U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Helen Virginia Ramey
BIG ROCK, Va. -- Helen Virginia Ramey, 86, died Sunday, April 30, 2000, in a Grundy hospital. She was born in Buchanan County, a daughter of the late Ance and Lessie Roberts, was a homemaker and a member of Big Rock Church of Christ for 24 years. She was the widow of Carl Ramey. Surviving are a son, Jessie Ramey of Cedar Bluff; six daughters, Betty Breeding, Mrs. Ralph (Agnes) Cordle and Phyllis Leonard, all of Big Rock, Shirley Burnette and Paula Thornbury, both of Pikeville, Ky., and Mrs. Richard (Mary) Justus of Grundy; a half-brother, Ance Roberts Jr. of Abingdon; 18 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Big Rock Church of Christ by Virginia Funeral Home of Grundy. Evangelists Bob Miller, Michael Trent and Jim Viers will officiate. Burial will be in Mountain Valley Memorial Park at Big Rock. Pallbearers will be Tommy Stiltner, Jim and David Cordle, Mike Leonard, Scott Branham, Danny and Joe Thornbury, Dr. Freddy Hackney, Ritchie Justus, Gary Parter and Greg Burnette. Honorary pallbearers will be men of the Big Rock Church of Christ. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Monday in the church, where a service will be held at 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Big Rock Church of Christ. Virginia Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Hazel Lee Horne Boyd
CEDAR BLUFF -- Hazel Lee Horne Boyd, 81, died Sunday, April 30, 2000, at home. She was born in Buchanan County, a daughter of the late Ezra Maze and Nannie Belle Lowe Horne. She was a member of Richlands Tabernacle for 45 years and the widow of Frank Boyd. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Bob (Geneva) Sanders, Mrs. Fred (Betty Josephine) Altizer and Mrs. Richard (Shirley) Toutaint, all of Williamsburg, Va., and Mrs. Jack (Ruby) Bragunier of Greencastle, Pa.; two sons, Cecil Boyd of Mocksville, N.C., and the Rev. Roger Boyd of Cedar Bluff; two sisters, Margaret Endicott of Cedar Bluff and Mrs. Ira (Mavis) Horne of Richlands; a brother, James Horne of Cedar Bluff; 12 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Richlands Tabernacle in Richlands. The Revs. Ralph Horton, Bob Osborne and Mike Roberts will officiate. The body will be taken to the church at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill. Mrs. Boyd was also preceded in death by two sons, Dewey Junior Boyd and Johnny Ray Boyd; a daughter, Ethel Louise Boyd; two sisters, Loma Boyd and Elsie Childress; two brothers, Otis Horne and Beverly Horne; and a granddaughter, Joanne Altizer. Among survivors are daughters-in-law Sandy Boyd of Mocksville and Brenda Boyd of Cedar Bluff; grandchildren Mary Ann Smith, Frankie Lane Altizer, Debbie Sanders Schultz, Bobby B. Sanders Jr., Laura Altizer Massie, Shelley Toutaint Cooke, Michelle Toutaint, Jennifer Bragunier Williams, Jack Bragunier II, Bradley Boyd, Angel Boyd Hackworth and Rodney Boyd; and great-grandchildren Shawn Smith, Derek Smith, Courtney Sanders, Amber Sanders, Zane Massie, Zachary Massie, Jessica Cooke, Kayla Cooke, Jaclyn Bragunier, Seth Hackworth, Simeon Hackworth and Rebekah Hackworth. Pallbearers will be Jimmy Compton, Brian McGraw, Jack Bragunier II, Travis Hackworth, Rodney Boyd, Bobby Sanders Jr., Brad Boyd, Richard Cooke, Frankie Altizer, Eddie Massie, Jerry Smith, Eric Schultz and Roy Williams. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Singleton Funeral Service.
OTTO B. ELSWICK
OTTO B. ELSWICK, 76, of Grundy, Virginia, died Friday, April 4, 1997, in Valley Health Care Center, Chilhowie. He was a native of Buchanan County and a former resident of Valley Rest Home, Meadowview. Survivors include three sisters, Dorcel Propst, Yorktown, Va., Emma Falke, Newport News, Va., and Melba Looney, Harlingen, Texas.
CARL EDWARD JUSTUS
CARL EDWARD JUSTUS, 74, of the Brushy Fork area, Hurley, Virginia, died Saturday, April 5, 1997. He was a native and had lived all his life in Buchanan County. He was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church and was a retired coal miner. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Emma Faye Griffey Justus; two daughters, Joan Stacy, Galax, and Nell Hardin, Grundy; two sons, Jessie Justus and Howard Justus, both of Grundy; one sister, Bessie Rife, Hurley; 15 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
BEATRICE ANDERS
BEATRICE ANDERS, 72, of the Middle Creek section of Cedar Bluff, Virginia, died Saturday, April 5, 1997, in a Richlands, Va., hospital. She was a native of Buchanan County. Survivors include her husband, Kyle Anders; one daughter, Linda Maggard, Cedar Bluff; one foster son, Terry Clifton, St. Paul; two sisters, Mrs. Gaynell Byrd, Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Josephine Smeltzer, Summerfield, Fla.; one brother, Dallas Short, Raven; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
BEATRICE COLEMAN OWENS
BEATRICE COLEMAN OWENS, 67, of Grundy, Virginia, died Saturday, April 5, 1997, in Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport. She was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County. She was a member of Grundy Church of Christ and a homemaker. She was the widow of Burton Osborne Owens. Survivors include one daughter Mrs. Darlene Mullins, Grundy; four sons, Burton Eugene Owens, Grundy, Jerry Owens, Berwick, Pa., Tommy Owens, Virginia Beach, Va., and Melvin Owens, Newbergh, N.Y.; four sisters, Mae Shortridge and Lucy Looney, both of Lebanon, Gladys Blankenship, Vansant, and Sadie Peters, Defiance, Ohio; three brothers, Howard Coleman, Defiance, Ohio, Alvie Coleman, Vansant, and Herman Coleman, Bellevue, Neb.; and four grandchildren.
LEONA LYNN RICE
LEONA LYNN RICE, 16, of Maxie, Virginia, died Saturday, April 5, 1997, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County and the daughter of Johnny W. and Rita Sue Pace Rice, Maxie. She was a member of Harman Memorial Baptist Church and an eleventh-grade student at Grundy Senior High School. Survivors, in addition to her parents, include one sister, Beverly Ann Rice, Maxie; and her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Van Rice, Breaks, Va.
VERNON TESTER
VERNON TESTER, 72, of Hurley, Virginia, died Sunday, April 6, 1997. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County and a disabled coal miner. Survivors include his wife, Ethel Helton Tester; three daughters, Cathy St. Clair, Grundy, and Janice Shortridge and Angie Tester, both of Hurley; one son, Mike Tester, Big Rock; one brother, Wayne Tester, Hurley; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
PATRICA ANN DEEL COMPTON
PATRICA ANN DEEL COMPTON, 43, of the Leemaster area, Vansant, Virginia, died Tuesday, April 8, 1997. She was a native of Buchanan County and had lived there for several years. She was a member of Big Prater Baptist Church and a graduate of Haysi High School Class of 1971 and a graduate of Medical Secretaries School. She was a former employee of Grundy Hospital and Dr. Robert F. Baxter's office. She and her husband were owners and operators of Bryan's Stop and Shop General Store on Slate Creek, Grundy, and she was also a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Tony Compton, Vansant; one son, Anthony Bryan Compton, Blacksburg, Va.; her parents, Joseph F. and Minnie A. Deel, Birchleaf, Va.; two sisters, Joan Coleman and Marcella O'Quinn, both of Birchleaf; three brothers, Jim Deel and Gallie Deel, both of Birchleaf, and Ronnie Deel, Bristol Tennessee; five nieces; two nephews and two great nieces.
TROY H. STILTNER
TROY H. STILTNER, 63, of 31514 Old Stage Road, Glade Springs, Virginia, died Thursday, April 10, 1997, in Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Grundy, a retired coal miner and a member of Holston Valley Bible Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Goldie McClanahan Stiltner; five daughters, Sandy Merritt, Karen Stiltner, Shelly Stiltner and Traci Caudill, all of Bristol Tennessee, and Donna Collins, Bristol Virginia; one son, Randall Stiltner, Bristol Tennessee; one sister, Maxine Farmer, Grundy; four brothers, Harold Stiltner, Abingdon, Eugene Stiltner and Sidney Stiltner, both of Grundy, and Fletcher Stiltner, Glade Spring; and seven grandchildren.
Mrs. PEARL COOK
Mrs. PEARL COOK, 82, of the Big A Mountain section of Honaker, Virginia, passed away Friday morning, April 11, 1997, in Lebanon, Va. Born March 21, 1915, in Buchanan County, Va., she was a daughter of the late Marion and Maudie Fletcher Lambert. She had resided in Honaker for the past 50 years and was a member of the Free Christian Church on Big A Mountain. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur B. Cook in 1992; one son, Eugene Cook; one brother, Clyde Lambert; one sister, Ruth Coleman, and one great-grandson, Brandon Cook. Survivors include: four sons, Rev. Estel Cook of Elkton, Md., Rev. Willard Cook and Harold Cook, both of Honaker, and Roger Cook of Las Vegas, Nev.; three sisters, Helen Boyd of Honaker, Blanche Ratliff of Davenport and Bonnie Lambert of Fletcher Ridge; five brothers, Elmer Lambert of Fredericksburg, Va., Bill Lambert, Wayne Lambert and George Lambert, all of Fletcher Ridge, and Clinton Lambert of Rosedale; 18 grandchildren, five step grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter. Burial will be in the Cook Cemetery on Sandy Ridge, Route 2, Cleveland, Va.
