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June 11, 2000

  Henry J.Adams Jr.

  Henry J. Adams Jr., 70, of Old Jonesboro Road, Bristol, Tenn., died
Saturday,
  June 10, 2000.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Weaver Funeral Home.

  Kyle A. Bolling

  Kyle A. Bolling, 88, of 33 Lincoln Road, Bristol, Va., died Saturday, June
10,
  2000, in Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands.
  He was born in Wise County and had lived in Bristol since 1966. He was a
retired
  employee of the Virginia ABC Board and was one of the original employees
when
  the Board was founded in 1934. He retired from the Board in 1975 with 41
years
  of service. He was a member of Pound Virginia Masonic Lodge 59, AF&AM and
  Modern Woodmen of America and was of the Methodist faith.
  Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Robert (Lois Jean) Shepherd of Richlands;
three
  brothers, Paul Bolling of Pound, Darrell Bolling of Gate City, Va., and
Chester
  Bolling of Castlewood; two sisters, Thelma Shortt of Pound and Betty Brown
of
  Caledonia, Canada.
  Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Forest Hills
Chapel of
  Memories Mausoleum in Abingdon by Farris Funeral Service. The Rev. Norman
  Wilhoit will officiate. Entombment will be in the Mausoleum. Family and
friends
  will gather at the cemetery for services Tuesday.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday in Farris Funeral
Service.

  Dora Hilton Carter

  KINGSPORT -- Funeral services for Dora Hilton Carter will be conducted at
8
  p.m. Sunday in Oak Hill Funeral Home. The Rev. Bob Cloud will officiate.
  Entombment will be in Oak Hill Mausoleum.
  Mrs. Carter, 74, of 243 W. Carters Valley Road, died Friday, June 9, 2000,
in
  Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Oak Hill
Funeral Home.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society, c//o
Wanda
  Grills, 1217 Radcliff Ave., Kingsport, TN 37664 or to the Transportation
  Committee for Shrine Children, 1100 Sam Walton Road, P.O. Box 5548,
  Kingsport, TN 37663.

  Gustava Church

  ABINGDON -- Funeral services for Gustava Chuch will be conducted Sunday at
  4 p.m. in Farris Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Chris Alford will officiate.
Burial will be
  in Forest Hills Memory Gardens in Abingdon.
  Mrs. Church, 78, died Thursday, June 8, 2000, in Johnston Memorial
Hospital.
  Pallbearers will be grandsons. Honorary pallbearer will be Scottie
Stallard.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 18129
  North Fork River Road, Abingdon.
  Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  Gaines Clark

  BLUFF CITY -- Entombment services for Gaines Clark will be conducted
  Sunday at 2 p.m. in Forest Hills Mausoleum in Abingdon.
  Mr. Clark died Friday, June 9, 2000, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
  Among survivors is son-in-law Willard Parker of Lebanon.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Monk, Odell Kiser, Remley Thomas,
Phillip
  Kendrick, Ralph Cooper and Roy Shepard.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the American
Cancer
  Society.
  Oakley-Cook Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Ella Isabell Coe

  CHILHOWIE -- Ella Isabell Coe, 81, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, in Smyth
  County Community Hospital.
  She was the widow of George Wilson Coe and attended the First Church of
God
  in Chilhowie.
  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Eleanor) Snow of Chilhowie; a son,
  Franklin E. Coe of Roanoke; a sister, Magdelene Peake of Greenville, S.C.;
a
  brother, W.H. "Buck" Tuell of Chilhowie; two granddaughters; a grandson;
four
  great-granddaughters; and a great-grandson.
  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 6 p.m. in First Church of God
in
  Chilhowie by Newberry Funeral Home. The Rev. Bobby Dunn will officiate.
The
  family will receive friends immediately after the service. Graveside
services will be
  Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Mount Rose Cemetery.
  Among survivors are daughter-in-law Ruth Coe of Roanoke; granddaughters
  Kathy Snow Wright of Chilhowie and Lynn Coe Gilliam of Cades, N.C.; a
  grandson Michael Snow of Exton, Pa.; great-granddaughters Paige and
Caitlin
  Wright of Chilhowie, Faith Wright Harris of Marion and Ashley Snow of
Exton;
  and a great-grandson, Gabe Snow of Exton.
  There will be no visiting hours in Newberry Funeral Home.

  James H. Combs

  HONAKER -- Funeral services for James H. "Jim" Combs will be conducted
  Sunday at 2 p.m. in Honaker Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Clyde Lambert
  and Craig Barbour will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Memorial
Cemetery in
  Lebanon.
  Mr. Combs, 74, of the Big A Mountain section, died Friday, June 9, 2000,
in a
  Lebanon hospital.
  Pallbearers will be Scott Warren, Wayne Taylor, William "Dub" Dye, Scott
  Honaker, Tommie Deel, R.L. Thompson, Jack Compton and Brian Johnson.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Charlie Steele Robinson, Clint McGlothlin,
Paul
  Vencill, Joe Willie Thompson, Pat Combs, Earl Gene Thompson, O.B. Lockart
  and Bill Sutherland.
  Honaker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Edward Dallas Cross

  PINEY FLATS, Tenn. -- Edward D. Cross died Thursday, June 8, 2000, in
  Greystone Health Care in Blountville.
  He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, where he was past
president of
  the Vocational Agriculture Club. He taught school for several years in the
Sullivan
  County School System and served five years in the U.S. Army during World
War
  II. He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American
  Legion. He was a 4-H Club leader and past president of the Piney Flats
Ruritan
  Club. He served on the executive board of UETHD and served 72,000 hours of
  volunteer service at the Fort Howard Veterans Hospital in Baltimore. He
was a
  president of the Piney Flats Senior Citizens for many years and retired
from
  Bethlehem Steel in 1972. He was a member of Poplar Ridge Christian Church.
  Surviving are several nieces and nephews.
  In accordance with Mr. Cross' wishes, there will be no service.
  Friends may call any time Sunday at the home of his niece, Bettie Jo
Cassell, 200
  Fair Acres Drive, Bristol, Tenn.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Poplar Ridge
Christian
  Church, 206 Poplar Ridge Christian Church Road, Piney Flats, TN 37686.
  Oakely-Cook Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Gary Wayne Dotson

  WISE -- Gary Wayne Dotson, 39, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, in Lonesome
  Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap.
  He was a son of Carroll and Sadie Adkins Dotson of Wise. He attended
  Clintwood High School and was of the Baptist faith. He was a self-employed
  plumber.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are two sons, Michael and Adam, both of
Northern
  Virginia; a daughter, Vanessa, of Northern Virginia; a brother, Charlie
Dotson of
  Coeburn; three sisters, Sherry Dotson of Coeburn, Clarissa Mullins of
Jenkins,
  Ky., and Jessica Dotson of Wise; paternal grandmother, Ada Dotson of
  Abingdon; and maternal grandmother, Irene Adkins of Pikeville, Ky.
  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. in Sturgill Funeral
Home
  Chapel in Wise. The Rev. Clifford Bevins will officiate. Burial will be in
the
  Dotson-Mullins-Slemp Cemetery in Coeburn.
  Among survivors is his fiancee, Cathy Adkins of Wise.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Sturgill
Funeral Home in
  Wise.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to The Gary Wayne
Dotson
  Burial Fund, P.O. Box 1068, Wise, VA 24293.

  James R. Gilmer Sr.

  Funeral services for James R. "Jim" Gilmer Sr. will be conducted Sunday at
2 p.m.
  in Weaver Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. David Wilson and Henry Horton
will
  officiate. Burial will be in High Point Cemetery.
  Mr. Gilmer, 82, of 14468 Old Jonesboro Road, Bristol, Va., died Friday,
June 9,
  2000, in Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon.
  Pallbearers will be John Payne Jr., Lynn Sproles, James Debord, Vilas
Sims,
  Clyde Nelson, Jim Watson, Ray Wilson and Gary Mumpower. Honorary
  pallbearers will be special friends Ed Carrier, Mike Pippin and Ray Greene
and
  friends and neighbors.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Eleanor W. Hodgson

  SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. -- Eleanor Walker Hodgson, 81, died Friday, June 9,
  2000.
  She was a former school principal and retired from the Virginia Department
of
  Welfare. She was a member of Mauldin First Baptist Church.
  Surviving are a daughter, Fran Eubanks of Cowpens, S.C.; a stepdaughter,
  Glenda H. Brown of Greenville, S.C.; a stepson, Bruce W. Hodgson Jr. of
Bristol
  Virginia; two sisters, Wanda Beckner of Clearbrook, Va., and Joanna Cowan
of
  Raleigh, N.C.; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be held Monday in Fountain Inn, S.C.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to Shriners Hospital for Crippled
Children,
  950 West Fairs Road, Greenville, SC 29605.
  Cannon Funeral Home in Fountain Inn is in charge of arrangements.

  John D. Horne

  SUGAR GROVE, Va. -- John D. Horne, 87, died Friday, June 9, 2000, in the
  Birdmont Health Care Center in Wytheville.
  He was born in Smyth County, a son of the late John David and Katherine
  Munsey Horne. He was a member of the Blue Springs United Methodist Church.
  He was a retired Smyth County dairy farmer.
  Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Frances W. Horne; a daughter, Phyllis
H. Jones
  of Rural Retreat, Va.; two sons, David Clayton Horne of Rural Retreat and
  Charles R. Horne of Marion; a sister, Munsey Horne of the home; seven
  grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and three
step-great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. in Blue Springs
United
  Methodist Church by Lindsey Funeral Home of Rural Retreat. The Rev. Bill
  Perkins will officiate. The body will be taken to the church one hour
before service
  time. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
  Among survivors is son-in-law C.R. Jones of Rural Retreat; and
daughters-in-law
  Fran Horne of Rural Retreat and Belinda Horne of Marion.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the funeral
home or any
  time at the residence.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to Sugar Grove Volunteer Rescue Squad.
  Lindsey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Roger Allen Hutchinson

  GRUNDY -- Roger Allen Hutchinson, 50, of the Home Creek section of Route 1
  died Friday, June 9, 2000, in Williamson Memorial Hospital in Williamson,
W.Va.
  He was born in Buchanan County, Va., a son of Juanita Puckett Hutchinson
of Big
  Rock, Va., and the late Robert L. Hutchinson.
  He was a member of the Big Rock Church of Christ and a graduate of Grundy
  Senior High School Class of 1968. He was employed with Coal Mac, Inc. of
  Williamson, W.Va. as a shot foreman. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the
  Vietnam War, stationed in Stuttgart, Germany with the Persing Missile
Unit, and
  was a member of John Ratliff Post 164 of the American Legion.
  Surviving, besides his mother, are his wife, Rebecca Lynn Elswick
Hutchinson; a
  daughter, Jennifer Lynn Hutchinson of the home; a son, John Allen
Hutchinson of
  the home; two sisters, Janice Carol Griffith of Hurley, Va., and Hazel
Hutchinson
  of Big Rock, Va.; three brothers, Robert James Hutchinson of Grundy, Gene
  Hutchinson of Bristol Virginia and Benny Hutchinson of Big Rock.
  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. in Big Rock Church of
  Christ by Grundy Funeral Home. The Revs. Mike Trent, Bob Miller, Jim Viers
  and Mike Rife will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain Valley Memorial
Park in
  Big Rock with full military rites by members of John Ratliff Post 164 of
the
  American Legion.
  Pallbearers will be Thomas Griffith, Greg Griffith, Dwayne Elswick, James
Neal
  Clevinger, Robert John Hutchinson, Mike Case, Mark Case, Victor Elswick,
  Robert Hutchinson and Adam Hutchinson. Honorary pallbearers will be
  employees of Coal Mac, Inc. and friends.
  Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday in the church, where a service will
be held at
  7 p.m.
  Grundy Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Garnet Lambert

  ABINGDON -- Funeral services for Garnet Lou Cumbow Lambert will be
  conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in Farris Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Walter
Statzer
  will officiate. Burial will be in Knollkreg Memorial Park in Abingdon.
  Mrs. Lambert, 94, died Thursday, June 8, 2000, at home.
  Pallbearers will be Dean Hughes, Jim Nave, J.W. Cumbow, Ronald Cumbow,
  Gene Kimberlin, Sherlock Kimberlin, Gary Nunley and Kenneth Nunley.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Phelps Sr., Sunshine Pendleton, Glen
Cumbow,
  C.W. Cumbow, John Gale McGee and Cecil Scyphers.
  The family would like to give special thanks to Dr. Ted T. Thompson and
Jennie
  Martin of Highlands Internal Medicine, to Joy Stamper and the staff of
Virginia's
  Hospice Care of Rural Retreat and to Eva Scyphers, Emma Burke and Glenda
  Phelps, Mrs Lambert's wonderful caregivers.
  Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  Mabel Lamie

  SALTVILLE -- Funeral services for Mabel Lamie will be conducted at 2 p.m.
  Tuesday in Henderson Funeral Home. The Rev. Rich Cardot will officiate.
Burial
  wil be in Ridgedale Cemetery.
  Mrs. Lamie, 87, died Friday, June 9, 2000, in Smyth County Community
Hospital
  in Marion.
  She was the widow of Sherman Garfield Lamie. She and her husband were the
  owners and operators of Lamie Grocery in Rich Valley, Va.
  Surviving are two brothers, Joe Phipps of Abingdon and Edward Phipps of
  Saltville; a sister, Nina Belle Holmes of Bristol Virginia; two
grandchildren,
  Sherree L. Hartwig and Sherman Charles Lamie; and several nieces and
nephews.
  Mrs. Lamie was also preceded in death by a son, Sherman Eugene Lamie; and
a
  sister, Mary Alice Hilt.
  Pallbearers will be Paul Pratt, Bob Pratt, Ralph Spencer, Gene Buchanan,
Chris
  Clear and Willis Sanders.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in D.R. Henderson
  Funeral Home.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Saltville
Rescue
  Squad.

  Ada Jaynelle Miles

  Funeral services for Ada Jaynelle "Nell" Miles will be conducted Sunday at
4:30
  p.m. in Weaver Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Walter Statzer will
officiate.
  Burial will be in the Campground Cemetery.
  Mrs. Miles, 60, of 5230 Reedy Creek Road, Bristol, Va., died Friday, June
9,
  2000, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
  She was a lifelong resident of Bristol Virginia, a homemaker and a member
of
  Shiloh Freewill Baptist Church.
  Surviving are her husband, Douglas Miles; two daughters, Teresa Wilson of
Bluff
  City and Brenda Vachon of Blountville; five sisters, Ann Sharrett of
Bristol
  Tennessee and Lucille Miles, Norma Ramsey, Linda Alexander and Judy
Fleenor,
  all of Bristol Virginia; three brothers, Harold Leonard, Charles Leonard a
nd Mike
  Leonard, all of Bristol Virginia; a granddaughter; and several nieces and
nephews.
  Among survivors is granddaughter Ashley Brooke Stout.
  Pallbearers will be Scott Bright, Rick Sheets, Jerry Nowlin, Larry Ramsey,
Tim
  Henley and Jack Sharrett. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Jeff Farrow,
Dr. John
  Sherril and Dr. Khann.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Dolores Harr Nab

  Graveside services for Dolores Harr Nab will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m.
in
  Glenwood Cemetery by Weaver Funeral Home. Kim and Greg Peterson and
  Mike Patterson will officiate.
  Mrs. Nab, 55, of 306 Hale St., Bristol, Tenn., died Friday, June 9, 2000,
in
  Wellmont Hospice House.
  She was a daughter of the late Jim and Billie Harr. She had spent most of
her life in
  the Bristol area. She was manager of Zales Jewelers in the Fort Henry Mall
in
  Kingsport and was of the Presbyterian faith.
  Surviving are a daughter, Kristi N. Wininger of Bristol.
  Among survivors is son-in-law John Wininger of Bristol.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Stacey Wampler, Bill Stewart, John Wininger,
Don
  Corvin and Jason Lark.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Ira M. O'Quinn

  GLADE SPRING -- Ira Margaret O'Quinn, 78, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, in
  Valley Health Care Center in Chilhowie.
  Surviving are her husband, Cannie O'Quinn; a son, Elmer O'Quinn of Glade
  Spring; two daughters, Cleo Brooks and Darlene Spencer, both of Glade
Spring;
  three brothers, Roy Prater and Harry Prater, both of Glade Spring. and
Elmer
  Prater of Meadowview, Va.; three sisters, Lizze Sheppard of Saltville,
Virginia
  Trent of Glade Spring and Ollie Morrison of Sidney, Ohio; six
grandchildren; six
  great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
  Graveside services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. in the Baptist
Cemetery in
  Glade Spring by D.R. Henderson Funeral Home of Saltville. The Rev. J.L.
  DeBord will officiate.
  Pallbearers will be family and friends.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Little Flock
Holiness
  Church.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the family to
help with the
  funeral expenses.
  D.R. Henderson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Mary Bell Scott

  Mary Bell Scott, 77, died Sunday, June 4, 2000, in Bristol Regional
Medical
  Center.
  Surviving are her husband, James Scott; three daughters, Sally Ann
McElyea,
  Betty Lee McElyea and Mary Jean Nunn; a son, James Arnold; a sister,
Katherine
  Morton; a brother, Robert Smith; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren;
and
  several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services were held in Rooty Branch Freewill Baptist Church by
Weaver
  Funeral Home. The Rev. Howard Campbell officiated. Granddaughter Leona Cox
  sang "Amazing Grace."
  Weaver Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

  Samuel David Smith

  KINGSPORT -- Samuel David Smith, 69, of Curtis Court, died Saturday, June
  10, 2000, in Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center.
  He was born in Kingsport, a son of the late Carl W. Smith and Alice Perry
Smith.
  He attended Dickenson Elementary School and Sullivan High School. He
retired
  from the U.S. Air Force after 22 years of service as a master sergeant.
  Surviving are his wife, Ursula Joan McLaughlin Smith of Liverpool,
England; two
  sons, Malcolm David Smith of Kingsport and Michael John Smith of Rushmore,
  St. Andrew, England; three sisters, Ruth Williams, Mary Frances Dunn and
Helen
  E. Roberts, all of Kingsport; three brothers, Guy W. Smith of Kingsport,
Hurbert
  H. Smith of Bristol Tennessee and Howard C. Smith of Port Clinton, Ohio; a
  granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 6 p.m. in Carter-Trent
Funeral
  Home Chapel. The Rev. Bob Ferguson will officiate. Music will be by
Darlinda
  Lawson. Friends may call immediately following the service in the chapel.
  Graveside services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. in The National Cemetery in
  Mountain Home, Tenn. The American Legion Hammond Post 3 will officiate.
  Mr. Smith was also preceded in death by two sisters, Kathleen Qualls and
Nellie
  M. Harless; and three brothers, Bill Smith, Paul Smith and John D. Smith.
  Among survivors is granddaughter, Carmon Smith of England.
  Pallbearers will be the American Legion Color Guard.
  Carter-Trent Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Madeline N. Stine

  Madeline N. Stine, 77, of 2604 Shelby St., Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday,
June 10,
  2000, at home.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Weaver Funeral Home.

  Millard Wright

  Funeral services for Millard "Buddy" Wright will be conducted Sunday at 3
p.m. in
  Akard Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Rye Fleenor will officiate. Entombment
  will be in Mountain View Cemetery Mausoleum.
  Mr. Wright, 59, of 320 Reservoir St., Bristol, Va., died Friday, June 9,
2000, at
  home.
  He was born in Richlands but spent many years in the Bristol area. He was
a
  retired coal miner and a U.S. Army veteran, serving as a Special Forces
Green
  Beret. He attained the rank of staff sergeant and served two tours of duty
in
  Vietnam. He was of the Pentecostal faith.
  Surviving are his wife, Norma Wright; five stepdaughters, Cindy Lawson of
Bristol
  Tennessee, Laura Davis of Bristol Virginia, Eve Coleman of Raven, Va.,
Roxane
  Beck of Piney Flats, Tenn., and Leigh Lawson of the home; a stepson,
Joshua
  Lawson of the home; two daughters, Teresa Ferguson and Michelle Giddens,
both
  of New Jersey; a son, Raymond Wright of Charlotte, N.C.; two sisters,
Ruthy
  Taylor and Patricia Smith, both of Jacksonville, Fla.; three brothers,
Larry Wright
  of Nashville, and Kyle Wright and Paul Wright, both of Richlands; 18
  grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
  Mr. Wright was preceded in death by a son, Thomas Wright; and two
brothers,
  Wayne Wright and Grover C. Wright Jr.
  Pallbearers will be Chris Wright, Greg Wright, Eddie Jordan, Tony Dixon,
Rudy
  Beck, Billy Deskins and Robby Jordan. Honorary pallbearers will be Kenny
  Edens and Shannon Coleman.
  The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. prior to the service
Sunday in
  Akard Funeral Home.

June 12, 2000

  Henry J. Adams Jr.

  Graveside services for Henry J. Adams Jr. will be conducted Tuesday at 11
a.m.
  in Crumley Cemetery. Niles Kitzmiller will officiate.
  Mr. Adams, 70, of Old Jonesboro Road, Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday, June
10,
  2000.
  He was a son of Hattie Mae Glover of Bristol Tennessee and the late Henry
James
  Adams Sr., and had spent most of his life in the Bristol area.
  He retired from the U.S. Air Force and also was a retired captain from the
Bristol
  Tennessee Police Department. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of
Police,
  the American Legion and the American Association of Retired Persons.
  Surviving, besides his mother, are his wife, Edith Lucille Adams; a
daughter, Cindy
  Adams of Bristol Tennessee; three sons, Larry A. Adams and Jeffrey D.
Adams,
  both of Bristol Tennessee, and Thomas Harrigan of Johnson City; a brother,
  Jimmy Adams of Bristol Tennessee; a sister, Shelby Jean Dunn of Bluff
City; three
  grandsons; and a granddaughter.
  Among survivors are grandsons Jonathan Harrigan and Brian Harrigan, both
of
  Johnson City, and Brady Adams of Bristol Tennessee; and granddaughter
  Blackeley Adams of Bristol Tennessee.
  Pallbearers will be Bobby Neal, Freddie Carroll, Lyle Boyd, Joe Musser,
Bobby
  Adams and Al Overbey.
  The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday in Weaver
Funeral
  Home.

  Harold Belcher

  WISE -- Harold Belcher, 62, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in Bristol
Regional
  Medical Center.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise,
Va.

  Luna Pearl Blevins

  MARION -- Luna Pearl Blevins, 90, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, in Smyth
  County Community Hospital.
  Surviving are two daughters, Ruth Miller and Okie James, both of Marion;
four
  grandchildren, Ronnie James, Gary James, Regina Reeves and Billy Whitt;
eight
  great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces
and
  nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Seaver-Brown
Funeral
  Service Chapel. The Rev. Joe Powers will officiate. Burial will be in
Macedonia
  Baptist Church Cemetery in Chilhowie, Va.
  Among survivors is son-in-law Andy Walls of Marion.
  The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday in
Seaver-Brown
  Chapel.

  Kyle A. Bolling

  Graveside services for Kyle A. Bolling will be conducted Tuesday at 11
a.m. in
  Forest Hills Chapel of Memories Mausoleum in Abingdon by Farris Funeral
  Service. The Rev. Norman Wilhoit will officiate. Entombment will be in the
  Mausoleum. Family and friends will gather at the cemetery for services
Tuesday.
  Mr. Bolling, 88, of 33 Lincoln Road, Bristol, Va., died Saturday, June 10,
2000,
  in Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday in Farris Funeral
Service.

  James P. Culberson

  James P. Culberson, 58, of 8337 Loretta Lane, Bristol, Va., died Saturday,
June
  10, 2000, at his home.
  He was born in North Carolina, a son of the late James Pearl and Helen Yow
  Culberson, and was owner of the former Valley Drive Gulf Station. He was
of the
  Methodist faith.
  Surviving are his wife, Jane L. Culberson; two sons, James Lee Culberson
of
  Greensboro, N.C., and James Robert Culberson of the home; two
stepdaughters,
  Teresa Hopkins of Bristol Virginia and Shannon Mowery of Bristol
Tennessee; a
  brother, Charles Culberson of Winston-Salem, NC.; a sister, Joann Rayell
of
  Winston-Salem; his foster father, Hugh Knight of Summerfield, N.C.; a
foster
  brother, Ken Knight of Summerfield, N.C.; two foster sisters, Vicky Knight
and
  Janice Knight, both of Summerfield; a grandson; a granddaughter; and
several
  nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Mausoleum
Chapel in
  Glenwood Cemetery by Oakley-Cook Funeral Home. The Rev. Walter L. Statzer
  will officiate.
  Among survivors are grandson Eathan Culberson; and granddaughter Emily
  Hopkins.
  The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday in
Oakley-Cook
  Funeral Home.

  Lola E. Hill

  CLINTWOOD -- Lola Edwards Hill, 79, of Route 1, died Sunday, June 11,
  2000, in Dickenson County Medical Center.
  She was born in Tivis, Dickenson County, Va., a daughter of the late
Martin and
  Martha Ellen Mullins Edwards, and was the widow of her first husband,
Harding
  Yates, and her second husband, Armis Hill. She was a homemaker and
attended
  Tarpon Freewill Baptist Church.
  Surviving are four daughters, Margaret Ann Sutherland of Lynchburg, Va.,
Jewell
  Askins of Clintwood, Va., Paige Slone and Michele Slone, both of Robinson
  Creek, Va.; two sons, Donald Glen Yates of Des Plains, Ill., and Bill R.
Yates of
  Clintwood; four stepdaughters, Nan Edwards, Sue Phillips, Patricia Fields
and
  Charlotte Edwards; two stepsons, Jeffrey Hill and Junior Hill; a sister,
Weltha
  Tipton of Mansfield, Ohio; two half-sisters, Ruth Arrington and Trulah
Powers; a
  half-brother, Ersel Edwards; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and
a
  niece.
  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Haysi Funeral
Home
  in Haysi, Va. The Rev. Glen Sykes will officiate. Burial will be in Yates
Cemetery,
  Davis Ridge.
  Mrs. Hill was also preceded in death by two daughters, Manthalee Wallace
and
  Janice Ruth Yates; and a brother, Arnold Edwards.
  Among survivors are sister-in-law Evelyn Edwards; and a special niece,
Vickie
  Mullins.
  Pallbearers will be Greg Edwards, Lacy Edwards, Larry Edwards, Jerry Ring,
  Dana Edwards, Junior Edwards, Eric Edwards and Eugene Mullins.
  The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home,
where a
  song service will be held at 7 p.m.
  Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Mabel Lamie

  SALTVILLE -- Funeral services for Mabel Lamie will be conducted at 2 p.m.
  Tuesday in Henderson Funeral Home. The Rev. Rich Cardot will officiate.
Burial
  wil be in Ridgedale Cemetery.
  Mrs. Lamie, 87, died Friday, June 9, 2000, in Smyth County Community
Hospital
  in Marion.
  Pallbearers will be Paul Pratt, Bob Pratt, Ralph Spencer, Gene Buchanan,
Chris
  Clear and Willis Sanders.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in D.R. Henderson
  Funeral Home.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Saltville
Rescue
  Squad.

  Thomas D. Reynolds

  CEDAR BLUFF -- Thomas D. "Red" Reynolds, 72, of 132 West Hillcrest Drive,
  died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in a Richlands hospital.
  He was born in Richlands, a son of the late Hugh Augusta and Tina Johnson
  Reynolds, both Richlands natives, and was a lifelong resident of the
Richlands
  area. He was a 1948 graduate of Richlands High School.
  He was a retired brakeman for Norfolk and Southern Railway with 37 years
of
  service, a member of the No. 530 UTU Norfolk-Southern Railway Brotherhood
  of Railway Trainmen and a member of Cedar Bluff Lodge 260 AF&AM.
  He was of the Methodist faith and a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean
War.
  Surviving are his wife of 49 years, Jean McGee Reynolds; a son, Brent
Reynolds
  of Claypool Hill, Va.; two sisters, Maude Boyd of Raven, Va. and Mary
Steele of
  Wheelsburg, Ohio; a brother, George Reynolds of Richlands; and a grandson.
  Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Hurst-Scott
Funeral
  Chapel in Richlands. The Revs. Stafford Compton and Gerald Stacy will
officiate.
  Burial will be in Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va. with
military
  graveside rites by members of the Casey-Shortt VFW Post 9640 of Richlands
  and the Disabled American Veterans Tazewell County Chapter 31.
  Mr. Reynolds was also preceded in death by two brothers, Gus and John
  Reynolds.
  Among survivors are daughter-in-law Carmela Reynolds of Claypool Hill; and
  grandson Justin B. Reynolds.
  Mr. Reynolds was a former outstanding football player for Richlands High
School
  and was a strong supporter of the Richlands High School Blue Tornado team.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. German Iosif, M.H. Adair Jr., Dr. Joe
Adair, Dr.
  Tom Bays, Harold Altizer, Mike Richardson, Jim Richardson, Norman Smith,
  D.C. Jessee, Henry Hankins, Eddie Yates, Ernie Cox, Dowell Richardson,
L.C.
  Munsey, Howard Elswick, Raymond Patrick, J.R. "Bob" Mullins and Ralph
  Adkins.
  Friends may call after 6 p.m. Monday in Hurst-Scott Funeral Home.

  Samuel David Smith

  KINGSPORT -- Funeral services for Samuel David Smith will be conducted
  Monday at 6 p.m. in Carter-Trent Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Bob
Ferguson
  will officiate. Music will be by Darlinda Lawson. Friends may call
immediately
  following the service in the chapel. Graveside services will be Tuesday at
11 a.m.
  in The National Cemetery in Mountain Home, Tenn. The American Legion
  Hammond Post 3 will officiate.
  Mr. Smith, 69, of Curtis Court, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, in Holston
Valley
  Hospital and Medical Center.
  Pallbearers will be the American Legion Color Guard.
  Carter-Trent Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Madeline N. Stine

  Funeral services for Madeline Nola Goodwin Stine will be conducted Tuesday
at
  8 p.m. in Victory Baptist Church. Dr. Austin Cook and Dr. Howard Robinson
will
  officiate. Committal services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Shelby Hills
  Cemetery.
  Mrs. Stine, 77, of 2604 Shelby St., Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday, June
10, 2000,
  at her home.
  She was a lifelong resident of the Bristol area, a daughter of the late
George and
  Pearl Reed Goodwin, and was a former employee of Burlington Textile Mills.
  She was a member of Victory Baptist Church and the widow of Haden E.
  "Buddy" Stine.
  Surviving are a son, Haden E. "Buddy" Stine Jr. of Bristol Tennessee; a
daughter,
  Mrs. Jerry (Sherrie) Smelser; five sisters, Evelyn Hobbs of Blountville,
Pauline
  Kimbler and Edna Dunham, both of Bristol Tennessee, Hazel Bowman of
Bristol
  Virginia and Linda Hampton of Daytona, Fla.; two brothers, Charles Goodwin
of
  Kingsport and retired Lt. Col. Bob Goodwin of Copperas Cove, Texas.
  Among survivors are daughter-in-law Donna Stine of Bristol Tennessee.
  Honorary pallbearers will be staff of Wellmont Home Hospice, Dr. Sue Prill
and
  Dr. Bennett Cowan.
  The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday prior to the
service
  in the church or any time at the residence.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Florence Wildermuth

  DAYTON, Ohio -- Florence "Flossie" Wildermuth, 65, died Thursday, June 8,
  2000.
  She was a daughter of the late Kennel C. Church and Rosie Nichols Church,
and
  was retired from Sears, Roebuck and Co.
  Surviving are her husband, Max; three sons, Ken of Roebling, N.J., Joe of
  Norfolk, Va. and Keith of Kettering, Ohio; four sisters, Mrs. Benny (Suby)
Ratliff
  of Grundy, Mrs. Tony (Elizabeth) Strom of Asheville, N.C., Marie Linkous
of
  Abingdon and Gertie Bucknam of Sandston, Va.; and a brother, Banner
"Plumer"
  Church of Vansant, Va.
  Funeral services will be conducted Monday in Routsong Funeral Home in
Dayton.
  The Rev. Vicki C. Downing will officiate. Burial will be in Centerville
Cemetery in
  Centerville, Ohio.
  Mrs. Wildermuth was also preceded in death by a grandson, Jeremy
Wildermuth.
  Among survivors are daughters-in-law Cheryl of Roebling and Pam of
Norfolk.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Lung Association of
Ohio,
  Dayton Office, 7560 McEwen Road, Dayton, OH 45459 or Hospice of Dayton
  Inc., P.O. Box 3509, Dayton, OH 45401-3509.
  Routsong Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Otis Russell Yates

  SLATE CREEK, Va. -- Otis Russell Yates, 76, of the Elkins Branch Section,
  near Grundy, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, at his home.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home in
  Grundy.

June 13, 2000

  Henry J. Adams Jr.

  Graveside services for Henry J. Adams Jr. will be conducted Tuesday at 11
a.m.
  in Crumley Cemetery. Niles Kitzmiller will officiate.
  Mr. Adams, 70, of Old Jonesboro Road, Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday, June
10,
  2000.
  Pallbearers will be Bobby Neal, Freddie Carroll, Lyle Boyd, Joe Musser,
Bobby
  Adams and Al Overbey.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Harold Belcher

  WISE -- Funeral services for Harold Dean Belcher will be conducted
Wednesday
  at 2 p.m. in Wise First Church of God by Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise.
Pastor
  Charles Estep and the Rev. Max Nickols will officiate. Burial will be in
  Greenwood Memorial Gardens in Coeburn.
  Mr. Belcher, 62, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in Bristol Regional Medical
Center.
  He was elected to the Town of Wise Council for a four-year term beginning
July
  1, 1998, and was a member of the First Church of God in Wise. He was a
  member of the Wise Kiwanis Club, where he served as president 1974-75, and
  was the recipient of the Kiwanian of the Year Award 1974-75. He was a
member
  of Hoge Masonic Lodge 8 AF&AM in Wise and a U.S. Army peacetime veteran
  serving 1957-60.
  Mr. Belcher was a retired employee of Westmoreland Coal Co. with 17 years
of
  service and was a member of the UMWA. He was a former employee of Short's
  Super Market as a butcher and was a building contractor for several years.
He
  served as chief of police in Big Stone Gap in the 1970s and served as a
deputy,
  special investigator and chief deputy for the Wise County Sheriff's
Department for
  13 years.
  He was a 1956 graduate of Richlands High School and received several
degrees
  in the police service.
  Surviving are his wife, Phyllis Roberson Belcher; a daughter, Tammy Tiller
of
  Wise; two sisters, Patsy Hawkins of Pounding Mill, Va. and Darcus Carson
of
  Baltimore; a brother, Billy Belcher of Kyle's Ford, Tenn.; and a grandson.
  Among survivors are son-in-law Rod Tiller of Wise; and grandson Joshua
Caleb
  Tiller of Wise.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Members of Wise Kiwanis Club, Wise County
  Sheriff's Department and all personnel of Town of Wise Council.
  The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the
church.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to the Wise First Church of God
Building
  Fund, P.O. Box 980, Wise, VA 24293.

  Kyle A. Bolling

  Graveside services for Kyle A. Bolling will be conducted Tuesday at 11
a.m. in
  Forest Hills Chapel of Memories Mausoleum in Abingdon by Farris Funeral
  Service. The Rev. Norman Wilhoit will officiate. Entombment will be in the
  Mausoleum. Family and friends will gather at the cemetery for services
Tuesday.
  Mr. Bolling, 88, of 33 Lincoln Road, Bristol, Va., died Saturday, June 10,
2000,
  in Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands.
  Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  Zelma Brewster

  BANDY, Va. -- Zelma Brewster, 78, of the Sinking Waters section, died
Sunday,
  June 11, 2000, at her home.
  A lifelong resident of Tazewell County, she was a daughter of the late
John and
  Maggie Creed Bandy, and a member of Bandy Freewill Baptist Church for more
  than 50 years.
  She was the widow of Robert E. Lee Brewster.
  Surviving are two daughters, Shelvy Jean Harrison of Bandy and Carol Lee
  Hankins of North Tazewell, Va.; two sons, Harold "Pete" Brewster of
Blountville
  and Lowell Edward Brewster of Bandy; four sisters, Fern Brown, Mrs. Boyd
  (Nora) Sparks and Flo Muzzleman, all of Cedar Bluff, and Mrs. Claude
(Edith)
  Beavers of Bandy; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several
nieces
  and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Singleton
Funeral
  Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff. Marvin Nipper and the Revs. Sam Altizer and
  Danny Starling will officiate. Burial will be in Greenhills Memory Gardens
at
  Claypool Hill, Va.
  Mrs. Brewster was also preceded in death by a son, Danny Ray Brewster; and
  four brothers, Theo Bandy, Arby Bandy, Ferrell Bandy and Basil Bandy.
  Among survivors are sons-in-law Raymond Harrison of Bandy and Tommy
  Hankins of North Tazewell; daughters-in-law Linda Brewster of Blountville
and
  Regina Brewster of Bandy; special caregivers Tammy Wright, granddaughter
Pam
  Bentley and nieces Linda Yates and Leola Timmons.
  Pallbearers will be relatives and friends.
  Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Singleton Funeral
Service in
  Cedar Bluff.

  Carmen V. Byington

  CASTLEWOOD -- Carmen V. Byington, 87, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in
  Maple Grove Health Care Center in Lebanon.
  A lifelong resident of Russell County, she was a daughter of the late
Moses and
  Melinda Salyer Byington, and was a member of Grassy Creek Union Church.
  Surviving are a sister, Sallie Kate Porter of Weber City, Va.; and several
nieces
  and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Combs Funeral
  Service Chapel in Lebanon. The Revs. Ernest Jessee and Guy Elam will
officiate.
  Burial will be in Grassy Creek Church Cemetery.
  Mrs. Byington was also preceded in death by five brothers, John, Emmett,
Bill,
  Frank and Nathan Byington; and four sisters, Ollie Elam, Rhoda Lynch, Nora
  King and Gelia Byington.
  Among survivors are a special nephew, Lawrence Byington of Kingsport; and
a
  special niece, Adeline Caudill of Kingsport.
  Pallbearers will be Walter Porter, Marvin Byington, Carlyle Byington, A.L.
King,
  M.C. Elam, Hylan Elam and Hubert Elam.
  The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Combs
Funeral
  Service.

  James P. Culberson

  Funeral services for James P. Culbertson will be conducted Tuesday at 3
p.m. in
  the Mausoleum Chapel in Glenwood Cemetery by Oakley-Cook Funeral Home.
  The Rev. Walter L. Statzer will officiate.
  Mr. Culberson, 58, of 8337 Loretta Lane, Bristol, Va., died Saturday, June
10,
  2000, at his home.
  Oakley-Cook Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Zachery Nelson Hicks

  BLUFF CITY -- Zachery Nelson Hicks, infant son of Anthony and Terra Hicks,
  of 109 Meadowlark Lane No. 9, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Johnson City
  Medical Center.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are maternal grandmother and
step-grandfather
  Nancy and Lee Combs of Bristol Tennessee; maternal grandfather Perry
Langford
  of Bristol Tennessee; maternal great-grandparents James and Geneva Wilson
of
  Bristol Tennessee; maternal great-grandmother and step-great-grandfather
Joyce
  and Avery Kessee of Trenton, Ga.; paternal grandmother Betty Hicks of
Bristol
  Tennessee; and paternal great-grandparents Dewey and Joyce Hicks of
Bristol
  Tennessee.
  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the graveside
in
  Glenwood Cemetery.
  Among survivors are aunt and uncle Michael and Tina Langford; and several
  cousins.
  The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the
gravesite.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Lola E. Hill

  CLINTWOOD -- Funeral services for Lola Edwards Hill will be conducted
  Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Haysi Funeral Home in Haysi, Va. The Rev. Glen
Sykes
  will officiate. Burial will be in Yates Cemetery, Davis Ridge.
  Mrs. Hill, 79, of Route 1, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in Dickenson County
  Medical Center.
  Pallbearers will be Greg Edwards, Lacy Edwards, Larry Edwards, Jerry Ring,
  Dana Edwards, Junior Edwards, Eric Edwards and Eugene Mullins.
  The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home,
where a
  song service will be held at 7 p.m.
  Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Mollie Mullins

  NORTH EATON, Ohio -- Mollie Mullins, 87, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, at
  the home of her daughter and son-in-law in North Eaton.
  She was born in Darwin, Va., a daughter of the late Harmon and Sophornia
  Buchanan, and had resided in North Eaton since 1992, moving from Pound,
Va.,
  where she had lived most of her life.
  She was a member of North Eaton Baptist Church and was a former member of
  Pyles Memorial Church in Pound. She was the widow of Franklin Mullins.
  Surviving are a daughter, Winifred "Winnie" Branham of Grafton, Ohio; two
sons,
  Burns "Inkey" Mullins of Abingdon and Ronald Mullins of Marshall, Va.; a
sister,
  Grace Whited of Raleigh, N.C.; eight grandchildren; and 14
great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in Sadie Baker
  Memorial Chapel of Baker Funeral Home in Pound. The Revs. Roy Vanover and
  Edmon Bolen will officiate. Burial will be in Riley Mullins Cemetery in
Pound.
  Mrs. Mullins was also preceded in death by two sons, Thurman Mullins in
1995
  and Roger Mullins in 1935; three brothers, Willie Buchanan, Haskel
Buchanan and
  Paul Buchanan; and three sisters, Ethel Buchanan, Carrie Howard and Myrtle
  Cyphers.
  Mrs. Mullins enjoyed sewing, crocheting and other handcrafts, and was an
avid
  reader.
  Pallbearers will be family and friends.
  Friends may call from 11 a.m. until service time 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in
Baker
  Funeral Home.

  Leta Puckett

  ABINGDON -- Leta Puckett died Monday, June 12, 2000, at her home.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Farris Funeral Service.

  Thomas D. Reynolds

  CEDAR BLUFF -- Funeral services for thomas D. "Red" Reynolds will be
  conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands.
The
  Revs. Stafford Compton and Gerald Stacy will officiate. Burial will be in
Greenhills
  Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va. with military graveside rites by
members of
  the Casey-Shortt VFW Post 9640 of Richlands and the Disabled American
  Veterans Tazewell County Chapter 31.
  Mr. Reynolds, 72, of 132 West Hillcrest Drive, died Sunday, June 11, 2000,
in a
  Richlands hospital.
  Pallbearers will be Wilmer Lowe, Raymond DeFriece, Doug Smith, Eugene
  Horton, Bruce Russell, Lawrence Breedlove, Jesse Durham and Jim
Richardson.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. German Iosif, M.H. Adair Jr., Dr. Joe
Adair, Dr.
  Tom Bays, Harold Altizer, Mike Richardson, Norman Smith, D.C. Jessee,
Henry
  Hankins, Eddie Yates, Ernie Cox, Dowell Richardson, L.C. Munsey, Howard
  Elswick, Raymond Patrick, J.R. "Bob" Mullins and Ralph Adkins.
  Hurst-Scott Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Samuel David Smith

  KINGSPORT -- Graveside services for Samuel David Smith will be conducted
  Tuesday at 11 a.m. in The National Cemetery in Mountain Home, Tenn. The
  American Legion Hammond Post 3 will officiate.
  Mr. Smith, 69, of Curtis Court, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, in Holston
Valley
  Hospital and Medical Center.
  Pallbearers will be the American Legion Color Guard.
  Carter-Trent Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Rolie LC Stanley

  HAYSI, Va. -- Rolie LC "Jake" Stanley, 61, of Route 1, died Sunday, June
11,
  2000, in Lewis Gale Hospital in Salem, Va.
  He was born in Dickenson County, a son of the late Willard E. and Julia
Fields
  Stanley, was a farmer and was of the Old Regular Baptist faith.
  Surviving are three sisters, Susie Childress of Breaks, Va., Jessie Faye
Tate of
  Canna, Va., and Angeline Mullins of Haysi; two brothers, Ernest Stanley
and
  Raymond Stanley, both of Haysi; and several nieces and nephews.
  Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in
Stanley
  Cemetery, Route 1, Haysi, by Haysi Funeral Home. The Rev. Palmer Leftwich
  will officiate.
  Pallbearers will be nephews and great-nephews.
  Friends may call after 6 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home, where a service
will be
  held at 7 p.m. Elders Freddie Ramey and Buster Mullins will officiate.
  Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Madeline N. Stine

  Funeral services for Madeline Nola Goodwin Stine will be conducted Tuesday
at
  8 p.m. in Victory Baptist Church. Dr. Austin Cook and Dr. Howard Robinson
will
  officiate. Committal services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Shelby Hills
  Cemetery.
  Mrs. Stine, 77, of 2604 Shelby St., Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday, June
10, 2000,
  at her home.
  Among survivors are grandchildren Vikki Stine, Sarah Wolf, Kelly Wolf and
  Andrew Smelser.
  Honorary pallbearers will be staff of Wellmont Home Hospice, Dr. Sue Prill
and
  Dr. Bennett Cowan.
  The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday prior to the
service
  in the church or any time at the residence.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  James D. Whitt Sr.

  GLADE SPRING -- James D. Whitt Sr. died Monday, June 12, 2000, in
  Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Farris Funeral Home in Abingdon.

  Otis Russell Yates

  SLATE CREEK, Va. -- Funeral services for Otis Russell Yates will be
conducted
  Thursday at 1 p.m. in Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home Chapel in Grundy.
  Evangelists Clarence Greenleaf and Phillip Poe will officiate. Burial will
be in
  Mountain Valley Memorial Park in Big Rock, Va., with military graveside
rites by
  members of the American Legion John Ratliff Post 164.
  Mr. Yates, 76, of Elkins Branch section, near Grundy, died Saturday, June
10,
  2000, at his home.
  He was born in Buchanan County, Va., a son of the late Lawrence Yates and
  Bertha Smith Yates, was a member of Grundy Church of Christ since 1976,
and a
  retired carpenter and installer for Sears, where he retired in 1986.
  He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II stationed in Germany with the
99th
  Infantry Division and was a member of the American Legion John Ratliff
Post 164
  of Grundy.
  Surviving are his wife, Linda Ratliff Yates; a son, Roger Warren Yates of
  Knoxville; four sisters, Edith Compton of Grundy, Mrs. Cornelius (Gusta)
Rife of
  Stacy, Va., and Lourena Yates and Mrs. Harold (Alta) Cox, both of Grundy;
a
  brother, Buford Yates of Grundy; a granddaughter; and nine nieces and
nephews.
  Mr. Yates was also preceded in death by a son, Robert Wayne Yates.
  Among survivors are daughter-in-law Bonnie Ratliff Yates of Knoxville;
  sister-in-law Sue Yates of Grundy; and granddaughter Pamela Elaine Yates.
  Pallbearers will be Ronald Compton, David Ratliff, Herman Lee Riffe, Bob
Ratliff,
  Charles Ratliff, Tommy Yates, Steve Hylton, Terry Wilson and Danny
Shortridge.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Clinton Sutherland, Claude Ratliff, Troy
Viers,
  Sam Helton, David Matney, Tex Dales, Charlie Woods, Kermit Calhoun, Blake
  Lee, Junior Mullins, Mike Yates, Zack Cochran, Tom Cooper, Bill Neeley and
  Mark Goff.
  Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home, where
  services will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m.
  Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

June 14, 2000

  Zelma Brewster

  BANDY, Va. -- Funeral services for Zelma Brewster will be conducted
  Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Singleton Funeral Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff.
Marvin
  Nipper and the Revs. Sam Altizer and Danny Starling will officiate. Burial
will be in
  Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va.
  Mrs. Brewster, 78, of the Sinking Waters section, died Sunday, June 11,
2000, at
  home.
  Pallbearers will be relatives and friends.
  Singleton Funeral Service in Cedar Bluff is in charge of arrangements.

  Carmen V. Byington

  CASTLEWOOD -- Funeral services for Carmen V. Byington will be conducted
  Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Combs Funeral Service Chapel in Lebanon. The Revs.
  Ernest Jessee and Guy Elam will officiate. Burial will be in Grassy Creek
Church
  Cemetery.
  Miss Byington, 87, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in Maple Grove Health Care
  Center in Lebanon.
  Pallbearers will be Walter Porter, Marvin Byington, Carlyle Byington, A.L.
King,
  M.C. Elam, Hylan Elam and Hubert Elam.
  Combs Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  James F. Cregger

  MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- James F. Cregger, 82, of 823 Ferncliff Drive died
  Tuesday, June 13, 2000, in Lake Norman Regional Medical Center.
  He was born in Wytheville, a son of the late Charles G. and E. Lola
Cregger. He
  had lived most of his life in the Bristol area before moving to
Mooresville, where
  he had made his home with his daughter for the past seven years. He was a
  member of First Baptist Church of Mooresville, a former member of Victory
  Baptist Church and the widower of Pansy Sullins Cregger.
  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Rick (Ginger) Tatum of Mooresville; a
sister,
  Louella Brummer; a brother, John Cregger; and several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 8 p.m. in Weaver Funeral
Home
  Chapel. Dr. E. Harvey Rogers will officiate. Committal services will be
Friday at
  11 a.m. in Knollkreg Memorial Park. Dr. Austin Cook and Dr. Howard
Robinson
  will officiate.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Tatum, Chris Tatum, T.J. Harkleroad,
Jimmy
  Harkleroad, Tommy Shoun and Mark Pitts.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday in Weaver
Funeral
  Home Chapel.

  Boyd Hall

  CASTLEWOOD -- Boyd Hall, 80, died Tuesday, June 13, 2000, in Heritage
  Hall Health Care in Big Stone Gap.
  He was born in Scott County, Va., a son of the late John and Lizzie Comer
Hall.
  He was a member of Riverside Baptist Church.
  Surviving are his wife, Katherine Hall; a daughter, Nanna Mae Mowdy of
  Kingsport; three sons, the Rev. Joe Hall, John Hall and Speedy Hall, all
of
  Castlewood; a sister, Ida Harlow of Castlewood; a brother, Ed Hall of
  Nickelsville, Va.; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and
several nieces
  and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in Castlewood
Funeral
  Home Chapel. The Revs. John A. Kiser and David Wolfe will officiate.
Burial will
  be in Temple Hill Memorial Park in Castlewood.
  Pallbearers will be Dwayne Hamilton, Travis Hall, Jimmy Hall, Allen Rhea,
Jason
  Mays and Blaine Coffey.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Castlewood
Funeral
  Home.

  Zachary Nelson Hicks

  BLUFF CITY -- Zachary Nelson Hicks, infant son of Anthony and Terra Hicks
  of 109 Meadowlark Lane No. 9 died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Johnson City
  Medical Center.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are maternal grandmother and
step-grandfather
  Nancy and Lee Combs of Bristol Tennessee; maternal grandfather Perry
Langford
  of Bristol Tennessee; maternal great-grandparents James and Geneva Wilson
of
  Bristol Tennessee; maternal great-grandmother and step-great-grandfather
Joyce
  and Avery Kessee of Trenton, Ga.; paternal grandmother Betty Hicks of
Bristol
  Tennessee; and paternal great-grandparents Dewey and Joyce Hicks of
Bristol
  Tennessee.
  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the graveside
in
  Shelby Hills Cemetery by Weaver Funeral Home. The Rev. Jess Neal will
  officiate.
  Among survivors are aunt and uncle Michael and Tina Langford; and several
  cousins.
  The family will receive friends from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the
graveside.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Lola E. Hill

  CLINTWOOD -- Funeral services for Lola Edwards Hill will be conducted
  Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Haysi Funeral Home in Haysi, Va. The Rev. Glen
Sykes
  will officiate. Burial will be in Yates Cemetery, Davis Ridge.
  Mrs. Hill, 79, of Route 1, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in Dickenson County
  Medical Center.
  Pallbearers will be Greg Edwards, Lacy Edwards, Larry Edwards, Jerry Ring,
  Dana Edwards, Junior Edwards, Eric Edwards and Eugene Mullins.
  Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Grace Masters

  BIG STONE GAP -- Grace Masters, 93, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in
  Wellmont-Lonesome Pine Hospital.
  A lifelong resident of Big Stone Gap, she was the daughter of the late
James "Jim"
  Wilson and Laura Masters.
  Surviving are a brother, Lester Masters of Big Stone Gap; eight nieces;
five
  nephews; several great-nieces and great-nephews; and several
great-great-nieces
  and great-great-nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 3 p.m. in Holding Funeral
Home
  Chapel. The Rev. Ronnie Mutter will officiate. Resurrection service and
burial will
  be in Glencoe Cemetery in Big Stone Gap.
  Miss Masters was also preceded in death by five brothers, Frederick,
Hubert,
  Victor, Bernard and Mervin; and three sisters, Lura, Vergie and Margaret.
  Among survivors are nieces Mrs. Tom (Laura) Hunter of Northport, Ala.,
Mrs.
  Garry (Jodie) Richard of Vestavia, Ala., Mrs. Pat (Marian) Conwell and
Mrs.
  Gary (Pam) Hotard, both of New Orleans, Mrs. Rick (Debbie) Touchet of
Slidell,
  La., Mrs. Frank (Elaine) Futch of Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Dwayne (Marlene) Dell
of
  Bartow, Fla., and Carolyn Yeary of Myrtle Beach, S.C.;. nephews Victor
  Masters Jr. of Tampa, Dennis Masters of Atlanta, Jerry Masters of
Nashville,
  Mike Masters of Raleigh, N.C., and Dale Masters of Big Stone Gap; and
  sisters-in-law Margaret Masters of Diamonhead, Miss., and Nell Masters of
  Tampa.
  Miss Masters spent her life caring for others. She exemplified Proverbs
31, versus
  25 and 26: "Strength and honour are her clothing;...She openeth her mouth
with
  wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness." Always a gentle and
  compassionate lady, she will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
  Honorary pallbearers will be nurses and staffs of Wellmont-Lonesome Pine
  Hospital, Heritage Hall, Dr. S.K. Paranthaman, Hospice Support Services of
the
  Lenowisco Area, Inc.; and friends and neighbors.
  Friends may call from 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday in Holding Funeral Home Chapel.

  Marvin Earl Nuckels

  RICHLANDS -- Marvin Earl Nuckels, 77, of 503 Barrett St., died Tuesday,
  June 13, 2000, in a Richlands hospital.
  He was born in Buchanan County, Va., a son of the late George E. and Ida
Street
  Nuckels. He was a lifelong resident of the Richlands area and a former
employee
  of General Shale and F.H. Hill Casket Co. He was a carpenter. He was a
  Richlands High School graduate and coached midget league football in
Richlands
  for over 36 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and attended
  Bethel Assembly of God in Richlands.
  Surviving are his wife, Gloria June Shortridge Nuckels; a son, Christopher
Earl
  Nuckels of Spartanburg, S.C.; and a sister, Laura Davis of Richlands.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in Hurst-Scott
Funeral
  Chapel in Richlands. The Revs. Henry Collins and Stafford Compton will
officiate.
  Burial will be in Hankins Cemetery in Richlands with military graveside
rites by
  members of Casey-Shortt VFW Post 9640 of Richlands and Disabled American
  Veterans Tazewell County Chapter 31.
  Mr. Nuckels was also preceded in death by a stepson, Rodney Terrence
Beavers;
  four brothers, Elijah, Henry, Bill and George Nuckels Jr.; and two
sisters, Letha
  Sargent and Dolly Crigger.
  Pallbearers will be nephews. Honorary pallbearers will be Sam Craig Jr.,
Carl
  McGlothlin, Branch McGlothlin, Tom Sargent, Raymond Brown, Lee Coleman
  and Ken Coleman.
  Friends may call after 6 p.m. Wednesday in Hurst-Scott Funeral Home.

  John R. Palmer

  KINGMAN, ARIZ. -- John Reginald "Reggie" Palmer, 46, died Friday, June 9,
  2000, in Kingman.
  He was a son of Roy and Margaret Gollehon Palmer. He was a graduate of
  Chilhowie High School Class of 1972 and a graduate of Emory and Henry
  College with a bachelor of arts degree in education. He was a teacher and
coach
  at Wythe High School in Wytheville and a member of the local Ironworkers
Union
  in Roanoke. He taught adult education classes in Gadsden, Ala., and moved
to
  Kingman, Ariz., in 1983, where he was a teaching assistant and substitute
teacher
  for the Kingman Elementary School District. He worked in the tourist
information
  office of the Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce and helped organize the
  Kingman Multiple Sclerosis Group.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are his wife, Ruth Rhea Carter Palmer; a
brother,
  David Palmer of Bristol Tennessee; and two nieces.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 8 p.m. in Williams Funeral
Home
  Chapel in Chilhowie. The Rev. Jerry A. Eggers will officiate. Graveside
services
  will be Friday at 10 a.m. in Riverside Cemetery in Chilhowie.
  Among survivors are nieces Regina Troball of Newport, N.C., and Sebrina
  Rosenbalm of Knoxville; and John and Stacie Barker of Gate City, Va.
  Mr. Palmer will be greatly missed by his two loyal dogs, Tucker and
Callie.
  Reggie excelled in many sports during his high school and college careers.
He was
  inducted into the Emory & Henry Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 and into the
Smyth
  County Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1998 for his athletic achievements
in
  football and track. Some of his records have yet to be broken. The
Chilhowie
  Lions Club has named a scholarship in his honor.
  He was a favorite player and later coach in the Kingman Softball Leagues.
  Pallbearers will be Tom Hill, Jerry Hamilton, Preston Stevens, Tom Bishop,
  Coach Ron Bales, Coach Dave Robbins, Tom Heffinger, Cleve Compton, Lester
  Compton and Bob Hicks. Honorary pallbearers will be Chilhowie High School
  teammates and Emory & Henry College Phi Gamma Phi fraternity brothers.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Williams
Funeral
  Home.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Kingman Multiple
  Sclerosis Group, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Desert Southwest Chapter, Las
  Vegas Branch, 6000 South Eastern, Suite SC, Las Vegas, NV 89119 or to
  Chilhowie Lions Club Reggie Palmer Scholarship Fund, c//o Dwight Barker,
P.O.
  Box 581, Chilhowie, VA 24319.
  Williams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Tivis C. Powers

  BISHOP, VA. -- Tivis C. Powers, 58, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Bristol
  Regional Medical Center.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Singleton Funeral Service in
Cedar
  Bluff, Va.

  Leta Puckett

  ABINGDON -- Funeral services for Leta Francis Mitchell Puckett will be
  conducted Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Spring Creek Presbyterian Church by
Farris
  Funeral Service. The Rev. Lester MacKinnon will officiate. Committal
services will
  be Thursday at 11 a.m. in Puckett Family Cemetery. The Rev. Scott Price
will
  officiate.
  Mrs. Puckett, 80, died Monday, June 12, 2000, at home.
  A lifelong resident of Washington County, Va., she was a daughter of the
late
  William and Rosa Rust Mitchell. She was a member of Spring Creek
Presbyterian
  Church and the Abingdon Senior Citizens, Nutrition Activity Group. She was
the
  widow of Earl L. Puckett.
  Surviving are a daughter, Jean McReynolds of Bristol Tennessee; three
sons,
  Harold Puckett and Charles Puckett, both of Abigndon, and Ralph Puckett of
  Glade Spring; a brother, William C. "Bill" Mitchell of Royalton, Ky.;
three sisters,
  Willie Hudler and Ann Roope, both of Abingdon, and Mary Hudler of Bristol
  Virginia; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
  Mrs. Puckett was also preceded in death by a son, Arthur Leslie Puckett.
  Among survivors is a special niece Bonnie Norris of Abingdon.
  Pallbearers will be grandsons Doug Puckett, Jared Puckett, Mark
McReynolds,
  Andy Puckett, Allen Brown and Eric Jackson. Honorary pallbearers will be
  Sherman Holmes, Fred Harrison, Tommy Minnick, Steve McCall, Eddie
  McConnell and Gale Phelps.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the church.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Spring Creek
  Presbyterian Church, 19467 Jonesboro Road, Abingdon, VA 24211 or the
  Abingdon Senior Citizens, P.O. Box 1221, Abingdon, VA 24212.
  Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  Everette McKinley Rutter

  Everette McKinley Rutter, 58, of Fort Shelby Apartments, Bristol, Tenn.,
died
  Tuesday, June 13, 2000, at home.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Weaver Funeral Home.

  Jerry Sergeant

  Jerry Sergeant, 45, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Dickenson County
Medical
  Center.
  He was a son of James and Morlene Sergeant of Pound and was of the Old
  Regular Baptist faith.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are five sisters, Brenda Sergeant, Betty
Stidham,
  Wilma Mullins, Dorothy Gentry and Mary Gentry, all of Pound; a brother,
James
  Monroe Sergeant of Pound; four nieces; and six nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1 p.m. in Sadie Baker
Memorial
  Chapel in Baker Funeral Home. Elders Donnie West and Kenneth Mullins and
the
  Rev. Troy Belcher will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery.
  Pallbearers will be nephews and brothers-in-law.
  Baker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Steven Joseph Stamper

  ATKINS, Va. -- Steven Joseph Stamper, infant son of Dwayne and Sharon
  Stamper, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Smyth County Community Hospital.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are grandparents, Amy and Ronald Colgate
of
  Atkins and Mary and James Fortune of Groseclose, Va.; great-grandparents,
  Rebecca Ashby of Wytheville, James Ashby of Atkins, James and Della
Fortune
  of Atkins and Ohmar and Tessie Colgate of Chilhowie; and
  great-great-grandparents, Bertha and Paul Campbell of Sugar Grove, Va.
  Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Wassum
  Cemetery in Atkins by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service. The Rev. Donald Medley
  will officiate.
  Among survivors are aunts Martha Luevina Fortune of Groseclose and
Christina
  Russell and husband, Steve, of Marion; uncles Billy Ray Stamper of Atkins
and
  James E. Fortune Jr. and wife, Brandy, of Wytheville; and several cousins.
  There will be no visitation in Seaver-Brown Funeral Service.

  Ella Reedy Stanley

  CLINTWOOD -- Ella Reedy Stanley, 80, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in
  Dickenson County Medical Center.
  A lifelong resident of Dickenson County, she was a member of Peuther
Chapel
  Freewill Baptist Church and was the widow of Virgil Stanley.
  Surviving are two sons, George Ray Stanley and Donald Stanley, both of
  Clintwood; three daughters, Lois Phipps of McArthur, Ohio, Jean Phipps of
  Columbus, Ohio, and Connie Smith of Clintwood; a brother, Delmar Reedy of
  Kingsport; 14 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Peuther Chapel
Freewill
  Baptist Church by Mullins Funeral Home. The Revs. Joe Glenn Sluss and Lynn
  Vanover will officiate. Burial will be in Peuther Chapel Church Cemetery,
Caney
  Ridge section, Clintwood.
  Pallbearers will be grandsons.
  The family will receive friends at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home
chapel,
  where a service will be held at 7 p.m.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Peuther Chapel
Church
  Building Fund.
  Mullins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Rolie LC Stanley

  HAYSI, Va. -- Graveside funeral services for Rolie LC "Jake" Stanley will
be
  conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Stanley Cemetery, Route 1, Haysi, by
Haysi
  Funeral Home. The Rev. Palmer Leftwich will officiate.
  Mr. Stanley, 61, of Route 1, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in Lewis Gale
Hospital
  in Salem, Va.
  Pallbearers will be nephews and great-nephews.
  Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Madeline N. Stine

  Committal services for Madeline Nola Goodwin Stine will be conducted
  Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Shelby Hills Cemetery.
  Mrs. Stine, 77, of 2604 Shelby St., Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday, June
10, 2000,
  at home.
  A lifelong resident of the Bristol area, she was a daughter of the late
George and
  Pearl Reed Goodwin. She was a former employee of Burlington Textile Mills
and
  a member of Victory Baptist Church. She was the widow of Haden E. "Buddy"
  Stine.
  Surviving are a son, Haden E. "Buddy" Stine Jr. of Bristol Tennessee; a
daughter,
  Mrs. Jerry (Sherrie) Smelser; five sisters, Evelyn Hobbs of Blountville,
Pauline
  Kimbler and Edna Dunham, both of Bristol Tennessee, Hazel Bowman of
Bristol
  Virginia and Linda Hampton of Daytona, Fla.; two brothers, Charles Goodwin
of
  Kingsport and retired Lt. Col. Bob Goodwin of Copperas Cove, Texas.
  Among survivors is daughter-in-law Donna Stine of Bristol Tennessee.
  Honorary pallbearers will be staff of Wellmont Home Hospice, Dr. Sue Prill
and
  Dr. Bennett Cowan.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  James D. Whitt Sr.

  GLADE SPRING -- Funeral services for James D. Whitt Sr. will be conducted
  Thursday at 11 a.m. in Farris Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Steve Pollard will
  officiate. Committal services will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Looney
Family
  Cemetery in Grundy with military honors by the American Legion Post 164.
  Mr. Whitt, 60, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Johnston Memorial Hospital
in
  Abingdon.
  He was born in Pikeville, Ky., a son of the late Nathan and Dolly Looney
Whitt.
  He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was employed with Marley Mouldings.
  Surviving are his wife, Thelma Ann Whitt; a daughter, Lois Jean Nitz of
Knoxville;
  a sister, Virginia Keniser of Detroit; and a grandchild.
  Pallbearers will be Gary Whitt, Jesse Whitt, Stu Johnson, Tom Nitz, Terry
Looney
  and Jimmy Keesee. Honorary pallbearers will be Mutt Keesee and Willard
  Looney.
  Memorial contriubitons may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 18129
  North Fork River Road, Abingdon, VA 24211.

June 15, 2000

  William David Adams

  William David Adams, 57, of 735 Beechwood Drive, Bristol, Tenn., died
  Tuesday, June 13, 2000, at home.
  He was born in Saltville, Va., a son of the late Carl and Melinda Adams,
and was
  formerly self-employed as a welder.
  Surviving are his wife, Juanita Vance Adams; two daughters, Janice Chafin
and
  Joan Bunch, both of Bristol Tennessee; two sons, Rusty Tillison of Bristol
  Tennessee and Tony Tillison of Stuart's Draft, Va.; five sisters, Edith
Prater of
  Bristol Tennessee, Avonda Bryant of Vinton, Va., Jettie Anders and Carla
Greer,
  both of Roanoke, Thea Cross of Tacoma, Wash. and Lynn Krishner of Abilene,
  Kan.; five brothers, Jerry Adams, Ray Adams and Kenny Adams, all of
Saltville,
  Ned Adams of Bristol Tennessee and Phil Adams of Okinawa, Japan; six
  grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Eastern Heights
  Presbyterian Church by Weaver Funeral Home. The Revs. Rick Light and Don
  Stanley will officiate. Burial will be Eastern Heights Cemetery.
  Among survivors is mother-in-law Essie Vance of Bristol Tennessee.
  Pallbearers will be Carl Pierce, Ardie White, Ted Osborne, Barry Smith,
Gary
  McCrary and Jim Ellis.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the funeral
home and
  other times at the residence.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Irene P. Booher

  Irene P. "Nonnie" Booher, 75, of Bristol Tennessee, died Tuesday, June 13,
  2000, at the home of her daughter.
  She was born in Bristol Virginia, a daughter of the late Wiley M. and
Joanna I.
  Hobbs Morelock, and had lived most of her life in the Bristol area. She
was a
  retired waitress with State Line Restaurant, was of the Baptist faith and
the widow
  of Luster Booher.
  Surviving are two daughters, Barbara Thomas and Vicky Herndon, both of
  Bristol; a son, Marty Herndon of Bristol; a brother, Herbert Morelock of
Bristol;
  nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and
nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Weaver Funeral Home
  Chapel. The Rev. Gary Rowlette will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain
View
  Cemetery.
  Pallbearers will be Justin Herndon, Danny Bridgeman, Billy Bartee, Paul
  Bridgeman, Butch Nash and Coy Wilson. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr.
Roger
  J. McCharry, Dr. John G. Byers and Vickie K. Lewis.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Weaver
Funeral
  Home.

  Joan Stickley Byers

  BUNNELL, Fla. -- Joan Stickley Byers, formerly of Dante, Va., died Friday,
  March 3, 2000.
  A memorial service will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in the Chapel of
Love
  Mausoleum in Temple Hill Memorial Park in Castlewood. The Rev. Leonard
  Ferguson will officiate.
  Information courtesy of Castlewood Funeral Home.

  James F. Cregger

  MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Funeral services for James F. Cregger will be
  conducted Thursday at 8 p.m. in Weaver Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. E. Harvey
  Rogers will officiate. Committal services will be Friday at 11 a.m. in
Knollkreg
  Memorial Park. Dr. Austin Cook and Dr. Howard Robinson will officiate.
  Mr. Cregger, 82, of 823 Ferncliff Drive, died Tuesday, June 13, 2000, in
Lake
  Norman Regional Medical Center.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Tatum, Chris Tatum, T.J. Harkleroad,
Jimmy
  Harkleroad, Tommy Shoun and Mark Pitts.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday in Weaver
Funeral
  Home Chapel.

  Mary H. Foglesong

  RURAL RETREAT, VA. -- Mary Heldreth Foglesong, 77, died Wednesday,
  June 14, 2000, at home.
  She was born in Bluefield, W.Va., a daughter of the late Glen Heldreth and
  Katherine Cline.
  Surviving are her husband, Sidney S. Foglesong; two sons, James Foglesong
and
  Glen Foglesong, both of the home; three half-sisters, Patsy Hawthorne of
Rural
  Retreat, Elizabeth Shelton of Glendale, Pa., and Frances Walters of
Melborne,
  Fla.; a half-brother, Charles W. Miller of Rural Retreat; and several
nieces and
  nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in Lindsey Funeral
Home
  Chapel. The Rev. Robert Countiss will officiate. Burial will be in
Kimberlin
  Cemetery in Rural Retreat.
  Among survivors are a special aunt and uncle, Clara Huffman and Fred
Cline, both
  of Rural Retreat.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the funeral
home or
  any time at the residence.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to the Rural Retreat Volunteer
Emergency
  Services.
  Lindsey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Lena E. Garwood

  PENNINGTON GAP, Va. -- Lena Edith Garwood, 87, of the Dry Branch
  Community died Tuesday, June 13, 2000, at home.
  She was born in Wise County, a daughter of the late Samuel and Etta
Shipley, and
  was a resident of the Stevens Community for many years before moving to
Lee
  County. She was a graduate of Appalachia High School and the widow of
William
  F. "Bill" Garwood.
  Surviving are two sons, William F. Garwood of Hutchinson, Kan., and Victor
  Carlos Garwood of Pennington Gap; three daughters, Barbara Lee Wampler of
  Blackstone, Va., Marjorie Mae Horton of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Sue Ann
  Robbins of Jonesville, Va.; two brothers, Samuel Augustus Shipley of
Kingsport
  and Charles Shipley of Bristol Tennessee; a sister, Virginia Dotson of
Wise; 11
  grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 8 p.m. in Province Funeral
Home
  in Pennington Gap. The Rev. Clyde Hester will officiate. Graveside
services will be
  Friday at 11 a.m. in Powell Valley Memorial Gardens in Big Stone Gap.
Family
  and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Friday to go
to the
  cemetery.
  Pallbearers will be grandsons.
  The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until time of service Thursday
in
  Province Funeral Home.

  Charles O. Graybeal

  Charles O. Graybeal, 79, of 1506 Carolina Ave., Bristol, Tenn., died
Wednesday,
  June 14, 2000, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Weaver Funeral Home.

  Thomas W. Harvey

  ABINGDON -- Thomas W. Harvey, 78, formerly of Marion, died Wednesday,
  June 14, 2000.
  He was of the Christian faith, a graduate of Virginia Tech and a U.S. Air
Force
  pilot during World War II. He participated in the Boy Scouts, where he was
the
  recipient of the Silver Beaver Award. He was employed with Brunswick Corp.
for
  many years. After retiring from Brunswick, he was president of Burruss Co.
in
  Lynchburg, Va. for eight years.
  Surviving are his wife, Gloria Green Harvey; a daughter, Teri H. Carter of
  Greensboro, N.C.; two sons, Greg Harvey of Kingsport and Kim Harvey of
  Bristol Tennessee; a sister, Byrdie Parton of Danville, Va.; a brother,
Charles B.
  Harvey of Tucson, Ariz.; and three grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 8 p.m. in First Christian
Church of
  Abingdon by Farris Funeral Service. The Rev. Howard Taylor will officiate.
  Committal services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in Morning View Cemetery in
Bluff
  City, Tenn., with full military honors by Patton-Crosswhite VFW Post 6975
of
  Bristol Tennessee. Family and friends may assemble at the cemetery for the
  Saturday service.
  Among survivors are daughters-in-law Lynne Harvey of Kingsport and Cheryl
  Harvey of Bristol Tennessee; and three adored grandchildren, Tyler, Dylon
and
  Heather Harvey.
  Mr. Harvey was best known for his leadership abilities, both professional
and
  civic. He headed many fund-raising projects, including the building of
Smyth
  County Community Hospital in Marion.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the church.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to First Christian Church, 185
Jonesboro
  Road, Abingdon, VA 24210.
  Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  Willard Neal Hash

  MARION -- Willard Neal Hash, 88, died Wednesday, June 14, 2000, at home.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Barnett's Marion Funeral Home.

  William Allen Hayden

  SALTVILLE -- William Allen "Bill" Hayden, 97, died Wednesday, June 14,
  2000.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by D.R. Henderson Funeral Home.

  Reevy Clay Hensley

  Reevy Clay Hensley, 81, of Windsor Ave., Bristol Tenn., died Wednesday,
June
  14, 2000, in James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Mountain
  Home, Tenn.
  He was retired from C.E. Minerals in Greeneville, Tenn., attended Bethel
Baptist
  Church in Bristol Virginia and was a former member of Greene County Coon
  Club. He was a veteran of World War II and the widower of Fannie Kate
Bradley
  Hensley.
  Surviving are a daughter, Ella Ruth H. Wright of Bristol Tennessee; a
  stepdaughter, Wanda D. Antrican of Bluff City; a granddaughter, Judy
Arwood
  Canter; a grandson Clay Arwood; four great-grandchildren, Beth Lingerfelt,
  Cheyenne Nicole Canter, Brooke Arwood and Justin Shelton; and several
nieces
  and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in Kiser Funeral
Chapel in
  Greeneville. The Revs. Bobby King and Paul Johnson will officiate. Burial
will be
  in Oakdale Cemetery with military graveside rites by VFW Post 1990.
  Among survivors are son-in-law Howard Wright of Bristol Tennessee;
  grandson-in-law Barry Canter; granddaughter-in-law Tina Arwood; and
  stepson-in-law J.D. Antrican of Bluff City.
  Pallbearers will be Gene Johnson, Bobby Lingerfelt, Reeford Morrell, Danny
  Collins, Roy Lynn McGhee and Randy Leonard. Honorary pallbearers will be
  Justin Shelton and Albert McGhee.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday in
Kiser
  Funeral Home.

  Henry Owen Kilgore

  NORTON -- Henry Owen Kilgore, 92, died Tuesday, June 13, 2000, in Norton
  Community Hospital.
  A lifelong resident of Wise County, he was formerly employed by Dixiana
and Old
  Ben Coal Co. for 27 years. He retired as a general mine foreman. He was a
  member of Esserville Freewill Baptist Church, Hoge Masonic Lodge 8 AF& AM
  in Wise and Suthers Lodge 259 in Norton.
  Surviving are a son, Robert E. "Bobby" Kilgore of Norton; a daughter,
Stacy
  Laney of Coeburn; a sister, Ada Fortner of Bristol Virginia; three
brothers, Shady
  Kilgore of Norton and Dewey Kilgore and Thurman Kilgore, both of Wise; a
  granddaughter; three grandsons; a great-granddaughter; and a
great-grandson.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 7 p.m. in Esserville Freewill
Baptist
  Church by Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise. The Revs. Jim Smith and David
Nidiffer
  will officiate. Graveside committal services will be Saturday at 11 a.m.
in Powell
  Valley Memorial Gardens in Big Stone Gap. The Rev. Bobby Stanley will
  officiate.
  Among survivors are daughter-in-law Betty Kilgore of Norton; son-in-law
Ronald
  "Buddy" Laney of Coeburn; sister-in-law Ruby Kilgore of Wise;
granddaughter
  Dianne Baker of Pound; grandsons Todd Kilgore of Norton and Richard Laney
  and Anthony Laney, both of Coeburn; great-granddaughter Samantha Jo Baker
of
  Pound; and great-grandson Robert Todd Baker of Pound.
  Masonic Accomplishments of Right Worshipful Owen Kilgore. He served two
  terms as Worshipful Master of Hoge Lodge 8 in Wise and one term as
Worshipful
  Master of Suthers Lodge 259 in Norton. He served one term as District
Deputy
  Grand Master and two terms as District Educational Officer for the 48th
Masonic
  District. He had a Gold Card signed by the Grand Master and the Grand
Lecturer
  of the Grand Lodge of Virginia. This Gold Card stated that he knew all the
rituals
  of the Blue Lodge. He served four terms as High Priest of Craig Royal Arch
  Chapter 30 in Norton and one term as District Deputy Grand High Priest. He
was
  a representative of Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia and to the Grand
Royal
  Arch Chapter of Oregon. He was an honorary member of Thrice Illustrious
  Master in the Grand Council at Richmond. He was an honorary member of
Grand
  Council of Annointed High Priest in Virginia. He served as Commander of
Cyrene
  Commandery 21, Knights Templar in Norton and as District Deputy Grand
  Commander. He served as Worthy Patron for the Lonesome Pine Chapter of
  Order of the Eastern Star 134 in Norton. He put to memory approximately
  100,000 words. He was a member of Kazim Temple in Roanoke, Consistory as a
  32nd Degree Mason, 48th Masonic District Master Masons Association, Allied
  Masonic Degree Council 88 in Norton, honorary member of National
Association
  Legion of Honor, Kazim Temple and Wise County Shrine Club in Wise. He was
  awarded a Certificate of Proficiency for his proficiency in the Ritual of
all the
  degrees in Royal Arch Masonry by the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in
  Virginia. John W. Laningham appointed him as his representative in our
area for
  the Kazim Temple.
  The family will receive friends after 5 p.m. until time of service at 7
p.m. Friday in
  the church and from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home, where
Masonic
  Services will be held at 8 p.m. Hoge Masonic Lodge 8 AF& AM in Wise and
  Suthers Lodge 259 in Norton will officiate.
  Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise is in charge of arrangements.

  Margaret Morris McClellan

  Margaret Morris McClellan, 77, of 100 Moore St., Bristol, Va., died
  Wednesday, June 14, 2000, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
  She was a daughter of the late Clarence T. and Bessie Morris and had spent
most
  of her life in the Bristol area. She retired from Raytheon, was a member
of
  Woodlawn Baptist Church and the widow of John W. "Dub" McClellan.
  Surviving are a brother, Vaughn Morris; a sister, Edith Jones of DeMoines,
Iowa;
  several nieces and nephews; and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Glenwood Mausoleum
  Chapel by Weaver Funeral Home. The Rev. Niles Kitzmiller will officiate.
  Mrs. McClellan was also preceded in death by a sister, Evelyn Morris
Lewis.
  Among survivors are sister-in-law Mrs. Vaughn Morris; and nephew Donald
  Lewis.
  Mrs. McClellan was also a friend of Elizabeth Chapel Church.
  The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Friday prior to
the service
  in the mausoleum.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Woodlawn Baptist
  Church, 1400 Southside Ave., Bristol, TN 37620.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Marvin Earl Nuckels

  RICHLANDS -- Funeral services for Marvin Earl Nuckels will be conducted
  Thursday at 2 p.m. in Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands. The Revs.
Henry
  Collins and Stafford Compton will officiate. Burial will be in Hankins
Cemetery in
  Richlands with military graveside rites by members of Casey-Shortt VFW
Post
  9640 of Richlands and Disabled American Veterans Tazewell County Chapter
31.
  Mr. Nuckels, 77, of 503 Barrett St., died Tuesday, June 13, 2000, in a
Richlands
  hospital.
  Pallbearers will be nephews. Honorary pallbearers will be Sam Craig Jr.,
Carl
  McGlothlin, Branch McGlothlin, Tom Sargent, Raymond Brown, Lee Coleman
  and Ken Coleman.
  Hurst-Scott Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements .

  James Alfred Penley

  BLOUNTVILLE -- James Alfred Penley died Wednesday, June 14, 2000, in
  Bristol Regional Medical Center.
  He was a son of the late Robert and Cora Penley. He retired from Eastman
  Chemical Co. in 1984, after 42 years in research, and at the time of
retirement,
  was a senior labortory technician. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of
  World War II and a member of First Baptist Church of Blountville, where he
  served as a deacon, Sunday School officer, sound operator and member of
the
  Senior Adult Choir.
  Surviving are his wife of 53 years, Wilene Penley; a son, Keith Penley of
Denver;
  a daughter, Karen Terral of Lubbock, Texas; two sisters, Jean Carrier of
Bluff
  City and Edythe Antonelli of New Jersey; two brothers, Earl Penley of
Johnson
  City and David Penley of Athens, Ga.; three grandchildren; a
great-grandchild;
  and a step-granddaughter.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 8 p.m. in First Baptist
Church of
  Blountville by Akard Funeral Home. Dr. Clay Austin will officiate.
Graveside
  services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in Glenwood Cemetery.
  Mr. Penley was also preceded in death by two brothers, Ed and Vernon
Penley;
  and two sisters, Bobbie Sams and Virginia Bittle.
  Among survivors are grandchildren Brandy Casper of Belleville, Ill., Erica
Penley
  of Denver and Brian Abercrombie of Lubbock; great-grandchild Haley Casper;
  step-granddaughter Marka Terral; special daughter-in-law Ginger Penley;
special
  son-in-law Mark Terral; sister-in-law Jeanette Watson; and several special
  friends, including Louise Pack, Mother Wallace and Linda Wallace.
  Mr. Penley served as volunteer at the Rocky Mount State Historical Site.
  Honorary pallbearers, to be seated in special pews at the church for the
funeral,
  will be Glenn Seabolt, Doyle Trent, Claude Mellons, David Watson, Vernon
  Flick, David Chambers, Larry Winegar, Tony Devault, Pete Perry, Ronnie
  Buchanan, Linville Sams, Larry Penley, J.C. McClain, Eugene Morrell, Donne
  Watson, Sherrill Flick, John Odham Jr., Bobby Penley and J.C. Akard.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the church.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Van, Piano
or
  Building Fund of First Baptist Church of Blountville.
  Akard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Tivis Clay Powers Sr.

  BISHOP, Va. -- Tivis Clay Powers Sr., 58, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in
  Bristol Regional Medical Center.
  He was born in Dickenson County, Va., a son of Molly E. Powers of
Richmond,
  formerly of Dickenson County, and the late Noah Ransom Powers.
  He retired from AT&T in 1995 and was a U.S. Army veteran.
  Surviving, besides his mother, are his wife Thelma A. Hicks Powers; a son,
Tivis
  C. Powers Jr. of St. Louis, Mo.; a daughter, Melissa D. Sisk of Orange,
Va.; five
  sisters, Mrs. William E. (Irene) Drewery, Joyce Counts and Janet Sessler,
all of
  Mechanicsville, Va., Inez Counts of Lynchburg, Va., and Mrs. Jeff (Gaye)
Martin
  of Midland, Texas; a brother, Ransom Powers Jr. of Highland Springs, Va.;
three
  grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. in Singleton Funeral
Service
  Chapel in Cedar Bluff. Burial will be in Grandview Memory Gardens in
Bluefield,
  Va.
  Mr. Powers was also preceded in death by two brothers, Richard L. Powers
and
  Robert E. Powers; and a sister, Margie Bailey.
  Among survivors are daughter-in-law Kristen Powers of St. Louis; and
son-in-law
  Donald Sisk of Orange.
  Pallbearers will be Vincent Powers, Robert E. Powers Jr., Allen Boyd,
Bryan
  Powers, Ricky Deel and Johnny Mullins.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Singleton
Funeral
  Service in Cedar Bluff.

  Susie N. Price

  AMEAGLE, W.Va. -- Susie N. Price, 80, formerly of Bristol, died Tuesday,
June
  13, 2000, in Charleston General Hospital.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Weaver Funeral Home.

  Leta Puckett

  ABINGDON -- Committal services for Leta Francis Mitchell Puckett will be
  Thursday at 11 a.m. in Puckett Family Cemetery. The Rev. Scott Price will
  officiate.
  Mrs. Puckett, 80, died Monday, June 12, 2000, at home.
  Pallbearers will be grandsons Doug Puckett, Jared Puckett, Mark
McReynolds,
  Andy Puckett, Allen Brown and Eric Jackson. Honorary pallbearers will be
  Sherman Holmes, Fred Harrison, Tommy Minnick, Steve McCall, Eddie
  McConnell and Gale Phelps.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Spring Creek
  Presbyterian Church, 19467 Jonesboro Road, Abingdon, VA 24211 or the
  Abingdon Senior Citizens, P.O. Box 1221, Abingdon, VA 24212.
  Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  Everette McKinley Rutter

  Everette McKinley Rutter, 58, of Fort Shelby Towers, Bristol, Tenn., died
  Tuesday, June 13, 2000, at home.
  He had spent most of his life in the Bristol area and was the former owner
of E&R
  Electric, Plumbing and Heating. He was a member of the Haven of Rest
Church.
  Surviving are two daughters, Deborah Renee Bryant of Martinsville, Va.,
and
  Jeanie Renee Rutter of Mendota, Va.; three brothers, Hugh J. Rutter of
Basset,
  Va., and Gerald R. Rutter and Edgar Rutter, both of Collinsville, Va.
  Graveside services will be conducted Friday in the County Cemetery in
  Blountville. The Rev. Danny Harris will officiate.
  Mr. Rutter was preceded in death by a brother, Joe Rutter.
  Among survivors are granddaughter Amanda Renee Bryant; and son-in-law Will
  Bryant.
  The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the cemetery
prior to
  the service.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Jerry Sergeant

  Funeral services for Jerry Sergeant will be conducted Thursday at 1 p.m.
in Sadie
  Baker Memorial Chapel in Baker Funeral Home. Elders Donnie West and
  Kenneth Mullins and the Rev. Troy Belcher will officiate. Burial will be
in Mount
  Zion Cemetery.
  Jerry Sergeant, 45, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Dickenson County
Medical
  Center.
  He was a son of James and Morlene Sergeant of the home and was of the Old
  Regular Baptist faith.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are five sisters, Brenda Sergeant, Betty
Stidham,
  Wilma Mullins, Dorothy Gentry and Mary Gentry, all of Pound; four nieces;
and
  six nephews.
  Mr. Sergeant was preceded in death by grandparents, Irvin and Gusta
Sergeant
  and Clarence and Bessie Robinett; and a brother, James Monroe Sergeant.
  Pallbearers will be nephews and brothers-in-law.
  Baker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Dorsey Simms

  MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Dorsey Simms, 67, died Tuesday, June 13, 2000, in
Baptist
  Memorial Hospital East.
  He was a former coach for Slater High School.
  Surviving are his wife, Barbara Simms; two sons, Dorsey Simms III and Max
E.
  Simms, both of Memphis; two sisters, Shirley Simms of Tulsa, Okla., and
Delores
  Steele of Oklahoma City; and three grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be held Friday in Memphis.
  Harrison Orange Mound Funeral Home in Memphis is in charge of
arrangements.
  Information courtesy of Robinson Mortuary in Bristol Virginia.

  James D. Whitt Sr.

  GLADE SPRING -- Funeral services for James D. Whitt Sr. will be conducted
  Thursday at 11 a.m. in Farris Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Steve Pollard will
  officiate. Committal services will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Looney
Family
  Cemetery in Grundy with military honors by the American Legion Post 164.
  Mr. Whitt, 60, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Johnston Memorial Hospital
in
  Abingdon.
  He was born in Pikeville, Ky., a son of the late Nathan and Dolly Looney
Whitt.
  He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was employed with Marley Mouldings.
  Surviving are his wife, Thelma Ann Whitt; a daughter, Lois Jean Nitz of
Knoxville;
  a son, Jimmy D. Whitt Jr. of Chilhowie; a sister, Virginia Keniser of
Detroit; and a
  grandchild.
  Pallbearers will be Gary Whitt, Jesse Whitt, Stu Johnson, Tom Nitz, Terry
Looney
  and Jimmy Keesee. Honorary pallbearers will be Mutt Keesee and Willard
  Looney.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 18129
  North Fork River Road, Abingdon, VA 24211.

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June 11, 2000

  Henry J.Adams Jr.

  Henry J. Adams Jr., 70, of Old Jonesboro Road, Bristol, Tenn., died
Saturday,
  June 10, 2000.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Weaver Funeral Home.

  Kyle A. Bolling

  Kyle A. Bolling, 88, of 33 Lincoln Road, Bristol, Va., died Saturday, June
10,
  2000, in Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands.
  He was born in Wise County and had lived in Bristol since 1966. He was a
retired
  employee of the Virginia ABC Board and was one of the original employees
when
  the Board was founded in 1934. He retired from the Board in 1975 with 41
years
  of service. He was a member of Pound Virginia Masonic Lodge 59, AF&AM and
  Modern Woodmen of America and was of the Methodist faith.
  Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Robert (Lois Jean) Shepherd of Richlands;
three
  brothers, Paul Bolling of Pound, Darrell Bolling of Gate City, Va., and
Chester
  Bolling of Castlewood; two sisters, Thelma Shortt of Pound and Betty Brown
of
  Caledonia, Canada.
  Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Forest Hills
Chapel of
  Memories Mausoleum in Abingdon by Farris Funeral Service. The Rev. Norman
  Wilhoit will officiate. Entombment will be in the Mausoleum. Family and
friends
  will gather at the cemetery for services Tuesday.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday in Farris Funeral
Service.

  Dora Hilton Carter

  KINGSPORT -- Funeral services for Dora Hilton Carter will be conducted at
8
  p.m. Sunday in Oak Hill Funeral Home. The Rev. Bob Cloud will officiate.
  Entombment will be in Oak Hill Mausoleum.
  Mrs. Carter, 74, of 243 W. Carters Valley Road, died Friday, June 9, 2000,
in
  Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Oak Hill
Funeral Home.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society, c//o
Wanda
  Grills, 1217 Radcliff Ave., Kingsport, TN 37664 or to the Transportation
  Committee for Shrine Children, 1100 Sam Walton Road, P.O. Box 5548,
  Kingsport, TN 37663.

  Gustava Church

  ABINGDON -- Funeral services for Gustava Chuch will be conducted Sunday at
  4 p.m. in Farris Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Chris Alford will officiate.
Burial will be
  in Forest Hills Memory Gardens in Abingdon.
  Mrs. Church, 78, died Thursday, June 8, 2000, in Johnston Memorial
Hospital.
  Pallbearers will be grandsons. Honorary pallbearer will be Scottie
Stallard.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 18129
  North Fork River Road, Abingdon.
  Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  Gaines Clark

  BLUFF CITY -- Entombment services for Gaines Clark will be conducted
  Sunday at 2 p.m. in Forest Hills Mausoleum in Abingdon.
  Mr. Clark died Friday, June 9, 2000, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
  Among survivors is son-in-law Willard Parker of Lebanon.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Monk, Odell Kiser, Remley Thomas,
Phillip
  Kendrick, Ralph Cooper and Roy Shepard.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the American
Cancer
  Society.
  Oakley-Cook Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Ella Isabell Coe

  CHILHOWIE -- Ella Isabell Coe, 81, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, in Smyth
  County Community Hospital.
  She was the widow of George Wilson Coe and attended the First Church of
God
  in Chilhowie.
  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Eleanor) Snow of Chilhowie; a son,
  Franklin E. Coe of Roanoke; a sister, Magdelene Peake of Greenville, S.C.;
a
  brother, W.H. "Buck" Tuell of Chilhowie; two granddaughters; a grandson;
four
  great-granddaughters; and a great-grandson.
  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 6 p.m. in First Church of God
in
  Chilhowie by Newberry Funeral Home. The Rev. Bobby Dunn will officiate.
The
  family will receive friends immediately after the service. Graveside
services will be
  Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Mount Rose Cemetery.
  Among survivors are daughter-in-law Ruth Coe of Roanoke; granddaughters
  Kathy Snow Wright of Chilhowie and Lynn Coe Gilliam of Cades, N.C.; a
  grandson Michael Snow of Exton, Pa.; great-granddaughters Paige and
Caitlin
  Wright of Chilhowie, Faith Wright Harris of Marion and Ashley Snow of
Exton;
  and a great-grandson, Gabe Snow of Exton.
  There will be no visiting hours in Newberry Funeral Home.

  James H. Combs

  HONAKER -- Funeral services for James H. "Jim" Combs will be conducted
  Sunday at 2 p.m. in Honaker Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Clyde Lambert
  and Craig Barbour will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Memorial
Cemetery in
  Lebanon.
  Mr. Combs, 74, of the Big A Mountain section, died Friday, June 9, 2000,
in a
  Lebanon hospital.
  Pallbearers will be Scott Warren, Wayne Taylor, William "Dub" Dye, Scott
  Honaker, Tommie Deel, R.L. Thompson, Jack Compton and Brian Johnson.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Charlie Steele Robinson, Clint McGlothlin,
Paul
  Vencill, Joe Willie Thompson, Pat Combs, Earl Gene Thompson, O.B. Lockart
  and Bill Sutherland.
  Honaker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Edward Dallas Cross

  PINEY FLATS, Tenn. -- Edward D. Cross died Thursday, June 8, 2000, in
  Greystone Health Care in Blountville.
  He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, where he was past
president of
  the Vocational Agriculture Club. He taught school for several years in the
Sullivan
  County School System and served five years in the U.S. Army during World
War
  II. He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American
  Legion. He was a 4-H Club leader and past president of the Piney Flats
Ruritan
  Club. He served on the executive board of UETHD and served 72,000 hours of
  volunteer service at the Fort Howard Veterans Hospital in Baltimore. He
was a
  president of the Piney Flats Senior Citizens for many years and retired
from
  Bethlehem Steel in 1972. He was a member of Poplar Ridge Christian Church.
  Surviving are several nieces and nephews.
  In accordance with Mr. Cross' wishes, there will be no service.
  Friends may call any time Sunday at the home of his niece, Bettie Jo
Cassell, 200
  Fair Acres Drive, Bristol, Tenn.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Poplar Ridge
Christian
  Church, 206 Poplar Ridge Christian Church Road, Piney Flats, TN 37686.
  Oakely-Cook Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Gary Wayne Dotson

  WISE -- Gary Wayne Dotson, 39, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, in Lonesome
  Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap.
  He was a son of Carroll and Sadie Adkins Dotson of Wise. He attended
  Clintwood High School and was of the Baptist faith. He was a self-employed
  plumber.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are two sons, Michael and Adam, both of
Northern
  Virginia; a daughter, Vanessa, of Northern Virginia; a brother, Charlie
Dotson of
  Coeburn; three sisters, Sherry Dotson of Coeburn, Clarissa Mullins of
Jenkins,
  Ky., and Jessica Dotson of Wise; paternal grandmother, Ada Dotson of
  Abingdon; and maternal grandmother, Irene Adkins of Pikeville, Ky.
  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. in Sturgill Funeral
Home
  Chapel in Wise. The Rev. Clifford Bevins will officiate. Burial will be in
the
  Dotson-Mullins-Slemp Cemetery in Coeburn.
  Among survivors is his fiancee, Cathy Adkins of Wise.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Sturgill
Funeral Home in
  Wise.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to The Gary Wayne
Dotson
  Burial Fund, P.O. Box 1068, Wise, VA 24293.

  James R. Gilmer Sr.

  Funeral services for James R. "Jim" Gilmer Sr. will be conducted Sunday at
2 p.m.
  in Weaver Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. David Wilson and Henry Horton
will
  officiate. Burial will be in High Point Cemetery.
  Mr. Gilmer, 82, of 14468 Old Jonesboro Road, Bristol, Va., died Friday,
June 9,
  2000, in Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon.
  Pallbearers will be John Payne Jr., Lynn Sproles, James Debord, Vilas
Sims,
  Clyde Nelson, Jim Watson, Ray Wilson and Gary Mumpower. Honorary
  pallbearers will be special friends Ed Carrier, Mike Pippin and Ray Greene
and
  friends and neighbors.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Eleanor W. Hodgson

  SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. -- Eleanor Walker Hodgson, 81, died Friday, June 9,
  2000.
  She was a former school principal and retired from the Virginia Department
of
  Welfare. She was a member of Mauldin First Baptist Church.
  Surviving are a daughter, Fran Eubanks of Cowpens, S.C.; a stepdaughter,
  Glenda H. Brown of Greenville, S.C.; a stepson, Bruce W. Hodgson Jr. of
Bristol
  Virginia; two sisters, Wanda Beckner of Clearbrook, Va., and Joanna Cowan
of
  Raleigh, N.C.; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be held Monday in Fountain Inn, S.C.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to Shriners Hospital for Crippled
Children,
  950 West Fairs Road, Greenville, SC 29605.
  Cannon Funeral Home in Fountain Inn is in charge of arrangements.

  John D. Horne

  SUGAR GROVE, Va. -- John D. Horne, 87, died Friday, June 9, 2000, in the
  Birdmont Health Care Center in Wytheville.
  He was born in Smyth County, a son of the late John David and Katherine
  Munsey Horne. He was a member of the Blue Springs United Methodist Church.
  He was a retired Smyth County dairy farmer.
  Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Frances W. Horne; a daughter, Phyllis
H. Jones
  of Rural Retreat, Va.; two sons, David Clayton Horne of Rural Retreat and
  Charles R. Horne of Marion; a sister, Munsey Horne of the home; seven
  grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and three
step-great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. in Blue Springs
United
  Methodist Church by Lindsey Funeral Home of Rural Retreat. The Rev. Bill
  Perkins will officiate. The body will be taken to the church one hour
before service
  time. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
  Among survivors is son-in-law C.R. Jones of Rural Retreat; and
daughters-in-law
  Fran Horne of Rural Retreat and Belinda Horne of Marion.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the funeral
home or any
  time at the residence.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to Sugar Grove Volunteer Rescue Squad.
  Lindsey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Roger Allen Hutchinson

  GRUNDY -- Roger Allen Hutchinson, 50, of the Home Creek section of Route 1
  died Friday, June 9, 2000, in Williamson Memorial Hospital in Williamson,
W.Va.
  He was born in Buchanan County, Va., a son of Juanita Puckett Hutchinson
of Big
  Rock, Va., and the late Robert L. Hutchinson.
  He was a member of the Big Rock Church of Christ and a graduate of Grundy
  Senior High School Class of 1968. He was employed with Coal Mac, Inc. of
  Williamson, W.Va. as a shot foreman. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the
  Vietnam War, stationed in Stuttgart, Germany with the Persing Missile
Unit, and
  was a member of John Ratliff Post 164 of the American Legion.
  Surviving, besides his mother, are his wife, Rebecca Lynn Elswick
Hutchinson; a
  daughter, Jennifer Lynn Hutchinson of the home; a son, John Allen
Hutchinson of
  the home; two sisters, Janice Carol Griffith of Hurley, Va., and Hazel
Hutchinson
  of Big Rock, Va.; three brothers, Robert James Hutchinson of Grundy, Gene
  Hutchinson of Bristol Virginia and Benny Hutchinson of Big Rock.
  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. in Big Rock Church of
  Christ by Grundy Funeral Home. The Revs. Mike Trent, Bob Miller, Jim Viers
  and Mike Rife will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain Valley Memorial
Park in
  Big Rock with full military rites by members of John Ratliff Post 164 of
the
  American Legion.
  Pallbearers will be Thomas Griffith, Greg Griffith, Dwayne Elswick, James
Neal
  Clevinger, Robert John Hutchinson, Mike Case, Mark Case, Victor Elswick,
  Robert Hutchinson and Adam Hutchinson. Honorary pallbearers will be
  employees of Coal Mac, Inc. and friends.
  Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday in the church, where a service will
be held at
  7 p.m.
  Grundy Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Garnet Lambert

  ABINGDON -- Funeral services for Garnet Lou Cumbow Lambert will be
  conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in Farris Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Walter
Statzer
  will officiate. Burial will be in Knollkreg Memorial Park in Abingdon.
  Mrs. Lambert, 94, died Thursday, June 8, 2000, at home.
  Pallbearers will be Dean Hughes, Jim Nave, J.W. Cumbow, Ronald Cumbow,
  Gene Kimberlin, Sherlock Kimberlin, Gary Nunley and Kenneth Nunley.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Phelps Sr., Sunshine Pendleton, Glen
Cumbow,
  C.W. Cumbow, John Gale McGee and Cecil Scyphers.
  The family would like to give special thanks to Dr. Ted T. Thompson and
Jennie
  Martin of Highlands Internal Medicine, to Joy Stamper and the staff of
Virginia's
  Hospice Care of Rural Retreat and to Eva Scyphers, Emma Burke and Glenda
  Phelps, Mrs Lambert's wonderful caregivers.
  Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  Mabel Lamie

  SALTVILLE -- Funeral services for Mabel Lamie will be conducted at 2 p.m.
  Tuesday in Henderson Funeral Home. The Rev. Rich Cardot will officiate.
Burial
  wil be in Ridgedale Cemetery.
  Mrs. Lamie, 87, died Friday, June 9, 2000, in Smyth County Community
Hospital
  in Marion.
  She was the widow of Sherman Garfield Lamie. She and her husband were the
  owners and operators of Lamie Grocery in Rich Valley, Va.
  Surviving are two brothers, Joe Phipps of Abingdon and Edward Phipps of
  Saltville; a sister, Nina Belle Holmes of Bristol Virginia; two
grandchildren,
  Sherree L. Hartwig and Sherman Charles Lamie; and several nieces and
nephews.
  Mrs. Lamie was also preceded in death by a son, Sherman Eugene Lamie; and
a
  sister, Mary Alice Hilt.
  Pallbearers will be Paul Pratt, Bob Pratt, Ralph Spencer, Gene Buchanan,
Chris
  Clear and Willis Sanders.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in D.R. Henderson
  Funeral Home.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Saltville
Rescue
  Squad.

  Ada Jaynelle Miles

  Funeral services for Ada Jaynelle "Nell" Miles will be conducted Sunday at
4:30
  p.m. in Weaver Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Walter Statzer will
officiate.
  Burial will be in the Campground Cemetery.
  Mrs. Miles, 60, of 5230 Reedy Creek Road, Bristol, Va., died Friday, June
9,
  2000, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
  She was a lifelong resident of Bristol Virginia, a homemaker and a member
of
  Shiloh Freewill Baptist Church.
  Surviving are her husband, Douglas Miles; two daughters, Teresa Wilson of
Bluff
  City and Brenda Vachon of Blountville; five sisters, Ann Sharrett of
Bristol
  Tennessee and Lucille Miles, Norma Ramsey, Linda Alexander and Judy
Fleenor,
  all of Bristol Virginia; three brothers, Harold Leonard, Charles Leonard
and Mike
  Leonard, all of Bristol Virginia; a granddaughter; and several nieces and
nephews.
  Among survivors is granddaughter Ashley Brooke Stout.
  Pallbearers will be Scott Bright, Rick Sheets, Jerry Nowlin, Larry Ramsey,
Tim
  Henley and Jack Sharrett. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Jeff Farrow,
Dr. John
  Sherril and Dr. Khann.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Dolores Harr Nab

  Graveside services for Dolores Harr Nab will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m.
in
  Glenwood Cemetery by Weaver Funeral Home. Kim and Greg Peterson and
  Mike Patterson will officiate.
  Mrs. Nab, 55, of 306 Hale St., Bristol, Tenn., died Friday, June 9, 2000,
in
  Wellmont Hospice House.
  She was a daughter of the late Jim and Billie Harr. She had spent most of
her life in
  the Bristol area. She was manager of Zales Jewelers in the Fort Henry Mall
in
  Kingsport and was of the Presbyterian faith.
  Surviving are a daughter, Kristi N. Wininger of Bristol.
  Among survivors is son-in-law John Wininger of Bristol.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Stacey Wampler, Bill Stewart, John Wininger,
Don
  Corvin and Jason Lark.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Ira M. O'Quinn

  GLADE SPRING -- Ira Margaret O'Quinn, 78, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, in
  Valley Health Care Center in Chilhowie.
  Surviving are her husband, Cannie O'Quinn; a son, Elmer O'Quinn of Glade
  Spring; two daughters, Cleo Brooks and Darlene Spencer, both of Glade
Spring;
  three brothers, Roy Prater and Harry Prater, both of Glade Spring. and
Elmer
  Prater of Meadowview, Va.; three sisters, Lizze Sheppard of Saltville,
Virginia
  Trent of Glade Spring and Ollie Morrison of Sidney, Ohio; six
grandchildren; six
  great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
  Graveside services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. in the Baptist
Cemetery in
  Glade Spring by D.R. Henderson Funeral Home of Saltville. The Rev. J.L.
  DeBord will officiate.
  Pallbearers will be family and friends.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Little Flock
Holiness
  Church.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the family to
help with the
  funeral expenses.
  D.R. Henderson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Mary Bell Scott

  Mary Bell Scott, 77, died Sunday, June 4, 2000, in Bristol Regional
Medical
  Center.
  Surviving are her husband, James Scott; three daughters, Sally Ann
McElyea,
  Betty Lee McElyea and Mary Jean Nunn; a son, James Arnold; a sister,
Katherine
  Morton; a brother, Robert Smith; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren;
and
  several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services were held in Rooty Branch Freewill Baptist Church by
Weaver
  Funeral Home. The Rev. Howard Campbell officiated. Granddaughter Leona Cox
  sang "Amazing Grace."
  Weaver Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

  Samuel David Smith

  KINGSPORT -- Samuel David Smith, 69, of Curtis Court, died Saturday, June
  10, 2000, in Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center.
  He was born in Kingsport, a son of the late Carl W. Smith and Alice Perry
Smith.
  He attended Dickenson Elementary School and Sullivan High School. He
retired
  from the U.S. Air Force after 22 years of service as a master sergeant.
  Surviving are his wife, Ursula Joan McLaughlin Smith of Liverpool,
England; two
  sons, Malcolm David Smith of Kingsport and Michael John Smith of Rushmore,
  St. Andrew, England; three sisters, Ruth Williams, Mary Frances Dunn and
Helen
  E. Roberts, all of Kingsport; three brothers, Guy W. Smith of Kingsport,
Hurbert
  H. Smith of Bristol Tennessee and Howard C. Smith of Port Clinton, Ohio; a
  granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 6 p.m. in Carter-Trent
Funeral
  Home Chapel. The Rev. Bob Ferguson will officiate. Music will be by
Darlinda
  Lawson. Friends may call immediately following the service in the chapel.
  Graveside services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. in The National Cemetery in
  Mountain Home, Tenn. The American Legion Hammond Post 3 will officiate.
  Mr. Smith was also preceded in death by two sisters, Kathleen Qualls and
Nellie
  M. Harless; and three brothers, Bill Smith, Paul Smith and John D. Smith.
  Among survivors is granddaughter, Carmon Smith of England.
  Pallbearers will be the American Legion Color Guard.
  Carter-Trent Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Madeline N. Stine

  Madeline N. Stine, 77, of 2604 Shelby St., Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday,
June 10,
  2000, at home.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Weaver Funeral Home.

  Millard Wright

  Funeral services for Millard "Buddy" Wright will be conducted Sunday at 3
p.m. in
  Akard Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Rye Fleenor will officiate. Entombment
  will be in Mountain View Cemetery Mausoleum.
  Mr. Wright, 59, of 320 Reservoir St., Bristol, Va., died Friday, June 9,
2000, at
  home.
  He was born in Richlands but spent many years in the Bristol area. He was
a
  retired coal miner and a U.S. Army veteran, serving as a Special Forces
Green
  Beret. He attained the rank of staff sergeant and served two tours of duty
in
  Vietnam. He was of the Pentecostal faith.
  Surviving are his wife, Norma Wright; five stepdaughters, Cindy Lawson of
Bristol
  Tennessee, Laura Davis of Bristol Virginia, Eve Coleman of Raven, Va.,
Roxane
  Beck of Piney Flats, Tenn., and Leigh Lawson of the home; a stepson,
Joshua
  Lawson of the home; two daughters, Teresa Ferguson and Michelle Giddens,
both
  of New Jersey; a son, Raymond Wright of Charlotte, N.C.; two sisters,
Ruthy
  Taylor and Patricia Smith, both of Jacksonville, Fla.; three brothers,
Larry Wright
  of Nashville, and Kyle Wright and Paul Wright, both of Richlands; 18
  grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
  Mr. Wright was preceded in death by a son, Thomas Wright; and two
brothers,
  Wayne Wright and Grover C. Wright Jr.
  Pallbearers will be Chris Wright, Greg Wright, Eddie Jordan, Tony Dixon,
Rudy
  Beck, Billy Deskins and Robby Jordan. Honorary pallbearers will be Kenny
  Edens and Shannon Coleman.
  The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. prior to the service
Sunday in
  Akard Funeral Home.

June 12, 2000

  Henry J. Adams Jr.

  Graveside services for Henry J. Adams Jr. will be conducted Tuesday at 11
a.m.
  in Crumley Cemetery. Niles Kitzmiller will officiate.
  Mr. Adams, 70, of Old Jonesboro Road, Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday, June
10,
  2000.
  He was a son of Hattie Mae Glover of Bristol Tennessee and the late Henry
James
  Adams Sr., and had spent most of his life in the Bristol area.
  He retired from the U.S. Air Force and also was a retired captain from the
Bristol
  Tennessee Police Department. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of
Police,
  the American Legion and the American Association of Retired Persons.
  Surviving, besides his mother, are his wife, Edith Lucille Adams; a
daughter, Cindy
  Adams of Bristol Tennessee; three sons, Larry A. Adams and Jeffrey D.
Adams,
  both of Bristol Tennessee, and Thomas Harrigan of Johnson City; a brother,
  Jimmy Adams of Bristol Tennessee; a sister, Shelby Jean Dunn of Bluff
City; three
  grandsons; and a granddaughter.
  Among survivors are grandsons Jonathan Harrigan and Brian Harrigan, both
of
  Johnson City, and Brady Adams of Bristol Tennessee; and granddaughter
  Blackeley Adams of Bristol Tennessee.
  Pallbearers will be Bobby Neal, Freddie Carroll, Lyle Boyd, Joe Musser,
Bobby
  Adams and Al Overbey.
  The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday in Weaver
Funeral
  Home.

  Harold Belcher

  WISE -- Harold Belcher, 62, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in Bristol
Regional
  Medical Center.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise,
Va.

  Luna Pearl Blevins

  MARION -- Luna Pearl Blevins, 90, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, in Smyth
  County Community Hospital.
  Surviving are two daughters, Ruth Miller and Okie James, both of Marion;
four
  grandchildren, Ronnie James, Gary James, Regina Reeves and Billy Whitt;
eight
  great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces
and
  nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Seaver-Brown
Funeral
  Service Chapel. The Rev. Joe Powers will officiate. Burial will be in
Macedonia
  Baptist Church Cemetery in Chilhowie, Va.
  Among survivors is son-in-law Andy Walls of Marion.
  The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday in
Seaver-Brown
  Chapel.

  Kyle A. Bolling

  Graveside services for Kyle A. Bolling will be conducted Tuesday at 11
a.m. in
  Forest Hills Chapel of Memories Mausoleum in Abingdon by Farris Funeral
  Service. The Rev. Norman Wilhoit will officiate. Entombment will be in the
  Mausoleum. Family and friends will gather at the cemetery for services
Tuesday.
  Mr. Bolling, 88, of 33 Lincoln Road, Bristol, Va., died Saturday, June 10,
2000,
  in Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday in Farris Funeral
Service.

  James P. Culberson

  James P. Culberson, 58, of 8337 Loretta Lane, Bristol, Va., died Saturday,
June
  10, 2000, at his home.
  He was born in North Carolina, a son of the late James Pearl and Helen Yow
  Culberson, and was owner of the former Valley Drive Gulf Station. He was
of the
  Methodist faith.
  Surviving are his wife, Jane L. Culberson; two sons, James Lee Culberson
of
  Greensboro, N.C., and James Robert Culberson of the home; two
stepdaughters,
  Teresa Hopkins of Bristol Virginia and Shannon Mowery of Bristol
Tennessee; a
  brother, Charles Culberson of Winston-Salem, NC.; a sister, Joann Rayell
of
  Winston-Salem; his foster father, Hugh Knight of Summerfield, N.C.; a
foster
  brother, Ken Knight of Summerfield, N.C.; two foster sisters, Vicky Knight
and
  Janice Knight, both of Summerfield; a grandson; a granddaughter; and
several
  nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Mausoleum
Chapel in
  Glenwood Cemetery by Oakley-Cook Funeral Home. The Rev. Walter L. Statzer
  will officiate.
  Among survivors are grandson Eathan Culberson; and granddaughter Emily
  Hopkins.
  The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday in
Oakley-Cook
  Funeral Home.

  Lola E. Hill

  CLINTWOOD -- Lola Edwards Hill, 79, of Route 1, died Sunday, June 11,
  2000, in Dickenson County Medical Center.
  She was born in Tivis, Dickenson County, Va., a daughter of the late
Martin and
  Martha Ellen Mullins Edwards, and was the widow of her first husband,
Harding
  Yates, and her second husband, Armis Hill. She was a homemaker and
attended
  Tarpon Freewill Baptist Church.
  Surviving are four daughters, Margaret Ann Sutherland of Lynchburg, Va.,
Jewell
  Askins of Clintwood, Va., Paige Slone and Michele Slone, both of Robinson
  Creek, Va.; two sons, Donald Glen Yates of Des Plains, Ill., and Bill R.
Yates of
  Clintwood; four stepdaughters, Nan Edwards, Sue Phillips, Patricia Fields
and
  Charlotte Edwards; two stepsons, Jeffrey Hill and Junior Hill; a sister,
Weltha
  Tipton of Mansfield, Ohio; two half-sisters, Ruth Arrington and Trulah
Powers; a
  half-brother, Ersel Edwards; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and
a
  niece.
  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Haysi Funeral
Home
  in Haysi, Va. The Rev. Glen Sykes will officiate. Burial will be in Yates
Cemetery,
  Davis Ridge.
  Mrs. Hill was also preceded in death by two daughters, Manthalee Wallace
and
  Janice Ruth Yates; and a brother, Arnold Edwards.
  Among survivors are sister-in-law Evelyn Edwards; and a special niece,
Vickie
  Mullins.
  Pallbearers will be Greg Edwards, Lacy Edwards, Larry Edwards, Jerry Ring,
  Dana Edwards, Junior Edwards, Eric Edwards and Eugene Mullins.
  The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home,
where a
  song service will be held at 7 p.m.
  Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Mabel Lamie

  SALTVILLE -- Funeral services for Mabel Lamie will be conducted at 2 p.m.
  Tuesday in Henderson Funeral Home. The Rev. Rich Cardot will officiate.
Burial
  wil be in Ridgedale Cemetery.
  Mrs. Lamie, 87, died Friday, June 9, 2000, in Smyth County Community
Hospital
  in Marion.
  Pallbearers will be Paul Pratt, Bob Pratt, Ralph Spencer, Gene Buchanan,
Chris
  Clear and Willis Sanders.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in D.R. Henderson
  Funeral Home.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Saltville
Rescue
  Squad.

  Thomas D. Reynolds

  CEDAR BLUFF -- Thomas D. "Red" Reynolds, 72, of 132 West Hillcrest Drive,
  died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in a Richlands hospital.
  He was born in Richlands, a son of the late Hugh Augusta and Tina Johnson
  Reynolds, both Richlands natives, and was a lifelong resident of the
Richlands
  area. He was a 1948 graduate of Richlands High School.
  He was a retired brakeman for Norfolk and Southern Railway with 37 years
of
  service, a member of the No. 530 UTU Norfolk-Southern Railway Brotherhood
  of Railway Trainmen and a member of Cedar Bluff Lodge 260 AF&AM.
  He was of the Methodist faith and a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean
War.
  Surviving are his wife of 49 years, Jean McGee Reynolds; a son, Brent
Reynolds
  of Claypool Hill, Va.; two sisters, Maude Boyd of Raven, Va. and Mary
Steele of
  Wheelsburg, Ohio; a brother, George Reynolds of Richlands; and a grandson.
  Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Hurst-Scott
Funeral
  Chapel in Richlands. The Revs. Stafford Compton and Gerald Stacy will
officiate.
  Burial will be in Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va. with
military
  graveside rites by members of the Casey-Shortt VFW Post 9640 of Richlands
  and the Disabled American Veterans Tazewell County Chapter 31.
  Mr. Reynolds was also preceded in death by two brothers, Gus and John
  Reynolds.
  Among survivors are daughter-in-law Carmela Reynolds of Claypool Hill; and
  grandson Justin B. Reynolds.
  Mr. Reynolds was a former outstanding football player for Richlands High
School
  and was a strong supporter of the Richlands High School Blue Tornado team.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. German Iosif, M.H. Adair Jr., Dr. Joe
Adair, Dr.
  Tom Bays, Harold Altizer, Mike Richardson, Jim Richardson, Norman Smith,
  D.C. Jessee, Henry Hankins, Eddie Yates, Ernie Cox, Dowell Richardson,
L.C.
  Munsey, Howard Elswick, Raymond Patrick, J.R. "Bob" Mullins and Ralph
  Adkins.
  Friends may call after 6 p.m. Monday in Hurst-Scott Funeral Home.

  Samuel David Smith

  KINGSPORT -- Funeral services for Samuel David Smith will be conducted
  Monday at 6 p.m. in Carter-Trent Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Bob
Ferguson
  will officiate. Music will be by Darlinda Lawson. Friends may call
immediately
  following the service in the chapel. Graveside services will be Tuesday at
11 a.m.
  in The National Cemetery in Mountain Home, Tenn. The American Legion
  Hammond Post 3 will officiate.
  Mr. Smith, 69, of Curtis Court, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, in Holston
Valley
  Hospital and Medical Center.
  Pallbearers will be the American Legion Color Guard.
  Carter-Trent Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Madeline N. Stine

  Funeral services for Madeline Nola Goodwin Stine will be conducted Tuesday
at
  8 p.m. in Victory Baptist Church. Dr. Austin Cook and Dr. Howard Robinson
will
  officiate. Committal services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Shelby Hills
  Cemetery.
  Mrs. Stine, 77, of 2604 Shelby St., Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday, June
10, 2000,
  at her home.
  She was a lifelong resident of the Bristol area, a daughter of the late
George and
  Pearl Reed Goodwin, and was a former employee of Burlington Textile Mills.
  She was a member of Victory Baptist Church and the widow of Haden E.
  "Buddy" Stine.
  Surviving are a son, Haden E. "Buddy" Stine Jr. of Bristol Tennessee; a
daughter,
  Mrs. Jerry (Sherrie) Smelser; five sisters, Evelyn Hobbs of Blountville,
Pauline
  Kimbler and Edna Dunham, both of Bristol Tennessee, Hazel Bowman of
Bristol
  Virginia and Linda Hampton of Daytona, Fla.; two brothers, Charles Goodwin
of
  Kingsport and retired Lt. Col. Bob Goodwin of Copperas Cove, Texas.
  Among survivors are daughter-in-law Donna Stine of Bristol Tennessee.
  Honorary pallbearers will be staff of Wellmont Home Hospice, Dr. Sue Prill
and
  Dr. Bennett Cowan.
  The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday prior to the
service
  in the church or any time at the residence.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Florence Wildermuth

  DAYTON, Ohio -- Florence "Flossie" Wildermuth, 65, died Thursday, June 8,
  2000.
  She was a daughter of the late Kennel C. Church and Rosie Nichols Church,
and
  was retired from Sears, Roebuck and Co.
  Surviving are her husband, Max; three sons, Ken of Roebling, N.J., Joe of
  Norfolk, Va. and Keith of Kettering, Ohio; four sisters, Mrs. Benny (Suby)
Ratliff
  of Grundy, Mrs. Tony (Elizabeth) Strom of Asheville, N.C., Marie Linkous
of
  Abingdon and Gertie Bucknam of Sandston, Va.; and a brother, Banner
"Plumer"
  Church of Vansant, Va.
  Funeral services will be conducted Monday in Routsong Funeral Home in
Dayton.
  The Rev. Vicki C. Downing will officiate. Burial will be in Centerville
Cemetery in
  Centerville, Ohio.
  Mrs. Wildermuth was also preceded in death by a grandson, Jeremy
Wildermuth.
  Among survivors are daughters-in-law Cheryl of Roebling and Pam of
Norfolk.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Lung Association of
Ohio,
  Dayton Office, 7560 McEwen Road, Dayton, OH 45459 or Hospice of Dayton
  Inc., P.O. Box 3509, Dayton, OH 45401-3509.
  Routsong Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Otis Russell Yates

  SLATE CREEK, Va. -- Otis Russell Yates, 76, of the Elkins Branch Section,
  near Grundy, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, at his home.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home in
  Grundy.

June 13, 2000

  Henry J. Adams Jr.

  Graveside services for Henry J. Adams Jr. will be conducted Tuesday at 11
a.m.
  in Crumley Cemetery. Niles Kitzmiller will officiate.
  Mr. Adams, 70, of Old Jonesboro Road, Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday, June
10,
  2000.
  Pallbearers will be Bobby Neal, Freddie Carroll, Lyle Boyd, Joe Musser,
Bobby
  Adams and Al Overbey.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Harold Belcher

  WISE -- Funeral services for Harold Dean Belcher will be conducted
Wednesday
  at 2 p.m. in Wise First Church of God by Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise.
Pastor
  Charles Estep and the Rev. Max Nickols will officiate. Burial will be in
  Greenwood Memorial Gardens in Coeburn.
  Mr. Belcher, 62, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in Bristol Regional Medical
Center.
  He was elected to the Town of Wise Council for a four-year term beginning
July
  1, 1998, and was a member of the First Church of God in Wise. He was a
  member of the Wise Kiwanis Club, where he served as president 1974-75, and
  was the recipient of the Kiwanian of the Year Award 1974-75. He was a
member
  of Hoge Masonic Lodge 8 AF&AM in Wise and a U.S. Army peacetime veteran
  serving 1957-60.
  Mr. Belcher was a retired employee of Westmoreland Coal Co. with 17 years
of
  service and was a member of the UMWA. He was a former employee of Short's
  Super Market as a butcher and was a building contractor for several years.
He
  served as chief of police in Big Stone Gap in the 1970s and served as a
deputy,
  special investigator and chief deputy for the Wise County Sheriff's
Department for
  13 years.
  He was a 1956 graduate of Richlands High School and received several
degrees
  in the police service.
  Surviving are his wife, Phyllis Roberson Belcher; a daughter, Tammy Tiller
of
  Wise; two sisters, Patsy Hawkins of Pounding Mill, Va. and Darcus Carson
of
  Baltimore; a brother, Billy Belcher of Kyle's Ford, Tenn.; and a grandson.
  Among survivors are son-in-law Rod Tiller of Wise; and grandson Joshua
Caleb
  Tiller of Wise.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Members of Wise Kiwanis Club, Wise County
  Sheriff's Department and all personnel of Town of Wise Council.
  The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the
church.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to the Wise First Church of God
Building
  Fund, P.O. Box 980, Wise, VA 24293.

  Kyle A. Bolling

  Graveside services for Kyle A. Bolling will be conducted Tuesday at 11
a.m. in
  Forest Hills Chapel of Memories Mausoleum in Abingdon by Farris Funeral
  Service. The Rev. Norman Wilhoit will officiate. Entombment will be in the
  Mausoleum. Family and friends will gather at the cemetery for services
Tuesday.
  Mr. Bolling, 88, of 33 Lincoln Road, Bristol, Va., died Saturday, June 10,
2000,
  in Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands.
  Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  Zelma Brewster

  BANDY, Va. -- Zelma Brewster, 78, of the Sinking Waters section, died
Sunday,
  June 11, 2000, at her home.
  A lifelong resident of Tazewell County, she was a daughter of the late
John and
  Maggie Creed Bandy, and a member of Bandy Freewill Baptist Church for more
  than 50 years.
  She was the widow of Robert E. Lee Brewster.
  Surviving are two daughters, Shelvy Jean Harrison of Bandy and Carol Lee
  Hankins of North Tazewell, Va.; two sons, Harold "Pete" Brewster of
Blountville
  and Lowell Edward Brewster of Bandy; four sisters, Fern Brown, Mrs. Boyd
  (Nora) Sparks and Flo Muzzleman, all of Cedar Bluff, and Mrs. Claude
(Edith)
  Beavers of Bandy; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several
nieces
  and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Singleton
Funeral
  Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff. Marvin Nipper and the Revs. Sam Altizer and
  Danny Starling will officiate. Burial will be in Greenhills Memory Gardens
at
  Claypool Hill, Va.
  Mrs. Brewster was also preceded in death by a son, Danny Ray Brewster; and
  four brothers, Theo Bandy, Arby Bandy, Ferrell Bandy and Basil Bandy.
  Among survivors are sons-in-law Raymond Harrison of Bandy and Tommy
  Hankins of North Tazewell; daughters-in-law Linda Brewster of Blountville
and
  Regina Brewster of Bandy; special caregivers Tammy Wright, granddaughter
Pam
  Bentley and nieces Linda Yates and Leola Timmons.
  Pallbearers will be relatives and friends.
  Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Singleton Funeral
Service in
  Cedar Bluff.

  Carmen V. Byington

  CASTLEWOOD -- Carmen V. Byington, 87, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in
  Maple Grove Health Care Center in Lebanon.
  A lifelong resident of Russell County, she was a daughter of the late
Moses and
  Melinda Salyer Byington, and was a member of Grassy Creek Union Church.
  Surviving are a sister, Sallie Kate Porter of Weber City, Va.; and several
nieces
  and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Combs Funeral
  Service Chapel in Lebanon. The Revs. Ernest Jessee and Guy Elam will
officiate.
  Burial will be in Grassy Creek Church Cemetery.
  Mrs. Byington was also preceded in death by five brothers, John, Emmett,
Bill,
  Frank and Nathan Byington; and four sisters, Ollie Elam, Rhoda Lynch, Nora
  King and Gelia Byington.
  Among survivors are a special nephew, Lawrence Byington of Kingsport; and
a
  special niece, Adeline Caudill of Kingsport.
  Pallbearers will be Walter Porter, Marvin Byington, Carlyle Byington, A.L.
King,
  M.C. Elam, Hylan Elam and Hubert Elam.
  The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Combs
Funeral
  Service.

  James P. Culberson

  Funeral services for James P. Culbertson will be conducted Tuesday at 3
p.m. in
  the Mausoleum Chapel in Glenwood Cemetery by Oakley-Cook Funeral Home.
  The Rev. Walter L. Statzer will officiate.
  Mr. Culberson, 58, of 8337 Loretta Lane, Bristol, Va., died Saturday, June
10,
  2000, at his home.
  Oakley-Cook Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Zachery Nelson Hicks

  BLUFF CITY -- Zachery Nelson Hicks, infant son of Anthony and Terra Hicks,
  of 109 Meadowlark Lane No. 9, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Johnson City
  Medical Center.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are maternal grandmother and
step-grandfather
  Nancy and Lee Combs of Bristol Tennessee; maternal grandfather Perry
Langford
  of Bristol Tennessee; maternal great-grandparents James and Geneva Wilson
of
  Bristol Tennessee; maternal great-grandmother and step-great-grandfather
Joyce
  and Avery Kessee of Trenton, Ga.; paternal grandmother Betty Hicks of
Bristol
  Tennessee; and paternal great-grandparents Dewey and Joyce Hicks of
Bristol
  Tennessee.
  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the graveside
in
  Glenwood Cemetery.
  Among survivors are aunt and uncle Michael and Tina Langford; and several
  cousins.
  The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the
gravesite.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Lola E. Hill

  CLINTWOOD -- Funeral services for Lola Edwards Hill will be conducted
  Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Haysi Funeral Home in Haysi, Va. The Rev. Glen
Sykes
  will officiate. Burial will be in Yates Cemetery, Davis Ridge.
  Mrs. Hill, 79, of Route 1, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in Dickenson County
  Medical Center.
  Pallbearers will be Greg Edwards, Lacy Edwards, Larry Edwards, Jerry Ring,
  Dana Edwards, Junior Edwards, Eric Edwards and Eugene Mullins.
  The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home,
where a
  song service will be held at 7 p.m.
  Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Mollie Mullins

  NORTH EATON, Ohio -- Mollie Mullins, 87, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, at
  the home of her daughter and son-in-law in North Eaton.
  She was born in Darwin, Va., a daughter of the late Harmon and Sophornia
  Buchanan, and had resided in North Eaton since 1992, moving from Pound,
Va.,
  where she had lived most of her life.
  She was a member of North Eaton Baptist Church and was a former member of
  Pyles Memorial Church in Pound. She was the widow of Franklin Mullins.
  Surviving are a daughter, Winifred "Winnie" Branham of Grafton, Ohio; two
sons,
  Burns "Inkey" Mullins of Abingdon and Ronald Mullins of Marshall, Va.; a
sister,
  Grace Whited of Raleigh, N.C.; eight grandchildren; and 14
great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in Sadie Baker
  Memorial Chapel of Baker Funeral Home in Pound. The Revs. Roy Vanover and
  Edmon Bolen will officiate. Burial will be in Riley Mullins Cemetery in
Pound.
  Mrs. Mullins was also preceded in death by two sons, Thurman Mullins in
1995
  and Roger Mullins in 1935; three brothers, Willie Buchanan, Haskel
Buchanan and
  Paul Buchanan; and three sisters, Ethel Buchanan, Carrie Howard and Myrtle
  Cyphers.
  Mrs. Mullins enjoyed sewing, crocheting and other handcrafts, and was an
avid
  reader.
  Pallbearers will be family and friends.
  Friends may call from 11 a.m. until service time 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in
Baker
  Funeral Home.

  Leta Puckett

  ABINGDON -- Leta Puckett died Monday, June 12, 2000, at her home.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Farris Funeral Service.

  Thomas D. Reynolds

  CEDAR BLUFF -- Funeral services for thomas D. "Red" Reynolds will be
  conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands.
The
  Revs. Stafford Compton and Gerald Stacy will officiate. Burial will be in
Greenhills
  Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va. with military graveside rites by
members of
  the Casey-Shortt VFW Post 9640 of Richlands and the Disabled American
  Veterans Tazewell County Chapter 31.
  Mr. Reynolds, 72, of 132 West Hillcrest Drive, died Sunday, June 11, 2000,
in a
  Richlands hospital.
  Pallbearers will be Wilmer Lowe, Raymond DeFriece, Doug Smith, Eugene
  Horton, Bruce Russell, Lawrence Breedlove, Jesse Durham and Jim
Richardson.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. German Iosif, M.H. Adair Jr., Dr. Joe
Adair, Dr.
  Tom Bays, Harold Altizer, Mike Richardson, Norman Smith, D.C. Jessee,
Henry
  Hankins, Eddie Yates, Ernie Cox, Dowell Richardson, L.C. Munsey, Howard
  Elswick, Raymond Patrick, J.R. "Bob" Mullins and Ralph Adkins.
  Hurst-Scott Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Samuel David Smith

  KINGSPORT -- Graveside services for Samuel David Smith will be conducted
  Tuesday at 11 a.m. in The National Cemetery in Mountain Home, Tenn. The
  American Legion Hammond Post 3 will officiate.
  Mr. Smith, 69, of Curtis Court, died Saturday, June 10, 2000, in Holston
Valley
  Hospital and Medical Center.
  Pallbearers will be the American Legion Color Guard.
  Carter-Trent Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Rolie LC Stanley

  HAYSI, Va. -- Rolie LC "Jake" Stanley, 61, of Route 1, died Sunday, June
11,
  2000, in Lewis Gale Hospital in Salem, Va.
  He was born in Dickenson County, a son of the late Willard E. and Julia
Fields
  Stanley, was a farmer and was of the Old Regular Baptist faith.
  Surviving are three sisters, Susie Childress of Breaks, Va., Jessie Faye
Tate of
  Canna, Va., and Angeline Mullins of Haysi; two brothers, Ernest Stanley
and
  Raymond Stanley, both of Haysi; and several nieces and nephews.
  Graveside funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in
Stanley
  Cemetery, Route 1, Haysi, by Haysi Funeral Home. The Rev. Palmer Leftwich
  will officiate.
  Pallbearers will be nephews and great-nephews.
  Friends may call after 6 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home, where a service
will be
  held at 7 p.m. Elders Freddie Ramey and Buster Mullins will officiate.
  Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Madeline N. Stine

  Funeral services for Madeline Nola Goodwin Stine will be conducted Tuesday
at
  8 p.m. in Victory Baptist Church. Dr. Austin Cook and Dr. Howard Robinson
will
  officiate. Committal services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Shelby Hills
  Cemetery.
  Mrs. Stine, 77, of 2604 Shelby St., Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday, June
10, 2000,
  at her home.
  Among survivors are grandchildren Vikki Stine, Sarah Wolf, Kelly Wolf and
  Andrew Smelser.
  Honorary pallbearers will be staff of Wellmont Home Hospice, Dr. Sue Prill
and
  Dr. Bennett Cowan.
  The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday prior to the
service
  in the church or any time at the residence.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  James D. Whitt Sr.

  GLADE SPRING -- James D. Whitt Sr. died Monday, June 12, 2000, in
  Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Farris Funeral Home in Abingdon.

  Otis Russell Yates

  SLATE CREEK, Va. -- Funeral services for Otis Russell Yates will be
conducted
  Thursday at 1 p.m. in Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home Chapel in Grundy.
  Evangelists Clarence Greenleaf and Phillip Poe will officiate. Burial will
be in
  Mountain Valley Memorial Park in Big Rock, Va., with military graveside
rites by
  members of the American Legion John Ratliff Post 164.
  Mr. Yates, 76, of Elkins Branch section, near Grundy, died Saturday, June
10,
  2000, at his home.
  He was born in Buchanan County, Va., a son of the late Lawrence Yates and
  Bertha Smith Yates, was a member of Grundy Church of Christ since 1976,
and a
  retired carpenter and installer for Sears, where he retired in 1986.
  He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II stationed in Germany with the
99th
  Infantry Division and was a member of the American Legion John Ratliff
Post 164
  of Grundy.
  Surviving are his wife, Linda Ratliff Yates; a son, Roger Warren Yates of
  Knoxville; four sisters, Edith Compton of Grundy, Mrs. Cornelius (Gusta)
Rife of
  Stacy, Va., and Lourena Yates and Mrs. Harold (Alta) Cox, both of Grundy;
a
  brother, Buford Yates of Grundy; a granddaughter; and nine nieces and
nephews.
  Mr. Yates was also preceded in death by a son, Robert Wayne Yates.
  Among survivors are daughter-in-law Bonnie Ratliff Yates of Knoxville;
  sister-in-law Sue Yates of Grundy; and granddaughter Pamela Elaine Yates.
  Pallbearers will be Ronald Compton, David Ratliff, Herman Lee Riffe, Bob
Ratliff,
  Charles Ratliff, Tommy Yates, Steve Hylton, Terry Wilson and Danny
Shortridge.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Clinton Sutherland, Claude Ratliff, Troy
Viers,
  Sam Helton, David Matney, Tex Dales, Charlie Woods, Kermit Calhoun, Blake
  Lee, Junior Mullins, Mike Yates, Zack Cochran, Tom Cooper, Bill Neeley and
  Mark Goff.
  Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home, where
  services will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m.
  Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

June 14, 2000

  Zelma Brewster

  BANDY, Va. -- Funeral services for Zelma Brewster will be conducted
  Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Singleton Funeral Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff.
Marvin
  Nipper and the Revs. Sam Altizer and Danny Starling will officiate. Burial
will be in
  Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va.
  Mrs. Brewster, 78, of the Sinking Waters section, died Sunday, June 11,
2000, at
  home.
  Pallbearers will be relatives and friends.
  Singleton Funeral Service in Cedar Bluff is in charge of arrangements.

  Carmen V. Byington

  CASTLEWOOD -- Funeral services for Carmen V. Byington will be conducted
  Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Combs Funeral Service Chapel in Lebanon. The Revs.
  Ernest Jessee and Guy Elam will officiate. Burial will be in Grassy Creek
Church
  Cemetery.
  Miss Byington, 87, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in Maple Grove Health Care
  Center in Lebanon.
  Pallbearers will be Walter Porter, Marvin Byington, Carlyle Byington, A.L.
King,
  M.C. Elam, Hylan Elam and Hubert Elam.
  Combs Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  James F. Cregger

  MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- James F. Cregger, 82, of 823 Ferncliff Drive died
  Tuesday, June 13, 2000, in Lake Norman Regional Medical Center.
  He was born in Wytheville, a son of the late Charles G. and E. Lola
Cregger. He
  had lived most of his life in the Bristol area before moving to
Mooresville, where
  he had made his home with his daughter for the past seven years. He was a
  member of First Baptist Church of Mooresville, a former member of Victory
  Baptist Church and the widower of Pansy Sullins Cregger.
  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Rick (Ginger) Tatum of Mooresville; a
sister,
  Louella Brummer; a brother, John Cregger; and several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 8 p.m. in Weaver Funeral
Home
  Chapel. Dr. E. Harvey Rogers will officiate. Committal services will be
Friday at
  11 a.m. in Knollkreg Memorial Park. Dr. Austin Cook and Dr. Howard
Robinson
  will officiate.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Tatum, Chris Tatum, T.J. Harkleroad,
Jimmy
  Harkleroad, Tommy Shoun and Mark Pitts.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday in Weaver
Funeral
  Home Chapel.

  Boyd Hall

  CASTLEWOOD -- Boyd Hall, 80, died Tuesday, June 13, 2000, in Heritage
  Hall Health Care in Big Stone Gap.
  He was born in Scott County, Va., a son of the late John and Lizzie Comer
Hall.
  He was a member of Riverside Baptist Church.
  Surviving are his wife, Katherine Hall; a daughter, Nanna Mae Mowdy of
  Kingsport; three sons, the Rev. Joe Hall, John Hall and Speedy Hall, all
of
  Castlewood; a sister, Ida Harlow of Castlewood; a brother, Ed Hall of
  Nickelsville, Va.; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and
several nieces
  and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in Castlewood
Funeral
  Home Chapel. The Revs. John A. Kiser and David Wolfe will officiate.
Burial will
  be in Temple Hill Memorial Park in Castlewood.
  Pallbearers will be Dwayne Hamilton, Travis Hall, Jimmy Hall, Allen Rhea,
Jason
  Mays and Blaine Coffey.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Castlewood
Funeral
  Home.

  Zachary Nelson Hicks

  BLUFF CITY -- Zachary Nelson Hicks, infant son of Anthony and Terra Hicks
  of 109 Meadowlark Lane No. 9 died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Johnson City
  Medical Center.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are maternal grandmother and
step-grandfather
  Nancy and Lee Combs of Bristol Tennessee; maternal grandfather Perry
Langford
  of Bristol Tennessee; maternal great-grandparents James and Geneva Wilson
of
  Bristol Tennessee; maternal great-grandmother and step-great-grandfather
Joyce
  and Avery Kessee of Trenton, Ga.; paternal grandmother Betty Hicks of
Bristol
  Tennessee; and paternal great-grandparents Dewey and Joyce Hicks of
Bristol
  Tennessee.
  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the graveside
in
  Shelby Hills Cemetery by Weaver Funeral Home. The Rev. Jess Neal will
  officiate.
  Among survivors are aunt and uncle Michael and Tina Langford; and several
  cousins.
  The family will receive friends from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the
graveside.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Lola E. Hill

  CLINTWOOD -- Funeral services for Lola Edwards Hill will be conducted
  Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Haysi Funeral Home in Haysi, Va. The Rev. Glen
Sykes
  will officiate. Burial will be in Yates Cemetery, Davis Ridge.
  Mrs. Hill, 79, of Route 1, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in Dickenson County
  Medical Center.
  Pallbearers will be Greg Edwards, Lacy Edwards, Larry Edwards, Jerry Ring,
  Dana Edwards, Junior Edwards, Eric Edwards and Eugene Mullins.
  Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Grace Masters

  BIG STONE GAP -- Grace Masters, 93, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in
  Wellmont-Lonesome Pine Hospital.
  A lifelong resident of Big Stone Gap, she was the daughter of the late
James "Jim"
  Wilson and Laura Masters.
  Surviving are a brother, Lester Masters of Big Stone Gap; eight nieces;
five
  nephews; several great-nieces and great-nephews; and several
great-great-nieces
  and great-great-nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 3 p.m. in Holding Funeral
Home
  Chapel. The Rev. Ronnie Mutter will officiate. Resurrection service and
burial will
  be in Glencoe Cemetery in Big Stone Gap.
  Miss Masters was also preceded in death by five brothers, Frederick,
Hubert,
  Victor, Bernard and Mervin; and three sisters, Lura, Vergie and Margaret.
  Among survivors are nieces Mrs. Tom (Laura) Hunter of Northport, Ala.,
Mrs.
  Garry (Jodie) Richard of Vestavia, Ala., Mrs. Pat (Marian) Conwell and
Mrs.
  Gary (Pam) Hotard, both of New Orleans, Mrs. Rick (Debbie) Touchet of
Slidell,
  La., Mrs. Frank (Elaine) Futch of Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Dwayne (Marlene) Dell
of
  Bartow, Fla., and Carolyn Yeary of Myrtle Beach, S.C.;. nephews Victor
  Masters Jr. of Tampa, Dennis Masters of Atlanta, Jerry Masters of
Nashville,
  Mike Masters of Raleigh, N.C., and Dale Masters of Big Stone Gap; and
  sisters-in-law Margaret Masters of Diamonhead, Miss., and Nell Masters of
  Tampa.
  Miss Masters spent her life caring for others. She exemplified Proverbs
31, versus
  25 and 26: "Strength and honour are her clothing;...She openeth her mouth
with
  wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness." Always a gentle and
  compassionate lady, she will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
  Honorary pallbearers will be nurses and staffs of Wellmont-Lonesome Pine
  Hospital, Heritage Hall, Dr. S.K. Paranthaman, Hospice Support Services of
the
  Lenowisco Area, Inc.; and friends and neighbors.
  Friends may call from 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday in Holding Funeral Home Chapel.

  Marvin Earl Nuckels

  RICHLANDS -- Marvin Earl Nuckels, 77, of 503 Barrett St., died Tuesday,
  June 13, 2000, in a Richlands hospital.
  He was born in Buchanan County, Va., a son of the late George E. and Ida
Street
  Nuckels. He was a lifelong resident of the Richlands area and a former
employee
  of General Shale and F.H. Hill Casket Co. He was a carpenter. He was a
  Richlands High School graduate and coached midget league football in
Richlands
  for over 36 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and attended
  Bethel Assembly of God in Richlands.
  Surviving are his wife, Gloria June Shortridge Nuckels; a son, Christopher
Earl
  Nuckels of Spartanburg, S.C.; and a sister, Laura Davis of Richlands.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in Hurst-Scott
Funeral
  Chapel in Richlands. The Revs. Henry Collins and Stafford Compton will
officiate.
  Burial will be in Hankins Cemetery in Richlands with military graveside
rites by
  members of Casey-Shortt VFW Post 9640 of Richlands and Disabled American
  Veterans Tazewell County Chapter 31.
  Mr. Nuckels was also preceded in death by a stepson, Rodney Terrence
Beavers;
  four brothers, Elijah, Henry, Bill and George Nuckels Jr.; and two
sisters, Letha
  Sargent and Dolly Crigger.
  Pallbearers will be nephews. Honorary pallbearers will be Sam Craig Jr.,
Carl
  McGlothlin, Branch McGlothlin, Tom Sargent, Raymond Brown, Lee Coleman
  and Ken Coleman.
  Friends may call after 6 p.m. Wednesday in Hurst-Scott Funeral Home.

  John R. Palmer

  KINGMAN, ARIZ. -- John Reginald "Reggie" Palmer, 46, died Friday, June 9,
  2000, in Kingman.
  He was a son of Roy and Margaret Gollehon Palmer. He was a graduate of
  Chilhowie High School Class of 1972 and a graduate of Emory and Henry
  College with a bachelor of arts degree in education. He was a teacher and
coach
  at Wythe High School in Wytheville and a member of the local Ironworkers
Union
  in Roanoke. He taught adult education classes in Gadsden, Ala., and moved
to
  Kingman, Ariz., in 1983, where he was a teaching assistant and substitute
teacher
  for the Kingman Elementary School District. He worked in the tourist
information
  office of the Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce and helped organize the
  Kingman Multiple Sclerosis Group.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are his wife, Ruth Rhea Carter Palmer; a
brother,
  David Palmer of Bristol Tennessee; and two nieces.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 8 p.m. in Williams Funeral
Home
  Chapel in Chilhowie. The Rev. Jerry A. Eggers will officiate. Graveside
services
  will be Friday at 10 a.m. in Riverside Cemetery in Chilhowie.
  Among survivors are nieces Regina Troball of Newport, N.C., and Sebrina
  Rosenbalm of Knoxville; and John and Stacie Barker of Gate City, Va.
  Mr. Palmer will be greatly missed by his two loyal dogs, Tucker and
Callie.
  Reggie excelled in many sports during his high school and college careers.
He was
  inducted into the Emory & Henry Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 and into the
Smyth
  County Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1998 for his athletic achievements
in
  football and track. Some of his records have yet to be broken. The
Chilhowie
  Lions Club has named a scholarship in his honor.
  He was a favorite player and later coach in the Kingman Softball Leagues.
  Pallbearers will be Tom Hill, Jerry Hamilton, Preston Stevens, Tom Bishop,
  Coach Ron Bales, Coach Dave Robbins, Tom Heffinger, Cleve Compton, Lester
  Compton and Bob Hicks. Honorary pallbearers will be Chilhowie High School
  teammates and Emory & Henry College Phi Gamma Phi fraternity brothers.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Williams
Funeral
  Home.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Kingman Multiple
  Sclerosis Group, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Desert Southwest Chapter, Las
  Vegas Branch, 6000 South Eastern, Suite SC, Las Vegas, NV 89119 or to
  Chilhowie Lions Club Reggie Palmer Scholarship Fund, c//o Dwight Barker,
P.O.
  Box 581, Chilhowie, VA 24319.
  Williams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Tivis C. Powers

  BISHOP, VA. -- Tivis C. Powers, 58, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Bristol
  Regional Medical Center.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Singleton Funeral Service in
Cedar
  Bluff, Va.

  Leta Puckett

  ABINGDON -- Funeral services for Leta Francis Mitchell Puckett will be
  conducted Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Spring Creek Presbyterian Church by
Farris
  Funeral Service. The Rev. Lester MacKinnon will officiate. Committal
services will
  be Thursday at 11 a.m. in Puckett Family Cemetery. The Rev. Scott Price
will
  officiate.
  Mrs. Puckett, 80, died Monday, June 12, 2000, at home.
  A lifelong resident of Washington County, Va., she was a daughter of the
late
  William and Rosa Rust Mitchell. She was a member of Spring Creek
Presbyterian
  Church and the Abingdon Senior Citizens, Nutrition Activity Group. She was
the
  widow of Earl L. Puckett.
  Surviving are a daughter, Jean McReynolds of Bristol Tennessee; three
sons,
  Harold Puckett and Charles Puckett, both of Abigndon, and Ralph Puckett of
  Glade Spring; a brother, William C. "Bill" Mitchell of Royalton, Ky.;
three sisters,
  Willie Hudler and Ann Roope, both of Abingdon, and Mary Hudler of Bristol
  Virginia; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
  Mrs. Puckett was also preceded in death by a son, Arthur Leslie Puckett.
  Among survivors is a special niece Bonnie Norris of Abingdon.
  Pallbearers will be grandsons Doug Puckett, Jared Puckett, Mark
McReynolds,
  Andy Puckett, Allen Brown and Eric Jackson. Honorary pallbearers will be
  Sherman Holmes, Fred Harrison, Tommy Minnick, Steve McCall, Eddie
  McConnell and Gale Phelps.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the church.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Spring Creek
  Presbyterian Church, 19467 Jonesboro Road, Abingdon, VA 24211 or the
  Abingdon Senior Citizens, P.O. Box 1221, Abingdon, VA 24212.
  Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  Everette McKinley Rutter

  Everette McKinley Rutter, 58, of Fort Shelby Apartments, Bristol, Tenn.,
died
  Tuesday, June 13, 2000, at home.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Weaver Funeral Home.

  Jerry Sergeant

  Jerry Sergeant, 45, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Dickenson County
Medical
  Center.
  He was a son of James and Morlene Sergeant of Pound and was of the Old
  Regular Baptist faith.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are five sisters, Brenda Sergeant, Betty
Stidham,
  Wilma Mullins, Dorothy Gentry and Mary Gentry, all of Pound; a brother,
James
  Monroe Sergeant of Pound; four nieces; and six nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1 p.m. in Sadie Baker
Memorial
  Chapel in Baker Funeral Home. Elders Donnie West and Kenneth Mullins and
the
  Rev. Troy Belcher will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery.
  Pallbearers will be nephews and brothers-in-law.
  Baker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Steven Joseph Stamper

  ATKINS, Va. -- Steven Joseph Stamper, infant son of Dwayne and Sharon
  Stamper, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Smyth County Community Hospital.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are grandparents, Amy and Ronald Colgate
of
  Atkins and Mary and James Fortune of Groseclose, Va.; great-grandparents,
  Rebecca Ashby of Wytheville, James Ashby of Atkins, James and Della
Fortune
  of Atkins and Ohmar and Tessie Colgate of Chilhowie; and
  great-great-grandparents, Bertha and Paul Campbell of Sugar Grove, Va.
  Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Wassum
  Cemetery in Atkins by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service. The Rev. Donald Medley
  will officiate.
  Among survivors are aunts Martha Luevina Fortune of Groseclose and
Christina
  Russell and husband, Steve, of Marion; uncles Billy Ray Stamper of Atkins
and
  James E. Fortune Jr. and wife, Brandy, of Wytheville; and several cousins.
  There will be no visitation in Seaver-Brown Funeral Service.

  Ella Reedy Stanley

  CLINTWOOD -- Ella Reedy Stanley, 80, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in
  Dickenson County Medical Center.
  A lifelong resident of Dickenson County, she was a member of Peuther
Chapel
  Freewill Baptist Church and was the widow of Virgil Stanley.
  Surviving are two sons, George Ray Stanley and Donald Stanley, both of
  Clintwood; three daughters, Lois Phipps of McArthur, Ohio, Jean Phipps of
  Columbus, Ohio, and Connie Smith of Clintwood; a brother, Delmar Reedy of
  Kingsport; 14 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in Peuther Chapel
Freewill
  Baptist Church by Mullins Funeral Home. The Revs. Joe Glenn Sluss and Lynn
  Vanover will officiate. Burial will be in Peuther Chapel Church Cemetery,
Caney
  Ridge section, Clintwood.
  Pallbearers will be grandsons.
  The family will receive friends at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home
chapel,
  where a service will be held at 7 p.m.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Peuther Chapel
Church
  Building Fund.
  Mullins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Rolie LC Stanley

  HAYSI, Va. -- Graveside funeral services for Rolie LC "Jake" Stanley will
be
  conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Stanley Cemetery, Route 1, Haysi, by
Haysi
  Funeral Home. The Rev. Palmer Leftwich will officiate.
  Mr. Stanley, 61, of Route 1, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, in Lewis Gale
Hospital
  in Salem, Va.
  Pallbearers will be nephews and great-nephews.
  Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Madeline N. Stine

  Committal services for Madeline Nola Goodwin Stine will be conducted
  Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Shelby Hills Cemetery.
  Mrs. Stine, 77, of 2604 Shelby St., Bristol, Tenn., died Saturday, June
10, 2000,
  at home.
  A lifelong resident of the Bristol area, she was a daughter of the late
George and
  Pearl Reed Goodwin. She was a former employee of Burlington Textile Mills
and
  a member of Victory Baptist Church. She was the widow of Haden E. "Buddy"
  Stine.
  Surviving are a son, Haden E. "Buddy" Stine Jr. of Bristol Tennessee; a
daughter,
  Mrs. Jerry (Sherrie) Smelser; five sisters, Evelyn Hobbs of Blountville,
Pauline
  Kimbler and Edna Dunham, both of Bristol Tennessee, Hazel Bowman of
Bristol
  Virginia and Linda Hampton of Daytona, Fla.; two brothers, Charles Goodwin
of
  Kingsport and retired Lt. Col. Bob Goodwin of Copperas Cove, Texas.
  Among survivors is daughter-in-law Donna Stine of Bristol Tennessee.
  Honorary pallbearers will be staff of Wellmont Home Hospice, Dr. Sue Prill
and
  Dr. Bennett Cowan.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  James D. Whitt Sr.

  GLADE SPRING -- Funeral services for James D. Whitt Sr. will be conducted
  Thursday at 11 a.m. in Farris Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Steve Pollard will
  officiate. Committal services will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Looney
Family
  Cemetery in Grundy with military honors by the American Legion Post 164.
  Mr. Whitt, 60, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Johnston Memorial Hospital
in
  Abingdon.
  He was born in Pikeville, Ky., a son of the late Nathan and Dolly Looney
Whitt.
  He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was employed with Marley Mouldings.
  Surviving are his wife, Thelma Ann Whitt; a daughter, Lois Jean Nitz of
Knoxville;
  a sister, Virginia Keniser of Detroit; and a grandchild.
  Pallbearers will be Gary Whitt, Jesse Whitt, Stu Johnson, Tom Nitz, Terry
Looney
  and Jimmy Keesee. Honorary pallbearers will be Mutt Keesee and Willard
  Looney.
  Memorial contriubitons may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 18129
  North Fork River Road, Abingdon, VA 24211.

June 15, 2000

  William David Adams

  William David Adams, 57, of 735 Beechwood Drive, Bristol, Tenn., died
  Tuesday, June 13, 2000, at home.
  He was born in Saltville, Va., a son of the late Carl and Melinda Adams,
and was
  formerly self-employed as a welder.
  Surviving are his wife, Juanita Vance Adams; two daughters, Janice Chafin
and
  Joan Bunch, both of Bristol Tennessee; two sons, Rusty Tillison of Bristol
  Tennessee and Tony Tillison of Stuart's Draft, Va.; five sisters, Edith
Prater of
  Bristol Tennessee, Avonda Bryant of Vinton, Va., Jettie Anders and Carla
Greer,
  both of Roanoke, Thea Cross of Tacoma, Wash. and Lynn Krishner of Abilene,
  Kan.; five brothers, Jerry Adams, Ray Adams and Kenny Adams, all of
Saltville,
  Ned Adams of Bristol Tennessee and Phil Adams of Okinawa, Japan; six
  grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Eastern Heights
  Presbyterian Church by Weaver Funeral Home. The Revs. Rick Light and Don
  Stanley will officiate. Burial will be Eastern Heights Cemetery.
  Among survivors is mother-in-law Essie Vance of Bristol Tennessee.
  Pallbearers will be Carl Pierce, Ardie White, Ted Osborne, Barry Smith,
Gary
  McCrary and Jim Ellis.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the funeral
home and
  other times at the residence.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Irene P. Booher

  Irene P. "Nonnie" Booher, 75, of Bristol Tennessee, died Tuesday, June 13,
  2000, at the home of her daughter.
  She was born in Bristol Virginia, a daughter of the late Wiley M. and
Joanna I.
  Hobbs Morelock, and had lived most of her life in the Bristol area. She
was a
  retired waitress with State Line Restaurant, was of the Baptist faith and
the widow
  of Luster Booher.
  Surviving are two daughters, Barbara Thomas and Vicky Herndon, both of
  Bristol; a son, Marty Herndon of Bristol; a brother, Herbert Morelock of
Bristol;
  nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and
nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Weaver Funeral Home
  Chapel. The Rev. Gary Rowlette will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain
View
  Cemetery.
  Pallbearers will be Justin Herndon, Danny Bridgeman, Billy Bartee, Paul
  Bridgeman, Butch Nash and Coy Wilson. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr.
Roger
  J. McCharry, Dr. John G. Byers and Vickie K. Lewis.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Weaver
Funeral
  Home.

  Joan Stickley Byers

  BUNNELL, Fla. -- Joan Stickley Byers, formerly of Dante, Va., died Friday,
  March 3, 2000.
  A memorial service will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in the Chapel of
Love
  Mausoleum in Temple Hill Memorial Park in Castlewood. The Rev. Leonard
  Ferguson will officiate.
  Information courtesy of Castlewood Funeral Home.

  James F. Cregger

  MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Funeral services for James F. Cregger will be
  conducted Thursday at 8 p.m. in Weaver Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. E. Harvey
  Rogers will officiate. Committal services will be Friday at 11 a.m. in
Knollkreg
  Memorial Park. Dr. Austin Cook and Dr. Howard Robinson will officiate.
  Mr. Cregger, 82, of 823 Ferncliff Drive, died Tuesday, June 13, 2000, in
Lake
  Norman Regional Medical Center.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Tatum, Chris Tatum, T.J. Harkleroad,
Jimmy
  Harkleroad, Tommy Shoun and Mark Pitts.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday in Weaver
Funeral
  Home Chapel.

  Mary H. Foglesong

  RURAL RETREAT, VA. -- Mary Heldreth Foglesong, 77, died Wednesday,
  June 14, 2000, at home.
  She was born in Bluefield, W.Va., a daughter of the late Glen Heldreth and
  Katherine Cline.
  Surviving are her husband, Sidney S. Foglesong; two sons, James Foglesong
and
  Glen Foglesong, both of the home; three half-sisters, Patsy Hawthorne of
Rural
  Retreat, Elizabeth Shelton of Glendale, Pa., and Frances Walters of
Melborne,
  Fla.; a half-brother, Charles W. Miller of Rural Retreat; and several
nieces and
  nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in Lindsey Funeral
Home
  Chapel. The Rev. Robert Countiss will officiate. Burial will be in
Kimberlin
  Cemetery in Rural Retreat.
  Among survivors are a special aunt and uncle, Clara Huffman and Fred
Cline, both
  of Rural Retreat.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the funeral
home or
  any time at the residence.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to the Rural Retreat Volunteer
Emergency
  Services.
  Lindsey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Lena E. Garwood

  PENNINGTON GAP, Va. -- Lena Edith Garwood, 87, of the Dry Branch
  Community died Tuesday, June 13, 2000, at home.
  She was born in Wise County, a daughter of the late Samuel and Etta
Shipley, and
  was a resident of the Stevens Community for many years before moving to
Lee
  County. She was a graduate of Appalachia High School and the widow of
William
  F. "Bill" Garwood.
  Surviving are two sons, William F. Garwood of Hutchinson, Kan., and Victor
  Carlos Garwood of Pennington Gap; three daughters, Barbara Lee Wampler of
  Blackstone, Va., Marjorie Mae Horton of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Sue Ann
  Robbins of Jonesville, Va.; two brothers, Samuel Augustus Shipley of
Kingsport
  and Charles Shipley of Bristol Tennessee; a sister, Virginia Dotson of
Wise; 11
  grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 8 p.m. in Province Funeral
Home
  in Pennington Gap. The Rev. Clyde Hester will officiate. Graveside
services will be
  Friday at 11 a.m. in Powell Valley Memorial Gardens in Big Stone Gap.
Family
  and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Friday to go
to the
  cemetery.
  Pallbearers will be grandsons.
  The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until time of service Thursday
in
  Province Funeral Home.

  Charles O. Graybeal

  Charles O. Graybeal, 79, of 1506 Carolina Ave., Bristol, Tenn., died
Wednesday,
  June 14, 2000, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Weaver Funeral Home.

  Thomas W. Harvey

  ABINGDON -- Thomas W. Harvey, 78, formerly of Marion, died Wednesday,
  June 14, 2000.
  He was of the Christian faith, a graduate of Virginia Tech and a U.S. Air
Force
  pilot during World War II. He participated in the Boy Scouts, where he was
the
  recipient of the Silver Beaver Award. He was employed with Brunswick Corp.
for
  many years. After retiring from Brunswick, he was president of Burruss Co.
in
  Lynchburg, Va. for eight years.
  Surviving are his wife, Gloria Green Harvey; a daughter, Teri H. Carter of
  Greensboro, N.C.; two sons, Greg Harvey of Kingsport and Kim Harvey of
  Bristol Tennessee; a sister, Byrdie Parton of Danville, Va.; a brother,
Charles B.
  Harvey of Tucson, Ariz.; and three grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 8 p.m. in First Christian
Church of
  Abingdon by Farris Funeral Service. The Rev. Howard Taylor will officiate.
  Committal services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in Morning View Cemetery in
Bluff
  City, Tenn., with full military honors by Patton-Crosswhite VFW Post 6975
of
  Bristol Tennessee. Family and friends may assemble at the cemetery for the
  Saturday service.
  Among survivors are daughters-in-law Lynne Harvey of Kingsport and Cheryl
  Harvey of Bristol Tennessee; and three adored grandchildren, Tyler, Dylon
and
  Heather Harvey.
  Mr. Harvey was best known for his leadership abilities, both professional
and
  civic. He headed many fund-raising projects, including the building of
Smyth
  County Community Hospital in Marion.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the church.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to First Christian Church, 185
Jonesboro
  Road, Abingdon, VA 24210.
  Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  Willard Neal Hash

  MARION -- Willard Neal Hash, 88, died Wednesday, June 14, 2000, at home.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Barnett's Marion Funeral Home.

  William Allen Hayden

  SALTVILLE -- William Allen "Bill" Hayden, 97, died Wednesday, June 14,
  2000.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by D.R. Henderson Funeral Home.

  Reevy Clay Hensley

  Reevy Clay Hensley, 81, of Windsor Ave., Bristol Tenn., died Wednesday,
June
  14, 2000, in James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Mountain
  Home, Tenn.
  He was retired from C.E. Minerals in Greeneville, Tenn., attended Bethel
Baptist
  Church in Bristol Virginia and was a former member of Greene County Coon
  Club. He was a veteran of World War II and the widower of Fannie Kate
Bradley
  Hensley.
  Surviving are a daughter, Ella Ruth H. Wright of Bristol Tennessee; a
  stepdaughter, Wanda D. Antrican of Bluff City; a granddaughter, Judy
Arwood
  Canter; a grandson Clay Arwood; four great-grandchildren, Beth Lingerfelt,
  Cheyenne Nicole Canter, Brooke Arwood and Justin Shelton; and several
nieces
  and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in Kiser Funeral
Chapel in
  Greeneville. The Revs. Bobby King and Paul Johnson will officiate. Burial
will be
  in Oakdale Cemetery with military graveside rites by VFW Post 1990.
  Among survivors are son-in-law Howard Wright of Bristol Tennessee;
  grandson-in-law Barry Canter; granddaughter-in-law Tina Arwood; and
  stepson-in-law J.D. Antrican of Bluff City.
  Pallbearers will be Gene Johnson, Bobby Lingerfelt, Reeford Morrell, Danny
  Collins, Roy Lynn McGhee and Randy Leonard. Honorary pallbearers will be
  Justin Shelton and Albert McGhee.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday in
Kiser
  Funeral Home.

  Henry Owen Kilgore

  NORTON -- Henry Owen Kilgore, 92, died Tuesday, June 13, 2000, in Norton
  Community Hospital.
  A lifelong resident of Wise County, he was formerly employed by Dixiana
and Old
  Ben Coal Co. for 27 years. He retired as a general mine foreman. He was a
  member of Esserville Freewill Baptist Church, Hoge Masonic Lodge 8 AF& AM
  in Wise and Suthers Lodge 259 in Norton.
  Surviving are a son, Robert E. "Bobby" Kilgore of Norton; a daughter,
Stacy
  Laney of Coeburn; a sister, Ada Fortner of Bristol Virginia; three
brothers, Shady
  Kilgore of Norton and Dewey Kilgore and Thurman Kilgore, both of Wise; a
  granddaughter; three grandsons; a great-granddaughter; and a
great-grandson.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 7 p.m. in Esserville Freewill
Baptist
  Church by Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise. The Revs. Jim Smith and David
Nidiffer
  will officiate. Graveside committal services will be Saturday at 11 a.m.
in Powell
  Valley Memorial Gardens in Big Stone Gap. The Rev. Bobby Stanley will
  officiate.
  Among survivors are daughter-in-law Betty Kilgore of Norton; son-in-law
Ronald
  "Buddy" Laney of Coeburn; sister-in-law Ruby Kilgore of Wise;
granddaughter
  Dianne Baker of Pound; grandsons Todd Kilgore of Norton and Richard Laney
  and Anthony Laney, both of Coeburn; great-granddaughter Samantha Jo Baker
of
  Pound; and great-grandson Robert Todd Baker of Pound.
  Masonic Accomplishments of Right Worshipful Owen Kilgore. He served two
  terms as Worshipful Master of Hoge Lodge 8 in Wise and one term as
Worshipful
  Master of Suthers Lodge 259 in Norton. He served one term as District
Deputy
  Grand Master and two terms as District Educational Officer for the 48th
Masonic
  District. He had a Gold Card signed by the Grand Master and the Grand
Lecturer
  of the Grand Lodge of Virginia. This Gold Card stated that he knew all the
rituals
  of the Blue Lodge. He served four terms as High Priest of Craig Royal Arch
  Chapter 30 in Norton and one term as District Deputy Grand High Priest. He
was
  a representative of Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia and to the Grand
Royal
  Arch Chapter of Oregon. He was an honorary member of Thrice Illustrious
  Master in the Grand Council at Richmond. He was an honorary member of
Grand
  Council of Annointed High Priest in Virginia. He served as Commander of
Cyrene
  Commandery 21, Knights Templar in Norton and as District Deputy Grand
  Commander. He served as Worthy Patron for the Lonesome Pine Chapter of
  Order of the Eastern Star 134 in Norton. He put to memory approximately
  100,000 words. He was a member of Kazim Temple in Roanoke, Consistory as a
  32nd Degree Mason, 48th Masonic District Master Masons Association, Allied
  Masonic Degree Council 88 in Norton, honorary member of National
Association
  Legion of Honor, Kazim Temple and Wise County Shrine Club in Wise. He was
  awarded a Certificate of Proficiency for his proficiency in the Ritual of
all the
  degrees in Royal Arch Masonry by the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in
  Virginia. John W. Laningham appointed him as his representative in our
area for
  the Kazim Temple.
  The family will receive friends after 5 p.m. until time of service at 7
p.m. Friday in
  the church and from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home, where
Masonic
  Services will be held at 8 p.m. Hoge Masonic Lodge 8 AF& AM in Wise and
  Suthers Lodge 259 in Norton will officiate.
  Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise is in charge of arrangements.

  Margaret Morris McClellan

  Margaret Morris McClellan, 77, of 100 Moore St., Bristol, Va., died
  Wednesday, June 14, 2000, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
  She was a daughter of the late Clarence T. and Bessie Morris and had spent
most
  of her life in the Bristol area. She retired from Raytheon, was a member
of
  Woodlawn Baptist Church and the widow of John W. "Dub" McClellan.
  Surviving are a brother, Vaughn Morris; a sister, Edith Jones of DeMoines,
Iowa;
  several nieces and nephews; and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Glenwood Mausoleum
  Chapel by Weaver Funeral Home. The Rev. Niles Kitzmiller will officiate.
  Mrs. McClellan was also preceded in death by a sister, Evelyn Morris
Lewis.
  Among survivors are sister-in-law Mrs. Vaughn Morris; and nephew Donald
  Lewis.
  Mrs. McClellan was also a friend of Elizabeth Chapel Church.
  The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Friday prior to
the service
  in the mausoleum.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Woodlawn Baptist
  Church, 1400 Southside Ave., Bristol, TN 37620.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Marvin Earl Nuckels

  RICHLANDS -- Funeral services for Marvin Earl Nuckels will be conducted
  Thursday at 2 p.m. in Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands. The Revs.
Henry
  Collins and Stafford Compton will officiate. Burial will be in Hankins
Cemetery in
  Richlands with military graveside rites by members of Casey-Shortt VFW
Post
  9640 of Richlands and Disabled American Veterans Tazewell County Chapter
31.
  Mr. Nuckels, 77, of 503 Barrett St., died Tuesday, June 13, 2000, in a
Richlands
  hospital.
  Pallbearers will be nephews. Honorary pallbearers will be Sam Craig Jr.,
Carl
  McGlothlin, Branch McGlothlin, Tom Sargent, Raymond Brown, Lee Coleman
  and Ken Coleman.
  Hurst-Scott Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements .

  James Alfred Penley

  BLOUNTVILLE -- James Alfred Penley died Wednesday, June 14, 2000, in
  Bristol Regional Medical Center.
  He was a son of the late Robert and Cora Penley. He retired from Eastman
  Chemical Co. in 1984, after 42 years in research, and at the time of
retirement,
  was a senior labortory technician. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of
  World War II and a member of First Baptist Church of Blountville, where he
  served as a deacon, Sunday School officer, sound operator and member of
the
  Senior Adult Choir.
  Surviving are his wife of 53 years, Wilene Penley; a son, Keith Penley of
Denver;
  a daughter, Karen Terral of Lubbock, Texas; two sisters, Jean Carrier of
Bluff
  City and Edythe Antonelli of New Jersey; two brothers, Earl Penley of
Johnson
  City and David Penley of Athens, Ga.; three grandchildren; a
great-grandchild;
  and a step-granddaughter.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 8 p.m. in First Baptist
Church of
  Blountville by Akard Funeral Home. Dr. Clay Austin will officiate.
Graveside
  services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in Glenwood Cemetery.
  Mr. Penley was also preceded in death by two brothers, Ed and Vernon
Penley;
  and two sisters, Bobbie Sams and Virginia Bittle.
  Among survivors are grandchildren Brandy Casper of Belleville, Ill., Erica
Penley
  of Denver and Brian Abercrombie of Lubbock; great-grandchild Haley Casper;
  step-granddaughter Marka Terral; special daughter-in-law Ginger Penley;
special
  son-in-law Mark Terral; sister-in-law Jeanette Watson; and several special
  friends, including Louise Pack, Mother Wallace and Linda Wallace.
  Mr. Penley served as volunteer at the Rocky Mount State Historical Site.
  Honorary pallbearers, to be seated in special pews at the church for the
funeral,
  will be Glenn Seabolt, Doyle Trent, Claude Mellons, David Watson, Vernon
  Flick, David Chambers, Larry Winegar, Tony Devault, Pete Perry, Ronnie
  Buchanan, Linville Sams, Larry Penley, J.C. McClain, Eugene Morrell, Donne
  Watson, Sherrill Flick, John Odham Jr., Bobby Penley and J.C. Akard.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the church.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Van, Piano
or
  Building Fund of First Baptist Church of Blountville.
  Akard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Tivis Clay Powers Sr.

  BISHOP, Va. -- Tivis Clay Powers Sr., 58, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in
  Bristol Regional Medical Center.
  He was born in Dickenson County, Va., a son of Molly E. Powers of
Richmond,
  formerly of Dickenson County, and the late Noah Ransom Powers.
  He retired from AT&T in 1995 and was a U.S. Army veteran.
  Surviving, besides his mother, are his wife Thelma A. Hicks Powers; a son,
Tivis
  C. Powers Jr. of St. Louis, Mo.; a daughter, Melissa D. Sisk of Orange,
Va.; five
  sisters, Mrs. William E. (Irene) Drewery, Joyce Counts and Janet Sessler,
all of
  Mechanicsville, Va., Inez Counts of Lynchburg, Va., and Mrs. Jeff (Gaye)
Martin
  of Midland, Texas; a brother, Ransom Powers Jr. of Highland Springs, Va.;
three
  grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. in Singleton Funeral
Service
  Chapel in Cedar Bluff. Burial will be in Grandview Memory Gardens in
Bluefield,
  Va.
  Mr. Powers was also preceded in death by two brothers, Richard L. Powers
and
  Robert E. Powers; and a sister, Margie Bailey.
  Among survivors are daughter-in-law Kristen Powers of St. Louis; and
son-in-law
  Donald Sisk of Orange.
  Pallbearers will be Vincent Powers, Robert E. Powers Jr., Allen Boyd,
Bryan
  Powers, Ricky Deel and Johnny Mullins.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Singleton
Funeral
  Service in Cedar Bluff.

  Susie N. Price

  AMEAGLE, W.Va. -- Susie N. Price, 80, formerly of Bristol, died Tuesday,
June
  13, 2000, in Charleston General Hospital.
  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Weaver Funeral Home.

  Leta Puckett

  ABINGDON -- Committal services for Leta Francis Mitchell Puckett will be
  Thursday at 11 a.m. in Puckett Family Cemetery. The Rev. Scott Price will
  officiate.
  Mrs. Puckett, 80, died Monday, June 12, 2000, at home.
  Pallbearers will be grandsons Doug Puckett, Jared Puckett, Mark
McReynolds,
  Andy Puckett, Allen Brown and Eric Jackson. Honorary pallbearers will be
  Sherman Holmes, Fred Harrison, Tommy Minnick, Steve McCall, Eddie
  McConnell and Gale Phelps.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Spring Creek
  Presbyterian Church, 19467 Jonesboro Road, Abingdon, VA 24211 or the
  Abingdon Senior Citizens, P.O. Box 1221, Abingdon, VA 24212.
  Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

  Everette McKinley Rutter

  Everette McKinley Rutter, 58, of Fort Shelby Towers, Bristol, Tenn., died
  Tuesday, June 13, 2000, at home.
  He had spent most of his life in the Bristol area and was the former owner
of E&R
  Electric, Plumbing and Heating. He was a member of the Haven of Rest
Church.
  Surviving are two daughters, Deborah Renee Bryant of Martinsville, Va.,
and
  Jeanie Renee Rutter of Mendota, Va.; three brothers, Hugh J. Rutter of
Basset,
  Va., and Gerald R. Rutter and Edgar Rutter, both of Collinsville, Va.
  Graveside services will be conducted Friday in the County Cemetery in
  Blountville. The Rev. Danny Harris will officiate.
  Mr. Rutter was preceded in death by a brother, Joe Rutter.
  Among survivors are granddaughter Amanda Renee Bryant; and son-in-law Will
  Bryant.
  The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the cemetery
prior to
  the service.
  Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Jerry Sergeant

  Funeral services for Jerry Sergeant will be conducted Thursday at 1 p.m.
in Sadie
  Baker Memorial Chapel in Baker Funeral Home. Elders Donnie West and
  Kenneth Mullins and the Rev. Troy Belcher will officiate. Burial will be
in Mount
  Zion Cemetery.
  Jerry Sergeant, 45, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Dickenson County
Medical
  Center.
  He was a son of James and Morlene Sergeant of the home and was of the Old
  Regular Baptist faith.
  Surviving, besides his parents, are five sisters, Brenda Sergeant, Betty
Stidham,
  Wilma Mullins, Dorothy Gentry and Mary Gentry, all of Pound; four nieces;
and
  six nephews.
  Mr. Sergeant was preceded in death by grandparents, Irvin and Gusta
Sergeant
  and Clarence and Bessie Robinett; and a brother, James Monroe Sergeant.
  Pallbearers will be nephews and brothers-in-law.
  Baker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

  Dorsey Simms

  MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Dorsey Simms, 67, died Tuesday, June 13, 2000, in
Baptist
  Memorial Hospital East.
  He was a former coach for Slater High School.
  Surviving are his wife, Barbara Simms; two sons, Dorsey Simms III and Max
E.
  Simms, both of Memphis; two sisters, Shirley Simms of Tulsa, Okla., and
Delores
  Steele of Oklahoma City; and three grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be held Friday in Memphis.
  Harrison Orange Mound Funeral Home in Memphis is in charge of
arrangements.
  Information courtesy of Robinson Mortuary in Bristol Virginia.

  James D. Whitt Sr.

  GLADE SPRING -- Funeral services for James D. Whitt Sr. will be conducted
  Thursday at 11 a.m. in Farris Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Steve Pollard will
  officiate. Committal services will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Looney
Family
  Cemetery in Grundy with military honors by the American Legion Post 164.
  Mr. Whitt, 60, died Monday, June 12, 2000, in Johnston Memorial Hospital
in
  Abingdon.
  He was born in Pikeville, Ky., a son of the late Nathan and Dolly Looney
Whitt.
  He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was employed with Marley Mouldings.
  Surviving are his wife, Thelma Ann Whitt; a daughter, Lois Jean Nitz of
Knoxville;
  a son, Jimmy D. Whitt Jr. of Chilhowie; a sister, Virginia Keniser of
Detroit; and a
  grandchild.
  Pallbearers will be Gary Whitt, Jesse Whitt, Stu Johnson, Tom Nitz, Terry
Looney
  and Jimmy Keesee. Honorary pallbearers will be Mutt Keesee and Willard
  Looney.
  Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 18129
  North Fork River Road, Abingdon, VA 24211.