Washington County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Verlin G. Altizer

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Bristol Herald Courier
Thursday, December 12, 2002

Verlin G. Altizer

    ABINGDON -- Mr. Verlin Grant Altizer, 77, died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, in 
the Johnston Memorial Hospital.
    Mr. Altizer was born on Oct. 3, 1925, in Berwind, W.Va., to his parents, 
G.H. and Blanche Altizer. He was a 1942 graduate of Tazewell High School and 
in February 1943, volunteered for the U.S. Navy, receiving an honorable 
discharge in 1946. He attended the University of Chicago and the National 
Trade School in Kansas City, Mo. He was a member of the Shady Grove United 
Methodist Church, Abingdon.
    Verlin spent 50 plus years with the Pocahontas Fuel Company, 
Consolidation Coal Company and the Pittston Company, retiring in 1988, and 
then remained a consultant until 1998.
    He married Anna Jean Owens on Dec. 17, 1948.
    Survivors include his wife, Anna Jean Owens Altizer; his children and 
their spouses, David and Carol Altizer, Tazewell, Va., Nancy and Buell Cook, 
St. Louis, Mo., Mark and Ann Altizer, Abingdon and Greg and Kim Altizer, 
Gastonia, N.C.; his mother, Blanche Altizer, Tazewell; his sisters, Catherine 
Karnes and Cleo Bradley, both of Tazewell; his grandchildren, Riley Altizer 
Flynn and husband, John, Leslie Altizer, Grant Cook, Kate Altizer, Corey 
Altizer, Amelia Altizer and Alexis Altizer.
    The funeral service will be conducted Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002, at 1 p.m. 
in the Farris Funeral Chapel with Reverend William Fowler and Reverend Don 
Watkins officiating.
    Entombment will be private.
    Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Ellison Conrad, Jack Chambers, Harold 
Deitz, Dr. Alan Grantham, Dr. Thomas Johnson, Tyler Nuckols, Dr. William 
Nuckols, Dr. Emory Robinette, Oscar Vecellio and Robert White. 
    Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so by visiting 
www.farrisfuneralservice.com.
    In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Johnston 
Memorial Hospital Administrative Office, 351 Court St., N.E., Abingdon, 
VA 24210. (Please mark CCU on your check).
    The family will receive friends Friday from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. and 
immediately following the service on Saturday in the funeral home.
    Farris Funeral Service, Abingdon, is serving the Altizer family.