Bedford County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Merlie Melissa Wallace

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Bristol Herald Courier
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003

Merlie Melissa Wallace

MONETA, Va. - Merlie Melissa Wallace, 79, died peacefully on Friday, Nov. 21, 
2003, in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

She was born Oct. 21, 1924, in Russell County, Va., a daughter of the late 
William Patton Robinson and Cora Meldonia Robinson. She lived in Bristol, 
Tennessee for 30 years and had made her home at Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta 
the last 21 years. Mrs. Wallace was a loving woman who cherished her role as 
wife and homemaker. She was a friend to all and believed "family" was a 
person's greatest blessing. She was a member of Spring City Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a husband, Aubrey 
Rasnic, a brother, Jimmy Robinson, and two sisters, Audrey Williams and 
Virgie McCloud.

She is survived by her husband of 21 years, Nuel L. Wallace; a niece whom she 
claimed as a daughter, Nancy Hickman and her husband Bill of Piney Flats; and 
their daughters, whom she claimed as granddaughters, Mrs. Rick (Nicole) 
Phelps of Swannanoa, N.C., and Renee Hickman of Knoxville; a brother, Newlin 
Robinson of Cedar Bluff; two sisters, Beulah Hubble of Bristol, Va., and 
Mrs. George (Mabel) Thomas of Lebanon; a stepdaughter, Mrs. John (Loretta) 
Yeaman and her family of Martinsville, Va., and a stepson, Butch Wallace and 
his family of Roanoke.

"Aunt Merlie" had many nieces and nephews whom she cherished.

The funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003, in the 
Combs Funeral Service Chapel in Lebanon, with the Rev. Larry DeVault, 
minister at Cassidy United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will follow 
in Russell Memorial Cemetery in Lebanon. Serving as pallbearers will be her 
nephews, Ronnie Hubble, Roger Hubble, David Robinson, Pete Robinson, George 
"Spunky" Thomas and Robert McCloud. The family will receive friends 1-3 p.m. 
Sunday prior to the service at the funeral home.

Combs Funeral Service in Lebanon is serving the family of Mrs. Wallace.