U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Danny G. O'Quinn
CLINTWOOD, Va. -- Danny Gerald O'Quinn, 47, died Friday, Nov. 20, 1998, in St. Mary's Hospital.
He was a lifelong resident of Dickenson County and was an employee of Clintwood Farm Supply.
Survivors include his mother, Laura E. O'Quinn, Clintwood; a brother, Jack O'Quinn, Clintwood; two half-brothers, Robert Lee O'Quinn, Clinchco, and Bill O'Quinn, North Carolina; two half-sisters, Hazel Daniels and Kay Witherholt, Blackberry, W.Va.
Clintwood Funeral Home, Clintwood, is in charge.
Ruby L. Ramey
CASTLEWOOD -- Ruby Lee Ramey, 83, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, in Russell County Medical Center, Lebanon.
She was the widow of McKinley Ramey.
Survivors include two sons, Benny Jack Ramey, Thomasville, N.C., and James Van Ramey, Castlewood; two sisters, Agnes Fleenor, Dante, Va., and Ann Castle, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Huff-Cook Funeral Home is in charge.
Anna H. Rasnake
ROSEDALE, Va. -- Mrs. Anna Mae Honaker Rasnake, 69, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, in a Bristol Tennessee hospital.
She was a native of Richlands, and was a lifelong resident of the Russell County area.
She was a member of Swords Creek Community Baptist Church and also attended Rosedale Baptist Church.
She attended Lees-McRae College and University of Radford, Radford, Va.
She taught for 27 years at Honaker Elementary School and Givens Elementary School.
She was a member and past worthy matron of the Counts Chapter 180 Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her husband, Raymond K. Rasnake; and a daughter, Julia Ann Rasnake Morse, Dallas.
Honaker Funeral Home is in charge.
Lorraine P. Shortridge
GRUNDY -- Mrs. Lorraine Potter Shortridge, 69, of the Looney's Creek section, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
She was a native of Pike County, Ky., and was a member of Grundy Church of Christ.
She was a retired employee from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Survivors include her husband, Carl Shortridge; a daughter, Mrs. Scotty (Linda Kay) MacDonald, Colorado Springs, Colo; a son, Russell Keith Shortridge, Grundy; a sister, Kelsie Potter, King George, Va.; three brothers, Elzie Potter, Grundy, Hershel Potter, North Tazewell, Va., and Roy Potter, Hurley, Va.; and four grandchildren.
Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home, Grundy, is in charge.
James W. Taylor
ROXBORO, N.C. -- James William "Bill" Taylor, 49, of 350 Wrenn Crumpton Road, formerly of Cedar Bluff and Richlands, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998, in a Durham, N.C., hospital.
He was a native of Richlands, and was a 1970 graduate of Richlands High School, attended Southwest Virginia Community College and was a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran.
He was a former employee of Pittston Coal Corporation at Seaboard No. 1 Mine and was a professional walking horse trainer in Roxboro where he moved six months ago.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Kathy Ludlum Taylor; a son, James William Taylor II, Richlands; a step-daughter, Miss Rebecca Forbes, Rocky Mount, Va.; two step-sons, Steven Forbes, Pikeville, Ky., and John Forbes, Rocky Mount; his mother, Mrs. Nancy Rasnick Taylor, Cedar Bluff; a sister, Ms. Claudia Ann Taylor, Abingdon; a special nephew; and four step-grandchildren.
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home, Richlands, is in charge.
Eva M. Wilkins
Eva M. Wilkins, 64, of 709 Georgia Ave., Bristol, Tenn., died Friday, Nov. 20, 1998 at her home.
She was a native of Bristol Tennessee, a homemaker and a member of Beidleman Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include her husband, Marvin Jack Wilkins; her mother, Mrs. Lennie E. Morton, Bristol Tennessee; a sister, Mrs. Doward Lennis Moody, Bristol Virginia; and several nieces and nephews.
Weaver Funeral Home is in charge.
Okie H. Adams
SEVEN MILE FORD -- Okie Mae Harrington Adams, 70, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, in Smyth County Community Hospital, Marion.
She was a former resident of Florida.
Survivors include her husband, Ralph L. Adams; two sons, Ronald L. Darne, Herndon, Va., and Robert D. Adams, Haymarket, Va.; five sisters, Jane Swift, Rita Jennings, Mabel Starkwether, Jeanie Goodnight and Shirley Bobst; four grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Williams Funeral Home, Chilhowie, is in charge.
India H. Bentley
SALTVILLE -- India Holmes Bentley, 87, died Sunday, Nov. 22, 1998, in the Huntersville Oaks Nursing Home, in Huntersville.
She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sons, Rodney Bentley, Iron Station, N.C., John Bentley, Sherrills Ford, N.C., and Danny Bentley, Saltville; a stepson, James Bentley, Morgantown, N.C.; four daughters, Betty White, St. Petersburg, Fla., Patsy Hunt, Rock Hill, S.C., Peggy Crawford, Pilot Mountain, N.C., and Kathy Boardwine, Chilhowie; three brothers, Preston Holmes, Columbia, S.C., Donald Holmes, Glade Spring, and Delmer Holmes, Pulaski; two sisters, Wanda Frye, Saltville, and Thelma McKinney, Chilhowie; several grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
D.R. Henderson Funeral Home, Saltville, is in charge.
Mae Boughers
Lena Mae Watson Guy Boughers, 80, of Cambridge House, Bristol Tennessee, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
Weaver Funeral Home is in charge.
Georgia B. Conyer
Georgia B. Conyer, 81, of 825 Nosby Apartments, Bristol, Va., died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, in Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon.
She was a native of Pennington Gap, had been a resident of Bristol for the past 40 years and was of the Protestant faith.
Survivors include a sister-in-law, Mrs. Annie Conyer Camp, Pennington Gap; and several nieces and nephews.
Robinson Mortuary, Bristol, is in charge.
Charles R. Jennings
MARION -- Charles Raymond Jennings, 82, died Friday, Nov. 20, 1998, in Livermore, Calif.
Seaver-
Brown Funeral Service, Marion, is in charge.
