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Adams Jr. GLADE SPRING – Bill "Junior" Adams, age 52, went to be with the Lord Friday, April 23, 2004, at his home. He was born in Smyth County to the late William Paige Adams and Bonnie Osborne Adams and was preceded in death by his beloved sister, Shirley Barbrow, and brothers, Robert Adams and Charles Adams. Mr. Adams was employed with Columbus McKinnon in Damascus. Survivors include: his loving wife, Virginia D. Adams; daughter, Joanna Adams Combs and husband Brett, Marion; son, Jeff Marshall and wife Jennifer, Chilhowie; stepchildren, Pete Marshall, Saltville, Carol Debord, Saltville, Danny Marshall and wife Becky, Chilhowie, Darlene Hatfield and husband Butch, Chilhowie, Joseph Marshall and fiancée Diane Lindsay, Virginia Beach, Va., and Sarah Leskoff and husband Mark, Virginia Beach; brother, Johnny Adams, Bristol Tennessee; sisters, Thelma Owens, Chilhowie and Peggy Steele, Lenoir, N.C.; 10 grandchildren; special friend, Jack Owens, and several nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2004, at the Bradley’s Funeral Chapel in Chilhowie, with Rev. Billy Owens officiating. The family wishes to extend their gratitude to Estelle Elswick and the wonderful people at Hospice for their care. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 246, Abingdon, VA 24212, or to the Cancer Outreach Program, 206 Abingdon Place, Abingdon, VA 24211. The family will receive friends Sunday from 3-4 p.m. at the funeral chapel. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.bradleysfh.com. Bradley’s Funeral Chapel, Chilhowie, is serving the Adams family. Ethel Ball CEDAR BLUFF – Mrs. Ethel Mae Marshall Ball, age 83, of Route 4, passed away Friday, April 23, 2004, at her home following a long illness. Born in Tazewell County, she was the daughter of the late Almarine (Bud) and Rosa Griffith Marshall. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Graham Ball, also six brothers and five sisters. She was a member of the Chapel Of Love Church. She is survived by four daughters, Marie Ray and husband Jimmy of Lebanon, Janis Chambers and husband Terry of Honaker, Nita Earls and husband Kirk of Arden, N.C., and Rita Frazier and husband Bruce of Cedar Bluff; four sons, Don Ball and wife Ruby of Elk Garden, Va., Jimmy Ball and wife Marie of Lebanon, Dennis Ball and wife Pam of Keen Mountain, Va., and Graham Ball and wife Martha of Richlands; one brother, Harvey Marshall of Richlands; two sisters, Renda Ball and Becky Ball, both of Belfast, Va.; 18 grandchildren and 17 great- grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, April 26, 2004, at 11 a.m. at the Singleton Funeral Service Chapel, with Rev. Roger Lester and Rev. Josephine Russ officiating. Burial will follow in the Reynolds Cemetery on Kents Ridge. Pallbearers will be Scott Ball, Jeff Ball, Gary Ball, Jamie Ray, Gregory Ball, Adam Ball, Claude Ball Tim Vencill, Jerry Vance, Brandon Alicie and David Settle. Honorary pallbearers will be George Ascue, Gorman Frazier, Frank Reynolds and Mac Reynolds. Friends may call at the Singleton Funeral Service from 6 until 9 p.m. Sunday. E-mail condolences may be sent by going to singletonfuneralservice.com. Singleton Funeral Service is serving the Ball family. Ruby J. Boardwine SALTVILLE – Mrs. Ruby J. Boardwine, age 52, died Friday, April 23, 2004, in UVa in Charlottesville. She was preceded in death by her father, Fullen Aistrop. She was an employee of Ed’s Drive-In in Saltville and was of the Holiness faith. She was loved and will be missed very much by all who knew her. Survivors: her husband, Thomas Boardwine of Saltville; one son and daughter-in- law, Dewayne and Trudy Boardwine of Saltville; one daughter, Tammy Boardwine of Saltville; three grandchildren, Kayla, Leah and Laken; four brothers, John Thomas of Maryland, Howard Aistrop of Chilhowie and Bobby Aistrop and Carl Aistrop of Saltville, and seven sisters, Claudia Kramer of Philadelphia, Gloria Necessary of Tannersville, Va., Sue Johnson of Baltimore, Jean Thomas, Janie Moore and Carol Call, all of Saltville, and Gracie Aistrop of Chilhowie. Graveside services for Mrs. Boardwine will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 26, 2004, at Aistrop Family Cemetery, with Rev. Roger Oquinn and Rev. Curtis Duff officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from 10-11 a.m., just prior to the graveside service. D.R. Henderson Funeral Home is serving the Boardwine family. Letha M. Cassell CLEVELAND, Va. – Letha M. Cassell, age 89, passed away Saturday, April 24, 2004, in the Maple Grove Health Care Center in Lebanon. Born Jan. 16, 1915, in Wilder in Russell County, she was a daughter of the late George Carson Cassell and the late Virginia Whitt Cassell, She attended the Weavers Creek Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by seven brothers, Ezra, Howard, Buster, Jack, Bob, Dave and Ralph Cassell, and two sisters, Grace Seaver and Blanche Seaver. Survivors include three sisters-in-law, Dean Cassell, Cleveland, Georgia Cassell, Church Hill, Tenn., and Nola Cassell, Lebanon, also several nieces and nephews. The family thanks the staff of Mountain View Retirement Home and the staff of the Maple Grove Retirement Center for the care given to Letha. The funeral service will be conducted at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2004, in the Combs Funeral Service Chapel, with the Rev. Roger Phillips and the Rev. Virgil Musick officiating. The committal service and burial will be at 2 p.m. Monday April 26, 2004, in the Russell Memorial Cemetery in Lebanon. Those attending are requested to meet at the cemetery. Nephews and friends will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Sunday prior to the service at the funeral home. Combs Funeral Service in Lebanon is serving the family of Miss Cassell. Bennie Dooley CARTERTON, Va. – Bennie Lee Kendrick Dooley, 90, passed away April 19, 2004, at her residence. She was born May 1, 1913, on Weaver’s Creek, in Russell County, Va., to the late John P. and Edna Cook Kendrick. She was married to Lon N. Dooley, who preceded her in death in 1984. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Agnes Musick of Finney, Va., and Ruth Combs of Cleveland, Va., and a sister-in-law, Agnes Flick of Kingsport. Survivors include one son, John and his wife Sue Emory Dooley of Foley, Ala.; two daughters, Nancy and her husband Paul Tobergte of Yankeetown, Fla., and Carla Sue MacCue of the home; five granddaughters and their husbands, Paula and Tom O’Keefe of Glendale, Calif., Lisa and Roger Green of Cincinnati, Amelia and Dennis Daniel of Broken Bow, Okla., Lara and Patrick Hutchins of Valley Cottage, N.Y., and Amanda Dooley of Cincinnati, and nine great-grandchildren, Ian Green, Calvin, Chloe and Celia Hutchins, Will and Adam Daniel and Olivia, Lillian and Adele O’Keefe. She is also survived by her sister, Nadyne Combs of Abingdon; her brother and his wife, Claude and Mildred Kendrick of Dublin, Va.; five sisters- in-law and one brother-in-law, Mary Barron, Ada Axsom, Frances Wood, Cupid Bryant and Peggy Bradley, all of Kingsport, and Charles Dooley of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and many nieces and nephews. She will also be greatly missed by her dear close friends, Linda and Guy Skeens of Lebanon, and their daughter and her husband, Rebecca and Kurt Kahns of Lynchburg, Va., as well as all her many friends in the Carterton community. Bennie was a lifelong resident of Russell County, having attended the Baptist Mission School in Council, Va., and graduating from Honaker High School. During World War II, she and Lon lived in Baltimore for three years and, upon returning home, moved to Carterton, where Bennie had lived for 60 years. She was a member of Springfield Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School and served as director of the Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. Bennie was a member of the Springfield-Pleasant Hill Women’s Missionary Union and she served for 13 years as director of the New Lebanon Association WMU. The family would like to thank Bennie’s many friends and care givers for their loving care and kindness, Geneva and Wilson "Sob" Skeens, Tricia, Wayne and Matthew Duncan, Jean and Don Turner, Sandy Helbert, Tracy Meadows and Nancy Collins and the staff of RCMC Home Health, Karen Fields and staff of RCMC Hospice, Doctors Melton and Easton and staff of C. Health, Johnny and Maxie Skeens and members of the Cleveland Rescue Squad. Funeral services will be conducted in the Owens Funeral Service Chapel, Lebanon, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 25, 2004, with Bennie’s nephew, Rev. H.G. Musick, officiating. Burial will follow the service at Russell Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Harry Dickenson, Wayne Duncan, Bob Harding, Guy Skeens, Johnny Skeens and Wilson Skeens. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that those wishing to honor Bennie’s memory do so by making memorial donations to Cleveland Rescue Squad, Cleveland, RCMC Hospice of Lebanon, or a hospice agency of choice. Owens Funeral Service, Lebanon, is in charge of arrangements. W.J. Dorton Jr. HANSONVILLE, Va. – Visitation for Mr. W.J. (Punk) Dorton Jr. will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2004, at the Lebanon Baptist Church in Lebanon. Funeral services will be Monday, April 27, 2004, at the Lebanon Baptist Church at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Chris Musick and the Rev. Tom Edwards officiating. Active pallbearers will be Bill Hayter, Mark Nelson, Ron Barrett, Dave Leonard, Benton Chafin, Leton Harding, John Meade and Max Hawkins. Honorary pallbearers will be Ralph Snead, R.D. Snead, Bob Ring, Jack Bartee, Eddie Hurd, Ken Addison, Randy Addison, Mike Addison, Jay Dorton, Roger Statzer, David Johnson, William Gibson, Sam Gibson, Tommy Johnson and Lynn Johnson. Committal services and burial will follow in the Russell Memorial Cemetery in Lebanon. Mr. Dorton Jr., age 66, passed on from this life to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 22, 2004. Combs Funeral Service is serving the Dorton family. Charles A. Godsey BRISTOL, Tenn. – Charles A. Godsey, age 85, passed away on April 24, 2004, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Marshall and Neta Carrier Godsey and was a lifelong resident of the Bristol area. He was a retired furniture salesman with Ball Brothers and had been a member of Euclid Avenue Baptist Church for over 56 years, where he served as a deacon. Mr. Godsey was a U.S. Navy veteran serving in World War II. Survivors include wife, Ellen Godsey; daughter, Donna Sue Godsey Maynard and husband Donald of Sarasota, Fla.; siblings, Dorothy Fleming of Bristol Tennessee, Margaret Strouth of Ashburn, Va., Rev. Glen Godsey of Plainview, Texas, W.P. Godsey of Bristol Virginia, Clyde Godsey of Bristol Tennessee, Patsy Scott of Bristol Virginia and Sharon Ledford of Bristol Virginia, and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Graveside services will be conducted on Monday, April 26, 2004, at noon at the Glenwood Mausoleum, with Rev. Bob Jones officiating. The family will receive friends on Monday from 11-11:45 a.m. prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 208 Sunset Drive, Johnson City, or to the American Kidney Fund, 6110 Executive Blvd., Rockville, Md. Online condolences may be registered at www.weaverfuneralhome.net. Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Joseph W. Horne COEBURN – Joseph W. Horne, 76, went to be with his Lord on Friday, April 23, 2004, at the Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City. He was a retired coal miner from Clinchfield Coal Co., a member of the UMWA, a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and co-pastor of the Full Gospel Power House. Surviving are his wife, Pastor Maude O’Dell Horne; three sons, Roger Lee Horne, Joseph Eddie Horne and Joshua Allen Horne, all of Coeburn; two daughters, Deborah Jo and husband Jon Kennedy of Coeburn and Randi Nicole and husband Jason Hicks of St. Paul, Va.; two sisters, Virginia Greear of Bristol Virginia and Ernestine Carico of Kingsport; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services for Joseph W. Horne will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, April 26, 2004, at the Sturgill Funeral Home Chapel in Coeburn, with the Rev. Joe Dearry officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2004, at the Sturgill Funeral Home in Coeburn. Sturgill Funeral Homes in Coeburn is in charge of arrangements. Ricky Lewis Kestner Ricky Lewis Kestner, age 55, formerly of Bristol Virginia, died Saturday, April 24, 2004, in the Brook Haven Manor, Kingsport. Arrangements are incomplete. Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Rosa B. Mullins CASTLEWOOD – Funeral services for Rosa B. Mullins will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2004, in Castlewood Funeral Home Chapel, Castlewood, with Rev. Buddy Burke officiating. Interment will follow in Temple Hill Memorial Park, Castlewood. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Online condolences may be sent to the Mullins family through our Web site at www.castlewoodfuneralhome.com. Mrs. Mullins, 87, died Thursday, April 22, 2004, at Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport. Castlewood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Arthell Phipps CLINTWOOD – Arthell Phipps, age 74, died at Dickenson Community Hospital on Thursday, April 22, 2004. A lifelong resident of Dickenson County, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Pearl Elkins Crabtree. Otis, her husband of 37 years, and a son, Don Garland "Tweety Bird" Phipps preceded her in death. Surviving are a son, Larry Phipps and wife Jean, Clintwood; a stepson, Dennis Sherrod and wife Mineko, Hereford, Ariz.; daughters, Darlene Ahrens and husband Tino, Decatur, Ga., and Diana McGlothlin and husband Donald, Lebanon; a brother, James Crabtree, Wise; four sisters, Eunice Crabtree, Coeburn, Pauline Vanover, Melford, Va., Shelby Conley, Wise and Reba Beverly, Wise; grandchildren, Robin, Donnie, Katharine, Randa, Jennifer, Landon, Nathan, Martin and Hunter Donn, and three great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services for Arthell Phipps will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2004, from the Clintwood Funeral Home Chapel, with Kenneth Childress. Burial will follow in the Crabtree Family Cemetery, Wise. Pallbearers are Landon Rakes, Adam Smith, Bobby Dotson, Elwood Mullins, Ronald Phipps and Donnie Yates. Clintwood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Beulah M. Reedy SWORDS CREEK, Va. – Mrs. Beulah Miller Reedy, age 81, passed away Saturday, April 24, 2004, in an Abingdon hospital. Born Nov. 6, 1922, in Kentucky, she was a daughter of the late James William and America Rowe Miller. She had spent most of her life in the Swords Creek area. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore Delmar Reedy, and several brothers and sisters. Survivors include her two sons and daughters-in-law, David Allen and Geraldine Reedy of Baltimore and Richard Lynn and Sandra Reedy of Richlands; five grandchildren, David Allen Reedy Jr., and wife, Vera, Dennis Brian Reedy, Richard Nathaniel Reedy, James William Reedy and Angelina Marie Reedy; three great-grandchildren, David Allen Reedy III, Alexander Howard Reedy and Isaiah Robert Reedy; four sisters, Juanita Sexton of North Carolina, Magalene McGraw and Maxine Wagner both of Baltimore, and Geneva Breath of Pennsylvania. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel, Honaker, with Rev. Darrell Long officiating. Interment will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va. Relatives and friends will serve as pallbearers. Friends may call at the Honaker Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Monday. Annie Rushing BRISTOL, Va. – Annie Naomi Byrum Rushing, 84, died Saturday, April 24, 2004, at Valley Health Care Center in Chilhowie. She was born in Charlotte, N.C., and later lived in Baltimore. She retired to Bristol Virginia in 1981. Her husband, Phillip Rushing, parents, Fulton and Sarah Byrum, brothers, Lewis and Pressley Byrum, and sisters, Luella Stevens, Viola Phillips and Hazeline Hudson, preceded her in death. She is survived by three sons, Wayne and wife Anne of Hampstead, Md., Larry and wife Cynthia of Bristol Virginia and Donald and wife Patricia of Parkville, Md.; one grandson, Larry Rushing II of Blacksburg, Va.; five granddaughters, Angela Kelly of Baltimore, Belinda Rushing of Sweet Briar, Va., Melissa Zahn of Hampstead, Jeni Rushing of Jonesborough, Tenn., and Holly Rushing of Hampstead; two sisters, Gertie Collins of Charlotte and Blanche McAllister of McLeansville, N.C., and one brother, F.W. (Dub) Byrum of Stanley, N.C. She had four great- grandchildren, Maria, Emma, Ella and Devin. She had five stepchildren, Mary Miller of Annapolis, Md., Betty Jo Kiima of Parkville, Judy Lovell of Arbutus, Md., William Rushing of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Phillip Rushing Jr. of Florida. Farris Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements. Details are forthcoming. Wayne Junior Sexton MARION – Funeral services for Wayne Junior Sexton will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2004, at the Bradley’s Funeral Home Chapel in Marion, with Rev. Pat Gilbert officiating. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 26, 2004, at Rose Lawn Cemetery, with military honors being rendered by Francis Marion VFW Post 4667. Expressions of sympathy my be sent to the family at www.bradleysfh.com. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6-8 at the funeral home. Mr. Sexton, age 78, passed away Thursday, April 22, 2004, in James H. Quillen VA Medical Center in Mountain Home, Tenn. Bradley’s Funeral Home, Marion, is serving the Sexton family. Darrell G. Slagle DAMASCUS – Darrell Gene "Pugsly" Slagle, age 47, passed away on Friday, April 23, 2004, at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon. He was a native of Washington County, Va., and had lived in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1976 to 1992, when he moved back to Damascus. He was the son of the late Henry Clifton Slagle and Josie Ellen Gilland Slagle. He was a former member of the Damascus Volunteer Rescue Squad and his hobbies were fishing and working in the yard. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Damascus. He is survived by his wife, Sabrina Slagle; one son, Scott Grass of Damascus; one daughter, Nicole Slagle of Damascus; two sisters, Brenda Trivett and Rita Kay Cornett, both of Damascus; two brothers, Larry Slagle of Cleveland and Ronnie Slagle of Louisville, Ky.; a special sister-in-law, Ramona Slagle, of Cleveland, and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday, April 26, 2004, in the Garrett Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Alan McCullough officiating. The committal service and interment will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 27, 2004, at Sunset Memorial Park in Damascus. The family will receive friends from 6-7:45 p.m. Monday prior to the funeral service at Garrett Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at www.garrettfuneralhome.com. Garrett Funeral Home in Damascus is serving the family of Darrell Slagle. Anne Bowen Smith ROSEDALE, Va. – Anne Mosley Bowen Smith, age 89, passed away on Saturday, April 24, 2004, at the Russell County Medical Center after a brief illness. She was the widow of the late William G. Smith and had resided at "Smithfield" for the last 56 years. "Mose" was born at "Maiden Spring" in Tazewell County, and was the daughter of the late Rees Tate Bowen V and Mary Cecil Ward Bowen. She was a graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University of North Carolina and taught in Quincy and Hollywood, Fla., and retired from the Russell County school system. She was a member of the Elk Garden United Methodist Church, a charter member of the Russell County Woman’s Club and helped in its formation, a member of the Fort Maiden Spring Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a sister in Kappa Alpha Theta. She is survived by a son, John Henry Anderson Smith III and his wife Patricia of Rosedale; two grandchildren, John Henry Anderson Smith IV of Rosedale and William Isaac Smith of Charlotte, N.C.; a sister, Irene Cecil Bowen Wendell of Rosedale, and a brother, Rees Tate Bowen VI of Tazewell. A special thanks is given to her friends and care givers, Annette Hughes, Becky Whited and Joyce Miller, for the love and care given. The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, April 26, 2004, in the Elk Garden United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Paul Hite, pastor of the church, and the Rev. Henry P. Mobley officiating. Interment will follow at the Smith family cemetery at "Smithfield." Pallbearers will be Rees Tate Bowen VII, James Thomas Bowen, George Ward Bowen, J.T. Bowen, A.K. Gilmer III, Thomas S. Bundy, Robert E. Leonard and William Henry Ray. Honorary pallbearers will be W.A. Stuart Jr., H.C. Pratt, Garnett Musick and the ladies of Beartown Partners Investment Club. The family will receive friends 6-9 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2004, at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Elk Garden United Methodist Church, HC64, Box 34, Rosedale, VA 24280. Combs Funeral Service is serving the family of Mrs. Smith. Charlie W. Smith BRISTOL, Va. – Committal services for Charlie W. Smith will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Mountain View Mausoleum. Military honors will be presented by the VFW Patton-Crosswhite Post 6975. . Online condolences may be registered at www.weaverfuneralhome.net. Mr. Smith, age 82, passed away on Friday, April 23, 2004, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Joe R. Stidham COCOA, Fla. – Graveside committal services, with military honors, for Joe R. Stidham will be conducted at noon Sunday in the Powell Valley Memorial Gardens. Those wishing to go in procession to the cemetery may meet at the funeral home 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.hagyfawbush.com. Mr. Stidham, 64, died Sunday, April 18, 2004, at his residence. Judy Thomas HONAKER – Funeral services for Mrs. Judy Frieda Rosenbaulm Thomas will be conducted at 11 a.m. Sunday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel, Honaker, with Rev. Wayne Baldwin and Rev. Clyde Lambert officiating. Interment will follow in Forrest Hills Memory Gardens at Abingdon. Pallbearers will be Dick Baldwin, Ned Baldwin, Tony Thomas, Doug Shepherd, Eddie Matherly, Eddie Shepherd, Bruce Baldwin, Kent Osborne, Stevie Thomas, Jason Thomas and Jamie Thomas. Honorary pallbearers will be Ernie Rosenbaulm, Willard Meade, Larry Deel, Darrell Brown, Andy Rosenbaulm, Bill Rosenbaulm and Ernie Rosenbaulm Jr. Mrs. Thomas, age 48, of the Flat Rock section, passed away Thursday, April 22, 2004, at her home. Lucille Weller NORTON – Lucille Robinette Persinger Weller, 45, passed away Thursday, April 22, 2004, at the Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville. She was a retired property manager. She was preceded in death by her father, Landon Robinette, a brother, Douglas Robinette, and a sister, Cleo Thomlinson. Surviving are her husband, Jack Weller; a daughter, Heather Persinger of College Park, Md.; two sons, William Snavely of Rye Cove, Va., and Paul L. Persinger of College Park; her mother, Mary Dooley Robinette of Norton; two brothers, Wayne Robinette and Preston Robinette, both of Norton; three sisters, Edna Collins of Wise, Betty Kern of Fort Blackmore, Va., and Doris Collins of Norton. A song service for Lucille Robinette Persinger Weller will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2004, at the Sturgill Funeral Home Chapel in Wise. The family will receive friends from 5:30 p.m. till time of services at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise. Sturgill Funeral Homes in Wise is in charge of arrangements. Gary R. Williams NORTON – The funeral service for Gary R. Williams will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday in the Hagy & Fawbush Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Robert Fultz Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the White Oak Gap Cemetery. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.hagyfawbush.com. Mr. Williams, 52, died Thursday, April 22, 2004, in Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital after a lengthy illness.