a charter member of Edgemont Presbyterian
 Church, where he served as a deacon and Sunday School teacher.
 Surviving are his wife, June Burkholder Carrier; a brother, Larry Carrier; a
 niece, Carolyn Carrier Boose; three nephews, Larry Carrier Jr., Mark Carrier
 and Andy Carrier; a great-niece and two great-nephews.
 The family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Thursday in
 Edgemont Presbyterian Church.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 John L. Clark

 MARION -- John L. Clark, 67, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999, in Smyth
 County Community Hospital.
 He was a lifelong resident of Walkers Creek section in Marion and a son of the
 late Clara Cole. He was a member of Walkers Creek Presbyterian Church and
 retired from Brunswick with more than 20 years of service.
 Surviving are his wife, Gracie Louise Clark; a stepdaughter, Rebecca Buck of
 Atkins, Va.; five stepsons, Douglas Richardson of Anderson, Ind., Charles A.
 Richardson of Panama City, Fla., Timothy A. Richardson, Bryan K.
 Richardson and Mark A. Richardson, all of Marion; two sisters, Ruth Gentry
 of Marion and Kathleen Clark of Lynchburg, Va.; and seven
 step-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. in Walkers Creek
 Presbyterian Church by Bradley's Funeral Home. The Rev. William Wing will
 officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday in Bradley's
 Funeral Home.

 Bertha M. Cole

 CHILHOWIE -- Funeral services for Bertha Lee McClure Cole will be
 conducted Friday at 11 a.m. in Macedonia Baptist Church by Seaver-Brown
 Funeral Service in Marion. The Rev. Buster Mullins will officiate. The body will
 be taken to the church an hour before the service. Burial will be in Macedonia
 Cemetery in Chilhowie.
 Mrs. Cole, 57, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, in Smyth County Community
 Hospital.
 She was the widow of Billy Gene Cole.
 Surviving are two daughters, Annie Cole and Pam Sage, both of Chilhowie;
 two sisters, Edith Reynolds of Marion and Virginia Carter of Chilhowie; two
 brothers, Roger McClure of Madison, Ala., and Ray McClure of Boydton,
 Va.; and a granddaughter.
 Among survivors are a granddaughter, Jesica Delp of Chilhowie.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday in
 Seaver-Brown Chapel.

 Etta Lee Dickenson

 CASTLEWOOD -- Etta Lee Dickenson, 77, died Wednesday, Oct. 13,
 1999, in Russell County Medical Center in Lebanon.
 She was born in Russell County, retired from Phillips Auto and Supply Co.
 after 27 years and was a member of Hamlin Baptist Church.
 Surviving are her husband, Walter Dickenson; three sons, Roger Dickenson
 Jim Dickenson and Bob Dickenson, all of Castlewood; a brother, Ralph
 Musick of Tennessee Ridge, Tenn.; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren;
 and two nieces.
 Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Castlewood Funeral
 Home Chapel. Entombment will be in Chapel of Love Mausoleum in Temple
 Hill Memorial Park. The Revs. Leonard Ferguson and Johnny Kiser will
 officiate.
 Mrs. Dickenson was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Carolyn Nixon.
 Pallbearers will be Ronnie Dickenson, Roger Dickenson Jr., Jamie Dickenson,
 Roger Cross, Roy Nixon and Scott Long.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday in Castlewood
 Funeral Home.

 Joe L. Greene

 COEBURN -- Joe Lee Greene, 72, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, in Holston
 Valley Medical Center in Kingsport.
 He was a retired coal miner and former employee of Christie Coal Co.
 Surviving are three sons, Roy Earl Green, Ronnie Lee Green and Teddy
 Wayne Green; and five sisters, Helen Brown, Betty Malone, Vivian Hurd, Avie
 Richards and Dorothy Whitt.
 Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. in Sturgill Funeral Home
 Chapel. The Rev. Joe Dearry will officiate. Burial will be in Jackson Cemetery
 in Coeburn.
 The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. until time of services at 11 a.m.
 Friday in Sturgill Funeral Home.

 Harry L. Gullett

 Funeral services for Harry Lee Gullett will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in
 Weaver Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Michael Leonard will officiate. Burial
 will be in Booher's Cemetery.
 Mr. Gullett, 72, of 403 Elmo St., Bristol, Va., died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, in
 Wellmont Hospice House.
 Among survivors are three sisters, Barbara Bolling and Lozine Hamilton, both
 of Bristol Virgnia, and Betty Phillips of Dante, Va.
 Pallbearers will be friends and family. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. John
 Green, Dr. Doug Green, Dr. Tom Green, Dr. Donald Quinn, Dr. Ben Cowan
 and Dr. Roger McSherry.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 George H. Horton

 GALAX -- George Howard Horton, 73, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999, in
 Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax.
 He was born in Carroll County, a son of the late Asa C. Horton and Alice
 White Horton. He retired from Sara Lee Knit Products.
 He was a member of Carroll County Senior Citizens and Old Town Lodge 68.
 Surviving are his wife, Mary Dalton Horton; a son, Darrell W. Horton of
 Bristol Virginia; three granddaughters, Jessica Ring of Marion, Mary Margaret
 "Maggie" Horton of Staunton, Va., and Lucy E. Horton of Bristol Virginia; and
 two great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in
 Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel in Hillsville. Dr. Lawrence Childs will
 officiate. Masonic rites will be presented Thursday at 8 p.m. in the funeral
 home by Old Town Lodge 68. Burial will be in Monta Vista Memory Gardens
 in Galax.
 Among survivors are a daughter-in-law, Emma Horton of Bristol Virginia.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral
 home chapel and any time at 395 Shady Square in Galax.
 Memorial contributions may be sent to First Baptist Church Building Fund,
 Hillsville, VA 24343.

 Harmon C. Jessee

 BLUFF CITY -- Harmon C. "Hop" Jessee, 84, of 225 Carter St., died
 Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
 He was born in Artrip, Va., a son of the late Thomas and Dona Carroll Jessee.
 He was a former member of Bluff City Civitan Club and a member of the
 Chinquapin and Bluff City Senior Citizens Centers.
 Surviving are his wife, Helen Crowder Jessee; a daughter, Pat Smith of Bristol
 Tennessee; a son, Fred Jessee of Bristol Tennessee; two sisters, Laura Thomas
 of Bluff City and Ellen Ray of Morristown, Tenn.; two brothers, Charles Jessee
 of Johnson City and Clarence Jessee of Newport News, Va.; and a
 granddaughter.
 Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 8 p.m. in Tetrick Funeral Home
 Bluff City Chapel. The Revs. Herman Cate and Bob Robinson will officiate.
 Graveside services will be Friday at 11 a.m. in Glenwood Cemetery. Those
 attending the service should meet at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Friday.
 Mr. Jessee was also preceded in death by five brothers; and three sisters.
 Among survivors are a granddaughter, Jana Jessee of Bristol Tennessee; a
 daughter-in-law, Janice Jessee of Bristol Tennessee; and a son-in-law, Charles
 A. Smith of Bristol Tennessee. Pallbearers will be chosen from Mr. Jessee's
 nephews.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral
 home chapel and other times at the residence.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Bluff City United
 Methodist church, 468 Cedar St., Bluff City, TN 37618 or Morning View
 Cemetery Association c//o Forrest Thomas, 276 Main St., Bluff City, TN
 37618.
 Tetrick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Patricia L. Jones

 GATE CITY -- Funeral services for Patricia A. Leonard Jones will be
 conducted Friday at 10 a.m. in Gene Falin Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Layton
 Bentley will officiate. Music will be by Darthula Baptist Church Quartet. Burial
 will be in Darthula Baptist Church Cemetery in Hiltons, Va.
 Mrs. Jones, 54, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, in Holston Valley Hospital and
 Medical Center.
 She was a daughter of William H. and Una Pippin Leonard of Meadowview
 and was retired from Powell Valley Family Pbysicians in Big Stone Gap.
 Surviving, besides her parents, are her husband, Harold Jones; two sons,
 Timmy Foran and Darius Foran, both of Meadowview; a sister, Carolyn Wolfe
 of Abingdon; four granddaughters; two step-grandsons; and several nieces and
 nephews.
 Pallbearers will be Payne Jones, Don Smith, Ken Goff, Larry Thompson, Jack
 Hamilton, Darius Turner, Sam Click, Joe Taylor, Sam Hartsock and Jess Elam.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday in Gate City
 Funeral Home.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Darthula Baptist
 Church Building Fund, Route 1, Box l77-A, Hiltons, VA 24258.

 Jack Lambert

 Jack Lambert, 64, of 401 Tilley Drive, Bristol, Va., died Wednesday, Oct. 13,
 1999, at his home.
 He was born in Buchanan County, a son of the late Roosevelt and Fannie
 Lambert. He received his masters of education degree from East Tennessee
 State University and was a retired teacher and principal of Washington County,
 Va., School System. He was a member of Windsor Avenue Presbyterian
 Church, where he served as an elder.
 Surviving are his wife, Phyllis Lambert; three sons, Steffen Lambert, Denny
 Lambert and Chris Lambert, all of Bristol Virginia; and two granddaughters.
 Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 8 p.m. in Weaver Funeral
 Home Chapel. The Revs. Gradys Parsons and Davis Whitesides will officiate.
 Graveside services will be Friday at 11 a.m. in Glenwood Mausoleum Chapel
 with entombment in Glenwood Mausoleum.
 Mr. Lambert enjoyed operating some rental property in the Bristol area.
 Among survivors are two precious granddaughters, Christina Lambert of
 Bristol Virginia and Sarah Lambert of Greensboro, N.C.; and a loving
 daughter-in-law, Angela Lambert.
 Pallbearers will be Hubert Keen, Leon Presley, David Odum, Dan Puckett,
 Ron Keen and J.B. Wampler. Honorary pallbearers will be Guessner Musick,
 Harlan Church, Bobby Hammond and members of Session of Windsor
 Avenue Presbyterian Church.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday before the
 chapel services in Weaver Funeral Home.

 Mallie B. Mullins

 NEWARK, Del. -- Mallie Beverly Mullins, 83, formerly of Dickenson County,
 died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999 in Churchman's Village in Newark.
 She had been a waitress since 1957, retiring in 1990. She was the widow of
 Burns P. Mullins.
 Surviving are two sons, Gene Mullins and Richard Mullins, both of Wilmington,
 Del; a daughter, Judy Scott of Bear, Del.; a brother, Lowell Beverly of
 Kingsport; a sister, Beaulah Rose of Clintwood; five grandchildren; and a
 great-grandson.
 Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. in Valley View Freewill
 Baptist Church by Clintwood Funeral Home. The body will be taken to the
 church an hour before services. Lynn Vanover, minister, will officiate. Burial
 will be in Phipps Memorial Cemetery in Clintwood.
 Mrs. Mullins, a loving mother, is also survived by five grandchildren, Bret
 Mullins, Chad Mullins, Curtis Mullins, Pamela Boilen and Robin Mullins; and a
 great-grandson, Zachary Boilen.
 Pallbearers will be Bret, Chad, Curtis and Gene Mullins, Bobby Beverly, Judy
 Scott, Brian Boilen and Kyle Beverly.
 The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Friday in the funeral home, where a
 song service will be held at 7 p.m.
 Clintwood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangments.

 Carol E. Patterson

 MEADOWVIEW -- Funeral services for Carol Elizabeth Patterson will be
 conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Farris Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Wayne
 Parsons will officiate. Burial will be in Jackson-Lewis Cemetery.
 Ms. Patterson, 47, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999.
 Pallbearers will be David Patterson, Tony Slaughter, Joe Gentry, Jack Hamm,
 Bill Mink and Mark Stanley.
 Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

 Gerald W. Peters

 KINGSPORT -- Gerald W. Peters, 57, of the Rock Springs community, died
 Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999, in Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center.
 He was born in Johnson City, a son of Mary K. Cox of Kingsport and the late
 Ivera D. Peters. He was a 1962 graduate of Dobyns Bennett High School,
 where he played on the 1959-60 state champion football team. He retired in
 1994 from Tennessee Eastman Co.
 Surviving, besides his mother, are his wife, Virginia S. Peters; a brother, Ivera
 J. Peters of Spring Hill, Fla.; a half-brother, Ronald Peters of Johnson City;
 and several nieces and nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 8 p.m. in Oak Hill Funeral Home.
 The Rev. Michael Cookenour will officiate. Graveside services will be
 Saturday at 11 a.m. in Oak Hill Cemetery.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday in Oak Hill Funeral
 Home.
 Memorial contributions may be sent to the Humane Society of Greater
 Kingsport, 621 West Industry Drive, Kingsport, TN 37660.

 Estelle M. Rouse

 Estelle M. Rouse, 69, of 433 Sharps Creek Road, Bristol, Tenn., died
 Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, in Wellmont Hospice House.
 She was a lifelong resident of the Bristol area and a daughter of the late
 Smalling and Laura South. She retired from L.C. King Manufacturing and was
 a member of Friendship Freewill Baptist Church.
 Surviving are her husband, Emory Rouse; a son, Gerald Rouse of Bristol
 Tennessee; two sisters, Nina Crowell of Bristol Tennessee and Edina Denton
 of Bristol Virginia; a brother, Preston South of Blountville; a granddaughter;
 two grandsons; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. in Weaver Funeral Home
 Chapel. The Revs. Howard Campbell and Tim Rouse will officiate. Burial will
 be in Rust Cemetery.
 Among survivors are a granddaughter, Lorrie McClung of Bristol Tennessee;
 two grandsons, Justin E. "Skip" Rouse and Jason Emory Rouse, both of Bristol
 Tennessee; three great-grandchildren, Caitlynn, Patrick and Hailey; and a very
 special friend, Maude Gross.
 Special thanks to Wellmont Hospice House and staff.
 Pallbearers will be Jason Emory Rouse, Justin "Skip" Rouse, Bob Crowell,
 Thomas Peaks, David Denton and Randy Denton.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday in Weaver
 Funeral Home.

 Marion C. Shortt

 CLINTWOOD -- Marion Clay Shortt, 80, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, in
 Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center.
 She was a retired cashier of the old Cumberland Bank and Trust Co., the
 originator of the "Teen Canteen" for youth in the 1950s and a member of
 Pauline Page Circle and Billy Rader Home Demonstration Club. She was past
 worthy matron of the Order of the Eastern Star and the last surviving member
 of the "All Women Council" for the Town of Clintwood as listed in British
 media as the "Petticoat Government."
 Surviving are her husband, Ayers P. Shortt; four daughters, Sue Thomason of
 Clinchco, Va., Rebecca Hughes of Pound, Bethel Steele of Ladson, S.C., and
 Mitzie Arnold of Laguna, Mexico; a brother, Frank Clay of Coeburn; five
 granddaughters; and four great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. in Clintwood Baptist
 Church. The Revs. Bill Kendrick and Ronnie Mutter will officiate. The body
 will be taken to the church an hour prior to services. Burial will be in Phipps
 Memorial Cemetery in Clintwood.
 Pallbearers will be Danny Shortt, Ronald Shortt, Ronnie Robbins, Frank Clay
 Jr., James Clay and Russell Fleming. Honorary pallbearers will be Jimmie
 Vanover, Creed Fleming, Dr. N.C. Ratliffe, Tommy Thomason, Macado
 Crabtree and Frank Anderson.
 The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Thursday in Clintwood Funeral
 Home.

 Hazel W. Stephenson

 CULPEPER, Va. -- Hazel Walters Stephenson died Monday, Oct. 11, 1999,
 in Culpeper Health Care Center in Culpeper.
 She was a lifelong resident of Bristol Tennessee and a daughter of the late
 Emmanuel Walters and Rhetta Hensen Walters. She was a 70-plus years
 member of Border City Chapter 162 Order of the Eastern Star, where she was
 a past matron serving in 1949. She was a member of Aldersgate United
 Methodist Church and the widow of Samuel Edward Stephenson Sr.
 Surviving are two sons, Samuel Edward Stephenson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla.,
 and George Clarence Stephenson of Sperryville, Va.; six grandchildren; and 10
 great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Akard Funeral Chapel.
 The Rev. Bradley K. Hyde will officiate. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
 Pallbearers will be members of King Masonic Lodge 461 of Bristol Tennessee.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday in Akard
 Funeral Home.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Sperryville Fire
 Department, P.O. Box 233, Sperryville, VA 22740, or Sperryville Volunteer
 Rescue, P.O. Box 178, Sperryville, VA 22740.

 Pamela D. Sturgill

 BEAN STATION, Tenn. -- Funeral services for Pamela Denise Sturgill will be
 conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Hagy Funeral Home Chapel in Norton. The
 Revs. Roger Jenkins and Allen Culbertson will officiate. Burial will be in Laurel
 Grove Cemetery.
 Mrs. Sturgill, 40, died Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, at her home.
 Hagy Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Emerson F. Underwood

 WISE -- Emerson Franklin Underwood, 75, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999,
 in Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport.
 He was a son of the late Robert Lee and Eva Perry Underwood and a retired
 employee of Virginia Department of Transportation with 37 years of service.
 He was a member of Bethel Chapel Freewill Baptist Church and of Wise
 Senior Citizens Club.
 Surviving are a daughter, Eva Lee Nicholas of Chesterfield, Va.; three
 brothers, Bill Underwood, Delmar Underwood and Herbert Underwood, all of
 Wise; three sisters, Opal Dale of California, Pernie Harding of Wise and
 Bertha Gallimore of Salem, Va.; three grandchildren; and five
 great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. in Bethel Chapel
 Freewill Baptist Church by Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise. The Revs. Gene
 Jennings and Eddie Sturgill will officiate. The body will be taken to the church
 an hour before services. Burial will be in Smith-Gilliam Cemetery.
 Mr. Underwood was also preceded in death by a sister, Clarinda Powers; and
 a brother, Robert Underwood.
 Among survivors is son-in-law, Dan Nicholas of Chesterfield.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday in Sturgill Funeral
 Home.

 Helen D. Williams

 BLOUNTVILLE -- Helen Louise Delp Williams, 77, of 384 Johnson Hollow
 Road, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999, at her home.
 She was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County, a retired cafeteria worker with
 Bristol Tennessee City Schools and a member of Temple Baptist Church. She
 attended Faith Baptist Church.
 Surviving are her husband, Herman W. Williams; a son, David Wayne Williams
 of Blountville; two daughters, Wanda Faye Price of Abingdon and Carolyn
 Louise Williams of Glouchester, Va.; a sister, Jenny Dixon of Bristol
 Tennessee; three brothers, Lester Delp, George Delp and Gene Delp, all of
 Bristol Tennessee; six grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
 Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Glenwood Mausoleum
 Chapel. The Revs. John Price and Eddie Zimmerman will officiate. Burial will
 be in Glenwood Cemetery.
 Pallbearers will be Kevin Price, George Large, Arvil Large, William Stratton,
 Will Fritz and Kevin Sweet. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Faith
 Baptist Church.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday in Weaver
 Funeral Home.

 French Willis

 BLOUNTVILLE - French Willis, of 321 Johnson Hollow Road, died
 Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
 Funeral arrangements will be announced by Weaver Funeral Home.

 Edna S. Wilson

 MORGANTON, N.C. -- Edna S. Wilson, of Wedgewood Drive, formerly of
 Bristol Tennessee, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, in Hospice Shytle House.
 She was born in Ashe County, N.C., a daughter of the late Avery Hampton
 Severt and Bernice McGlamery Severt. She was the widow of John W.
 Wilson and a retired employee of H.P. King Co. in Bristol. She was a member
 of First Presbyterian Church in Bristol.
 Surviving are a son, Bill Wilson of Morganton; a daughter, Carolyn Bunker of
 High Point, N.C.; two grandsons, William Wrenn Wilson and Ian Thoreau
 Bunker; 11 brothers and sisters; and several nieces and nephews.
 Graveside services will be conducted Friday at 3 p.m. in East Hills Cemetery in
 Bristol by Sossoman Funeral Home of Morganton. The Rev. Gordon Turnbull
 will officiate.
 Among survivors are a daughter-in-law, Sherry Wilson of Morganton.
 Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be nieces and nephews.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in First
 Presbyterian Church in Morganton and from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday in First
 Presbyterian Church in Bristol.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Hospice of Burke
 County, P.O. Box 1029, Valdese, NC 28690, First Presbyterian Church, 701
 Florida Ave., Bristol, TN 37620, or to First Presbyterian Church, 100 Silver
 Creek Road, Morganton, NC 28655.
 Sossoman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


October 15, 1999





 Clyde Brewer

 Clyde Brewer, 68, of 13468 Smith Creek Road, Bristol, Va., died
 Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999, in Wellmont Hospice.
 He was a retired farmer.
 Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Russell (Barbara Ann) Gross in Bluff City; six
 brothers, Donald Brewer of Lebanon, Dewey Brewer of Bristol Virginia, Paul
 Brewer and Joe Junior Brewer, both of Bristol Tennessee, and Charlie Brewer
 and Jim Brewer, both of Mendota; three step-grandchildren; two
 step-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
 Graveside services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in Ingles Cemetery by
 Farris Funeral Service of Abingdon. Pastors Mike Belcher and Jerry Shaffer
 will officiate.
 Pallbearers will be Woody Brewer, "Rooster" Brewer, Gene Andis, Bobby
 Andis, Junior Greer and Kevin Brewer.
 There will be no visitation in the funeral home. The family will receive friends
 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at the home of Woody and Daisy Brewer, 13468
 Smith Creek Road. Viewing will be an hour before the service Saturday at the
 cemetery.
 Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

 Salley H. Bright

 Funeral services for Salley Edith Hunsucker Bright will be conducted Friday at
 2 p.m. in Weaver Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Johnny Bowlin and Basil
 Freeman will officiate. Burial will be in Booher's Chapel Cemetery.
 Mrs. Bright, 91, of Route 3, Box 209, Bristol, Va., died Tuesday, Oct. 12,
 1999, at her home.
 Pallbearers will be grandsons, Bobby Bright II, Bartley Bright, Barry Bright,
 Brad Allison, Michael Bright and Jeff Bright. Honorary pallbearers will be
 Eddie Allison, Hiram Gardner, Ronnie Fleenor, Burl Jennings, Tyler Campbell,
 Gary Baker and David Myers.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Mildred R. Cox

 ST. PAUL -- Mildred R. "Mousey" Cox, 66, died Wednesday, Oct. 13,
 1999, in Russell County Medical Center in Lebanon.
 She was born in Russell County and was the widow of James Orbin Cox.
 Surviving are four daughters, Ann Jones of West Lake, La., Jeanie Clark and
 Shelby Pago, both of St. Paul, and Tammy Smith of Hackberry, La.; a
 stepdaughter, Debbie Stancil of Richmond; two sons, Ronnie LeJuine of
 Sulphur, La., and Eddie LeJuine of Hackberry; a sister, Ada Fields of
 Castlewood; 15 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and
 nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of
 Castlewood Funeral Home. The Rev. Lanny Powers will officiate. Burial will
 be in Temple Hill Memorial Park.
 Pallbearers will be family and friends.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday in Castlewood
 Funeral Home.

 Patricia L. Jones

 GATE CITY -- Funeral services for Patricia A. Leonard Jones will be
 conducted Friday at 10 a.m. in Gene Falin Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Layton
 Bentley will officiate. Music will be by Darthula Baptist Church Quartet. Burial
 will be in Darthula Baptist Church Cemetery in Hiltons, Va.
 Mrs. Jones, 54, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, in Holston Valley Hospital and
 Medical Center.
 Pallbearers will be Payne Jones, Don Smith, Ken Goff, Larry Thompson, Jack
 Hamilton, Darius Turner, Sam Click, Joe Taylor, Sam Hartsock and Jess Elam.
 Gate City Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Darthula Baptist
 Church Building Fund, Route 1, Box l77-A, Hiltons, VA 24258.

 Jack Lambert

 Graveside services for Jack Lambert will be Friday at 11 a.m. in Mountain
 View Mausoleum Chapel with entombment in Moountain View Mausoleum by
 Weaver Funeral Home in Bristol, Tenn. The Revs. Gradye Parsons and Davis
 Whitesides will officiate.
 Mr. Lambert, 64, of 401 Tilley Drive, Bristol, Va., died Wednesday, Oct. 13,
 1999, at his home.
 Pallbearers will be Hubert Keen, Leon Presley, David Odum, Dan Puckett,
 Ron Keen and J.B. Wampler. Honorary pallbearers will be Guessner Musick,
 Harlan Church, Bobby Hammond and members of Session of Windsor
 Avenue Presbyterian Church.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Emma Mays

 CASTLEWOOD -- Emma "Cooter" Mays, 67, died Wednesday, Oct. 13,
 1999, in Russell County Medical Center.
 She was born in Russell County, a daughter of the late Roy and Beatrice
 Gullett. She was the widow of Alfred Mays.
 Surviving are three sons, Roy L. Mays, Alfred L. Mays Jr. and Ronald E.
 Mays, all of Castlewood; three sisters, Patsy Mays of St. Paul, Nancy Wallace
 of Dante, Va., and Polly Parrott of Cleveland, Va.; a brother, Roger Gullett of
 Dante; three grandchildren; a great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 4 p.m. in Castlewood Funeral
 Home Chapel. The Rev. J.T. Hartsock will officiate. Burial will be in Temple
 Hill Memorial Park in Castlewood.
 Pallbearers will be Mike Mays, Stevie Sabo, Butch Parrott Jr., Sammy
 Woods, Jackie Wallace and Scotty Gullett.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday in Castlewood
 Funeral Home.

 Terry B. Meade

 CASTLEWOOD -- Terry Kelly Bush Meade, 39, died Wednesday, Oct. 13,
 1999, in Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol, Tenn.
 She was born in Russell County, a daughter of Edith Bush of Castlewood and
 the late Paul Bush.
 Surviving, besides her mother, are her husband, Eddie Meade; a daughter,
 Chesley LeAnn Meade of Castlewood; a sister, Zoe Ann Evans of
 Castlewood; two brothers, Randy Bush and Rocky Bush, both of Castlewood;
 maternal grandmother, Viledia Bush of Coeburn; and several nieces and
 nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. in Castlewood Funeral
 Home Chapel. The Rev. Orbie Porter and Ted Phillips will officiate.
 Entombment will be in the Chapel of Memories, Forest Hills Memory Gardens
 in Abingdon.
 Pallbearers will be Rodney Jessee, Jamey Bush, E.G. Jessee, Randall Brooks,
 Joey Hicks, Lee Bush and Seth Jennings. Honorary pallbearers will be Josh
 Bush, Cody Ring, Carson Lawson and Doug Hartsock.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday in Castlewood
 Funeral Home.

 Lena B. Mills

 KINGSPORT -- Lena B. Mills, 74, of 2137 Sherwood Road died
 Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999, in Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center.
 Mrs. Mills was born in Johnson City and lived in Kingsport for the past 25
 years. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church and a retiree of First
 Baptist Church, where she was employed for many years. She was the widow
 of J.D. Mills.
 Surviving are a daughter, Annette L. Bailey of Kingsport; and four brothers,
 Robert Hale and Edward Hale, both of Johnson City, Kenneth Hale of
 Clarksville, Tenn., and Henry Hale of Stockton, Calif.
 Funeral arrangements will be announced by Robinson Funeral Services.

 Josephine Mitchell

 Josephine Mitchell of Bristol Tennessee died Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999, in
 Cambridge House in Bristol, Tenn.
 Funeral arrangements will be announced by Farris Funeral Service of
 Abingdon, Va.

 Mallie B. Mullins

 NEWARK, Del. -- Funeral services for Mallie Beverly Mullins will be
 conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. in Valley View Freewill Baptist Church by
 Clintwood Funeral Home. The body will be taken to the church an hour before
 services. Lynn Vanover, minister, will officiate. Burial will be in Phipps
 Memorial Cemetery in Clintwood.
 Mrs. Mullins, 83, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, in Churchman's Village in
 Newark.
 Pallbearers will be Bret, Chad, Curtis and Gene Mullins, Bobby Beverly, Judy
 Scott, Brian Boilen and Kyle Beverly.
 The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Friday in the funeral home, where a
 song service will be held at 7 p.m.
 Clintwood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangments.

 Mattie B. Musick

 CLEVELAND, Va. -- Funeral services for Mattie Belcher Musick will be
 conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Lebanon Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs.
 Virgil Musick, Duane Musick and Ricky Smith will officiate. Burial will be in
 Russell Memorial Cemetery.
 Mrs. Musick, 105, of the Weavers Creek community, died Wednesday, Oct.
 13, 1999, in Russell County Medical Center.
 Surviving are three daughters, Naomi Kiser and Edith Artrip, both of
 Cleveland, Va., and Retha Linkenhoker of Roanoke; three sons, Robert
 Musick and Denver Musick, both of Lebanon, and Lawrence Musick of
 Narrows, Va.; 23 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; eight
 great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
 Pallbearers will be Timmy Dotson, Shine Dotson, Joe Dotson, Frankie Smith,
 Ira Smith, David Clint Musick, Doug Artrip and Johnny Skeen.
 Lebanon Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Felix L. Odle

 FOLEY, Ala. -- Felix Leon Odle, 78, formerly of Coeburn, died Wednesday,
 Oct. 13, 1999, at his home.
 He was a son of the late Robert Lee and Norma Jean Carico Odle and a
 retired engineer.
 Surviving are his wife, Ann M. Odle, two sons, Robert Leonard Odle of Tulsa,
 Okla., and Lawrence Allen Odle of the Bahamas; a daughter, Mary C. Blanton
 of Ellenboro, N.C.; six grandchildren; and several nephews and nieces.
 Graveside services will be conducted Saturday at 10 a.m. in Greenwood
 Memorial Gardens by Estes Funeral Home in Coeburn. The Rev. Curt Bond
 will officiate.
 Mr. Odle was also preceded in death by a son, Michael Joseph Odle.
 Estes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Judith A. Rife

 CLAYPOOL HILL, Va. -- Judith Stamper Adkins Rife, 55, died Thursday,
 Oct. 14, 1999.
 She was born in Kentucky, a daughter of Allene Clark Stamper of Mantua,
 Ohio, and the late Arlie Stamper. She was the widow of Ronald Adkins and
 Adm. Dewey Rife Jr.
 Surviving, besides her mother, are a son, Ronald Adkins of Raleigh, N.C.: two
 daughters, Rhonda Nelson of Wardell, Va., and Michelle Rife of Leesburg,
 Va.; two sisters, Pat Houck and Barbara Edwards, both of Mantua; a brother,
 Arlie "Rocky" Stamper III of Mantua; and seven grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in Singleton Funeral
 Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff. The Rev. Terry Johnson will officiate.
 Entombment will be in Greenhills Memory Gardens Mausoleum in Claypool
 Hill.
 Mrs. Rife was also preceded in death by a granddaughter, Andrea Nelson.
 She was an avid bowler.
 Pallbearers will be friends.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday in Singleton Funeral
 Service.

 Estelle M. Rouse

 Funeral services for Estelle M. Rouse will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. in
 Weaver Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Howard Campbell and Tim Rouse
 will officiate. Burial will be in Rust Cemetery.
 Mrs. Rouse, 69, of 433 Sharps Creek Road, Bristol, Tenn., died Tuesday,
 Oct. 12, 1999, in Wellmont Hospice House.
 Pallbearers will be Jason Emory Rouse, Justin "Skip" Rouse, Bob Crowell,
 Thomas Peaks, David Denton and Randy Denton.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Marion C. Shortt

 CLINTWOOD -- Funeral services for Marion Clay Shortt will be conducted
 Friday at 11 a.m. in Clintwood Baptist Church. The Revs. Bill Kendrick and
 Ronnie Mutter will officiate. The body will be taken to the church an hour
 before services. Burial will be in Phipps Memorial Cemetery in Clintwood.
 Mrs. Shortt, 80, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, in Holston Valley Hospital and
 Medical Center.
 Pallbearers will be Danny Shortt, Ronald Shortt, Ronnie Robbins, Frank Clay
 Jr., James Clay and Russell Fleming. Honorary pallbearers will be Jimmie
 Vanover, Creed Fleming, Dr. N.C. Ratliffe, Tommy Thomason, Macado
 Crabtree and Frank Anderson.
 Clintwood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Nora G. Snead

 MARION -- Nora Lee Glovier Snead, 82, died Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999, at
 her home.
 She was a member of First United Methodist Church and was a retired
 registered nurse.
 Surviving are her husband, Roy M. Snead of Marion; a son, Roy M. Snead III
 of Rockport, Texas; a granddaughter, Lisa Snead of Houston; and a
 great-granddaughter, Catherine Kluge of Houston.
 Graveside services will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. in Rose Lawn
 Cemetery by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service. The Rev. Buddy Miller will
 officiate.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday in Seaver-Brown
 Chapel.

 Diane Spritzer

 DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- Diane Spritzer, 87, died Wednesday, Oct. 13,
 1999, in Delray Medical Center.
 She was born in New York City, retired with her husband to Delray Beach in
 1979 after a 21-year career as owner of a retail business and seven years with
 the New York City Health Services Administration.
 She was active in numerous community and civic organizations.
 Surviving are her husband, Philip Spritzer; a daughter, Barbara Firestone of
 Absecon, N.J.; a son, Allan D. Spritzer of Johnson City; a sister, Lillian Sinen
 of Pompano Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to charities of choice.
 Beth Israel Memorial Funeral Home in Delray Beach, Fla., is in charge of
 arrangements.

 Hazel W. Stephenson

 CULPEPER, Va. -- Funeral services for Hazel Walters Stephenson will be
 conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Akard Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Bradley K.
 Hyde will officiate. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
 Pallbearers will be members of King Masonic Lodge 461 of Bristol Tennessee.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Sperryville Fire
 Department, P.O. Box 233, Sperryville, VA 22740, or Sperryville Volunteer
 Rescue, P.O. Box 178, Sperryville, VA 22740.
 Akard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 Reeves Stidham

 NORTON -- Reeves Stidham, 70, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999, as a
 result of injuries sustained in an accident.
 He was a lifelong resident of the Wise County area and the widower of Maxine
 Napier Stidham.
 Surviving are four sisters, Wanda "Tootsie" Rich of Big Stone Gap, Anna Lee
 Hale and Lois Stidham, both of Norton, and Thelma Collins of Appalachia;
 two brothers, Robert Stidham of Big Stone Gap and Ralph Eugene Stidham of
 Marina, Calif.; and several nieces and nephews.
 Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 8 p.m. in Hagy Funeral Home
 Chapel. The Revs. John McFalls and Lester Sturgill will officiate. Graveside
 services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
 Mr. Stidham is also survived by a special friend, Dorothy Howington of
 Coeburn.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday in Hagy Funeral
 Home.

 Sharon A. Sykes

 HONAKER -- Sharon Ann Sykes, 40, died Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999, in
 Russell County Medical Center in Lebanon.
 She was born in Tazewell County, Va., a daughter of Louise Tolliver of Cedar
 Bluff and the late Avery Tolliver. She had lived in the Honaker area for the past
 17 years, was 1977 graduate of Richlands High School and a graduate of
 Southwest Virginia Community College. She was a licensed practical nurse.
 Surviving, besides her mother, are her husband, Douglas W. Sykes Sr.; a
 daughter, Kierra Lyndsey Sykes of the home; a stepdaughter, Angela Sykes
 Quales of Bristol Virginia; a stepson, Douglas W. Sykes Jr. of Honaker; a
 sister, Bobbie Cassell of Cedar Bluff; a brother, Stephen A. Tolliver of St.
 Paul; two step-grandchildren, Richard Quales Jr. and Maranda Quales.
 Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in Honaker Funeral
 Home Chapel. The Revs. Clyde Lambert and Mike Ryan will officiate. Burial
 will be in Tunnel Hill Cemetery in Honaker.
 Among survivors are several aunts.
 Pallbearers will be relatives and friends.
 Friends may call after 6 p.m. Friday in Honaker Funeral Home.

 Flossie T. Turyn

 CLAYPOOL HILL, Va. -- Flossie Tomblin Turyn, 77, died Wednesday, Oct.
 13, 1999, in a Lebanon hospital. She was born in Logan County, W.Va., a
 daughter of the late Alexander and Mae Blair Tomblin, both Logan County
 natives. She was a member of Saint Mary's Catholic Church in Richlands.
 Surviving are her husband of 58 years, John Turyn Jr.; and a son, John Turyn
 III of Denver.
 A Mass will be celebrated Saturday at 10 a.m. in Singleton Funeral Service
 Chapel in Cedar Bluff. Father Tom Collins will officiate. Entombment will be in
 Greenhills Memory Gardens Mausoleum at Claypool Hill, Va.
 Mrs. Turyn was also preceded in death by two sisters, Ruth Browning and
 Eunice Adams; a brother, Eugene Jennings Tomblin.
 Among survivors are three brothers-in-law, Frank Turyn of Paintlick, Va.,
 Victor Turyn of Ellicott, Md., and Tony Turyn of Lady Lake, Fla; a
 sister-in-law, Mrs. Frances Maynard of Delbarton, W.Va.
 Pallbearers will be nephews.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday in Singleton Funeral
 Service.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Saint Mary's Catholic
 Church, P.O. Box 696, Richlands, VA 24641.

 Grant W. Widener

 MARION -- Grant William Widener, 67, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999, at
 his home.
 He was a son of the late Dewey and Nell Widener, a member of Lighthouse
 Baptist Church and a U.S. Army veteran.
 Surviving are his wife, Betty Barker Widener; a daughter, Patricia Norris of
 Marion; six sons, William Grant Jr. of Cockeysville, Md., Dennis Widener of
 Parkton, Md., Samuel Widener of Saltville, Phillip Widener of Hyde Park,
 Mass., and James Widener and Mark Widener, both of Marion; three sisters,
 Ernestine Sether and Charlotte Floyd, both of Gainesville, Fla., Aline Alban of
 Anchorage, Alaska; five brothers, Dewey Widener of Pennsylvania, Francis
 Widener of Delaware, James Widener and Ernest Widener, both of
 Congowingo, Md., and Freddie Widener of New Jersey; 18 grandchildren;
 and six great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in Barnett's Marion
 Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Benny Frye and Avery Sheets will officiate.
 Burial will be in Thomas Cemetery.
 Mr. Widener was also preceded in death by three brothers, J.C., Timothy and
 Robert Widener.
 Among survivors are a son-in-law, Dale Norris of Marion; four
 daugthers-in-law, Nancy Widener of Cockeysville, Linda Widener of Parkton,
 Marie Widener of Hyde Park and Natalie Widener of Marion.
 The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday in Barnett's Funeral
 Home.

 Helen D. Williams

 BLOUNTVILLE -- Funeral services for Helen Louise Delp Williams will be
 conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Glenwood Mausoleum Chapel. The Revs. John
 Price and Eddie Zimmerman will officiate. Burial will be in Glenwood
 Cemetery.
 Mrs. Williams, 77, of 384 Johnson Hollow Road, died Wednesday, Oct. 13,
 1999, at her home.
 Pallbearers will be Kevin Price, George Large, Arvil Large, William Stratton,
 Will Fritz and Kevin Sweet. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Faith
 Baptist Church.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 French Willis

 BLOUNTVILLE - Funeral services for French C. Willis will be conducted
 Friday at 8 p.m. in Blountville Christian Church by Weaver Funeral Home.
 Ministers Steve Everroad and Leland Houser will officiate. Graveside services
 will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in Johnson Cemetery.
 Mr. Willis, 83, of 321 Johnson Hollow Road, died Wednesday, Oct 13, 1999,
 in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
 He was born in Holston, Va., and lived in the Blountville area most of his life.
 He was a retired employee of Sperry Co. and a member of Blountville
 Christian Church.
 Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Mary E. Willis; a daughter, Florence Moore
 of Blountville; a son, Gene Willis of Bristol Tennessee; a brother, Roy Willis of
 Blountville; three grandchildren; two foster grandchildren; two
 step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
 Mr. Willis was an avid fisherman.
 Among survivors are an uncle, J.H. Gillie of Bonita, Calif.; three grandchildren,
 Mitch Moore, Karen Rhymer and Kathy Johnston; two foster grandchildren,
 Jason Wright and Gary Wright; and two step-grandchildrenm Nikki Milhorn
 and Jody Milhorn.
 Pallbearers will be Arvil Large, George Large, Henry Large, Don Harrison, Jim
 Smith and Butch Rhymer. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. John Green, Dr.
 Tom Green, Dr. Doug Green, Dr. Waverly Green, Dr. Don Quinn, Dr. Joseph
 Kurre Jr., Dr. Stephanie Powell, second floor staff of Bristol Regional Medical
 Center and friends and neighbors.
 The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Friday before the
 chapel services in the funeral home or other times at the home of Arvil and
 Patsy Large, 301 Johnson Hollow Raod, Blountville.
 Memorial contributions may be sent to Blountville Christian Church, 1680
 State Route 37, Blountville, TN or a favorite charity.
 Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.