Wise County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Opal F. Litton

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Bristol Herald Courier
Monday, December 9, 2002
	
Opal F. Litton

BIG STONE GAP -- Opal Gertrude Fields Litton, 78, passed away Saturday, 
Dec. 7, at Lonesome Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap surrounded by her loving 
family. Born one of 11 children to the late Silas and Molly Fields, she was 
raised in Inman, Va., and lived her entire life in the Appalachia and Big 
Stone Gap area. Opal was a devoted member of the Appalachia First Baptist 
Church and an active member of the community. Along with her late husband, 
Gilmer C. Litton Sr., she helped build and owned and operated Litton's 
Fabrics in Big Stone Gap for more than 25 years. She was preceded in death 
by sisters, Frances Fields, Edith Leonard, Mary Hampton, Flossie Doppler; 
and one brother, Estle Fields.

Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Gilmer C. and Nancy Litton Jr. of 
Hurricane, W.Va.; daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn and Buren Bloomer of Big 
Stone Gap; grandchildren, Felicia Bloomer Dalton, Amy Litton, Robert C. 
"Bobby" Bloomer, Dana Litton Kohute and Marisha Bloomer Roberts; great-
grandchildren, Grant and Ty Bloomer, Patrick and Alex Dalton, Madeline 
Litton and Grace Kohute; brother, Thomas and Vera Fields of Kingsport; and 
sisters, Lillian Jean Waldron of Seaford, Del., Gladys Swann of Selbyville, 
Del., Emily Towe of Mosheim, Tenn.,. and Evelyn and Dan McKinney of Big 
Stone Gap. Also left behind are several nieces and nephews and many close 
and dear friends that Opal touched with her love and friendship.

The family will be receiving friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 
Roy A. Green Funeral Home in Appalachia, Va. 

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, at Appalachia 
First Baptist Church with Rev. Nick Brewer officiating.

Burial will follow at the Powell Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Appalachia 
First Baptist Church.