BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. -- Funeral services for Andy Basil Cantrell will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. in Buchanan Funeral Service Chapel in Keen Mountain, Va. The Revs. Troy Lester and Ralph Horton will officiate. Burial will be in Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill with military graveside rites by John Ratliff Post 164 of the Americna Legion. Mr. Cantrell, 74, of the Horne Mountain section died Friday, April 28, 2000, in a Richlands hospital. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. H.C. Scott, Dr. Larry Mitchell and Dr. G.V. Reddy. Buchanan Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
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.
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.
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