Dickenson County, Virginia, Obituaries: Billy R. Holbrook

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Bristol Herald Courier
Monday, December 16, 2002

Billy R. Holbrook
     CLINTWOOD -- Billy R. Holbrook, 56, died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2002, at his 
home. He was a life long resident of Dickenson County and a veteran of the 
U.S. Army serving in the Vietnam War. He was a member of the VFW Post 8979 of 
Clintwood and a member of the Peuther Chapel Freewill Baptist Church. He was 
preceded in death by his parents, Doc and Hattie Holbrook; two brothers, Leon 
and Ron Holbrook; one sister, Marie Williams; and two infant children, Shelia
and Patricia Holbrook.
     Survivors include his wife, Janie Puckett Holbrook; one son and daughter-
in-law, Gary and Missy Holbrook of Clintwood; one daughter, Debbie Holbrook 
Ramey of Clintwood; two brothers, Noah "Bud" Holbrook, Bristol Virginia and 
Odis Holbrook and his wife Maria, Martinez, Ga.; two sisters, Elizabeth 
Pennington and her husband Claude, Jonesborough, Tenn., and Jewell Amburgey 
and her husband Estel, Castlewood; one granddaughter, Deanne Ramey; and 
several nieces and nephews.
     Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002, at the 
Peuther Chapel Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Joe Glenn Sluss officiating. 
Burial will follow in the Peuther Chapel Church Cemetery where military 
service will be conducted by the VFW Post 8979, DAV Chapter 35 and American 
Legion Post 227. Pallbearers will be family and friends. The family will 
receive friends after 6 p.m. Monday evening at the Clintwood Funeral Home 
Chapel with a service at 7 p.m.
     Clintwood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.