Wilma JACKSON

Female 1932 - 2008  (75 years)


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  • Name Wilma JACKSON 
    Born 25 Dec 1932 
    Gender Female 
    _UID C063F7E9598540FEABF33C2553CED00312EC 
    Died 13 Mar 2008 
    Buried Hartwell Cemetery, Canebrake, McDowell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • Obituary
      Bluefield Daily Telegraph
      March 15, 2008

      Wilma Whitaker Stevenson

      BENSON, N.C. ? Wilma Whitaker Stevenson, age 75, of Benson, N.C., formerly of Vallscreek, W.Va., passed away at her home on March 13, 2008 surrounded by her loving family.

      She was born in Vallscreek, W.Va. and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Virgie Stafford Jackson, former McDowell County, W.Va. natives. She was former employee of General Instrument Corporation in Tazewell and was a former member of the Rebekah Lodge of Jacobs Fork W.Va. She had attended the Hartwell Church of God and had spent most of her life in the Vallscreek, W.Va. area.

      Wilma was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother, she will be truly missed by all who knew and loved her.

      In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Dock Whitaker; her second husband, Hubert Stevenson; one sister, Virginia Altizer; two brothers, Junior and Edward Jackson.

      Those who remain to carry on her spirit are: Daughters: Mrs. Diane Hamilton and husband Ernie of Benson, N.C., Mrs. Crystal Carter and her husband Michael of Dunn, N.C.; sisters: Geneva Stevenson of Canebrake, W.Va., Ethel Patterson and husband, Calvin of North Tazewell, Va., Vada Norris and husband, Ray of Charleston, W.Va., Edna Carucci of Frazier, Mich.; very special niece, Margie Quesenberry; grandchildren: Caleb Carter, Misty Keene and husband, John, Dee Dee Cockrell and husband, David, Ernie Hamilton and wife, Julie, April Starling; great-grandchildren: John Garrett Keene, Madison Starling, Haven Starling, Justin Warren, Joshua Robbins, and Cody Hamilton.

      Funeral services for Wilma Stevenson will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, March 16, 2008 at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Va. with the Rev. Wade Quesenberry officiating. Interment will follow in Hartwell Cemetery at Hartwell, W.Va. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Honorary pallbearer will be Justin Warren.

      The family will receive friends at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Va. from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. Saturday (today).

      In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to Liberty Home Care and Hospice, 105 Hunt Valley Drive, Dunn, North Carolina 28334.

      Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Va. is in charge of arrangements and those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com



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    Person ID I510  Master File
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2010 

    Family Dock B. WHITAKER,   b. 12 Jul 1924, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1980, McDowell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Children 
     1. Diane WHITAKER
     2. Crystal WHITAKER
    Family ID F156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart