William Cash Buzzard, 71, of Mountain Grove, Virginia, died at his home on Little Back Creek, June 26, 1982. Born October 22, 1910, he was the son of Robert A. and Margaret Kelly Buzzard. His grandparents were Sampson and Eleanor Knapp Buzzard, of Dunmore, and Cyrus and Sarah Ervin Kelley of Little Back Creek.
He was a member of Mountain Grove Presbyterian Church.
Bill left the farm during World War II to work in the shipyards at Newport News and later at Radford Arsenal. By then he was a skilled pipe insulator and worked on construction jobs from time to time, but was most happy working his farm between jobs. Years of working with asbestos took its toll and he was critically ill with emphysema, the last few years.
When Bill's grandmother, Mrs. Eleanor Buzzard, celebrated her 100th birthday in 1925, she had 82 grandchildren.
Bill's death leaves eight remaining, his sister and seven first cousins.
Other survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ada Hare Buzzard; two sons, Richard Ray, of Mountain Grove, and Robert Joseph, of Marlinton; three daughters, Mrs. Louise Wilburn, of Rich Creek, Mrs. Odessa Brammer, of Roanoke, Virginia, and Mrs. Betty Ryder, of Mountain Grove; a sister, Mrs. Odessa Taylor, of Mountain Grove; 14 grand children and seven greatgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Nellie Buzzard and Mrs. Bessie Shinaberry; six brothers, Arch, Harry, Lawrence, Herron, Harmon, and Robert, who died March 4 this year.
Services were held Monday at two p. m., at the VanReenen Funeral Home, by Rev. Clarence Davis, Jr. Burial was in Mountain Grove Cemetery.
He was a member of Mountain Grove Presbyterian Church.
Bill left the farm during World War II to work in the shipyards at Newport News and later at Radford Arsenal. By then he was a skilled pipe insulator and worked on construction jobs from time to time, but was most happy working his farm between jobs. Years of working with asbestos took its toll and he was critically ill with emphysema, the last few years.
When Bill's grandmother, Mrs. Eleanor Buzzard, celebrated her 100th birthday in 1925, she had 82 grandchildren.
Bill's death leaves eight remaining, his sister and seven first cousins.
Other survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ada Hare Buzzard; two sons, Richard Ray, of Mountain Grove, and Robert Joseph, of Marlinton; three daughters, Mrs. Louise Wilburn, of Rich Creek, Mrs. Odessa Brammer, of Roanoke, Virginia, and Mrs. Betty Ryder, of Mountain Grove; a sister, Mrs. Odessa Taylor, of Mountain Grove; 14 grand children and seven greatgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Nellie Buzzard and Mrs. Bessie Shinaberry; six brothers, Arch, Harry, Lawrence, Herron, Harmon, and Robert, who died March 4 this year.
Services were held Monday at two p. m., at the VanReenen Funeral Home, by Rev. Clarence Davis, Jr. Burial was in Mountain Grove Cemetery.
William Cash Buzzard, 71, of Mountain Grove, Virginia, died at his home on Little Back Creek, June 26, 1982. Born October 22, 1910, he was the son of Robert A. and Margaret Kelly Buzzard. His grandparents were Sampson and Eleanor Knapp Buzzard, of Dunmore, and Cyrus and Sarah Ervin Kelley of Little Back Creek.
He was a member of Mountain Grove Presbyterian Church.
Bill left the farm during World War II to work in the shipyards at Newport News and later at Radford Arsenal. By then he was a skilled pipe insulator and worked on construction jobs from time to time, but was most happy working his farm between jobs. Years of working with asbestos took its toll and he was critically ill with emphysema, the last few years.
When Bill's grandmother, Mrs. Eleanor Buzzard, celebrated her 100th birthday in 1925, she had 82 grandchildren.
Bill's death leaves eight remaining, his sister and seven first cousins.
Other survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ada Hare Buzzard; two sons, Richard Ray, of Mountain Grove, and Robert Joseph, of Marlinton; three daughters, Mrs. Louise Wilburn, of Rich Creek, Mrs. Odessa Brammer, of Roanoke, Virginia, and Mrs. Betty Ryder, of Mountain Grove; a sister, Mrs. Odessa Taylor, of Mountain Grove; 14 grand children and seven greatgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Nellie Buzzard and Mrs. Bessie Shinaberry; six brothers, Arch, Harry, Lawrence, Herron, Harmon, and Robert, who died March 4 this year.
Services were held Monday at two p. m., at the VanReenen Funeral Home, by Rev. Clarence Davis, Jr. Burial was in Mountain Grove Cemetery.
He was a member of Mountain Grove Presbyterian Church.
Bill left the farm during World War II to work in the shipyards at Newport News and later at Radford Arsenal. By then he was a skilled pipe insulator and worked on construction jobs from time to time, but was most happy working his farm between jobs. Years of working with asbestos took its toll and he was critically ill with emphysema, the last few years.
When Bill's grandmother, Mrs. Eleanor Buzzard, celebrated her 100th birthday in 1925, she had 82 grandchildren.
Bill's death leaves eight remaining, his sister and seven first cousins.
Other survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ada Hare Buzzard; two sons, Richard Ray, of Mountain Grove, and Robert Joseph, of Marlinton; three daughters, Mrs. Louise Wilburn, of Rich Creek, Mrs. Odessa Brammer, of Roanoke, Virginia, and Mrs. Betty Ryder, of Mountain Grove; a sister, Mrs. Odessa Taylor, of Mountain Grove; 14 grand children and seven greatgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Nellie Buzzard and Mrs. Bessie Shinaberry; six brothers, Arch, Harry, Lawrence, Herron, Harmon, and Robert, who died March 4 this year.
Services were held Monday at two p. m., at the VanReenen Funeral Home, by Rev. Clarence Davis, Jr. Burial was in Mountain Grove Cemetery.
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