Octavia Hawkins O'Neal
Octavia H. O'Neal, 91, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct. 24, 2005, at Raleigh General Hospital.
Born Aug. 14, 1914, at Sullivan, she was the daughter of the late William C. and Almeda Rebecca Midriff Hawkins.
Mrs. O'Neal was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Burton E. O'Neal, in 1976; an infant daughter, Hester Ann; a granddaughter; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Nellie Thompson and Ethel Keith; and two brothers, Roby Hawkins and Bramlet Hawkins.
Survivors include two sons, Edward O'Neal and wife, Nancy, of Dawson and Marcus O'Neal of Shady Spring, with whom she made her home; six daughters, Hazel Edwards and husband, Wesley II "Junior," of Terry, Elizabeth "Liz" Gardener and husband, Harley, of Beckley, and Ethel Arthur and husband, Dale, Elsie Bennett and husband, Jimmy, Joyce Hornsby and husband, Jimmie "Chuck," and Patty Jones, all of Shady Spring; 20 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley, with the Rev. Frankie Lyons officiating. Burial will follow in Stanaford Cemetery.
Friends may gather with the family 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Michael Arthur, Les Arthur, Lee Arthur, Phil Lester, John Rock and Carlos Lilly.
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley.
Octavia H. O'Neal, 91, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct. 24, 2005, at Raleigh General Hospital.
Born Aug. 14, 1914, at Sullivan, she was the daughter of the late William C. and Almeda Rebecca Midriff Hawkins.
Mrs. O'Neal was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Burton E. O'Neal, in 1976; an infant daughter, Hester Ann; a granddaughter; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Nellie Thompson and Ethel Keith; and two brothers, Roby Hawkins and Bramlet Hawkins.
Survivors include two sons, Edward O'Neal and wife, Nancy, of Dawson and Marcus O'Neal of Shady Spring, with whom she made her home; six daughters, Hazel Edwards and husband, Wesley II "Junior," of Terry, Elizabeth "Liz" Gardener and husband, Harley, of Beckley, and Ethel Arthur and husband, Dale, Elsie Bennett and husband, Jimmy, Joyce Hornsby and husband, Jimmie "Chuck," and Patty Jones, all of Shady Spring; 20 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley, with the Rev. Frankie Lyons officiating. Burial will follow in Stanaford Cemetery.
Friends may gather with the family 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Michael Arthur, Les Arthur, Lee Arthur, Phil Lester, John Rock and Carlos Lilly.
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley.
Octavia Hawkins O'Neal
Octavia H. O'Neal, 91, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct. 24, 2005, at Raleigh General Hospital.
Born Aug. 14, 1914, at Sullivan, she was the daughter of the late William C. and Almeda Rebecca Midriff Hawkins.
Mrs. O'Neal was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Burton E. O'Neal, in 1976; an infant daughter, Hester Ann; a granddaughter; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Nellie Thompson and Ethel Keith; and two brothers, Roby Hawkins and Bramlet Hawkins.
Survivors include two sons, Edward O'Neal and wife, Nancy, of Dawson and Marcus O'Neal of Shady Spring, with whom she made her home; six daughters, Hazel Edwards and husband, Wesley II "Junior," of Terry, Elizabeth "Liz" Gardener and husband, Harley, of Beckley, and Ethel Arthur and husband, Dale, Elsie Bennett and husband, Jimmy, Joyce Hornsby and husband, Jimmie "Chuck," and Patty Jones, all of Shady Spring; 20 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley, with the Rev. Frankie Lyons officiating. Burial will follow in Stanaford Cemetery.
Friends may gather with the family 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Michael Arthur, Les Arthur, Lee Arthur, Phil Lester, John Rock and Carlos Lilly.
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley.
Octavia H. O'Neal, 91, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct. 24, 2005, at Raleigh General Hospital.
Born Aug. 14, 1914, at Sullivan, she was the daughter of the late William C. and Almeda Rebecca Midriff Hawkins.
Mrs. O'Neal was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Burton E. O'Neal, in 1976; an infant daughter, Hester Ann; a granddaughter; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Nellie Thompson and Ethel Keith; and two brothers, Roby Hawkins and Bramlet Hawkins.
Survivors include two sons, Edward O'Neal and wife, Nancy, of Dawson and Marcus O'Neal of Shady Spring, with whom she made her home; six daughters, Hazel Edwards and husband, Wesley II "Junior," of Terry, Elizabeth "Liz" Gardener and husband, Harley, of Beckley, and Ethel Arthur and husband, Dale, Elsie Bennett and husband, Jimmy, Joyce Hornsby and husband, Jimmie "Chuck," and Patty Jones, all of Shady Spring; 20 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley, with the Rev. Frankie Lyons officiating. Burial will follow in Stanaford Cemetery.
Friends may gather with the family 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Michael Arthur, Les Arthur, Lee Arthur, Phil Lester, John Rock and Carlos Lilly.
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley.
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