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Betty Logan Brooks The family of Betty Logan Brooks will receive friends from 6 until 7:45 Monday evening at Oakley-Blevins Funeral Home, with the funeral service to begin at 8 o’clock. Mr. Dwane Orfield will officiate. The committal service and interment will be held at 11 Tuesday morning in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Dustin Pendergrass, Richard Hodge, Bob Booher, Walter Newland, Jimmy Lail and Tracy Bratton. Friends may also call at the home of Debbie and Jerry Grubb, 283 Booher Lane, Bristol Tennessee. Condolences and memories may be sent to the family by visiting www.oakley- blevins.com. Betty Logan Brooks, 71, went to be with her Lord on Friday, April 30, 2004, from NHC of Bristol. Mrs. Brooks and her family are in the care of Oakley-Blevins Funeral Home, 417 Lee St., Bristol Virginia. Ruth D. Creger ABINGDON – Mrs. Ruth Davenport Creger, age 80, died Saturday, May 1, 2004, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was born on March 16, 1924, in Russell County, Va., and was a daughter of the late Edward M. Davenport and Martha Puckett Davenport. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Morgan Creger, a brother, Ford Davenport, and two sisters, Hazel Pruitt and Mary Lee Easterly. Mrs. Creger was a 1949 graduate of Greendale High School, where she was the class valedictorian and a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the James H. Peters Post of the Disabled American Veterans. She had retired from the Washington County Library after 20 years of service and was a longtime member of the Temple Baptist Church. She is survived by her niece, Jeannine Widener and husband Gene of Abingdon; other nieces and nephew, Joan, Sue, Judy and Don Easterly; her stepchildren, Elizabeth Ritoli and husband Michael of Fredericksburg, Va., and John Charles Creger and wife Jeanette of Beaver Dam, Va., and four step-grandchildren. The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 4, 2004, at Temple Baptist Church, with Rev. John Wesley Price officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Hills Memory Gardens. Casket bearers will be selected from her friends at Temple Baptist Church. Honorary casket bearers will be her many friends at the Washington County Library and Temple Baptist Church. Flowers will be accepted or memorial donations may be made to Temple Baptist Church, 15157 Inspiration Drive, Abingdon, VA 24210, or the Washington County Library, 205 Oak Hill St., Abingdon, VA 24210. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Monday at Temple Baptist Church. Those wishing to send memories or messages of sympathy online may do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com. Farris Funeral Service, 427 E. Main St., Abingdon, is serving the family of Mrs. Ruth Davenport Creger. Ruby Faye Eaton Funeral services for Ruby Faye Eaton will be conducted at 6 p.m. Monday, May 3, 2004, in the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel, with Buddy Chapman officiating. The family will receive friends from 5 until 6 p.m. prior to the service. E-mail condolences may be sent to the family at www.weaverfuneralhome.net. Ruby Faye Eaton, age 67, of the Cambridge House Nursing Home, Bristol Tennessee, went to be with the Lord Friday, April 30, 2004. Weaver Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Eaton. Katherine Maiden SALTVILLE – Katherine Charlene Barker Maiden, age 80, and born Feb.13, 1924, died Saturday, May 1, 2004, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital, in Roanoke. Mrs. Maiden was preceded in death by her husband, Roy A. Maiden, and an infant daughter, Mary Beth Maiden. Mrs. Maiden was a member of the Main Street Christian church. Born in Meadowview, she was a lifelong resident of Saltville. She is survived by her son, Roy A. (Skip) Maiden, Glade Spring; her daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Don Bateman, Salem, Va.; her beloved grandchildren and their spouses, Kelley Hatfield Galyen and her husband Danny, Gainesville, Fla., grandson, Brandon Hatfield, Mobile, Ala., and her youngest grandson, John Hatfield and his wife Krystal of Salem; two sisters, Edith White, Marion and Wynotta Morrell, Nashville; two brothers, Fred Barker, Roanoke and David Wayne Barker, Saltville, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Mrs. Katherine B. Maiden will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 4, 2004, in the D.R. Henderson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dale Strange officiating. Burial will follow in the Elizabeth Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Hatfield, Brandon Hatfield, Brian Barker, Joey Barker, Harold Counts, Buddy Hall, Mike Maiden, Kirk Maiden, Joe Findley and Don Findley. The family will receive friends from 6 till 8 p.m. Monday evening at the funeral home. The D.R. Henderson Funeral Home is serving the Maiden family. Helen L. Nelson PINEY FLATS – Helen L. "Sweet Pea" Nelson died Saturday, May 1, 2004, at De Soto Hospital, Arcadia, Fla. Born March 23, 1915, in Big Stone Gap, she had resided most of her life in Piney Flats. She and her husband, J. Matthew "Hot Shot" Nelson, owned and operated Holston Auto Supply Company in Kingsport from 1959 until 1984, but had been involved in the business since 1946. Helen was a loving wife and companion who enjoyed spending time with family and wonderful friends. She was also a very caring person, who never hesitated to help her family and friends. Family and friends will miss her so much and will always have fond memories of the good times spent together. Preceding her in death was her husband, J. Matthew "Hot Shot" Nelson. Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, downtown Kingsport. Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Tri-Cities Memory Gardens, with Earl Mumpower Jr. officiating. Family and friends will gather at the cemetery. Ava Rosenbalm BRISTOL, Tenn. – Ava Marie Shaver Rosenbalm, age 78, of 427 Sinking Springs Road Ext., went to be with the Lord Saturday, May 1, 2004, at the Cambridge House. She was born Feb. 6, 1926, a daughter of the late John F. and Katie Richardson Shaver, and had made her home in Bristol all of her life. Mrs. Rosenbalm was retired cafeteria worker at Holston Valley Middle School, a member of Landmark Mission Freewill Baptist Church and the widow of Parks Rosenbalm. Survivors include a daughter, Janice Rouse and husband Cecil; three sons, Billy Rosenbalm and wife Betty, Dale Rosenbalm and wife Robin and Randy Rosenbalm; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one brother, Howard Shaver and wife Betty, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Roger Carter, Rev. Mike Able and Rev. Billy Rosenbalm officiating. Burial will follow in Beidleman Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ivan Rosenbalm, John Rosenbalm, Todd Akers, Jerry Griffith, Ernest Rosenbalm and Bob Barr. E-mail condolences may be sent at www.weaverfuneralhome.net. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Weaver Funeral Home. Lester Taylor BRISTOL, Va. – Lester Taylor, age 78, of 1609 Overhill Rd., passed away Sunday, May 2, 2004, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete. Weaver Funeral Home is in charge. Ricky Dean Vance BRISTOL, Tenn. – Funeral services for Ricky Dean Vance will be held 2 p.m. Monday, May 3, 2004, in the Glenwood Mausoleum Chapel, with Rev. Joe Hudson officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the Glenwood Mausoleum Chapel. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.weaverfuneralhome.net. Ricky Dean Vance, age 52, passed away Thursday, April 29, 2004, in the Bristol Regional Medical Center. Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Virginia L. Williams MARION – Virginia Lindamood Williams, age 84, passed away Friday, April 30, 2004, in the Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, N.C.. She was born in Wytheville to the late Gardner Castle and Polly Null Lindamood, and was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Sprinkle Williams, four sisters, one brother and a grandson, Christian Williams. She was loving mother and homemaker. Survivors include two sons, Daniel S. Williams and wife Jeannie, Charleston, S.C., and Marvin D. Williams and wife Betty, Statesville; two grandsons, Michael D. Williams and wife Andra and Eric Williams; two great-grandsons and a host of relatives in Smyth and Wythe Counties. Graveside services will be held Monday, May 3, 2004, at 2 p.m. at the Round Hill Cemetery, with Rev. Neville Mozingo officiating. The family will receive friends from noon to 1:45 p.m. Monday at Bradley’s Funeral Home. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.bradleysfh.com. Bradley’s Funeral Home, Marion, is serving the Williams family. Bessie Yarber GLADE SPRING – A funeral service for Mrs. Bessie (Lessie) L. Cornett Yarber will be conducted Tuesday, May 4, 2004, at 2 p.m. in the Landmark Baptist Church, with Rev. Dean King and Rev. Tommy Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in the Old Glade Presbyterian Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. Monday at the Landmark Baptist Church. Pallbearers will be grandsons. Those wishing to express a memory or sympathy online may do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations be made to the Glade Spring Volunteer Lifesaving Crew, P.O. Box 59, Glade Spring, VA 24340. Mrs. Bessie (Lessie) L. Cornett Yarber of 31402 Old Stage Road went to be with the Lord Saturday, May 1, 2004. Farris Funeral Service is serving the family of Mrs. Yarber.