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Mr. Barker was retired from Teamsters after 45 years of service and as a dispatcher at Sparta Bus. He was a member of Gateway Baptist Church and a former member of Carlisle Wesleyan Church for over 20 years, where he served as deacon, usher and Sunday School superintendent for many years. He was past master of Springdale Lodge 430 in West Columbia, a past patron of the Cayce OES Chapter 206, a member of the Hejaz Shrine, a 32nd Degree Mason and a lifelong musician. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are three sons, Jim Smith of Lexington, S.C., Paul M. Barker and his wife Angie of Boiling Springs and Tommy D. Barker of Charleston, S.C.; a daughter, Terri Smith Wilkinson and her husband Ken of Charleston; seven grandchildren, Kyle and Maggie Smith, both of Lexington, Ashley Wilkinson of Brunswick, Ga., Tra Wilkinson of Moore, S.C., and Blythe, Brett and Jade Barker, all of Boiling Springs; a sister, Paula Millard of Bristol Tennessee; a brother, Wayne White of San Angelo, Texas; a stepsister, Virginia Justus of Bristol Tennessee; and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, at Floyd’s Boiling Springs Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 15, 2004, at Floyd’s Boiling Springs Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Ray K. Stuart and the Rev. Michael Stepp. Burial will be in Celestial Memorial Gardens, West Columbia, S.C. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Carlisle Wesleyan Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 16025, Boiling Springs, SC 29316; or to Gateway Baptist Church Missions, P O. Box 160086, Boiling Springs, SC 29316. The family is at the home. Please visit and participate in the American Memorial at www.floydmortuary.com. Floyd’s Boiling Springs Chapel. David Eugene Cowan BRISTOL, Tenn. – The funeral service for David Eugene Cowan will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Mausoleum Chapel in Glenwood Cemetery, with the Rev. Dewey Williams and Rev. Bryan Read officiating. Interment will follow. Honorary pallbearers will be Stevie Calhoun, Bill Trainham, Phil Cowan, Tony Cowan, Jacob Cowan and employees of Steel Fab of Abingdon. E-mail condolences to the family may be sent at akardfh@peercom.net. David Eugene Cowan, age 49, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004, in the Mountain City Medical Center. Akard Funeral Home, 1912 W. State St., Bristol, TN 37620; 423- 989-4800, is serving the family of Mr. Cowan. Gussie L. Farmer LEBANON – Gussie L. Farmer, 74, died Monday, Oct. 11, 2004, in the Maple Grove Health Care Center. Born Aug. 14, 1930, in Russell County, a daughter of the late George Thomas Mutter and the late Era Cox Mutter, she was the wife of the late James Fletcher Farmer. She was a member of the Lebanon Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher for 35 years. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her half-brothers and sisters. Survivors include a daughter, Doris Farmer Stoughton and husband Dr. John R. Stoughton, Holland, Mich.; three sons, James C. Farmer and wife Catherine B. Farmer, Beaufort, S.C., Greg Farmer and wife Linda Farmer, Raleigh, N.C., and Bobby Farmer and wife Anita Farmer, Lebanon; seven grandchildren, Mike Stoughton, Catherine Creely, Jennifer Farmer, Nathan Farmer, Elizabeth Farmer, Meredith Farmer and Anna Farmer; also three great-grandchildren; two brothers, George Mutter and wife June Mutter, Belfast, and Lloyd Mutter and wife Lorena Mutter, Pearisburg; also several nieces and nephews. The family extends special thanks to her caregivers, Jo Anne Stinson and Mary Lou Stinson and to the staff of Maple Grove Health Care Center. The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, in the Lebanon Baptist Church, with Rev. Tom Edwards, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will follow in Russell Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Carter Mutter, Harold Mutter, Wesley Mutter, Marty Howington, Thomas Howington, Johnny Mutter, Danny Godbey and Jerry Slate. The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lebanon Baptist Church, P.O. Box 55, Lebanon, VA 24266. Combs Funeral Service in Lebanon is serving the family of Mrs. Farmer. Roy Bill Fleming COEBURN – Roy Bill Fleming, age 76, died at Johnson City Medical Center on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004. Born in Dickenson County, he had lived in Coeburn for the past 31 years and was a self-employed truck driver. His parents, Luther and Bertha Willis Fleming; sons, Billy Carrol and Joseph Fleming; daughter, Karen Fleming; and brothers, Hershel, Ferrel Burns and Kermin Fleming, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Madge Yates Fleming, Coeburn; three sons, Bobby Fleming, Clintwood, Jeff Fleming, Pound, and James Fleming, Wise; three daughters, Catherine Large, Coeburn, Janet Mullins, Clintwood and Laverne Mitchell, Nora; two sisters, Evon Branham, Clintwood, and Evelyn Eney, Cut Bank, Mont.; 15 grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren. Funeral services for Roy Bill Fleming will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, 2004, from the Clintwood Funeral Home Chapel, with Minister Terry W. Price officiating. Burial will follow in the Fleming Cemetery, Route 3, Clintwood. The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Thursday, with a song service to follow at 7 p.m. Pallbearers are grandsons. Clintwood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. David L. Henderson HALIFAX, Va. – Mr. David Lawson Henderson of 2180 Love Shop Road, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, at his home. He was born in Halifax County, Va., April 3, 1919, and was 85 years of age. He was the son of Letcher David Henderson and Ola Amanda James Henderson and was married to the late Mary Louise Puryear Henderson. He was a member of Oak Level Presbyterian Church. He is survived by three daughters, Shirley Elliott and husband Lafell of Halifax, Margaret Elliott and husband Kennerly of Halifax and Mary Elizabeth Henderson and fiancé, Chuck Morgan of Bristol Virginia; one sister-in-law, Raye Henderson of Vernon Hill, Va.; three grandchildren, Scottie Elliott of Halifax, David Elliott of Halifax and Alice Bond and husband Rev. Michael Bond of Durham, N.C.; and two great-grandchildren, Reuben Bond of Durham and Ryan Bond of Durham. A funeral service for Mr. David Lawson Henderson will be held Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, at 11 a.m. at Oak Level Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. David Kilpatrick and the Rev. Michael Bond officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7 until 8 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home and other times at his home. For memorials, please consider the Oak Level Presbyterian Church. William Kinsley Sr. ABINGDON – William Curtis Kinsley Sr., age 77, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, in Grace Health Care, Abingdon. He was born in Abingdon, then moved to Pennsylvania. He moved back to Abingdon in 1974. He was of the Methodist faith. He was the son of the late Noah Lee Kinsley and the late Elizabeth Simmons Kinsley. He was a Tec 5th Grade in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans, James E. Peters Chapter 57 and the VFW Abingdon Memorial Post 1994. He was a retired body shop foreman at Washington Motors Co. Survivors include his wife, Effie B. Kinsley of Abingdon; one daughter, Donna Gibson of Norton,; one son, William Curtis Kinsley Jr. of West Chester, Pa.; one brother, Robert Kinsley of Bristol Tennessee; six grandchildren; eight great- grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services for William Curtis Kinsley Sr. will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, in the Campbell Funeral Home Chapel, Abingdon, with the Rev. Wayne Chant, the Rev. James Beaver and the Rev. Dale Frazier officiating. Memorial services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, 2004, in the National Cemetery, Mountain Home, Tenn. Military honors will be conducted by Highlands Fellowship Veterans Honor Guard. The family will receive friends at the Campbell Funeral Home on Thursday evening from 6 p.m. until the time of the service. The family wishes to extend a special thanks to the nurses at Grace Health Care at Station 2 for their kindness. The family would also like to thank Dr. William J. Baker, Dr. Forrest Swan, Dr. Thomas Johnson and Dr. Anthony De Salvo. The family suggests that expressions of sympathy may be in the form of contributions to Church of God Building Fund, 333 Trigg St., Abingdon, VA 24210. Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.campbell- funeralhome.com. Campbell Funeral Home, Abingdon, is in charge of the arrangements. James E. Lampkins LEBANON – The funeral service for James Edward Lampkins will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, in the Combs Funeral Service Chapel, with the Rev. Lester Sexton officiating. Burial will follow in Temple Hill Memorial Park in Castlewood. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. James Edward Lampkins, 71, died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, in the Maple Grove Health Care Center. Combs Funeral Service is serving the Lampkins family. Jeane S. Oakley Jeane Sutherland Oakley, 87, formerly of Bristol, passed away Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was the widow of Edmund H. Oakley and had lived most of her life in Bristol. She moved to Roanoke in 2000, and lived at Friendship Manor, before moving to Raleigh Court Nursing Home. She was a member of State Street United Methodist Church in Bristol. She is survived by three children and their families, Nancy O. Ratner and her husband Victor of Roanoke and their four children, Joel Ratner and his wife Lisa of Centreville, Va., Paul Ratner and his wife Julie of Parker, Colo., Dan Ratner of Springfield, Va., and Karen and John Kennington of Orlando, Fla., Harry C. Oakley and his wife Barbara of Bristol and their three children, Kim and her husband Craig Dishner of Winston-Salem, N.C., Clark Oakley and his wife Leslie of Bristol and Kelly and her husband Tal McBride of Arlington, Va., Sam C. Oakley and his wife Jennifer of Centreville and their two sons, Sam Oakley, a student at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., and Brad Oakley, a student at Radford University in Radford, Va.; 10 great-grandchildren; a sister, Virginia S. Rogers of Bristol; and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be conducted at 11 o’clock Saturday morning, Oct. 16, 2004, in the Heritage Chapel of Memories at Glenwood Cemetery, with Rev. Reed Shell officiating. The family will greet friends after the service. Memorial contributions may be sent to State Street United Methodist Church, 300 West Valley Drive, Bristol, VA 24201. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family by visiting www.oakley-cook.com. The Oakley family is in the care of Oakley-Cook Funeral Home and Crematory, 2223 Volunteer Parkway, Bristol, Tenn. Lydia M. O’quinn HAYSI – Lydia M. O’quinn, age 76, of Route 2, passed away Monday, Oct. 11, 2004, at Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol Tennessee. Born in Buchanan County, she was a daughter of the late Bart and Jocie Owens Deel. She was a homemaker and of the Old Regular Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James M. O’quinn, her son, Jimmy Wayne O’quinn, four brothers, Arthur, Cornelius, Herbert and Harold Deel, and two grandsons. Survivors include four sons, Jack and LeeVern O’quinn, both of Haysi, Gary O’quinn of Anger, N.C., and Carl O’quinn of Vansant, Va.; one daughter, Kathy Mattox of Louisa, Va.; four sisters, Martha Rife of Haysi, Birchie Fuller of Tazewell, Lona Blankenship of Harmon, Va., and Elva Dales of Green Springs, Ohio; two brothers, Andy Deel of Freeport, Pa., and James Arvil Deel of Tazewell; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, at the Russell Prater Church, with Elders Freddie Ramey, Jackie Yates, Frank O’quinn and Buster Mullins officiating. Burial will follow in the Bart Deel Cemetery, Haysi. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004, after 6 p.m. at the Russell Prater Church, where an evening service will be held at 7 p.m. Haysi Funeral is in charge of the arrangements. Gladys V. Poole ABINGDON – Mrs. Gladys Widener Poole, age 66, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center. Born on July 14, 1938, in North Carolina, Gladys was a daughter of the late B.O. Widener and Ella (Nanny) Widener. She was also preceded in death by an uncle, Dewey Osborne. Gladys was a loving wife and mother, as well as a loyal friend to all who knew her. Gladys had been employed in retail sales and was a loyal employee to her employers through the years. Her family was her greatest joy. She enjoyed gardening, especially the flowers in her yard and flower gardens. Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Bill R. Poole Sr.; a son and daughter-in-law, Bill R. Poole Jr. and Susan Poole; a daughter and son-in-law, Robin Poole Grubb and Ronald J. (Bones) Grubb II, all of Abingdon; her uncle, Verner Osborne of Abingdon; a sister-in-law, Alva Poole of Fredericksburg, Va.; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, 2004, in the Mausoleum Chapel at Knollkreg Memorial Park, with Rev. Danny Thompson and Rev. John Wesley Price officiating. The family will receive friends from noon until the time of the service. Honorary casket bearers will be Ralph Fern, Bob Cumbow, Roy Wilson, Ronnie Johnson, Roger Linkous, Floyd McVey, Doug Wheeler, Bobby Bolling, Cecil Gobble, Dr. Matthew Wood, Dr. Jim Moore, James Denton and Judge Charles H. Smith. The family will receive friends at any time at their home, 397 Baugh Lane, Abingdon. Family and friends are welcome to sign the register book at the funeral home at any time. In place of flowers, the family has asked that memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society, in support of breast- cancer awareness, 230 Charwood Drive, Abingdon, VA 24210. Those wishing to send memories or messages of sympathy online may do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com. The Main Street Chapel of Farris Funeral Service, 427 E. Main St., Abingdon, is serving the family of Mrs. Gladys Virginia Poole. Ina A. Powers CLINTWOOD – Ina A. Powers, age 98, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, at Heritage Hall Nursing Home, Clintwood. Born in Nora, Va., she was a daughter of the late Elijah and Katherine Phillips Amburgey. She was a homemaker and a member of Sulpher Springs Primitive Baptist Church, Frying Pan, Va. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey W. Powers; two sons, Cecil and Noel Powers; and one daughter, Trula Powers. Survivors include five daughters, Eda Bartley of Oregon, Dolly Mullins of Cincinnati, Earline (Billy) Epling of Columbus, Ohio, Lear (Harry) Mullins of Haysi and Sue (Bob) Birchfield of Johnstown, Pa.; two sons, Harvey W. Powers Jr. of Haysi and Glenn Powers of Kingston Spring, Tenn. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 15, 2004, at Haysi Funeral Home, with Elders Joe Edwards and Darrell Davis officiating. Burial will follow in Temple Hill Memorial Park, Castlewood. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, at the funeral home, where a visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ralph Eugene Taylor NORTON – Graveside burial rites for Ralph Eugene "Gene" Taylor will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Laurel Grove Cemetery in Norton, with VFW Post 4301 of Norton conducting military honors. Family and friends will gather at the funeral home on Thursday at 10:30 a.m., prior to leaving in procession to the cemetery. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the West Norton Church, 4423 Robinette Hill Road, Norton, VA 24273, or to the Cancer Outreach Foundation, Inc., 206 Abingdon Place, Abingdon, VA 24211. Ralph Eugene "Gene" Taylor, 48, went to be with the Lord, Monday, Oct. 11, 2004, at Wellmont Lonesome Pine Hospital, after an extended illness. Hagy & Fawbush Funeral Home of Norton is serving the Taylor family.