Obituary Notices Appearing in the FloydPress August 1999 thru ...

Feb 18 2000 3:08PM By The Floyd Press
JABE WILSON DILLON
WILLIS-Jabe Wilson Dillon, 77, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2000. He was
a member of Grover King Post #1115 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Hillsville, VA.
Survived by: one son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Sandra Dillon, Willis; one
granddaughter, Kristen Dillon, Floyd; four brothers, Harman Dillon, Greensboro,
NC, Pershing Dillion, Hartwood, VA, Clyde Dillon, Martinsville, Alton Dillon,
Newcastle; one sister, Treva Harman, Floyd; several nieces and nephews. Funeral
service was Wednesday, February 16, 2000 at 11:00 a.m. at Gardner Funeral
Home with Rev. Ralph Duncan officiating. Interment followed in Lee Cemetery,
Tuggles Gap.
DENNETTE AKERS DILLON
FLOYD-Denette Akers Dillon passed away Thursday, February 10, 2000 in a
Roanoke hospital. She moved to Floyd from Galax in 1944 and taught in the Floyd
County grade schools for 25 years. She received her Bachelor of Science degree
in education at Radford University in 1953, and continued teaching until June,
1973. Shortly thereafter, she and her husband, Richard retired to Florida and still
maintained their home in Floyd. She was an avid and talented artist, many of her
paintings grace the walls of Skyline Manor Nursing Home, where she was a
resident. Surviving are: her husband, Richard G. Dillon, Floyd; two sons, Joseph
Dillon, Floyd, and Max Dillon, Radford; five grandchildren, Dawn Gale Dillon, Mary
Elaine Weaver, Carolyn Jackson, Jo Ellen Brock, Curtis Richard Dillon; six sisters
and one brother. A memorial service will be held at a future date. Arrangements
by Wood Funeral Home, Floyd.
HASKER ELVIN DUNCAN
FLOYD-Hasker Elvin Duncan, 81, passed away Friday, February 11, 2000 at New
River Valley Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his wife, Laura Cox
Duncan and a great grandson, Ryan Wallace. He is survived by: two sons, Hasker
Kurbie Duncan, Floyd, Elvin Junior Duncan, Roanoke; one daughter and
son-in-law, Ellewese and John Beamer Akers, Riner; grandchildren, Wanda
Hodge, Wendell Duncan, Elvia Lucas, Harlan Akers, Anita Dell Akers, Lisa
Williams, Monica Wallace, Sonia Hodges; 17 great-grandchildren; two brothers,
Roland Dean Duncan, Jasper Duncan, Floyd; three sisters, Esma Akers, Lorraine
Smith, Loretta Miller, Floyd. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday,
February 13, 2000 at the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel, Floyd, with Reverend
Phillip Martin, Reverend Eli Yoder and Mr. Loman Smith officiating. Burial followed
in the Duncan Cemetery.
JAMES E. EPPERLY
VINELAND, NJ-James E. Epperly, 95, died early Saturday morning in the nursing
center at Vineland after being in failing health. Mr. Epperly was born and raised in
Floyd, near Roanoke. He moved to NJ in 1927 and was a 40-year resident of
Whitehouse Station, Hunterdon Co. before moving to Vineland in 1989. He was
one of 12 children born to the late Peter F. and Osie Howery Epperly. He was
pre-deceased by a son James P. in 1963 and a daughter Katherine in 1950. Mr.
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