Russell County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Ershal T. Compton

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Bristol Herald Courier
Thursday, December 12, 2002

Ershal T. Compton

    BELFAST, Va. -- Mr. Ershal Trudell Compton, 81, passed away Tuesday, 
Dec. 10, 2002, in a Lebanon hospital. Born Nov. 24, 1921, in Jewell Ridge, 
Va., he was a son of the late William C. and Bessie Corns Compton. He had 
resided in the Belfast area since 1977 and was a member of the Rosedale 
Church of Christ. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served in World War II. 
He was a retired security department employee with the Naval Weapon Station 
at Yorktown, Va.
    Survivors include his wife, Jean Crafford Compton of the home; one 
daughter, Carol Richardson of Richlands; one son, Roger Compton of Honaker; 
one stepdaughter, Sandra Ramos of Alexandria, Va.; one stepson, William Hunt 
of Culpeper, Va.; two sisters, Juanita Boyd of Mansfield, Ohio, and Alma Jean 
Smith of Raven, Va.; one brother, Connell Compton of Swords Creek, Va.; eight 
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter 
also survive.
    Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Rosedale 
Church of Christ in Rosedale, Va., with Evangelist Bart Wynegar and 
Evangelist Dennis Wimmer officiating. Entombment will follow in Greenhills 
Memory Gardens Mausoleum at Claypool Hill, Va.
    Pallbearers will be Paul Hurley, Mike Rasnake, Mike Hartley, Jim Simpson, 
Kenny Taylor, Clinton Hawks, Bill Johnson and Bill Luttrell.
    Honorary pallbearers will be Carson Brown, Nelson McGlothlin, Bob Cline, 
Danny Cline, Andrew Blanche, Charles Horne and Roger Hensley.
    Friends may call at the Rosedale Church of Christ after 6 p.m. Thursday.
    Honaker Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.