Lillie Virginia Arnold
Lillie Virginia Arnold, 93, of Fries, Va., died
Monday, March 3, 2003, in the Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, Va.
Funeral services will be held Friday, March 7,
at 2 p.m. at the Providence United Methodist Church with the Rev. Gloria
Lancaster Rhudy and the Rev. Lacy King officiating. Interment will be in
the Providence Cemetery.
She was born Oct. 27, 1909, a daughter of the
late Benjamin Franklin and Nannie Melvina Parks Arnold.
She is survived by three sisters, Rosa Shupe
of Fries, Va., Ethel Smythers of the Piney section of Wythe County, Va.,
and Elizabeth Turner of Max Meadows, Va.; a brother, Cloyde Arnold of Cooksville,
Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.
Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home in Galax, Va., is
in charge of the arrangements.
Ricky Lynn Coake
Ricky Lynn Coake, 51, of Max Meadows, Va., died
Monday, March 3, 2003, in Costa Rica.
Arrangements are pending.
Reese Funeral Home in Austinville, Va., is in
charge of the arrangements.
Ruth Hilton Phillippi
Ruth Hilton Phillippi, 88, of the Cedar Springs
community in Rural Retreat, Va., died Monday, March 3, 2003, at her home.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March
6, at 1 p.m. at the Asbury United Methodist Church with the Rev. J. Scott
Adkins and the Rev. Michael Hoyle officiating. Interment will be in the
church cemetery.
She was born in Wythe County, Va., and was a
member of the Asbury United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Stephen
Guy Phillippi; one daughter, Dixie Aileen P. Ireson; her parents, Leland
Wise and Leona Waddell Hilton; two sisters, Zella Kitts and Reba Minor;
and one brother, Frank Hilton.
Survivors include four nieces, Jean Burnett of
Marietta, Ga., Lois Lucas of Michigan, Louise Warner of Pennsylvania, and
Patsy Pope of Fayetteville, N.C.; four nephews, Harold Minor of Dickson,
Tenn., Richard Phillippi, Pete Phillippi and John Phillippi, all of Wytheville,
Va.; and several grandnieces, grandnephews, other relatives and friends.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, March
5, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lindsey Funeral Home or at the residence at
any time.
The family suggests that those who prefer may
make memorials to the Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department or to the
Rural Retreat Emergency Services.
Lindsey Funeral Home in Rural Retreat, Va., is
in charge of the arrangements.
Charlie Stuart Jackson
Charlie Stuart Jackson, 81, of Austinville, Va.,
died Wednesday, March 12, 2003.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March
15, at 2 p.m. at the Reese Funeral Home Chapel, Austinville, Va., with
the Rev. Mike Waller officiating. Interment will be in the Bethany Cemetery,
Austinville, Va.
He was born in Wythe County, Va. He was a charter
member of Beulah United Methodist Church where he served as a trustee and
on various committees and was active in the community. He was a retired
mine foreman with the New Jersey Zinc Company with 43 years service and
a farmer.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Raper
and Minnie Shipwash Jackson; a son-in-law, Dennis Quesenberry; and three
brothers, Henry Jackson, Glen Jackson and Lee Jackson.
Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Mildred
Lowe Jackson; one daughter, Betty Jackson Quesenberry of Austinville, Va.;
one son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Barbara Jackson of Austinville,
Va.; one granddaughter and spouse, Denise Quesenberry and Dexter Cain of
Mt. Airy, N.C.; one great-granddaughter, Leah Grace Cain; two great-stepgrandsons,
Cory Cain and Brandon Cain; one sister-in-law, Margaret Davidson Jackson
of Winston-Salem, N.C.; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends Friday, March
14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Reese Funeral Home or at the residence at any
time.
The family suggests that those who prefer may
make memorial donations to Hospice of Southwest Virginia, 600 W. Ridge
Road, Wytheville, VA 24382.
Reese Funeral Home in Austinville, Va., is in
charge of the arrangements.
Jesse Kellen Yates
Jesse Kellen Yates, 75, of Hylton Road, Fairlawn,
Va., died Wednesday, March 12, 2003.
A Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday,
March 15, at 11 a.m. at the Fairlawn United Methodist Church with the Rev.
Joe Taylor officiating.
He was born Oct. 25, 1927, in Montgomery County,
Va. He was a member of Fairlawn United Methodist Church, a veteran of both
the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy, a retired power house foreman at Hercules
Inc. with 20 years of service and a retired employee of Appalachian Power
Company with 20 years of service.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James
Franklin and Cora Compton Yates; and a brother, James Yates.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Ila N.
Yates of Fairlawn, Va.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Steven and Debra
Yates of Wytheville, Va., and David and Nancy Yates of Radford, Va.; two
daughters, Lori A. Yates and Julie Jordan, both of Fairlawn, Va.; two brothers,
Harold Yates of Christiansburg, Va., and Reed Yates of Stuart, Va.; and
five grandchildren, Ryan Yates, Josh Yates, Blake Yates, Whitley Yates
and Kelsey Yates, all of Wytheville, Va.
The family will receive friends Friday, March
14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Mullins Funeral Home in Radford, Va.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that
contributions be made to the Gentle Shepherd Hospice, P.O. Box 3754, Radford,
VA 24143.
Mullins Funeral Home in Radford, Va., is in charge
of the arrangements.
Houston F. Casteel
Houston F. Casteel, 85, of Wytheville, Va., died
Wednesday, March 19, 2003 in Baltimore, Md.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March
22, at 10 a.m. at the Hubbard Funeral Home, Baltimore, Md. Interment will
be in Meadowridge Memorial Park in Baltimore, Md.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Catherine
Casteel; three brothers, Virgil Casteel, Carson Casteel, and Hobart Casteel;
and a sister, Carmen Casteel.
Survivors include one son, Danny Casteel of Kentucky;
three daughters, Rosemary Qureshi, Carol O'Brien and Freida Ford, all of
Baltimore, Md.; a brother, Huey Casteel; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Friday, March
21, from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hubbard Funeral Home.
Hubbard Funeral Home in Baltimore, Md., is in
charge of the arrangements.
Joseph A. Cooper Sr.
Joseph A. Cooper Sr., 86, of Wytheville, Va.,
died Wednesday, March 19,2003, in the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax,
Va.
Arrangements are pending.
Gillman Funeral Chapel in Wytheville, Va., is
in charge of the arrangements.
Burter Ayers Felts
Burter Ayers Felts, 97, of Max Meadows, Va.,
died Friday, March 21, 2003.
Arrangements are pending.
Grubb Funeral Home in Wytheville, Va., is in
charge of the arrangements.
Edith "Edy" Colley Irvin
Edith "Edy" Colley Irvin, 63, of Rural Retreat,
Va., died Thursday, March 20, 2003, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 23,
at 2 p.m. at the Summit Baptist Church with the Rev. Donald Tate and the
Rev. Jody Blevins officiating. Interment will follow in the Blue Springs
Cemetery.
She was born in Buchanan County, Va., on Jan.
11, 1940. She was a member of the Summit Baptist Church and was a retired
school teacher with the Wythe County School System.
She was preceded in death by her father, Holiday
Colley.
Survivors include her husband, H. Dean Irvin
of the home; a daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Kirby Sage of Rural
Retreat, Va.; one son, Randal Irvin of Rural Retreat, Va.; her mother,
Grace Keene Colley of Vansant, Va.; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Fred
and Juanita Colley of Blacksburg, Va., and Frank and Freida Colley of Vansant,
Va.; a foster brother and his wife, George and Margaret Looney of Vansant,
Va.; three grandchildren, Chris Sage, Justin Sage and Dusty Sage; two great-grandchildren,
Autumn Sage and Wyatt Sage; and 13 nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends Saturday, March
22, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lindsey Funeral Home at the residence at any
time.
The family suggests that those who prefer may
make memorials to the Virginia's Hospice, P.O. Box 257, Rural Retreat,
VA 24368.
Lindsey Funeral Home in Rural Retreat, Va., is
in charge of the arrangements.
Shirley Ann Ashe Smith
Shirley Ann Ashe Smith of Wytheville, Va., died
Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at Wythe County Community Hospital, Wytheville,
Va.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 23,
at 3 p.m. at the Franklin Street United Methodist Church, Wytheville, Va.
She was born in Pocahontas, Va., and was educated
in the Tazewell County Public School System. She also attended Bluefield
State College, Bluefield, W.Va. She was a Silhouette of Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity Inc. of Beckley Southern West Virginia Alumni Chapter. She received
certification in American Banking from the American Institute of Banking
through Wytheville Community College. She worked as a teacher's aide in
the Wythe County Public Schools and at First National Exchange Bank in
Wytheville, Va. Because of illness, she retired on disability in 1979.
She was a member of Franklin Street United Methodist Church in Wytheville,
Va., a former president of the Women's Society of Christian Services and
served as a soloist in the community. On June 2, 1956, she married Ernest
E. Smith Sr.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William
Taft and Katherine Kendrick Ashe; and two brothers, Billy Ashe and Michael
Ashe.
Survivors include her husband of 47 years, Ernest
E. Smith Sr. of Wytheville, Va.; a daughter and son-in-law, Kimberly and
Marshall Murray; a son and daughter-in-law, Ernest E. Jr. and Dixie Smith;
a brother and sister-in-law, Jerry Allen and Elizabeth A. Ashe; five grandchildren,
Brianna, Demetrick, Trey, Leann, and Devin; one great-grandchild, Maliah;
and many nieces, nephews, cousins, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law and
friends.
The family will receive friends Sunday, March
23, from 2 to 3 p.m. (service time) at the Franklin Street United Methodist
Church.
Chapel Funeral Home in Bluefield, W.Va., and
Barnett Funeral Home in Wytheville, Va., are in charge of the arrangements.
Mike Donald Crouse
Mike Donald Crouse, 68, of Crockett, Va., died
Sunday, March 23, 2003, at his residence.
A graveside service will be held Thursday, March
27, at 11 a.m. at the Rosewood Memorial Gardens, Rural Retreat, Va., with
the Rev. Doug Stuart officiating.
He was born April 30, 1934, in the Black Lick
section of Rural Retreat, Va., a son of the late George and Ella Mae Hale
Crouse.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Lucille Crouse
of the home; three sons and a daughter-in-law, John Crouse of Glade Spring,
Va., Gary Crouse of Rural Retreat, Va., and Carl and Rhonda Crouse of Crockett,
Va.; one daughter and son-in-law, Treva and Junior Davidson of Pulaski,
Va.; one brother and sister-in-law, James and Pauline Crouse of Rural Retreat,
Va.; three sisters and a brother-in-law, Iva Gordon of Thurmond, N.C.,
Emma Jean Parks of Rural Retreat, Va., and Margaret and Hobert Lowe of
Apollo Beach, Fla.; six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home in Independence,
Va., is in charge of the arrangements.
Charles E. "Eddie" Hubble
Charles E. "Eddie" Hubble, 72, of Lorton Lick
Road, Bluewell, W.Va., died Monday, March 24, 2003, at his residence.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March
27, at 1 p.m. at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell, W.Va., with
the Rev. Omar Burns officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens
on Courthouse Road, Princeton, W.Va.
Born Jan. 31, 1931, in Ceres, Va., he had been
a resident of Bluewell, W.Va., for 42 years and was the owner of Hubble
Grading and Lumber Company for 21 years. At the time of his death, he was
retired from Swope Construction Company because of his health. He had worked
on several highway construction sites in West Virginia and Virginia and
strip mining sites of Jr. Pocahontas Coal Company, Joe Turley Coal Company,
Anderson and Anderson Coal Company, and Tom Seay Construction Company.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, member of the Ceres Alumni Association
and attended the Wilderness Creek Church of God.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William
Andrew Hubble and Mary Virginia Umbarger Hubble; an infant daughter; and
two brothers, W.A. Hubble Jr. and Warren Calvin Hubble.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Ann Hodges
Hubble of Lorton Lick Road, Bluewell, W.Va.; a son, Calvin Edward Hubble
of the home; a sister, Virgil Ann Britton of Route 1, Ceres, Va.; and a
special friend, Kelly Hubbard.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, March
26, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell, W.Va.
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell, W.Va.,
is in charge of the arrangements.
Thomas Hadden Humphreys Jr.
Capt. Thomas Hadden Humphreys Jr., 96, of Roanoke,
Va., formerly of Max Meadows, Va., died Wednesday, March 26, 2003, in Roanoke,
Va.
A family graveside service will be held Sunday,
March 30, at the Draper Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery with Dr. Corty
Cooper officiating.
A son of Thomas H. Humphreys Sr. and Beulah C.
Botefuhr Humphreys, he received his law degree from the University of Arkansas.
He was assistant attorney general of Arkansas prior to World War II. In
1942 he was made Lt. JG in the Navy Reserve. During the war he was stationed
on Attu in the Aleutian Islands. He served in Manila during the Japanese
war trials as a civilian legal counsel. Following the war, he accepted
a commission in the Navy's Judge Advocate General's office with the rank
of Lt. Commander. He served on Guam, in Washington, D.C., Boston and San
Juan, Puerto Rico. Upon retirement, he lived in Roanoke, Va., and Max Meadows,
Va. for the past 40 years. He was a lifelong Presbyterian and Democrat.
He was a member of Draper's Valley Presbyterian Church.
He was preceded in death in 1954 by his wife
of 47 years, Margaret Mae Mastin Humphreys.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law,
Thomas H. III and Verna Humphreys of Harrison, Ark.; three daughters and
son-in-law, Reata Atkinson of Jacksonville, Ark., Cathy Hurst of Roanoke,
Va., and Al and Margot Walthall Jolly of Madison, N.C.; 11 grandchildren,
12 great-grandchildren; and a special nephew and his wife, Pat and Evelyn
Humphreys of Springfield, Va.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
Draper's Valley Presbyterian Church, 2755 Old Baltimore Road, Draper, VA
24324.
Visitation will be held Saturday, March 29, from
3 to 5 p.m. at the home of his daughter Cathy Hurt in Roanoke, Va.
Oakey's Roanoke Chapel and Crematory in Roanoke,
Va., is in charge of the arrangements.
Dondee Alice Stoots Swecker
Dondee Alice Stoots Swecker, 76, of Pulaski,
Va., died Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at the University of North Carolina
Hospital, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Funeral services were held Friday, March 21,
at 11 a.m. at the Bower Funeral Chapel in Pulaski, Va., with Pastor Jerry
Collins and Pastor L.J. Rippey officiating. Interment was in the Bethany
Cemetery in the Poplar Camp section of Wythe County, Va.
She was born Oct. 9, 1927, in Wythe County, Va.
and was a member of the Pulaski Church of God on Bob White Blvd., Pulaski,
Va.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur
Stoots and Gertrude Worrell Stoots; four sisters, Mannie, Bessie, Laura
and Hazel; and three brothers, Orel, George and Robert.
Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Thomas
Haymon Swecker of Pulaski, Va.; a son, Doug Swecker of Pulaski, Va.; a
daughter, Sue Dicker of Barren Springs, Va.; four granddaughters, Rhonda
Hinkley, Jennifer Abdelwahed, Holly Duncan and Christy Lowe; seven stepgrandchildren;
two brothers and sister-in-law, Ray and Nancy Stoots of Pulaski, Va., and
Coy Stoots of Barren Springs, Va.; and three sisters and brothers-in-law,
Threcia "Dot" and Andrew Matney of Dublin, Va., Edith and Robert E. Lee
Jones of Pulaski, Va., and Violet and Howard Viars of Bassett, Va.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to
the Pulaski Church of God, P.O. Box 2109, Pulaski, VA 24301.
Bower Funeral Chapel in Pulaski, Va., was in
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