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Blackburn DAMASCUS -- Robert Allen "Giggs" Blackburn, age 55, passed away on Sunday, June 8, 2003, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Garrett Funeral Home in Damascus, Va., is serving the family of Mr. Blackburn. Frank D. Blackwell ABINGDON -- Funeral services for Mr. Frank Daniel Blackwell will be held Monday June 9, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. at Farris Funeral Chapel. Dr. Donald L. Paxton will officiate. Interment will follow in Mountain View United Methodist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Tommy Osborne, Jackie Osborne, Mike Lowe, Ernest Lowe, Junior Blackwell, Jerry Blackwell, and Earl Blackwell. Those wishing to express their condolences online may do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com. Mr. Blackwell, 66, formerly of Tullahoma, Tenn., died Friday, June 6, 2003 at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon. Farris Funeral Service of Abingdon is serving the Blackwell family. David J. Caldwell BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Mr. David J. Caldwell, of 33 Kingsbridge Road, died Saturday, June 7, 2003, in NHC, Bristol Tennessee. Mr. Caldwell was born Jan. 28, 1912, in High Point, N.C., son of a Presbyterian minister and great-great grandson of the Rev. Dr. David Caldwell (1725-1824) Revolutionary War patriot, educator, physician and Presbyterian minister. He was the 13th generation of Presbyterian ministers. He was an honor graduate of Davidson College in physics and electrical engineering with post graduate study in mechanical engineering and accounting. He was a physics teacher and accountant prior to his six years as U. S. Army officer in World War II. In 1946 he co-founded Bivins & Caldwell, Inc., headquartered in High Point which became the largest firm in the southern U. S. specializing in electronic engineering and measurements. In 1960, this firm was acquired by Hewlett-Packard. He remained with Hewlett-Packard until retirement in 1976 as southern region manager and consultant. He was a senior member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers) and a member of several corporate boards Ordered on active duty in the U. S. Army as a second lieutenant in 1940, he left active service as a lieutenant colonel in 1946. He had three years of foreign service including 18 months in South America and 18 months in Europe. In 1943, he was given top-secret clearance, ordered to the Pentagon along with 12 other recent graduates of Army Command and General Staff School and was assigned to War Department for special duty and training with respect to planned invasion of Continental Europe. In December 1943, he was ordered to London, England, for further duty involving planning for D-Day. He became an assistant G-3 of VIII Corps during the invasion of Normandy, continuing through the campaigns in France, Belgium, Germany and Czechoslovakia, earning eight Battle Stars. He was twice awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Croix de Guerre and Legion of Merit. He was an active amateur radio operator since 1928 with the call letters W4SL. He was a member of the choir and elder emeritus of the First Presbyterian Church. His hobbies were working on clocks and playing golf. He was preceded in death by one sister, Inez Coggins. Survivors include his wife, Frances Frazier Caldwell, Bristol Tennessee; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Fred and LaVerne Frazier, Bristol Tennessee; two nephews, John Coggins, Greensboro, N. C., and George Coggins, Lexington, N. C.; one niece, Gertrude Coggins; a number of great-nephews and great-nieces. Funeral services for Mr. David J. Caldwell will be conducted 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 10, 2003 in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Gordon Turnbull officiating. Pallbearers will include Bob Vann, David Tuggle, Jim Hauke, Fred Vance, Craig Caldwell, Bob Taylor, Bob Blevins, Fred Frazier, Jimmy Fred Frazier, Milton Abercrombie, Franklin Pauley, John Coggins, Frank Leonard and Roger Leonard. Interment will follow in Glenwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 1:45 p.m. in the Ladies Parlor at the church prior to the service. Those desiring may make memorials to First Presbyterian Church or to a charity of your choice. E-mail condolences may be sent to the family at akardfh@peercom.net. Akard Funeral Home is serving the family of Mr. Caldwell. H.L. Carrier III BLUFF CITY -- The funeral service for H.L. "Chip" Carrier III will be conducted at 11 o'clock Monday morning at the graveside in Morning View Cemetery in Bluff City with Dr. Joe Blankenship and Rev. Baron Eliason officiating. Burial will follow. Pallbearers will be Kevin Melvin, Ike Fleenor, Sidney Riley, Frank Poling, Roger Morrison, Mike Galloway, John Henry Smith and Clinton Bell. Honorary pallbearers will be Wade Morrell, Luke Baker, Ken Goodman and Jason Mull. Condolences and memories may be sent to the family by visiting www.oakley- cook.com. Mr. Carrier, 53, died Friday, June 6, 2003, at Johnson City Medical Center. Arrangements especially for Mr. Carrier have been through Oakley-Cook Funeral Home. Clifton G. Casteel BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Funeral services for Clifton Gordon "Tip" Casteel will be held 8:00 p.m. Monday, June 9, 2003 in the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. J. D. Neeley officiating. The burial will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Shelby Hills Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Charlie Brown, Brandon Marrs, Jon Casteel, Gary Bedwell, Larry Barker, and Howard Cross. Honorary pallbearers will be Dave Rector, Jakie Galloway, Dr. Doug Greene, Dr. Tom Greene, Dr. John Greene and Associates, staff of the Cambridge House and the Bristol Regional Dialysis Center. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.weaverfuneralhome.net. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:45 p.m. prior to the service. Mr. Casteel, of 224 Midway Medical Park Drive, went to be with his Lord and Savior on June 7, 2003 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Donna Cooper BIG STONE GAP, Va. -- Donna Gail Bush Cooper, 53, went to be with the Lord following an extended illness on Saturday, June 7, 2003. She was born on Oct. 26, 1949, in Exeter, Va. She was the daughter of the late Cammie Bush Jr. and Ada Bush. She attended school at Appalachia, Va., through the 11th grade and graduated the following year from Highland High School, Sparta, Ohio. She was a former employee of Central Supply for 17 years and retired from Southwest Insurance Agency after seven years of service. She was a member of the Eastern Star Appalachia Chapter 26. She was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are husband, Sid Pat Cooper; daughter and son-in-law, Gail and David Harkleroad of Big Stone Gap; mother, Ada Bush of Centerburg, Ohio; brother and sister-in-law, Randy and Carol Bush of Mt. Gilead, Ohio; sister and brother-in- law, Vicki and Larry Houck of Cape Coral, Fla.; grandson, Chad Harkleroad; and granddaughter, Lauren Harkleroad; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews; and special friends. She was a very loving person who touched everyone's heart. Special thanks for the wonderful love and care that all her special friends graciously gave Donna during her extended illness. Calling hours are from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 9, at Appalachian First Baptist Church in Appalachia, Va. An Eastern Star service will immediately follow visitation conducted by Appalachia Order of Eastern Star 26. Funeral services will be conducted by Dr. Nick Brewer at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, at Appalachian First Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Powell Valley Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, family requests contributions made to the Powell Valley Shrine Club Transportation Fund, P.O. Box 113, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219. Roy A. Green Funeral Home will be assisting the family with arrangements. Dr. Paul F. Dishner KINGSPORT -- Paul F. Dishner, M.D., age 78, passed away June 7, 2003, at Asbury Center at Baysmont, Kingsport, following a protracted illness. Dr. Dishner was one of two benefactors for whom the medical school at East Tennessee State University was initially named The Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine. The naming honored him for generous financial gifts making possible major campus renovations crucial to provisional accreditation of the medical school. Upon subsequent renaming of the College of Medicine the State Board of Regents recognized Dr. Dishner's contributions by establishing the Paul Dishner Chair of Excellence in Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine. Dr. Dishner also has been honored by the designation of two professional chairs in his name, jointly with two other honorees, by the University of the West Indies, where he taught for various periods of time and to which he gave major financial support. He was born and raised in Duffield, Scott County, Va., and received his pre- medical education at the University of Tennessee and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He received the M.D. degree from the University of Tennessee in 1950, and his post-graduate medical education included appointments at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Parkland Hospital, Dallas and University Hospital, Birmingham. Following service in the U.S. Army Air Force, he practiced briefly in Kingsport before moving to California, where he maintained an active private practice in Costa Mesa, Calif., and, in addition, served as clinical professor of medicine at the University of California School of Medicine in Irvine. He was co-chairman of the Infectious Disease Department, head of internal medicine, member of the executive committee and chief of staff of the Orange County Medical Center, Orange County, Calif. Dr. Dishner maintained a life-long interest in southern Appalachia and had concerns over the quality of health care and advanced education in the region. Those concerns led him to make major financial contributions not only to ETSU but also to other institutions such as the University of Virginia at Wise; and a desire to foster higher education of under-privileged young people led him to support, either wholly or in part, advanced education of about 35 students at 10 colleges and universities. Dr. Dishner was predeceased by his parents, Bradley and Sibyl Miller Dishner, and a brother, Donald Dishner, all of Duffield. He is survived by brother, Everette Dishner, Duffield; and four sisters, Ruth Humphrey of Brunswick, Ohio, Helen Byerley of Kingsport, Anna Gamble and her husband, Bill Gamble of Kingsport and Lindal Frazier and her husband, Jimmy Frazier of Blountville. He is also survived by a sister-in-law, Ruth Giles Dishner of Duffield; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visiting hours will be observed Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church. The funeral service will be held at Three Bells United Methodist Church in Duffield with Rev. Clarence Dishner at 1 p.m. Burial will be in Dishner Cemetery, Duffield. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial contributions be made to Three Bells United Methodist Church, Duffield, Va. or the University of Virginia at Wise. Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport, is serving the Dishner family. Nell F. Dorton BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Nell F. Dorton, age 89, of Bristol Tennessee went to be with the Lord June 7, 2003 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. She was born Sept. 14, 1913, to the late Charles and Amanda Sorah Fox. Mrs. Dorton was a member of Virginia Avenue Baptist Church, housewife and lifelong resident of Bristol. She was the widow of Charles W. Dorton. Also she was preceded in death by a son, Daniel Dorton. Survivors include one daughter, Linda Dorton, Signal Mountain, Tenn.; and one sister, Ruby Ausmus, Bristol Tennessee. Graveside services will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at the Glenwood Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel with Pastor Cass Farrior officiating. The family will receive friends Monday, June 9, 2003, from 5 until 7 p.m. at the Weaver Funeral Home. E-mail condolences may be sent to the family at www.weaverfuneralhome.net Weaver Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Dorton William R. Epperson GLENNVILLE -- William R. "Bill" Epperson, 73, died Saturday, June 7, 2003, at Eisenhower Medical Center in Augusta. The Smyth County, Va., native had lived in Glennville for the last nine years. He was a member of Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church and was a retired master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He was a life member of the VFW and a Mason in the Chilhowie Lodge in Virginia. Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Ruth Hart Epperson of Glennville; two daughters and son-in-law, Vickie Darlene Rouse of Chilhowie and Penny Gai and Jimmie Benfield of Conyers; son and daughter-in-law, William Donald and Teresa Epperson of Glennville; brother, Harold Porter Epperson of Marion; four grandchildren, Sunshine Montgomery of Wytheville, Scotty Epperson of Glennville, Melissa Krauss of Brunswick and Summer Eggers of Chilhowie. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church. Mr. Epperson will be taken to the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery with military honors. Cobb Funeral Home, Glennville Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. Information courtesy of Barnett Funeral Home, Wytheville, Va. Richard G. Gilbert PINEY FLATS -- Richard Glenn Gilbert passed away Sunday, June 8, 2003, at Wellmont Medical Center in Kingsport from complications following cancer surgery. Born May 22, 1939, Richard was the son of the late Earl and Ruth Harvey Gilbert. A daughter, Allison Gilbert preceded him in death. Richard was a loving and devoted husband, father and friend who will be sorely missed by all who knew him. Mr. Gilbert was a retired teacher in the Sullivan County School System at Central and North High Schools. He also was an employee of Smith Mechanical Contractors in Kingsport. He was a member of the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Piney Flats. Surviving are his wife of 40 years, Deanna Coffman Gilbert; one son, Richard Alexander Gilbert and Alex's fiancee, Haley Gillispie; a sister, Roberta Gilbert Sams; a niece, Angela Sams; and several cousins. Calling hours will be Tuesday, June 10, 2003, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 1665 Allison Road, Piney Flats followed by a memorial service at 8 p.m. The family will also receive callers at their home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church Memorial Fund. Snyder Funeral Home of Johnson City is in charge of the arrangements. Stella Haulsee RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. -- Stella Ann Wilson Haulsee, 92, formerly of Marion, Va., died June 7, 2003, in Eldercare of West Virginia. Born in Sugar Grove, Va., she was the daughter of the late James Wilson and Carrie V. Anderson Wilson. She was a widow and a housewife. She was a member of the Eastend Baptist Church in Marion. Surviving are daughter, Martha Kemp of Ravenswood; and two grandchildren, Sean and Josh Price, Marion. Service will be held Wednesday in Marion. Roush Funeral Home of Ravenswood is in charge of arrangements. Vernal Hess TAZEWELL, Va. -- Mr. Vernal Hess, age 83, of Route 1, died Saturday at a Tazewell Virginia hospital following a lengthy illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Va. Dollie M. Horn BRISTOL, Va. -- The funeral service for Dollie M. Horn will be conducted at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Blevins Memorial Chapel of Oakley-Blevins Funeral Home with Brother David Gibson, Brother Bob Osborne and Brother Ralph Horton officiating. The committal service and burial will follow in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Kelly Ferguson, Larry Skinner, Michael Harman, Andy Gibson, Glen Bowman and Jeff Gibson. Honorary pallbearers will be the men of Midway Church of the Living God. Condolences and memories may be sent to the family by visiting www.oakley-blevins.com. Mrs. Horn, 75, died Friday, June 6, 2003, at Wellmont Hospice House. Arrangements especially for Mrs. Horn have been made through Oakley-Blevins Funeral Home, 417 Lee Street, Bristol, Va. Violet B. Jenkins LEBANON -- The funeral service for Violet B. Jenkins will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday, June 9, 2003 in the Combs Funeral Service Chapel with the Rev. Bill Crawford officiating. The committal service and burial will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2003 in the Frame Cemetery, Frametown, Braxton County, W.Va. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Mrs. Jenkins, 81, died at home Friday, June 6, 2003. Combs Funeral Service in Lebanon is serving the family of Mrs. Jenkins. Lillie Jones Kern DUFFIELD, Va. -- Lillie Jones Kern, 83, went to be with the Lord Saturday, June 7, 2003, at her residence after an illness. Born in Scott County, she was a daughter of the late Jessie James and Caroline Sanders Jones. She was a member of Hills Chapel Freewill Baptist Church and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Patrick Henry Kern; sisters, Lovely Strong, Pearl Carter and Ethel Spicer; brothers, Glenn Jones, Charlie Jones, Emmitt Jones, Wesley Jones, Will Jones and Garland Jones; and grandchildren, Amy Sexton, Teresa Kern, Robert Gregory Legg and Andy Nunn. Surviving are sons, John Henry (Henry) Kern and wife, Alice of Big Stone Gap, Charles Jackson (Jack) Kern of Appalachia, Ronnie Ray Kern and wife, Donnese of Big Stone Gap and Lonnie Lee Kern and wife, Ada of Big Stone Gap; daughters, Clairmae Legg and husband, Robert of Church Hill, Tenn., Anna Ruth Jessee and husband Delmoe of Duffield, Sonja Kern-Nixon and husband, Jerry of Blountville, Sharon Nunn and husband, Roy of Bristol Virginia, and Trish Sexton-Stapleton and husband, Chester of Bristol Tennessee; brothers, John L. Jones of Big Stone Gap and Robert L. Jones of Indianapolis; sister, Linah Jane Odell of Saltville; 25 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild. Calling hours will be 5-8 p.m. Monday, June 9, 2003, at The Duffield Funeral Home at Thomas Village. Funeral services will be conducted 8 p.m. Monday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Joe Hill, Rev. Robert Legg and Rev. Roger Herron officiating. Music will be provided by the Mabe Quartet. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Committal services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hills Chapel Cemetery. Family and friends are asked to meet at 10:15 a.m. at the funeral home for procession to the cemetery. The Duffield Funeral Home at Thomas Village is serving the Kern family. Margaret Kidd Margaret Ruth Stafford Kidd walked into the presence of her Lord on Saturday, June 7, 2003. She was born in Bluefield, W.Va., on Feb. 11, 1916. She spent her younger years in Bluefield where she graduated from Beaver High School and then Bluefield College. She worked for the Welch Daily News and the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. She made her home in Welch, W.Va., where she married Giles Newman Kidd in 1940. She spent her married life raising a family in Welch, Bluefield, Va.,. and Richlands. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and Christian lady. She was married for 30 years to the late Giles Newman Kidd, who died in 1970. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hoge Smith Stafford and Maggie Criner Stafford. She was the last living sibling in her family having been preceded in death by brothers, Ralph Stafford and Carlisle Stafford; and sisters, Dorothy Clarke and Thelma Dunn. She is survived by five sons, Donald Eugene Kidd (Diana) of Harrisonburg, Va., William Stafford Kidd (Sue) of Wytheville, Albert Lee Kidd (Vonda) of St. Paul, Va., Kenneth Alan Kidd of New York City and John Douglas Kidd of Harrisonburg. Also, special to her was Susan Kidd of Harrisonburg. Grandchildren surviving are Donald Kidd Jr., Dawn Keim, Katie Kidd, Laura Powell and Leah McCall. One great- grandchild, Kate Keim, survives. She is also survived by nieces and nephews, Dorothy Dunn, Anna Magaret Beavers, Carlisle "Sonny" Stafford, Joe Dunn and Connie Umberger. Margaret Ruth Stafford Kidd was a charter member of Trinity Methodist Church in Bluefield, W.Va.,. a charter member of Gethsemane Baptist Church in Richlands and a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Bluefield, Va. Her relationship with God and her fellowship with the church were always a vital part of her life. At the time of her death, Mrs. Kidd was living at Asbury Place at Wytheville where she had made her home for the past nine years. She was attended to by several loving care providers during these years in Wytheville. Having been paralyzed from an automobile accident in 1980, Mrs. Kidd never complained about the difficulties she faced. Instead, she forever touched those around her with a special grace, love, patience, dignity and sweet spirit which inspired and blessed us all. Funeral services for Margaret Ruth Stafford Kidd will be conducted on Tuesday, June 10, at 11 a.m. at Memorial Baptist Church in Bluefield, Va., with the Rev. Hugh Cole and Rev. Lacy Brooks officiating. Interment will follow in the Monte- Vista Park Cemetery on the Bluefield-Princeton Road. Visitation will be Monday, June 9, at the Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield, Va. from 6 to 9 p.m. Flowers are appreciated or those who wish may make donations to the charity of their choice. Betty B. Morefield TAZEWELL -- Betty Blevins Morefield, age 73, died Friday, June 6, 2003 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. Born May 29, 1930 at Amonate, W.Va., she was a daughter of the late Allen and Betty Hogston Blevins. She was a member of the Fincastle Baptist Church in Tazewell. As a loving tribute, we offer this poem: "Home, it is my mother" My home it is my mother, within her heart I live; her love is like no other, the sunshine it does give. And like the spreading branches of a truly fragrant tree, my mother's heart and arms, have made a perfect nest for me. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Hessie Farmer, Lessie Marrs, Viola Sims, and Ruth Starling; and three brothers, Bruce Blevins, Pat Blevins, and Bill Blevins. Survivors include her husband, James "Jack" Morefield; three sons, James Robert Morefield and Michael Ray Morefield, both of Tazewell, and Allen Jackson Morefield of Bluefield, W.Va.; two daughters, Brenda Morefield Turner of Bluefield, W.Va., and Betsy Morefield Cash of Roanoke; one sister, Elizabeth Blevins Roncaglione of Long Beach, Calif.; nine grandchildren, James William Joseph Morefield, Michael Ray Morefield, II., Wendy Dawn Morefield, James Corbin Ramey, Allan Jackson Morefield, II., Turner Jackson Cash, Cynthia Lynn Sheets, Patricia Dee Ann Lazakis and Allison Virginia Whittaker; and two great grandchildren, Benjamin Dustin Tripp and Haley Elizabeth Sheets. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 9, 2003 at Peery & St.Clair Funeral Home Chapel in Tazewell, with the Rev. Bill Wyrick and Danny Starling officiating. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery in Tazewell. Pallbearers will be grandsons: James William Joseph Morefield, Michael Ray Morefield II and the men of Fincastle Baptist Church including Earnest Hess. Honorary pallbearers will be Robert Patterson and Joe Sargent. The family request in lieu of floral acknowledgments, memorial contributions be made to Fincastle Baptist Church, P.O. Box 202, Tazewell, VA 24651. Lena M. Stallard POUND -- Lena Mullins Stallard, 88, entered into eternal rest Sunday, June 8, 2003, at Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital. She was a lifelong resident of Pound and was a very active member of the Fairview Old Regular Baptist Church up until the time of her illness. She was a homemaker and a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Lena was well- known throughout the community and will be greatly missed. Mrs. Stallard was preceded in death by her parents, Alamander Mullins and Della Johnson Mullins; four brothers, Woodrow Mullins, Ermine Mullins, Thurman Mullins and Ray Mullins; three sisters, Versie Cantrell, Lola Kennedy and Flossie Mullins; and two great-grandchildren, Dawson Conner Mullins and Madelyn Elizabeth Mullins. Survivors include: spouse, Elder Conrad F. Stallard, Pound; daughters, Linda K. Stallard Mullins and husband, Lawrence Mullins, Coeburn; sons, Don S. Stallard and wife, Leverne Stallard, Pound and Gary N. Stallard and wife Debby Stallard, Wytheville; sister, Brenda Mullins, Pound; brothers, Elder Trinkle Mullins, Pound, Hubert Mullins, Coeburn, Clarence Mullins, Pound and Raymond (Dempsie) Mullins, Pound; a host of family and friends; seven grandchildren; and 13 great- grandchildren. The body will be removed from Baker Funeral Home to the Fairview Old Regular Baptist Church at 4 p.m. Monday, June 9, 2003, where the family will receive friends. There will be an evening service. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2003, in Fairview Old Regular Baptist Church, Pound, with Elder Willie Cantrell, Elder Carl Mullins and Elder Riley Grigsby officiating. Interment will be in Mullins Cemetery, Pound. Pallbearers will be Marty Stallard, Kevin Stallard, Jeffrey Mullins, Gregory Mullins, Roger Mullins and Trillis Harold Mullins. Baker Funeral Home, Pound, is entrusted with the care of Lena Mullins Stallard. Raymond H. Stinson LEBANON -- Funeral services for Mr. Raymond H. Stinson will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel, Honaker, with Rev. Chris Musick officiating. Interment will follow in the Lockhart Chapel Cemetery in Honaker. Pallbearers will be Jessie Childress, Jim Childress, Jerry L. Stinson II, Billy K. Stinson, Benny Jessee and Ritchie Lell. Honorary pallbearers will be Burley Mullins, Jessie Slaughter, Dr. Mario Stefanini, Dr. S. Hughes Melton, Dr. Brian Easton, Glen Stinson, G.L. Edwards and Curtis Joyce. Mr. Stinson is also served by the memory of a special pallbearer, Greg Childress. Mr. Stinson, 61, passed away Friday, June 6, 2003, in a Lebanon hospital after an extended illness. Billy Tignor LEBANON -- Billy Tignor, 68, of Sevier Street, died Sunday, June 8, 2003, in the Maple Grove Health Care Center. Born Aug. 19, 1934, in Russell County, a son of the late Smith Wilson Tignor and Stella Johnson Tignor, he was a lifelong resident of Lebanon. He had served a term on the Lebanon Town Council and was a former employee of Buster Brown in Lebanon. He was a member of the Mill Creek Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Garrett; three brothers, Oakley Tignor, S.W. Tignor and Anderson Tignor. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Gaynell (Gay) Tate Tignor; two sisters, Cleo Reed, Chesapeake, Va., and Eliza Bays, Bristol Tennessee; a brother, Harry Tignor, Abingdon; also several nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at the Temple Hill Memorial Park in Castlewood with the Rev. Darrell Fletcher officiating. Serving the family as pallbearers will be Harold Mitchell, Eddie Garrett, Rafty Dye, Jeff Rose, John Hobson and Nathan Pederson. Those attending should meet at the funeral home by 10:15 a.m. to go to the cemetery in procession. The family will receive friends 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at the funeral home. Combs Funeral Service is serving the family of Mr. Tignor.