Tazewell County, Virginia, Obits: Nellie Neel Gregory Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jodi ==================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ==================================================================== Clinch Valley News May 16, 1990 Nellie Neel Gregory, 86, of Gratton, died May 12 in a Tazewell hospital. Born in Bluefield, VA, she was the daughter of the late William Bane and Elizabeth Sheffy Neel. She lived in the Tazewell county area her entire life and attended Chestnut Grove Christian Church most of her life. Until recently, she was an active member of the Shawver’s Mill Homemaker’s Club. She attended Radford College and was a former school teacher for the Tazewell County school system. She was preceded by her husband Carl David Gregory; one son Edward Bane Gregory; and one brother William Bane Neel Jr. Survivors: two daughters, Jean Leffel of Tazewell and Peggy G. Davis of Lynchburg; son Jeffery Carlton Gregory of Abilene, TX; sister Martha Lou Rich of Bluefield, VA; 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. The funeral was held May 15 at 2 pm in the Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Tazewell with the Rev. B. Terry Willis officiating. Burial followed in Maplewood Cemetery.