CLEVE BAILEY, 76, of Vansant, Virginia, died Sunday, March 30, 1997, in Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy. He was a native of Buchanan County and a disabled coal miner. He was a member of the Vansant Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Effie Deel Bailey; five daughters, Peggy B. Fletcher, Grundy; Mrs. Dean (Anita) Bowman, Oakwood; Mrs. Larry L. (Betty) Stiltner and Mrs. Allen (Mary Sue) Deel, both of Vansant, and Mrs. Tim (Wanda) Overby, Orrville, Ohio; one son, Harold Deel, Vansant; one sister, Nora Matney, Rosedale; four half-sisters, Virgie Hurley and Mrs. Paul (Rachel) Compton, both of Grundy, Ruby Kennedy, Bradshaw, W. Va., and Marie Keen, Ohio; 13 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
DORSEY ANN DALES, 85, of Vansant, Virginia, died Monday, March 31, 1997, in a Grundy, Va., hospital. She was a native of Buchanan County and a member of the Shumac Grove Primitive Baptist Church. She was the widow of Samuel "Bud" Dales. Survivors include one son, Woody Dales, Vansant; three daughters, Mrs. Shirley Church, Haysi, Mrs. Faye Hudson, Marion, and Mrs. Jauetta Ohnemus, Wytheville; one brother, Monroe Owens, Detroit, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Dora Stanley, Haysi, and Mrs. Florence Deel, Vansant; 19 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
LONNIE EDGAR McCLANAHAN, 69, of the Belcher's Fork area, Harman, Virginia, died Monday, March 31, 1997, in Buchanan General Hospital. He had lived all his life in Buchanan County and was a disabled coal miner. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Barbara Ellen Looney McClanahan; three daughters, Donna Sue Blankenship and Brenda Vanover, both of Harman, and Linda Kay Justus, Hurley; five sons, Dennis Roger McClanahan and Scotty McClanahan, both of Hurley, and Terry McClanahan, Lonnie Brack McClanahan and Bill McClanahan, all of Harman; one brother, Johnny McClanahan, Columbus, Ohio; six sisters, Myrlte Ratliff, Mary Rose, Ava McClanahan, and Eura Stiltner, all of Grundy, Helen Darnell, Mouth Card, Ky., and Thelma Hurley, Pennsylvania; 22 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
DEWEY DEEL, 80, of Route 1, Vansant, Virginia, died Monday, March 31, 1997, in Holston Valley Medical Center. He was a native of Dickenson County, a retired coal miner and a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ida Fay Deel. Survivors include two daughters, Shirley Ridenhour, Roanoke, and Kathy Deel, Birchleaf, Virginia; three sons, Carlos Deel, Vansant, Donald Deel, Abingdon, Vriginia, and Larry Deel, Lebanon, Virginia; and eight grandchildren.
VIRGINIA ANN JUSTUS DOTSON, 68, of Hurley, Virginia, died Monday, March 31, 1997, in Buchanan General Hospital. She was a native of Buchanan County and had lived there all her life. She was a member of Bethany Bible Church, a graduate of Hurley High School and a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Cecil Dotson; four daughters, Barbara Gail Dotson, Hurley, Mrs. Sam (Donna Gay) Hess, Durham, N.C., Mrs. Terry (Patricia Ann) White, Lebanon, and Mrs. Jamie (Priscilla Maria) Looney, Grundy; two sons, Cecil Gary Dotson, Hurley, and Gregory Dotson, East Bend, N.C.; three sisters, Helen Blanche Dotson, Swiss Home, Ore., Sylvia Blankenship, Hurley, and Minnie Sue Lester, Riverview, Mich.; five brothers, George Justus, Roy Justus and Lee Justus, all of Hurley, Clarence Justus, Washington Court House, Ohio, and Randy Justus, Romulus, Mich.; and three grandchildren.
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