Dickenson County, Virginia, Obituaries: Romeada H. Salyers Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bristol Herald Courier http://www.bristolnews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TRI/Page/TRI_FrontPage ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities, when written permission is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices and submitter information are included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bristol Herald Courier Tuesday, March 18, 2003 Romeada H. Salyers COEBURN -- Romeada Hale Salyers, 78, died at Wellmont Lonesome Pine Hospital on Monday, March 17, 2003, after a lengthy illness. A lifelong resident of Dickenson County, she was the daughter of the late James Estel and Magdalene Stanley Hale. Preceding her in death other than her parents were her husband, Rev. George Wythe Salyers; two brothers, Ishmael and Rufus Hale; and sisters, Juanita Hale and Rita Large. Mrs. Salyers was a member of Rachel Chapel Freewill Baptist Church. Surviving are two sons, Doyal Salyers and wife Iretta, and Carnell Salyers and wife Jane, both of Coeburn; one daughter, Cassie Edwards and husband Gray, McClure; one brother, J.E. Hale, Coeburn; one sister, Ruby Stanley, Coeburn; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday from Rugsby Freewill Baptist Church with Ministers Wayne Keith, Robert Phipps and John Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in the Rugsby Chapel Cemetery, Route 2, Coeburn. The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with a service to follow at 7 p.m. Grandsons and grandsons-in-law will serve as pallbearers. The body will be taken to the church one hour prior to services. Clintwood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.