Buchanan County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Ernest C. Viers

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Bristol Herald Courier
Monday, December 9, 2002 

Ernest C. Viers

VANSANT -- Ernest Coy Viers, 86, passed away Saturday, Dec. 7, 2002, at 
Buchanan General Hospital in Grundy. Born in Buchanan County, he was a son of 
the late John and Nannie Belle Viers. He was a member of the Russell Prater 
Old Regular Baptist Church, a retired coal miner and member of UMWA. In 
addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by daughters, Erma K. 
Oquinn and Neva Jo Viers; brothers, Raymond, Howard and Bob Viers; sisters, 
Alice Viers, Nora Looney, Edna Looney, Carrie Owens and Leah Murphy; and one 
great-grandson.

Survivors include his wife, Draxie Oquinn Viers; a daughter, Edna Sue 
Stiltner, Rosedale, Va.; a son, Coy Roger Viers, Vansant; four grandsons; 
three granddaughters; two great-granddaughters; and one great-grandson.

Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, at Haysi 
Funeral Home with Elders Jimmy Dale Sanders, Terry Oquinn, Roger Coleman and 
David Oquinn. Burial will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, 
Va. Pallbearers will be Shannon Oquinn, Travis Oquinn, Kendall Oquinn, Lucas 
Stiltner, Donald Keene and Robert Vandyke. Honorary pallbearers will be Terry 
Oquinn, Jeff Stiltner, Roger Street, Dr. Clint Sutherland and Jerry Wilson. 
The family will receive friends at Haysi Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Monday 
where an evening service will be held at 7 p.m.

Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.