Register Herald Obituaries for June 2, 2000 


C.R. 'Rudy' Bolling WESTMINSTER, S.C. - Cornelius Roosevelt "Rudy" = Bolling, 67, died=20 Thursday, May 25, 2000, at St. Francis Hospital in Greenville, S.C. 
Born on Freezland Mountain, he was the son of the late Harry and Anna = Cornelia Bolling. 
Rudy was a graduate of Hinton High School, Hinton. Following high = school, he=20 began his military career with the Marines, and later served in the = Army,=20 National Guard and Navy. In the Navy, Rudy was a naval advisor in the = Vietnam=20 Conflict. 
He also earned his bachelor of arts degree from Isothermal College of = Spartanburg, S.C., and attended South Western Community College. 
Rudy's hobbies included hunting, fishing, working in the garden, and = bee=20 keeping. He was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Westminster. = 
He was preceded in death by a son, Bruce Bolling. 
Survivors include his wife, Joan Bolling; his children: C.R. Bolling = of=20 Westminster, Teresa Bolling, Gail Palmer, and Donna Weiner, all of = Tryon, N.C.,=20 Harriet Dolly of Campobello, S.C., Lee Bolling of Virginia Beach, Va., = Mitchell=20 Bolling of Camden, and Michael Bolling of Raleigh, N.C.; a brother, = David=20 Bolling of Nimitz; a sister, Mary Burroughs of Jumping Branch; a = stepson, Robert=20 Gabrels; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two = stepgrandchildren;=20 and five stepgreat-grandchildren. 
A service was held at Sandifer Funeral Home, Westminster. A burial = with full=20 military rites followed at Bolling Family Cemetery, Freezland Mountain. = 

Charlie R. Ellison PETERSTOWN - Charlie Russell Ellison, 86, died = Thursday, June 1,=20 2000, at his home following a long illness. 
Born April 27, 1914, at Red Sulphur Springs, he was the son of the = late Chase=20 and Lillie Underwood Ellison. 
Mr. Ellison was a self-employed merchant; he owned and operated the = C.R.=20 Ellison General Merchant Store at Ballard. 
He was a member of the John Dove Lodge No. 78 AF and AM of = Peterstown, and=20 was a past Master. He was a member of the IOOF Lodge No. 362 of = Lindside, a=20 charter member of the Ballard Ruritan, a member of the Senior Citizens = Choir and=20 a member of the First Missionary Baptist Church, Ballard. 
He was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Frank Owen Bel-cher Sr. = 
Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Lillie "Dollie" Long Ellison; = a=20 daughter, Nancy Ellison Belcher of Knoxville, Tenn.; two sisters, = Virginia=20 Belcher and Thelma Bateman, both of Ballard; two granddaughters, Kara = Belcher=20 Cooley and her husband, Matthew, and Laurie Ann Belcher; and one=20 great-granddaughter, Maggie Ellison Cooley. 
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Broyles-Shrewsbury Funeral Home = Chapel,=20 Peterstown. Burial will follow in the Orchard Cemetery, Ballard. 
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. 
Nephews will serve as pallbearers. 
Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Ellison, J.W. Ellison, Norman = Thompson,=20 Hobert Clark, Curtis White and Greg McKenzie. 
Arrangements by Broyles-Shrewsbury Funeral Home, Peterstown. 

Vara J. Evans Vara Jeanette Evans, 80, of Daniel Street, Beckley, = died=20 Wednesday, May 31, 2000, in a Beckley hospital following a long illness. = 
Born Dec. 7, 1919, at Lobato, she was the daughter of the late Boyce = and=20 Louise Keister Jessee. 
Mrs. Evans spent her childhood at Matewan, and Taze-well, Va. She was = a=20 resident of Huntington from 1959 to 1982, when she moved to Beckley. She = was a=20 member of the Bates Memorial Presbyterian Church in Huntington and was a = volunteer at St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington. 
She was preceded in death by her husband, Matison H. Evans. 
Survivors include two sons, Emerson Skip Evans and his wife, Donna, = of=20 Daniels, and Don M. Evans of Lexington, Ky.; five grandchildren, Cindy = Babinski,=20 Michael Evans, Susan Lilly, Marti Seng and Missy Evans; three=20 great-grandchildren, Bethany Babinski, Hannah Babinski and Ashley Lilly; = a=20 sister, June Watts of Ocala, Fla.; an aunt, Margaret Duncan of = Wilmington, N.C.;=20 three sisters-in-law, Brenda Evans, Ruth Evans, and Mary Jackson; a=20 brother-in-law, Emerson Evans; and two special friends, Joyce Wood and = Virginia=20 Ward, both of Beckley. 
Committal services will be 4 p.m. Saturday at the Woodmere Abbey at = the=20 Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, with the Rev. Dana Sutton = officiating. 
Donations of sympathy may be made to Hospice of Southern W.Va., P.O. = Box=20 1472, Beckley, WV 25802-1472. 
Arrangements by Melton Mortuary, Beckley. 

Harry F. Holstein Harry Franklin Holstein, 59, of Arnett, died Thursday, = June 1,=20 2000, at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, following a long illness. = 
Born April 21, 1941, at Marfork, he was the son of the late Don E. = and Luttie=20 Pettry Holstein. 
Mr. Holstein was a former coal miner. 
He was preceded in death by five sisters and two brothers. 
Survivors include his wife, Brenda Kay Alderman Holstein; two = daughters,=20 Angela Holstein and Ginger Shazier, both of Virginia; three sons, Terry = of=20 Naoma, Kevin of Les-ter and Jeffrey of Dry Creek; seven sisters, Norma = Jean=20 Browning, Patsy Lucas, Debbie Sue Massey, Donna Lou Hall, Rosie = Holstein, all of=20 Glen Dan-iel, Monrita Aliff of Arnett, Lillian Ann Hendricks of Bolt; = six=20 brothers, Don Jr. of Whites-ville, Charles E. "Buck" of Dameron, Herbert = and=20 Denny, both of Michigan, John Wayne of Madison, and Robert Lee of = Arnett; and 19=20 grandchildren. 
Services will be noon Saturday at the Freewill Baptist Church, Dry = Creek,=20 with the Revs. David Cook and Jerry Belcher officiating. Burial will = follow in=20 Alderman Cemetery, Dry Creek. 
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the church. 
Arrangements by Armstrong Funeral Home, Whitesville. 

Malcolm E. Johnson Malcolm Earl Johnson, 82, of Whitesville, died = Thursday, June 1,=20 2000, at his home following a long illness. 
Born Jan. 25, 1918, at Silash, he was the son of the late John and = Lydia C.=20 Kinder Johnson. 
Mr. Johnson was a World War II U.S. Army veteran, a retired conductor = of the=20 C&O Railroad and a member of the Conductors Union. 
Survivors include his wife, Louise J. Johnson; two daughters, Deanna = Burgess=20 of Branford, Fla., and Deloris Price of Sylvester; two sisters, = Margarite=20 Salermo of Hickory, N.C., and Nadine Brackman of Oak Hill; two brothers, = Charles=20 Johnson of Hickory and Ralph Johnson of Pineville; a brother-in-law, = Cecil=20 Thompson of Whitesville; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. = 
Services will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Armstrong Funeral Home Chapel, = Whitesville, with Mr. Ricky Peters officiating. Burial will follow in=20 Bradford-Jarrell Cemetery, Dry Creek. 
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. 
Donations of sympathy may be made to the Kanawha Hospice. 
Arrangements by Armstrong Funeral Home, Whitesville. 


Larry E. Pittman POWELL, Tenn. - Larry Edwin Pittman, 54, went to be = with our=20 Lord, Wednesday, May 31, 2000, at his home. 
Mr. Pittman was a retired employee of C&P Telephone Co. of W.Va., = Bell=20 South, AT&T, and Lucent Technologies with 33 years of dedicated = service.=20 
He was a member of Sharon Baptist Church, Powell, a member of = Communications=20 Workers of America Local No. 3805 and the NRA. 
He was preceded in death by a son, Mark Jason Pittman; his father, = Lawrence=20 E. Pittman; and his stepfather, Robert L. Carte. 
Survivors include his loving wife of 35 years, Henrietta Broome = Pittman; a=20 daughter and son-in-law, Deanie and Ken Gair, of Halls, Tenn.; a = daughter,=20 Kimberly Pittman at home; a son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Kristie = Pittman=20 of Powell, Tenn.; his mother, Irene Carte of Marietta, Ga.; a sister, = Linda=20 Pittman of Marietta, Ga.; a brother and sister-in-law, Dale and Nina = Pittman of=20 Shady Spring; grandchildren: Clint and Wesley Whaley, and Dusty and = Whitney=20 Pittman; many special nieces and nephews; great-nieces and = great-nephews; and=20 special friends, Randy and Pam Smith, Bob and Rose Underwood, and B.J. = Price.=20 
The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. today, where services = will be 8=20 p.m. at the Mynatt Funeral Home in Knoxville, Tenn., with Dr. James = Robertson=20 officiating. 
Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Blue Ridge Memorial = Gardens=20 Mausoleum, Beckley, with the Rev. Frank Pittman officiating. Friends may = call=20 one hour before the graveside services at the mausoleum. 
Honorary pallbearers will be grandsons, Clint and Wesley Whaley, = Dusty=20 Pittman, ne-phews, Michael McNutt, Darrell Bird Jr., Denise Bird, Fred = Redmond=20 and Roger Dale Pittman. 
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial gifts be made to the = Sharon=20 Baptist Church Building Fund, 7916 Pedigo Road, Knoxville, TN 37938. = 
Arrangements by Mynatt Funeral Home, Knoxville, Tenn. 

Noel H. Setliff Noel H. Setliff, 69, of Cool Ridge, died Tuesday, May = 30, 2000,=20 in a Beckley hospital following a long illness. 
Born Sept. 3, 1930, at Crumpler, he was the son of Mary Susan Setliff = of Cool=20 Ridge and the late Walter W. Setliff. 
Mr. Setliff graduated from Shady Spring High School in 1949 and = attended=20 Beckley College, where he received a teaching degree. He taught at = Herndon=20 Elementary School and was of the Baptist faith. 
He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict with four = years'=20 active duty and four years' reserve duty. 
He was preceded in death by a sister, Brenda Gail Setliff, in 1949. = 
Other survivors, besides his mother, include six sisters, Reta East = of=20 Roanoke, Va., Clara Frances Cavallier of Cleveland, Ohio, Carol H. = O'Donnell of=20 Sellersville, Pa., Mary Cook and Dorcas Baldwin, both of Grandview, and = Rebecca=20 Matics of Shady Spring; nine brothers, Paul of Elyria, Ohio, Norman of = Jumping=20 Branch, Jerry of Prospect Hill, N.C., Mike of Richmond, Va., Eddie, = Walter,=20 Orville, David and Keith, all of Cool Ridge. 
Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel, = Beckley,=20 with the Rev. George Speck officiating. Burial will follow in Gethsemane = Memorial Gardens, Oak Hill, where military graveside rites will be = conducted by=20 the Sophia-Midway Post No. 4326. 
Friends may call one hour before the services Saturday at the funeral = home.=20 
Pallbearers will be Wiley Lilly, Walter Nixon, Franklin D. Crawford, = Paul=20 Setliff, Eddie Setliff and John Akers. 
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley. 

Elizabeth E. Thompson LORAIN, Ohio - Elizabeth Eden Vandall Thompson, 87, = formerly of=20 Carlisle, died Saturday, May 27, 2000, at the Community Health Partners, = Lorain,=20 Ohio, following a lingering illness. 
Born June 4, 1912, at Layland, she was the daughter of the late = Quilla and=20 Nineveh Arthur Vandall. 
Mrs. Thompson was a retired seamstress and member of the Broadway = Assembly=20 Church for 40 years, where she was active as a Sunday school teacher and = in arts=20 and crafts in the church. 
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Alfred Thompson, on = June=20 28, 1990; a daughter, Loma Thompson Dadah, in September 1999; three = sisters; and=20 one brother. 
Survivors include a son, F.L. "Pete" Thompson of Lorain, Ohio; two = daughters,=20 S. Marie Lovell of Lorain, Ohio, and Jayne Thompson Payne of Oak Hill; a = brother, Lacy Vandal of Bastian, Va.; a sister, Glenna Bailes of Oak = Hill; 12=20 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and two = great-great-grandchildren. 
Services will be 11 a.m. today at the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel, Oak = Hill,=20 with the Rev. Randy McGuire officiating. Burial will follow in Hilltop = Cemetery,=20 Hilltop. 
Friends called 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. 
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be = made to=20 Lupus Foundation, 10409 Lovell Center Drive, Knoxville, TN 37922. 
Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill. 

Col. Robert Thomson Jr. Col. Robert Thomson Jr., 95, of Beckley, died = Wednesday, May 31,=20 2000, in a local hospital following a short illness. 
Born Dec. 13, 1904, in Avonbridge, Scotland, he was the son of the = late=20 Rob-ert and Ann Robertson Thomson. 
Col. Thomson was one of the first Boy Scouts in the United States. As = a Scout=20 master he took his whole troop to the National Scout Jamboree in = Washington,=20 D.C., in 1937. 
He worked as an electrician for Raleigh Coal & Coke. He was a = member of=20 the National Guard, joining the U.S. Army prior to World War II. He = served in=20 the Panama Canal Zone, Ecuador, Germany, Japan and Korea. He was = stationed at=20 the Pentagon, Fort Benning and Fort Hood. He was the first colonel in = Raleigh=20 County and was recipient of the Bronze Star. He was the oldest man at = the time=20 to take paratrooper training at Fort Benning. Col. Thomson served as = head of the=20 truce team in Korea and with the war tribunal in Japan. He served in the = judge=20 adjutant general's office and retired with the rank of full colonel. = 
He ran unsuccessfully two times for sheriff of Raleigh County on the=20 Republican ticket and also ran unsuccessfully two times for mayor. 
He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Beckley, the Hogue-Cook = Sunday=20 School Class and also served on the Board of Trustees. He was a member = of the=20 Beni Kedem Shrine Temple, Beckley Masonic Lodge No. 95 AF and AM, = Scottish Rite=20 of Freemasonry, S.J., USA Beckley Moose Lodge 1606, Beckley Elks Lodge = 1452,=20 American Legion Post 32, VFW and the Republican National Committee. 
Col. Thomson was a member of the Kiwanis Club for more than 30 years, = serving=20 as lieutenant governor; he was also a George F. Hixson fellow. He was = the head=20 of the North Beckley Public Service District as a volunteer for many = years. He=20 maintained the Wildwood Cemetery. 
Col. Thomson was a former chairman of the Raleigh County Chapter of = the=20 American Red Cross. He and his wife, the late Margaret Boothe Thomson, = were=20 responsible for starting the blood bank in Beckley. 
He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Boothe Thomson; four = brothers,=20 Samuel, William, George and John; four sisters, Annie White, Christina = Marshall,=20 Elizabeth "Liza" Marshall, and Rebecca Williams; a niece, Elizabeth Ann = Miller;=20 and a nephew, Donald Thomson. 
Survivors include a sister, Martha Thornton of Beckley; four nieces, = Margaret=20 Dilley of Beckley, Marion Pritchard of Clarksville, Tenn., Teryl = Lowinger of=20 Monsey, N.J., and Billy Joyce Thomson of Romney; five nephews, Robert = Thomson of=20 Charleston, S.C., Jimmy White of Virginia, Alan Thornton of Norfolk, = Va., Samuel=20 Feazell of Texas, and Lawrence Thorne of Houston, Texas; great-nieces = and=20 great-nephews: Robert Samuel Dilley, Kennette Dilley, Andrew Thomson, = Lisa=20 Thomas, Stacy Nulty, Dana Johnson, Becky Cogshill, John Pritchard, = Stephanie=20 Pritchard, Kelly Lenhart, Tommy Miller, Hugh Miller, Phillip Thornton, = Brent=20 Lowinger, Eric Thomson, Adam Frank, Scott and Janel Thorne, and Jennifer = Lahman;=20 and a cousin, Annie Peyton. 
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church with Dr. = David=20 Carrico officiating. Entombment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial = Gardens,=20 Beckley. 
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the Calfee Funeral Home, = Beckley, and=20 one hour before the services Saturday at the church. 
Graveside rites and pallbearers will be conducted by the Beckley = Masonic=20 Lodge No. 95 AF and AM. 
Military funeral honors will be conducted by a military honor guard = from Fort=20 Knox, Ky. 
Arrangements by Calfee Funeral Home, Beckley. 

Okey C. Walton CHARMCO - Okey Clifton Walton, 67, died Wednesday, May = 31, 2000,=20 in Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Fairlea, following a short illness. = 
Born Oct. 12, 1932, at Muddy Creek Mountain, he was the son of the = late James=20 Gordon and Eva Lenore Shaffer Walton. 
Mr. Walton was a coal miner. 
He was preceded in death by a sister, Helen Holcomb; and a brother, = Basil=20 Walton. 
Survivors include his special friends, Jeff, Nancy and Susan Hundley, = of=20 Charmco; two sisters, Agnes Burns of Charmco and Margaret Richardson of = Orient=20 Hill; and several nieces and nephews. 
Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home = Chapel,=20 Rainelle, with the Revs. Rick Keener and Felix Baker officiating. Burial = will=20 follow in the Orient Hill Cemetery, Orient Hill. 
Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home chapel. 
Arrangements by Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle. 

Janine Y. White COLUMBIA, Md. - Janine Yvette White, 45, died = Saturday, May 27,=20 2000, in a Columbia hospital of natural causes. 
Born Sept. 24, 1954, in Sacramento, Calif., she was the daughter of = Lois Ann=20 Christian White of Columbia, Md., and the late James Richard White Jr. = 
Ms. White served 11 years as a flight attendant for Northwest = Airlines, the=20 Rouse Co. for five years and had been employed at Johns Hopkins = University=20 Applied Physics Laboratory since 1991. 
She was a member of the Long Reach Church of God and served as an = assistant=20 Shepherd Group Servant. 
Other survivors include a daughter, Camille Joy Bryant; two brothers, = James=20 Richard White and David Andrew White; three aunts, Norma Christian, = Freida=20 Maxwell, and Dorothy Tabb; two uncles, William and Jimmy Christian; and = numerous=20 cousins in Maryland, West Virginia, Michigan, New York and California. = 
Graveside rites and burial will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Gethsemane = Memorial=20 Gardens, Oak Hill, with the Rev. David Allen officiating. 
Friends may call one hour before the services Saturday at Ritchie and = Johnson=20 Funeral Parlor, Beckley. 
Arrangements by Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor, Beckley.=20 


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