U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Helen V. Norris
GLADE SPRING -- Mrs. Helen Virginia Norris, 88, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1998, in Valley Health Care, Chilhowie.
Farris Funeral Service, Abingdon, is in charge.
Elgia E. Phillips
BIG STONE GAP -- Elgia E. Phillips, 84, of the Irondale Community, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1998, in Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center.
He was a lifelong resident of Big Stone Gap, a retired heavy equipment operator with the Stonega Coke and Coal Company, with over 20 years of service, and a member of the UMWA District No. 28, Local No. 1405. He was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include his wife, Rose Stanley Phillips; four daughters, Bobbie Hensley, Spencer, N.C., Thelma Phillips and Geraldine Blair, both of Big Stone Gap, and Sherrie Russell, Kingsport; a sister, Marie Rogers, Big Stone Gap; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Holding Funeral Home, Big Stone Gap, is in charge.
Helen L. Powell
MARION -- Helen Lee Powell, 86, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1998, in Cooper River Nursing Home, Pennsauker, N.J.
Seaver-
Brown Funeral Service, Marion, is in charge.
Marie Roark
ABINGDON -- Marie Roark, 56, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1998.
She was a lifelong resident of Washington County and a member of Central Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Cecil Roark, Abingdon; two sons, Randy Allen Roark and Michael Dean Roark, both of Abingdon; a stepdaughter, Sheryl Lynn Wyatt, Virginia Beach, Va.; her mother, Juanita Webb Gobble, Bristol Virginia; her father, Cecil Gobble, Bristol Virginia; a sister, Judy Ketron, Bristol Virginia; and seven grandchildren.
Farris Funeral Service, Abingdon, is in charge.
Billy J. St. John
CHILHOWIE -- Billy Joe St. John, 63, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1998, in Johnston Memorial Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia St. John; three daughters, Barbara Neaves, Galax, Brenda Hunt and Cindy Testerman, both of Chilhowie; three sisters, Mary Hamm, Ruby Dolinger and Betty Leonard, all of Chilhowie; six brothers, Carl Ray St. John, Bobby Fields St. John and Cecil Eugene St. John, all of Chilhowie, Henry Daniel St. John, Sandwich, Ill., Paul Wayne St. John, Beckley, W.Va., and Fred Allen St. John, Congress, Ariz.; four grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
Newberry Funeral Home, Chilhowie, is in charge.
Earl C. Stuart
Earl C. Stuart, 64, of 104 Ridgedale Drive, Bristol, Tenn., died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1998.
He was a native of Washington County, Va., a retired road salesman for Mitchell Powers Hardware Company and a charter member of Eastern Heights Presbyterian Church, where he served as a deacon, youth worker and Sunday School Superintendent. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Annie Vance Stuart; three daughters, Mrs. Michael (Gail) Hollon, Abingdon, Mrs. John (Debbie) Durham, Bristol Virginia, and Mrs. Becky Riley, Bristol Tennessee; a son, Kelsey Stuart, Lebanon, Tenn.; three sisters, Jamie Burnett, Bristol Virginia, Frances "Tootsie" Black, Palmyra, Tenn., and Mrs. Sam (Shirley) Jackson, Kewanee, Ill.; a brother, Wilbur Stewart, Bristol Tennessee; and six grandchildren.
Weaver Funeral Home is in charge.
Wayne C. Stump
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Wayne
Carter Stump, 74, died Monday, Dec. 14, 1998, in Parkview Community Hospital.
Castlewood Funeral Home is in charge.
Margaret M. Toal
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Mrs. Margaret McKee Toal, 81, died Monday, Dec. 14, 1998, in Meadows at Garden Grove.
She was a native of Bedford County and a homemaker.
She was the widow of her husband, Arthur McKee.
Survivors include her husband, Harry Toal; three sisters; two granddaughters, Margi Colley and Vicki McKee, both of Bristol Tennessee; and a great-grandson.
Funeral services will be held Friday in the Raus Community of Bedford County.
Howell-Lawrence Funeral Home, Shelbyville, Tenn., is in charge.
Ruth G. Vance
Ruth Virginia Garrett Vance, 86, of Grand Court, Bristol, Virginia, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1998, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
She was a native of Damascus and had made her home in Bristol most of her life.
She was a charter member of Airport Christian Church, Blountville, and an elder emeritus of the church. She was retired from Parks-Belk Company.
Survivors include her husband, Walter Warren Vance Sr.; a daughter, Nancy Vance Kent, Radford; a son, Walter Warren Vance Jr., Kingsport; three sisters, Frieda Houston, Piney Flats, Edna Barnes, Blountville, and Beatrice Bosemer, Louisville, Ky.; two granddaughters; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Blevins Funeral Home is in charge.
Ethel N. Waters
WESTFIELD, Ind. -- Ethel Wanda Nash Waters, 83, formerly of Wise, died Monday, Dec. 14, 1998, in Lakeview Health Care, Indiana.
She was a 1935 graduate of Johnston-Willis School of Nursing, Richmond.
She was a retired RN, serving as public health nurse in Richmond from 1965-1985, an RN for Dr. George Waters, from 1992-1995, and also served as a private duty nurse in the suburban area of Indianapolis.
She was the widow of George Waters Sr.
Survivors include a son, Dr. George Waters Jr., Westfield; a daughter, Teri K. Walker, Lexington, S.C.,; three sisters, Trula Skeen and Helen Mayo, both of Wise, and Ruble Stevens, Richmond; five grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Estes Funeral Home, Coeburn, is in charge.
Ruth E. Woodward
SALTVILLE -- Ruth Elizabeth Woodward, 77, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1998, at her home.
She was a member of Beaver Creek Union Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Charles Ewell Woodward; two sons, Gary C. Woodward, Saltville, and Charles R. Woodward, Chester, Va.; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Patricia) Smith, Glade Spring, and Mrs. Earl (Judy) Black, Hopewell, Va.; a brother, Jasper Lee, Saltville; a sister, Catherine Miller, Miami; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
D.R. Henderson Funeral Home, Saltville, is in charge.
