Walter Howard CHRISTIAN

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OBITUARY

Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.

U.S. Veteran Walter Howard Christian, age 68 of the Gratton community in Tazewell, VA died Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at his home. Born January 11, 1945 at Bandy, VA, he was a son of the late James Keyser Christian and Margaret E. Howery Christian.

He was a US Army Veteran of the Vietnam War and was a member of Barns Beavers VFW Post # 7136 of Tazewell, VA. Mr. Christian was an avid gardener and loved growing and sharing his tomatoes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Betty Christian; three brothers, Edward Christian, Kenneth Christian, and Tom Christian.

He is survived by his wife, Betty Burton Christian; one daughter, Tammy Christian of Texas; three stepchildren, Melissa Lowe and husband, Chuck, Stacey White and Michelle Harriston, and Keith White and wife, Rhonda all of Tazewell, VA; two sisters, Dana Bandy of Maryland and Shirley Utke and husband, Mike of California; two brothers, Bob Christian of Tazewell, VA and Jim Christian of Florida; six grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 PM Friday, May 24, 2013 at Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel in Tazewell, VA with the Reverend Mark Sexton officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery at Gratton, VA where military graveside rites will be conducted by members of Barns Beavers VFW Post #7136 of Tazewell, VA. Pallbearers will be Stacey White, Keith White, Chuck Lowe, Sammy Davidson, Matthew Waldron, Freddie Waldron, Jimmy Christian, and Tommy Christian.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 PM Thursday, May 23, 2013.

Birth:
Virginia, Births, 1864-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Walter Howard Christian
Birth Date: 11 Jan 1945
Birth Place: Tazewell Co. VA

Buried:
Grave location and obituary:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=111001197

Died:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Walter H Christian
BORN: 11 Jan 1945
Died: 21 May 2013
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (1961)

Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Walter Howard Christian
Death Date: 21 May 2013
Death Place: Tazewell Co. VA

Walter married Linda Mae Cummins 28 Nov 1969; divorced 30 Aug 1979, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Walter married Betty Burton. [Group Sheet]