U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Ford
Dina M. Ford, age 77, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 1997 in Smyth County Community Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Acie Ford, Marion; two sons, Wayne Ford, Marion, and James Ford, Galax; two sisters, Myrtle Tucker, Sparta, Tenn., and Cora Carroll, Pikeville, Ky.; two daughters-in-law, Patricia Ford, Marion, and Billie Ford, Galax; 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, two step-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, in Seaver-
Brown Chapel with Jack L. Goff officiating. Burial was in Rose Lawn Cemetery.
Seaver-
Brown Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.
Gillespie
Mary Ann Harris Gillespie, age 67, of Saltville, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 1997 in Smyth County Community Hospital. She was the widow of Walter Gillespie.
Survivors include one son, Henry Joseph "Buddy" Gillespie, Rich Valley; two daughters, Virginia Mae "Jean" Keith, Saltville, and Shirley Gillespie Stewart, Rich Valley; four brothers, James Edward Harris and Joe Cleveland Harris, both of Rich Valley, William Roy Harris, Ceres, and Jeff Harris, Marion; four sisters, Rosie Testerman and Elizabeth Horne, both of Atkins, Dorothy Lamie, Rich Valley, and Ruth Sult, Asheville, N.C.; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. today, Feb. 19, in the Ridgedale United Methodist Church with the Rev. Claude Oliver and the Rev. Luther Watson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
D.R. Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville is in charge of arrangements.
Hammond
Harold E. Hammond, age 64, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 1997 at his home in Saltville.
He was a member of the First Church of God of Allison Gap, a member of William King Masonic Lodge No. 227 and a former employee of the Olin Corporation.
He was owner/operator of Discount Furniture and Appliance, Chilhowie.
Survivors include his wife, Noby (McIntyre) Hammond; two sons, Gary E. Hammond, Abingdon, and Scott M. Hammond, Chilhowie; one daughter-in-law, Paula Hammond, Chilhowie; one sister, Eva Hammond, Saltville.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today, Feb. 19, in the D.R. Henderson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Mumpower and Dr. Woodrow McIntyre officiating. Burial will be in the Mount Rose Cemetery.
D.R. Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville is in charge of arrangements.
Holmes
Thomas "Curry" Holmes, age 98, of Saltville, died Monday, Feb. 17, 1997 in the Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Leona Lambert; and one son, Richard Holmes.
He was a farmer in Washington and Russell counties all his life. He was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith and retired from Stuart Land and Cattle Company.
Survivors include his wife, Hettie Bailey Holmes; five sons, George Holmes, Bristol, Tenn., Mack Holmes, Clinchburg, Lee Holmes, Claude Holmes and Justin "Wayne" Holmes, all of Saltville; three daughters, Mrs. Eugene (Bertha) DeBord, Saltville, Virgie Harris and Beulah "Kate" Frye, both of Bristol, Tenn.; one sister, Rosie Boardwine, Abingdon; 23 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in the D.R. Henderson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Franklin Chapman and the Rev. Lewis Price officiating. Burial will be in the Elizabeth Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. in the D.R. Henderson Funeral Home Chapel.
D.R. Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville is in charge of arrangements.
Jones
C. Louise Jones, age 69, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 1997 in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
Mrs.
Jones was born Sept. 29, 1927 in West Virginia to the late Luther and Edna Shepherd Lyons Wood. She had been living in the Thomas Bridge Community of Smyth County for 15 years. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Charles and Bill Wood.
Survivors include her husband, Silas Jones; two sons, James Jones, Thomasville, Penn., and Leland Jones, Newhall, W.Va.; four daughters, Mrs. Bernard (Thelma) Baker, Tannersville, Mrs. Dacil (Cheryl) Prince, Marion, Mrs. Daniel (Anita) Hayden, Groseclose, and Mrs. David (Brenda) Gillespie, Chilhowie; one brother, Roby B. Wood, Somerset, Ky., four sisters, Berla Mae Baker, Alexandria, Evangeline Billings, Marion, Agnes Neal, Norwich, Conn., and Phyllis Stupalasky, Princeton, W.Va.; one daughter-in-law, Clara Jones; a special friend, Donna Deel, War, W.Va.; nine grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, Feb. 17, at 11 a.m. in Barnett's Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ron Whitener and the Rev. Mike Parks officiating. Burial followed in the Roselawn Cemetery.
Barnett's Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Olson
Michelle Renee Olson, age 23, of Chilhowie, died Monday, Feb. 17, 1997.
She is survived by her parents, Henry E. and Margaret Osborne Olson, Hulls Cove, Maine; her twin brother, Michael E. Olson, Grand Junction, Colo., and another brother, Scott Olson, Fredricksburg.
The body will be cremated. Memorial services will be held at a later date in Hulls Cove, Maine.
Williams Funeral Home in Chilhowie is in charge of arrangements.
Pickle
Lloyd George Pickle, age 79, of Groseclose, died Friday, Feb. 14, 1997 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was preceded in death by his wife, Hilda E. Pickle, and one son, Lloyd Neal Pickle.
Survivors include four daughters, Emma Jean Musser, Winston-Salem, N.C., Betty L. Testerman, Atkins, Cathy M. Buck, Rural Retreat, and Debbie Reedy, Mouth of Wilson; two sons, James P. Pickle, Wytheville, and Robert Alsbury, Tromball, Texas; two sisters, Rachel Odham, Tennessee, and Louise Lundy, North Carolina; three brothers, Ordery Pickle, Cincinnati, Ohio, Wesley Pickle and Hoover Pickle, both of Groseclose; 15 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17, in Seaver-
Brown Chapel with the Rev. Mike Sage officiating. Burial was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Groseclose.
Seaver-
Brown Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.
Sanders
Nellie M. Sanders, age 68, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 1997 in Smyth County Community Hospital.
Mrs. Sanders was born June 23, 1928 in Grayson County, the daughter of the late Nathen Fields and Lessie Parks Anderson. She was a member of the Hopkins View Primitive Baptist Church in Thomas Bridge.
She was also preceded in death by four brothers: James, Harry, Kenneth and Glenn Anderson; and two sisters, Kate Stephenson and Mary Lou Adams.
Survivors include her husband, Fielden O. Sanders Sr.; one son and daughter-in-law, Fielden O. and Susan Sanders Jr., Rural Retreat; one daughter and son-in-law, Debra S. and Buford Overbay, Marion; two sisters, Maxine Bullins, Sugar Grove, and Ruth Weeks, South Carolina; three brothers, David V. Anderson and Stephen Anderson, both of Troutdale, and Charles Anderson, Groseclose; four grandchildren, Sarah and Ashley Sanders, Rural Retreat, and Randy and Jason Pafford, Marion.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Barnett's Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Ben Blevins and Elder Larry Blevins officiating. Burial was in the Fairwood Cemetery.
Barnett's Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
