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Skeen Addison will receive friends from 6 until 7:45 Friday evening, June 4, 2004, at Oakley-Cook Funeral Home, with the funeral service to follow at 8 o’clock. Dr. Howard Robinson, Dr. Austin Cook and Mr. Dwight Shaffer will officiate. The committal service and burial will be at 11 o’clock Saturday morning, June 5, 2004, in Forest Hills Memory Gardens in Abingdon. Pallbearers will be Darrell Patrick, Randy Patrick, Chase Addison, Harold Moore, Myron Kitts and Mike Addison. Honorary pallbearers will be Jared Patrick and Eric Patrick. Those who wish may send memorial contributions to Bristol Humane Society, P.O. Box 1586, Bristol, VA 24203. Condolences and memories may be sent to the family by visiting www.oakley-cook.com. Shirley I. Skeen Addison, 67, of 22179 Log Cabin Way, died Wednesday, June 2, 2004, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Addison and her family are in the care of Oakley-Cook Funeral Home, 2223 Volunteer Parkway, Bristol, Tenn. Doris L. Bralley Doris Littreal Bralley, a very loving wife and devoted mother, went to heaven on June 3, 2004. She was born in Wythe County, daughter of the late William S. and Lorna Poole Littreal. She was a member of the Rural Retreat UMC. Mrs. Bralley was a graduate of the first class of nursing at Wytheville Community College in 1970. She retired in 1990 from Southwestern State Mental Health Institute in Marion, after 20 years of employment as a registered nurse. Her greatest joys were reading and spending time with her family. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Charles Bralley; two sons, Stephen C. "Steve" Bralley and William A. "Bill" Bralley; one daughter-in-law, Jennifer Bralley, all of Rural Retreat; three grandchildren, Andrew Craig, Jessica Leigh and Christopher Matthew Bralley, all of Rural Retreat; two sisters, Donna Ogle of Austinville and Frances Huffman of Dayton, Ohio, and several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 5, 2004, at 3 p.m. in the Lindsey Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. James Jenkins officiating. Interment will follow in Rosewood Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. The family suggests that those who prefer may make memorial donations to the Rural Retreat Emergency Services or the American Lung Association. Lindsey Funeral Home, Rural Retreat, is in charge of the arrangements. Rosie Mae Cuddy MEADOWVIEW – Mrs. Rosie Mae Wallace Cuddy, age 69, went to Heaven Wednesday, June 2, 2004, in the Johnston Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Cuddy was a native of Ashe County, N.C., and moved to Washington County, Va., as a small child. She was a member of the Washington Springs United Methodist Church and attended the Blackwell Chapel Union Church. She was graduate of Glade Spring High School and was preceded in death her parents, five brothers and two sisters. Survivors include her husband, Bobby Cuddy, Meadowview; four sons and their wives, Tommy and Dina Cuddy, Roy, Utah, Rick and Debbie Cuddy, Meadowview, David and Stephanie Cuddy, Fairlawn, Va., and Bill and Kim Cuddy, Bill is stationed with the U.S. Marines in Iraq; two brothers and their wives, Ted and Patsy Wallace and Lonnie and Christine Wallace, all of Glade Spring; sister-in-law, Irene Wallace, Abingdon; brother-in-law, Bill Dodge, Waynesboro, Va.; grandchildren, Angie Cuddy, Bob Cuddy, Andy Cuddy, Katie Cuddy and Mikala Cuddy, and several nieces and nephews. Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com. Arrangements are incomplete. Farris Funeral Service, 427 East Main St., Abingdon, is serving the Cuddy family. Matthew Deel KEELING, Va. – Matthew Steven Deel, age 17, passed away Friday, May 28, 2004 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Formerly of Dickenson County, he was the son of Lloyd Steven Deel and Tina Marie Compton. Mr. Deel had lived in Pittsylvania County in the Keeling community for the past 14 years, having moved there from Haysi. He was a Junior in Dan River High School, where he was a member of the JROTC, with high rank of sergeant first class. Mr. Deel was employed by McDonalds. He was a member of Mount Tabor Baptist Church. Matthew was a compassionate and very devoted friend. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Alfred and Linda Compton. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Trinity Aaron Deel of the home; a sister, Candice Marie Deel of the home, and paternal grandparents, Clovis and Kathleen Deel of Birchleaf, Va. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, June 5, 2004, at Haysi Funeral Home, with Chris Comer and Junior Deel officiating. Burial will follow in the Deel Family Cemetery, Birchleaf. Pallbearers will be Cliff Deel, Tony Deel, Nathan Boyd, Matthew Fleming, Denny Boyd and Danny Compton. Honorary pallbearers will be the Dan River High School JROTC cadets. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, June 4, at Haysi Funeral Home. Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Ruth I. Fitzgerald HONAKER – Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Irene Fitzgerald will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Russell Memorial Cemetery at Lebanon, with Brother Les Ritchie and Rev. Stafford Compton officiating. Interment will follow. Those wishing to attend the service are asked to assemble at the Honaker Funeral Home by 1:30 p.m. to go in procession to the cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Mrs. Ruth Irene Fitzgerald, age 70, passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2004, in a Bristol, Tennessee hospital. Mary Anne Freeman WISE – Mary Anne Freeman, 90, passed away Wednesday, June 2, 2004, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Norton. She was a retired registered nurse, a former employee of the Wise County Health Department and was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Norton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Chester Freeman, and a son, Johnny Mack Freeman. Surviving are a son, Chester C. Freeman and wife Alice of Davidsonville, Md., and a granddaughter, Mary Ann Freeman. A Mass of Resurrection will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 5, 2004, at the St. Anthony Catholic Church in Norton, with the Father Timothy Drake officiating. Burial will follow in the Powell Valley Memorial Gardens in Big Stone Gap. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 4, 2004, at the Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Anthony Catholic Church, 1009 Virginia Ave., N.W., Norton, VA 24273, or to Alzheimer's Family Support Services, P.O. Box 888, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219. Sturgill Funeral Homes in Wise is in charge of arrangements. James L. Fulkerson PINEY FLATS – "To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord." James L. "Jim" Fulkerson, 80, entered into the presence of his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, June 2, 2004, from the Cambridge House in Bristol Tennessee. He was welcomed by his wife, Ruth Tate Fulkerson, his parents, John A. and Leslie Callahan Fulkerson, two sisters, Sarah Belew and Dorothy Johnson, and his brother and sister-in-law, Alvin and Iris Fulkerson. Mr. Fulkerson had lived most of his life in Bristol and was retired from Time- DC. He was an ordained minister and did pulpit supply in the area. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Bluff City. Survivors include his daughters, Carol Clatterbuck and her husband Jim of Piney Flats, Edith Jones and her husband Jerry of Blountville and Donna Fulkerson of Bluff City; a son, Donald Fulkerson and his wife Melanie of Atlanta; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and special friends, Faye and Sidney Farris. The family will receive friends from until 6 until 8 o’clock Friday evening, June 4, 2004, at Oakley-Cook Funeral Home. The family and friends will meet at the funeral home at 10:30 Saturday morning to travel in procession to Tri-Cities Memory Gardens for the funeral service at the graveside at 11 o’clock, with Rev. Eddie Zimmerman officiating. Pallbearers will be Richard Kotzmoyer, Derrick Marrs, Jared Lester, James Hurts and Donnie Fulkerson. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to First Baptist Church, 219 Main St., Bluff City, TN 37618. Condolences and memories may be sent to the family by visiting www.oakley-cook.com. Mr. Fulkerson and his family are in the care of Oakley-Cook Funeral Home, 2223 Volunteer Parkway, Bristol, Tenn. Ronnie Lee Goff POUNDING MILL, Va. – Ronnie Lee "Rink" Goff, 57 years of age, formerly of Harman, Va., passed away Wednesday, June 2, 2004, at Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol Tennessee. Born in Buchanan County, Oct. 25, 1946, he was the son of the late Velma "Curley" Goff and Pauline Elswick Goff. He was a employee of Wal-Mart as a transportation driver and a loving husband, father and grandfather. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Donald Goff, and one sister, Velma Goff. He is survived by his loving wife of 18 years, Brenda Carol Bullock Goff of Pounding Mill; two stepdaughters, Kimberly Shea Deel Eddfield and husband Darrell of Swainsboro, Ga., and Amber Dawn Deel Price and husband Larry of Richlands; two brothers, Jimmie R. Goff and wife Roberta of Harman and Gene Goff and wife Donna of Grundy. He is also survived by three step-grandchildren, Jackson Eddfield, Jillian Eddfield and Jayden Price, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Ronnie Lee "Rink" Goff will be held Saturday, June 5, 2004, at 1 p.m. at the Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home Chapel, Grundy, with Reverends Dean Powers and Willard Owens officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be Ronnie Stiltner, Henry Crawford, Bruce Jenkins, Jim Ratliff, Jerry Blankenship, Kermit Stiltner, Mike Bradley, Thurl Silcox and Dennis Adkins. The family will receive friends at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Friday evening. Services will be held at 7 p.m. In honoring the wishes of Mr. Goff, the body will be cremated. Memorial condolences may be sent to the family at www.shortridgeramey.com. The family of Ronnie Lee "Rink" Goff is being served by Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home of Grundy. Dorothy M. Martin CHILHOWIE – Dorothy McCloud Martin, 77, died Thursday, June 3, 2004, in Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon. She was the widow of William Esta Martin. She was also preceded in death by her mother and father, James Madison and Senie Luvenie Davis Martin, two brothers, Harding McCloud and Samuel McCloud, and two sisters, Wilma Klinefelter and Alice Campbell. Survivors include two daughters, Carol Martin, Chilhowie, and Wilma Gillenwater and her husband Jim, Chilhowie; one brother, Charlie McCloud and his wife Jo Ann, Chilhowie; three sisters-in-law, Mary Sheets and Ruby Martin, both of Chilhowie, and Pat Borgerding, Arcadia, Fla. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Williams Funeral Home Chapel, with Revs. Lloyd L. Sheets and Darrell Lambert officiating. Burial will be in the Martin Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Williams Funeral Home. Williams Funeral Home is serving the family of Dorothy McCloud Martin. Winfred S. Reed The committal service and burial for "Woody" Winfred Reed will at 11 o'clock Friday morning, June 4, 2004, in Glenwood Cemetery. The family of Mr. Reed wishes to send their thanks to Miss Lauren Lee for her love and care. Condolences and memories may be sent to the family by visiting www.oakley- cook.com. "Woody" Winfred S. Reed, 79, of 2459 Volunteer Parkway, Bristol, Tenn., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 31, 2004, from Wellmont Hospice House. Mr. Reed and his family are in the care of Oakley-Cook Funeral Home, 2223 Volunteer Parkway, Bristol, Tenn. Vinnie D. Shoemaker KINGSPORT – Vinnie Dingus Shoemaker, 83, died Wednesday evening, June 2, 2004, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Nickelsville, Va., she resided in Kingsport most of her life and was a member of Fordtown Baptist Church. Preceding her in death were her parents, Nathan and Nellie Dingus, her husband, E.C. Shoemaker, and four brothers, Ralph, Lansing, Paul and David Dingus. Surviving are two sisters, Stella "Star" Price, Nickelsville, and Phyllis "Dot" Street, Honaker, and several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at Tri-Cities Memory Gardens, with memorial services to follow at 4 p.m. Saturday at Fordtown Baptist Church. Rev. Frank McCarter and Rev. Bryan Moore will officiate. Memorial contributions may be made to Fordtown Baptist Church, 444 Old Fordtown Road, Kingsport, TN 37663. Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport, is serving the Shoemaker family. Ruth Berry Stiles ABINGDON – Mrs. Ruth Berry Stiles, age 90, died Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at her residence. She was a native of Washington County, Va., and a lifelong resident of the Abingdon area. She was a retired school teacher with the Washington County Virginia School System, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Booklovers Club and the Pilot Club. Mrs. Stiles was a member of the Retired Teachers Association and was a past chairperson of the Central School Board for the Town of Abingdon. She was a member of the Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church and had served as the treasurer of her church circle. She was the widow of Robert E. Stiles and was preceded in death by a son, William H. Stiles II. Survivors include one son, Robert B. Stiles of Minneapolis; a former daughter- in-law, Connie Stiles Davenport of Greeneville, Tenn.; a granddaughter, Shana Georgia Stiles of Washington, D.C., and two grandsons, Robert Stiles and William Stiles, both of Minneapolis. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in the Campbell Funeral Home Chapel, Abingdon, with the Rev. Robert Tolar Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Knollkreg Memorial Park. Friends will serve as pallbearers. The family received friends at the Campbell Funeral Home from 7 to 9 on Thursday evening. Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.campbell- funeralhome.com. Campbell Funeral Home of Abingdon is in charge of arrangements. Delaphine Thompson ABINGDON – The funeral service for Mrs. Delaphine Francisco Thompson will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday, June 4, 2004, in the Farris Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Clifton Duncan officiating. Interment will follow in Knollkreg Memorial Park. Casket bearers will be Kevin Thompson, Kent Tucker, Herbert Davenport, Claude Counts Jr., Gene Davenport and Junior Twead. In place of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations be made to the Wesley Chapel Church, c/o Margaret Holmes, 27274 Old Saltworks Road, Meadowview, VA 24361. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. Friday until the time of the funeral service or any time at the home of her son, Raymond Thompson. Those wishing to send memories or messages of sympathy online may do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com. Mrs. Delaphine Francisco Thompson, age 94, died Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Farris Funeral Service, 427 E. Main St., Abingdon, is serving the family of Mrs. Delaphine Francisco Thompson.