MILLER, Maxine Gay
MILLER, Maxine Gay, 51, of Newport died Sunday morning, February 28, 1999, in Montgomery Regional Hospital after a long illness.
Born in Montgomery County on March 14, 1947, she was a daughter of Nellie Howard Wilson and the late Charlie Rouster Howard.
She was an avid racing fan, ever supporting Melvin Smith in his efforts.
A brother, Early Ray Howard, and a sister, Bertha Virginia Howard, preceded her in death.
Surviving are her mother, Nellie Jewell Howard Wilson of Floyd; her dearly beloved special friend of 18 years, Melvin Smith of Newport, who will greatly miss her; two daughters, Naomi Jean Hurley of Elliston and Angela Marlene Hoilman of Pilot; two granddaughters, Trista Lynn Clark and Travis Jordon Hurley; a brother, Charlie P. Howard of Riner; six sisters, Stella M. Kozar of Christiansburg, Melba J. Kozar of Riner, Lucy H. Hale of Floyd, Annie F. Caldwell, Shirley T. Reed, and Sandra H. Gibson, all of Riner.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Christiansburg Wesleyan Church off Mud Pike Road with the Rev. David Hurd, the Rev. Noah Underwood, the Rev. Eddie Kendall, and the Rev. Wallace Yopp officiating.
Burial will follow in the Howard Cemetery at Riner.
The family will receive friends at the Kendall Funeral Home at 605 Snidow Street in Pembroke on Tuesday evening from 6 to 9 p.m.
WILSON, Nellie Howard
WILSON, Nellie Howard, 88, of Riner, died Monday, March 8, 1999, in a Radford hospital.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Maxine Miller on February 28, 1999.
Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, Charley and Joyce Howard of Riner; six daughters and four sons-in-law, Stella Kozar of Christiansburg, Melba Kozar, Lucy and George Hale, Annie and Richard Caldwell, Shirley and David Reed, Sandra and Ray Gibson, all of Riner; 35 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; 17 great-great-grand-children; and two sisters, Bessie Gruver of Riner and Ollie Gruver of Kansas.
Funeral service Wednesday, 1 p.m., at Christiansburg Wesleyan Church with Rev. David Hurd officiating.
Interment will be in the Howard Cemetery, Riner.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Wood Funeral Home, Floyd.
B. C. Dickerson
Leedy, OK, July 13, 1957 - Services will be Jul 14, 1957 at 2 p.m. Sunday in the high school auditorium here for Burley C. Dickerson, who died Thursday, Jul 11, 1957 in a Kingfisher, OK hospital.
Dickerson was born in Floyd County, VA, and came to this community in the early 1900s.
He had been a barber in Leedy 41 years.
He was a member of the Mission Baptist church.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Nannie E. Stigleman-Dickerson, Leedy; two sons Leroy, Oklahoma City and Billy, Leedy; four daughters Mrs. Murle Roper, Marysville CA; Mrs. Lois Moore, Kingfisher; Mrs. Walt Murphy, San Francisco, CA; Mrs. Berladine Brooks, Chicago, IL. Two brothers, Minnis, Clinton, OK, and Willard, Tulare, CA; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his father John William Dickerson.
Funeral services were handled by Irwin Funeral Home. Internment was in Rhea Cemetery.
[Source: Oklahoma Times Northwest Bureau]
