Roma Effie Day Burress, age 94 of Jewell Ridge, formerly of Pea Patch Virginia was surrounded by her loved ones as she drew her last breath on Earth and her first breath in Heaven on Monday, July 4, 2016.
Effie was born in Pea Patch, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Newton Blair and Nancy Evaline Davis Day. She was a loving and dedicated mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother, aunt and friend. Effie was a classy lady with a strong personality, she was full of a lot of spice and sassiness that allowed her to be outspoken and opinionated. Effie was the royal monarch of her family, and they treated her like the queen she was. She even had a Tiara that she would wear proudly. When her husband died, she went to work as a fulltime caregiver and in her spare time she would put out a garden, harvest and can her bounty. She loved to travel and was most proud of her trip to the Holy Land. Whenever she could, she would pull out her photo album and persistently tell you about the wonders she had seen there. One craft she loved to do was quilting, and as she quilted, she stitched and wove her love into each blanket and asked God to cover her loved one in His care. She was of the Church of Christ faith and had been a lifetime resident of Buchanan County in the Pea Patch and Jewell Ridge area.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her loving husband, William Ira Burress; daughter, Janice Keene; son-in-law, Troy Ray Keene; daughter-in-law, Brenda Adams Burress; grandchild, William, great-grandchild, Brandie; sisters, Louisa Sparks, Elizabeth Rife, Willie Altizer, Mae Coldron, Pauline Fletcher, Belle Day, Ruth Day; brothers, Burley Day, Grat Day, Harold Childress and Hubard Childress.
Those who remain to carry on her spirit are:
Her daughters:
Carroll Vest and husband, Lee Roy of Pilot Mountain, VA
Joyce Reed and husband, Leon of Jewell Ridge, VA
Sons:
Hubert Burress and wife, Becky of Unionville, VA
Larry Burress of Summerville, AL
Phillip Burress of Jewell Ridge, VA
Sister, Opal Gilbert of Bristol, TN
24 grandchildren, 1 step-grandchild, 42 great grandchildren, 24 great-great grandchildren and 2 step great-great grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and a host of friends also survive her.
Ex Daughter-in-laws, Judy Fitzherbert, Julia Burress Destefano, Nancy Burress.
Special friends and caretakers: Ola Joyce Mullins, Teresa Lester, Charlene and Bill Porter, JoAnn Day, Brenda Ramsey, Monroe and Eleanora Greeley and the staff of Helping Hands Hospice.
A funeral service celebrating the life of Roma Effie Burress will be conducted at 1:00 pm on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia with the Bro. Bob Smith, Rev. Monroe Greeley and Bro. Charlie Cooper officiating. Interment will follow at the Day Family Cemetery on White Mountain in the Pea Patch area of Whitewood, VA. Grandsons and Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be Everett Rife, Dr. Ravi Titha, Lonnie Rife, Lee Roy Vest, Leon Reed and McGinnis Rife. The family will receive friends on Friday evening beginning at 6:00 pm at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, VA
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
Effie was born in Pea Patch, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Newton Blair and Nancy Evaline Davis Day. She was a loving and dedicated mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother, aunt and friend. Effie was a classy lady with a strong personality, she was full of a lot of spice and sassiness that allowed her to be outspoken and opinionated. Effie was the royal monarch of her family, and they treated her like the queen she was. She even had a Tiara that she would wear proudly. When her husband died, she went to work as a fulltime caregiver and in her spare time she would put out a garden, harvest and can her bounty. She loved to travel and was most proud of her trip to the Holy Land. Whenever she could, she would pull out her photo album and persistently tell you about the wonders she had seen there. One craft she loved to do was quilting, and as she quilted, she stitched and wove her love into each blanket and asked God to cover her loved one in His care. She was of the Church of Christ faith and had been a lifetime resident of Buchanan County in the Pea Patch and Jewell Ridge area.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her loving husband, William Ira Burress; daughter, Janice Keene; son-in-law, Troy Ray Keene; daughter-in-law, Brenda Adams Burress; grandchild, William, great-grandchild, Brandie; sisters, Louisa Sparks, Elizabeth Rife, Willie Altizer, Mae Coldron, Pauline Fletcher, Belle Day, Ruth Day; brothers, Burley Day, Grat Day, Harold Childress and Hubard Childress.
Those who remain to carry on her spirit are:
Her daughters:
Carroll Vest and husband, Lee Roy of Pilot Mountain, VA
Joyce Reed and husband, Leon of Jewell Ridge, VA
Sons:
Hubert Burress and wife, Becky of Unionville, VA
Larry Burress of Summerville, AL
Phillip Burress of Jewell Ridge, VA
Sister, Opal Gilbert of Bristol, TN
24 grandchildren, 1 step-grandchild, 42 great grandchildren, 24 great-great grandchildren and 2 step great-great grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and a host of friends also survive her.
Ex Daughter-in-laws, Judy Fitzherbert, Julia Burress Destefano, Nancy Burress.
Special friends and caretakers: Ola Joyce Mullins, Teresa Lester, Charlene and Bill Porter, JoAnn Day, Brenda Ramsey, Monroe and Eleanora Greeley and the staff of Helping Hands Hospice.
A funeral service celebrating the life of Roma Effie Burress will be conducted at 1:00 pm on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia with the Bro. Bob Smith, Rev. Monroe Greeley and Bro. Charlie Cooper officiating. Interment will follow at the Day Family Cemetery on White Mountain in the Pea Patch area of Whitewood, VA. Grandsons and Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be Everett Rife, Dr. Ravi Titha, Lonnie Rife, Lee Roy Vest, Leon Reed and McGinnis Rife. The family will receive friends on Friday evening beginning at 6:00 pm at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, VA
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
Roma Effie Day Burress, age 94 of Jewell Ridge, formerly of Pea Patch Virginia was surrounded by her loved ones as she drew her last breath on Earth and her first breath in Heaven on Monday, July 4, 2016.
Effie was born in Pea Patch, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Newton Blair and Nancy Evaline Davis Day. She was a loving and dedicated mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother, aunt and friend. Effie was a classy lady with a strong personality, she was full of a lot of spice and sassiness that allowed her to be outspoken and opinionated. Effie was the royal monarch of her family, and they treated her like the queen she was. She even had a Tiara that she would wear proudly. When her husband died, she went to work as a fulltime caregiver and in her spare time she would put out a garden, harvest and can her bounty. She loved to travel and was most proud of her trip to the Holy Land. Whenever she could, she would pull out her photo album and persistently tell you about the wonders she had seen there. One craft she loved to do was quilting, and as she quilted, she stitched and wove her love into each blanket and asked God to cover her loved one in His care. She was of the Church of Christ faith and had been a lifetime resident of Buchanan County in the Pea Patch and Jewell Ridge area.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her loving husband, William Ira Burress; daughter, Janice Keene; son-in-law, Troy Ray Keene; daughter-in-law, Brenda Adams Burress; grandchild, William, great-grandchild, Brandie; sisters, Louisa Sparks, Elizabeth Rife, Willie Altizer, Mae Coldron, Pauline Fletcher, Belle Day, Ruth Day; brothers, Burley Day, Grat Day, Harold Childress and Hubard Childress.
Those who remain to carry on her spirit are:
Her daughters:
Carroll Vest and husband, Lee Roy of Pilot Mountain, VA
Joyce Reed and husband, Leon of Jewell Ridge, VA
Sons:
Hubert Burress and wife, Becky of Unionville, VA
Larry Burress of Summerville, AL
Phillip Burress of Jewell Ridge, VA
Sister, Opal Gilbert of Bristol, TN
24 grandchildren, 1 step-grandchild, 42 great grandchildren, 24 great-great grandchildren and 2 step great-great grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and a host of friends also survive her.
Ex Daughter-in-laws, Judy Fitzherbert, Julia Burress Destefano, Nancy Burress.
Special friends and caretakers: Ola Joyce Mullins, Teresa Lester, Charlene and Bill Porter, JoAnn Day, Brenda Ramsey, Monroe and Eleanora Greeley and the staff of Helping Hands Hospice.
A funeral service celebrating the life of Roma Effie Burress will be conducted at 1:00 pm on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia with the Bro. Bob Smith, Rev. Monroe Greeley and Bro. Charlie Cooper officiating. Interment will follow at the Day Family Cemetery on White Mountain in the Pea Patch area of Whitewood, VA. Grandsons and Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be Everett Rife, Dr. Ravi Titha, Lonnie Rife, Lee Roy Vest, Leon Reed and McGinnis Rife. The family will receive friends on Friday evening beginning at 6:00 pm at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, VA
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
Effie was born in Pea Patch, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Newton Blair and Nancy Evaline Davis Day. She was a loving and dedicated mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother, aunt and friend. Effie was a classy lady with a strong personality, she was full of a lot of spice and sassiness that allowed her to be outspoken and opinionated. Effie was the royal monarch of her family, and they treated her like the queen she was. She even had a Tiara that she would wear proudly. When her husband died, she went to work as a fulltime caregiver and in her spare time she would put out a garden, harvest and can her bounty. She loved to travel and was most proud of her trip to the Holy Land. Whenever she could, she would pull out her photo album and persistently tell you about the wonders she had seen there. One craft she loved to do was quilting, and as she quilted, she stitched and wove her love into each blanket and asked God to cover her loved one in His care. She was of the Church of Christ faith and had been a lifetime resident of Buchanan County in the Pea Patch and Jewell Ridge area.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her loving husband, William Ira Burress; daughter, Janice Keene; son-in-law, Troy Ray Keene; daughter-in-law, Brenda Adams Burress; grandchild, William, great-grandchild, Brandie; sisters, Louisa Sparks, Elizabeth Rife, Willie Altizer, Mae Coldron, Pauline Fletcher, Belle Day, Ruth Day; brothers, Burley Day, Grat Day, Harold Childress and Hubard Childress.
Those who remain to carry on her spirit are:
Her daughters:
Carroll Vest and husband, Lee Roy of Pilot Mountain, VA
Joyce Reed and husband, Leon of Jewell Ridge, VA
Sons:
Hubert Burress and wife, Becky of Unionville, VA
Larry Burress of Summerville, AL
Phillip Burress of Jewell Ridge, VA
Sister, Opal Gilbert of Bristol, TN
24 grandchildren, 1 step-grandchild, 42 great grandchildren, 24 great-great grandchildren and 2 step great-great grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and a host of friends also survive her.
Ex Daughter-in-laws, Judy Fitzherbert, Julia Burress Destefano, Nancy Burress.
Special friends and caretakers: Ola Joyce Mullins, Teresa Lester, Charlene and Bill Porter, JoAnn Day, Brenda Ramsey, Monroe and Eleanora Greeley and the staff of Helping Hands Hospice.
A funeral service celebrating the life of Roma Effie Burress will be conducted at 1:00 pm on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia with the Bro. Bob Smith, Rev. Monroe Greeley and Bro. Charlie Cooper officiating. Interment will follow at the Day Family Cemetery on White Mountain in the Pea Patch area of Whitewood, VA. Grandsons and Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be Everett Rife, Dr. Ravi Titha, Lonnie Rife, Lee Roy Vest, Leon Reed and McGinnis Rife. The family will receive friends on Friday evening beginning at 6:00 pm at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, VA
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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