Buchanan County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Oliver W. Sisk

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Bristol Herald Tribune
Sunday, November 20, 2002 

Oliver W. Sisk

    RICHLANDS -- Mr. Oliver William Sisk, 91, formerly of the Marvin section 
of Buchanan County passed away Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2002, at his home following 
a lengthy illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late John 
Henry and Liddie Davis Sisk. He was a resident of Buchanan County for 84 
years before moving to Richlands. He was a former employee of Red Jacket 
Coal Co. and was retired from Harman Mining Company. He was a member of the 
U.M.W.A. He was of the Holiness faith.
    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary 
Amandalean (Manda) Mutter Sisk; one brother, Charlie Sisk; and one sister, 
Pearlie Rose.
    He was a loving and devoted father to: five daughters, Mrs. Thelma 
Arbogast and husband Troy of Elkins, W.Va., Mrs. Vilven Nelson of Cedar 
Bluff, Mrs. Ilean Shinall and husband Bob of Richlands, Ms. Joyce Sisk of 
Richlands and Mrs. Mae Endicott and husband Bobby of Maxie, Va.; seven sons, 
Fred Sisk and wife Gaye of Richlands, Bill Sisk and wife Phyllis of 
Winston-Salem, N.C., Brady Sisk and wife Shelia, Bernard Sisk and wife 
Arleen, Ray Sisk and wife Myrtle, Carl Sisk and wife Jenny and Ira Sisk and 
wife Sandra, all of Route 1, Raven, Va.; three sisters, Ocie Davis, Goldie 
Rose and Maria Sisk, all of Route 1, Raven; one brother, Parrott Sisk of 
Route 1, Raven; 19 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
    Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, 
in the Singleton Funeral Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff with Rev. Bill 
Fletcher officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens 
Cemetery at Claypool Hill, Va. Pallbearers will be family.
    The family will receive friends at the Singleton Funeral Service in 
Cedar Bluff from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday with a 7 p.m. song service.
    Singleton Funeral Service of Cedar Bluff is serving the Sisk Family.