Wise County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Meredith A. Stepp Jr.

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Bristol Herald Courier
Tuesday, January 7, 2003

Meredith A. Stepp Jr.
    BIG STONE GAP, Va. -- Meredith A. Stepp, Jr., 70, passed away Sunday, Jan.
5, 2003 at his home.
    He attended Trinity Life Center, Coeburn, Va. He was a U.S. Army veteran
of the Korean War. He was a retiree of the Westmoreland Coal Co., and a member
of the U.M.W.A. District No. 28, Local No. 1607.
    He was preceded in death by his parents, Meredith A. Stepp, Sr. and Mary
Lee (Raymer) Stepp; five brothers, Dr. James Stepp, Elmo Stepp, Major Robert
Stepp, Frank Stepp and Billy Stepp.
    Survivors include his wife, Joyce Dorton Stepp; son, Michael Stepp and
wife, Kathy, of Johnson City; two daughters, Teresa Mason and husband, Michael
and Cindy Fraley and husband, Chris, all of Big Stone Gap, Va.; one brother,
Ralph Stepp of Memphis, Tenn.; three sisters, Martha McCarroll and Nancy
Riddle of Big Stone Gap, and Julia Lifford of Appalachia, Va.; grandchildren,
Brooke and Rachel Mason; Megan and Christopher Fraley and Jonathan and Madison
Stepp mother-in-law, Lillie Dorton, Big Stone Gap, Va., and several nieces and
nephews.
    Friends may call 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Holding Funeral Home in Big Stone
Gap, Va. A graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday at Powell
Valley Memorial Gardens Mausoleum with the Rev. John McCarroll officiating.
Family and friends will meet at the cemetery. Holding Funeral Home is in
charge.