Tazewell County, Virginia, Obituaries: Uba Fletcher McDilda

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Bristol Herald Courier
Tuesday, December 24, 2002

Uba Fletcher McDilda
     ABINGDON -- Funeral services for Uba Fletcher McDilda will be held Thursday 
evening at 6 p.m. at Farris Funeral Service. Rev. Chuck Trent will officiate.
     The family will receive friends immediately following the service.
     A graveside service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Greenhills Memory 
Gardens in Claypool Hill with Rev. Wayne F. Chant officiating.
     Pallbearers will be Ike Thomas, Junior Blevins, Charlie Perkins, Brian 
Mercer, Fred McGlothin Jr., Winfred McGlothin, Frazier McGlothlin and Glen 
Coffman.
     The family wishes to express their deepest and most heartfelt appreciation 
to the doctors and nurses at Johnston Memorial Hospital and the Wellmont Medical 
Center in Bristol Tennessee. Also, especially to the wonderful nurses and 
volunteers at the Wellmont Hospice. Thank you for caring for our mother.
     Those wishing to express their condolences online may do so by visiting 
www.farrisfuneralservice.com.
     Mrs. McDilda, 64, our sweet, gentle mother, went to be with God at 
4:15 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002, at Wellmont Hospice in Bristol with all her 
children by her side. 
     She was born in Jewel Ridge, Va., to the late Clarence and Mary Elswick 
Fletcher. She was a member of Trigg Street Church of God. She was employed with 
Long John Silvers since 1979 where she worked as assistant manager.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Charity McDilda; a 
brother, Ollis Fletcher; and sisters, Helen F. McGlothlin and Ceila F. Stinson.
     Survivors include two sons, Robert C. McDilda Jr. of Corvallis, Ore., and 
Clarence (David) McDilda of Bristol Virginia; two daughters, Martha (Arlene) 
McDilda of Knoxville, and Mary M. Millsap of Abingdon; one brother, Waldon 
Fletcher of Plant City, Fla.; two sisters, Fern F. Hutson and Effie F. Davis, 
both of Tampa, Fla.; four grandchildren, Chris Besse McDilda, Alyssa Faye 
Charity McDilda and Corey Logan McDilda, all of Bend, Ore., and Traci Michelle 
Millsap of Abingdon.
     Farris Funeral Service of Abingdon is serving the McDilda family.