Edna Ruth Asbury
(Rt. 5, Grundy)

  Edna Ruth Asbury, 76, of Rt. 5, Grundy, died Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at Buchanan General Hospital in Grundy following an extended illness.
  Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Stella Perkins Owens. She was a member of Little Prater Church of Christ and a homemaker.
  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bueford Thornton Asbury in 1989; and one brother, Elmer Owens.
  She is survived by one daughter, Paula, and husband, Ralph Rowe Jr. of Grundy; three sons, C.R. and wife, Nita Asbury of Richlands, Mike and wife, Joann Asbury, of Tazewell and Bill Asbury of Kingsport, TN; three sisters, Beulah Lockhart of Council, Lura Sutherland of Davenport and Geneva Owens of Honaker; nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
  Services were held Saturday, February 18 at Grundy Funeral Home Chapel with Evangelist Michael Trent and the Rev. Carl Tegler officiating. Burial followed in Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery in Richlands.
  Active pallbearers were men of the Little Prater Church of Christ.
  Grundy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
 

  Charles Curtis Stiltner, 66, of Rt. 1, Grundy, died Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at Buchanan General Hospital in Grundy following an extended illness.
  Born in Buchanan County, he was a son of the late William Kendrick and Minnie Foster Stiltner. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County, was of the Baptist faith and was a disabled coal miner.
  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one step-daughter, Kimberly Blankenship.
  He is survived by his wife, Nancy Nickels Stiltner; six daughters, Selena Peck of Grundy, Tina Herndon, Karen Orfield and Laura Robinette, all of Abingdon, Tracy George of Fresno, CA and Sabrina Raab of Sevierville, TN; two sons, Rodney Daugherty of the U.S. Army and Charles Curtis Stiltner, Jr. of Sevierville; one step-daughter, Debra Vanover of Richlands; two step-sons, Bobby Lee Justus of Grundy and Michael Hurley of Richlands; two brothers, Bill Stiltner of Myrtle Beach, SC and Bobby Stiltner of Byron, OH; one sister, Shirley Viers of Bristol, VA; one step-sister, Lisa Stiltner of Hurley; three step-brothers, Tony Stiltner, Robbie Stiltner and Bryan Stiltner, all of Grundy; step-mother, Jean Varney of Grundy; step-father, Roland Rife of Abingdon; 16 grandchildren, two step-grandsons and two step-granddaughters.
  Grundy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
 

Christine Smith Stacy
(Grundy)

  Christine Smith Stacy, 73, of Grundy, died Friday, February 17, 2006 at Buchanan General Hospital in Grundy.
  Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Ashville Harvey Smith and Lou Emma Maynor Smith. She was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County, attended Dry Fork Primitive Baptist Church and was a homemaker.
  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clayton Stacy; six sisters and eight brothers.
  She is survived by one daughter, Sue Belcher and husband, Rob, of Grundy; four sons, Ron Stacy and wife, Peggy, of Grundy, Elder Don Stacy and wife, Algrine, of Abingdon, Mark "Burger" Stacy and wife, Lisa and David "PeeWee" Stacy and wife, Jeanne, all of Marion; one sister, Thelma Doughten of Grundy; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
  Services were held Monday, February 20 at Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home Chapel in Grundy with Elders Brian Moore, Elmer Brown, Shawn Dotson and Estle Hackney officiating. Burial followed in Mountain Valley Memorial Park, Big Rock.
  Active pallbearers were grandchildren.
  Honorary pallbearers were Jonathan Rouse, Dr. Clint Sutherland and members of the Dry Fork Primitive Baptist Church.
  Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
 

Eugene M. Cecil
(Grundy)

  Eugene M. Cecil, 82, of Grundy, died Monday, February 20, 2006 in Wellmont Hospice House, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness.
  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one infant brother, Homer, and three sisters, Mabel Durbin, Nell Durbin and Mary Ann Pryce.
  Born in Heidelburg, KY, he was the son of the late Andrew Jackson and Dorothy Venable Cecil.
  He graduated from Lee County High School and attended Kentucky Wesleyan College before joining the United States Air Force during World War II. After completion of service to his country, he entered the University of Kentucky and in 1949, graduated with a bachelor of science degree in marketing.
  He came to Buchanan County in 1950, formerly working for Ammar Brothers Department Store, was the owner of Gene’s Department Store and worked as an insurance broker.
  He was an active and former member of the Downtown Business Association, a former Kiwanian, a member of Sandy Valley #17 AF & AM, a member of the Kazim Temple in Roanoke and was a former Boy Scout leader and member of the Breaks District Committee.
  He was a member of the John Ratliff Post #164 of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was former president of the Dismal River Country Club and a member of Willowbrook Country Club’s Board of Directors. He was a former member of the Grundy High School Athletic Boosters Club and for years served on the Buchanan County YMCA. Board of Directors.
  He was a member of the Buchanan County Chamber of Commerce, had served the Town of Grundy as a member of the Town Council and as mayor and vice-mayor. He had served as a representative on the Department of Transportation and Industrial Development Authority’s Town of Grundy Flood Task Force.
  For the past 55 years, he was an active member of Buchanan First Presbyterian Church where he had served as an elder, deacon and member of the session. He was a UK Fellow, was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel and was a 1995 recipient of the Buchanan County Hall of Fame award.
  He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Adele Ammer Cecil; one daughter, Diana and husband, Louis Holland, of Grundy; one son, David and wife, Debbie Cecil, of Grundy; twin sister, Elizabeth C. Fore of Irvin, KY; five grandchildren, David Eugene Cecil II, Gary Dean Holland, Rebecca Evelyn Cecil, Sandra Diana Holland and Reagan Jeanette Cecil, all of Grundy; several nieces and nephews.
  Services will be held today (Thursday), February 23 at 1 p.m. at Buchanan First Presbyterian Church in Grundy with Evgs. Michael Trent and Mike Rife and the Revs. Frank Preston and George Aichel officiating. Entombment will follow in Mountain Valley Memorial Park Mausoleum, Big Rock. Masonic services will be held at the church by members of Sandy Valley Lodge #17 AF & AM.
  Active pallbearers will be James Bunn, Ed Bunn, Dr. Clint Sutherland, Grant Shrader, Shea Shrader, Tom Scott, Mark Mutter, James Street and the Hon. Patrick Johnson.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Carl Anderson, the Hon. Nick Persin, Omer Bunn, Henry Farmer Jr., Gerald Coleman, Lodge Compton, Ronald Cole, Jack Buchanan, H.A. Street, T.C. Mullins, Jr., Curtis R. Mullins and Ted Osborne.
  Grundy Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
 

Claude Grizzle
(Conaway)

  Claude Grizzle, 75, of Conaway, died Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, following an extended illness.
  Born in Russell County, he was a son of the late Tyler and Lydia D. Grizzle. He had been a resident of Buchanan County several years and a member of the Church of Christ. He was a retired coal miner and a member of the United Mine Workers of America.
  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by several sisters and brothers.
  He is survived by his wife, Lavonne Gilliam Grizzle of Wytheville; three sons, Danny Ray Grizzle and Randy Michael Grizzle, both of Haysi and David Warren and wife, Brenda Grizzle of Marion; one brother, Jimmy Grizzle.
  Services were held Wednesday, February 22 at Grundy Funeral Home Chapel with Evg. Sam Casebolt officiating. Burial followed in Mountain Valley Memorial Park, Big Rock.
  Active pallbearers were family and members of Big Rock Church of Christ.
  Grundy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
 

Lori McLean Hicks
(Swords Creek, VA)

  Lori McLean Hicks, 71, of the Swords Creek area died Tuesday, February 14, 2006.
  Born in Cambridge, MA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Elsie Bowser McLean. She was a member of Ivy Spring Baptist Church.
  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Junior Hicks.
  She is survived by sister-in-law, Judy Reynolds of Cleveland; caregivers, Burb and Thelma Vance of Swords Creek; and many friends.
  Services were held Saturday, February 18 at Ivy Spring Baptist Church with Pastor Phillip Cook officiating. Burial followed in the Dry Fork Cemetery near Vansant.
  Active pallbearers were friends.
  Honorary pallbearer was Dr. Ramesh Kabaria.
  Grundy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
 

Ethel Mullins
(Haysi, VA)

  Ethel Mullins, 74, of Haysi, died Saturday, February 18, 2006 at Dickenson Community Hospital in Clintwood.
  Born in West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late William and Betty Sartin Lackey. She was a homemaker and was of the Old Regular Baptist faith.
  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Jeanie, and two sisters, Florence May and May White.
  She is survived by her husband, James Mullins; seven daughters, Teresa Gilbert and Orpha Hess, both of Haysi, Patricia Arrington of Kings-port, TN, Stella Charles of Blountville, TN, Deloras Moore and Betty Hay, both of Clintwood and Sharon Stanley of Clinchco; eight sons, Ricky Mullins of Grundy, Roy Charles, Nevada Mullins, Charles William Mullins and Mark Anthony Mullins, all of Haysi, Clyde Meade of West Virginia, Bill Meade of Indiana, and Stevie Mullins of Bristol; four brothers, Lonnie Lakey, Clyde Lakey, Bill Lakey and Raymond Lakey, all of West Virginia; one sister, Fay White of West Virginia; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
  Services were held Tuesday, February 21 at Haysi Funeral Home with Elder David O’quinn officiating. Burial followed in the Mullins-Branham Cemetery at Rt. 1, Haysi.
  Pallbearers were family and friends.
  Haysi Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
 

Charlie B. Mullins, Sr.
(Haysi, VA)

  Charlie Beldon Mullins, Sr., 81, of Haysi, died Sunday, February 19, 2006 at Mountain View Health Care Center, Elkhorn City, KY.
  Born in Pike County, KY, he was the son of the late Andy Mullins and Clarecie Stiltner Mullins. He was a lifelong resident of Dickenson County, was a retired coal miner and a member of Cedar Grove Old Regular Baptist Church.
  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Ronnie Keith Mullins; five sisters, four brothers and one grandchild.
  He is survived by four daughters, Venita Stepp and Kathy Deel, both of Vansant, Barrie Ledbetter of Lang-horne, PA and Teresa Deel of Clintwood; three sons, Larry Wayne Mullins of Honaker, Charlie Mullins, Jr. of Oakwood and Gary Layne Mullins of Cedar Bluff; 17 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
  Services were held Tuesday, February 21 at Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home Chapel in Grundy with Elders Jerry Overstreet, Willis Bartley, Charles Wright and Ralph Mullins officiating. Burial followed in Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill.
  Active pallbearers were family and friends.
  Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
 

Harold Stacy
(Pounding Mill, VA)

  Harold Stacy, 74, of Pounding Mill, formerly of Pilgrim’s Knob, died Saturday, February 18, 2006 in a Bristol, TN hospital following a brief illness.
  Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late William Edward and Maggie Keen Stacy. He was a United States Army veteran, a retired coal miner and a member of the UMWA.
  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Matt Stacy, Sr. and Bob Stacy.
  He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Hazel Byrd Stacy; one daughter, Rita Fay Ramey and husband, Randall, of Pounding Mill; one son, Glenn Stacy of Huntsville, AL; one brother, Nelson Stacy of Ypsilanti, MI; two sisters, Ada Dunford of Claypool Hill and Evelyn Rife and husband, Elmer, of Pilgrims Knob; one brother-in-law, Edward Byrd, of Pounding Mill; one granddaughter, two step-granddaughters, several nieces and nephews.
  Services were held Wednesday, February 22 at Buchanan Funeral Service Chapel at Keen Mountain with the Revs. Ancil Childress and Jack Ward officiating. Burial followed in Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill. Military graveside rites were conducted by John Ratliff Post 164.
  Pallbearers were Otis Meadows, Tommy Tillie, Bruce Rife, Chester Rife, Richard Rife and Eddie Dunford.
  Buchanan Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.
 

Archine Ann Cooper
(Doran, VA)

  Archine Ann "Shan" Payne Cooper, 64, of Doran, died Thursday, February 16, 2006 at Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands.
  Born in McDowell County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Isiah Payne and Mary Hatfield Payne. She was of the Holiness faith and was a homemaker.
  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Connie Faye McKinney; and one brother, James Willard Payne.
  She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Thurman Gerald Cooper, Sr. of Doran; three daughters, Thelma Geraldine Mullins of Whitewood, Rita Gail Cooper of Princeton, WV and Teresa Lynn Rogers of Richlands; three sons, Bruce Michael Cooper and wife, Teena and Thurman Gerald Cooper and wife, Debbie, all of Doran and Terry Allen Cooper of Victory; one sister, Anita Vance and husband, Larry, of Bradshaw, WV; four brothers, Herbert Payne and Alberta of Jolo, WV, Donald Payne and Judy McQuire of Cedar Bluff, Leon Payne of Gatesville, TX and Roland Payne and wife, Barbara Ann, of Milton, WV; 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
  Services were held Sunday, February 19 at Loggy Bottom Pentecostal Church at Whitewood with the Revs. Billy Ward, Charlie Kennedy and Jimmy Allen officiating. Burial followed in the Simeon L. Payne Cemetery at Keen Ridge, Paynesville.
  Active pallbearers were family members.
  Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
 

Harry Fayne Mullins
(Haysi, VA)

  Harry Fayne Mullins, 71, of Haysi, died Wednesday, February 15, 2006 in Pound following an automobile accident.
  Born in Dickenson County, he was a son of the late Guy and Philippa Wallace Mullins. He served in the Army, was a member of Splashdam Freewill Baptist Church and was a retired coal miner.
  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Roger and Jim Mullins and one sister, Clara Jean Edwards.
  He is survived by his wife, Lear; one daughter, Melisha Stanley, of Haysi; one brother, Jerry (Claudette) Mullins, of Richmond; two sisters, Lorraine (Paul) Bentley and Barbara Deel, both of Haysi; one sister-in-law, Jeanette Mullins of Haysi; two grandchildren, eight nieces and nephews.
  Services were held Saturday, February 18 at Haysi Funeral Home with the Rev. Danny Sluss officiating. Burial followed in Temple Hill Memorial Park, Castlewood. VFW Post 8979 conducted military graveside rites.
  Pallbearers were Travis Gilbert and brothers of the church.
  Honorary pallbearers were deacons of the church.
  Haysi Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
 

Rachel Elly Sutherland
(Lynchburg, VA)

  Rachel Elly (Hess) Sutherland, 87, of Lynchburg, formerly of Dickenson County, died Sunday, February 19, 2006 at Lynchburg General Hospital.
  Born in Swords Creek, she was a daughter of the late Elbert and Alifair Hess. She was a member of Splashdam Freewill Baptist Church and a homemaker.
  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Garland Bruce Sutherland.
  She is survived by five daughters, Pat (Dan) Taylor and Katheryn "Kitty" (Jamie) Rutledge, all of Richmond, Linda (Danny) Powers of Florida, Wanda (Richie) Yates of Lynchburg and Vivian (Bill) Rockwell of Chester; two sons, Frederick Ronald Sr. (Margaret Ann) Sutherland of Lynchburg and Roderick Donald (Carrie Sue) Sutherland of Powhatan; one brother, James (Jim) Hess of Haysi; 17 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
  Services will be held today (Thursday), February 23 at Splashdam Freewill Baptist Church with Danny Sluss officiating. Burial will follow in the Dewey Sutherland Cemetery.
  Expressions of sympathy may be made in the form of contributions to Splashdam Freewill Baptist Church.
  Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
 

Richard Sidney Estep
(Phoenix, AZ)

  Richard Sidney "Sid" Estep, 74, of Phoenix, AZ, formerly of Hurley, died Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at his home.
  Born in Hurley, he was the son of the late Drewy and Sara Ashby Estep. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving 21 years.
  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Harold Estep; and one sister, Amy Estep Harmon.
  He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Ruth Herrman Estep; one son, Richard "Ricky" Estep, and wife, Venus, of Phoenix; two daughters, Sue Wittman and husband, Bob, of Roanoke and Rhonda Besco and husband, Bob, of Omaha, NE; four sisters, Pearl Tester of Hurley, Jean Pruitt and husband, Zeke, of Abingdon, Cathy "Bidgie" Charles and husband, Harold, of Claypool Hill, and Bonita Lou Nichols and husband, Robert, of Abingdon; one brother, Clifford Ray Estep, and wife, Vickie, of Wolford; three granddaughters, two grandsons, two great-grandsons, one aunt, one uncle, several nieces and cousins.
  Services were held Saturday, February 18 at Apollo Baptist Church, Glendale, AZ. Burial followed in Sunland Memorial Park, Glendale, who was also in charge of arrangements.