She was born in Patrick County on April 29, 1928, to the late Edgar and Maggie Knowles Cassell.
She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Wayne Pilson; a grandson, Jason Keith; a sister, Sylvia Hopkins; and a brother, Elmer Cassell.
She was a member of Dan River Primitive Baptist Church and had retired from United Elastic Corporation. She wrote a weekly article in The Enterprise entitled "Mountain Echoes."
Surviving are one daughter, Gail Pilson Keith of Stuart; one granddaughter, Kimberly McIntyre of Shreveport, La.; two great-grandchildren: Amanda and Stephanie McIntyre; two brothers: Fredrick Cassell of Hillsville and James Cassell of Vesta; and three sisters: Lessie Thomas of North Carolina, Dovie Legus of Richmond and Fran Hines of Birmingham, Ala.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at Dan River Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Donnie Conner officiating. Burial will be in the Cassell Family Cemetery.
(Stuart Enterprise (VA) ~ August 15, 2001)
She was born in Patrick County on April 29, 1928, to the late Edgar and Maggie Knowles Cassell.
She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Wayne Pilson; a grandson, Jason Keith; a sister, Sylvia Hopkins; and a brother, Elmer Cassell.
She was a member of Dan River Primitive Baptist Church and had retired from United Elastic Corporation. She wrote a weekly article in The Enterprise entitled "Mountain Echoes."
Surviving are one daughter, Gail Pilson Keith of Stuart; one granddaughter, Kimberly McIntyre of Shreveport, La.; two great-grandchildren: Amanda and Stephanie McIntyre; two brothers: Fredrick Cassell of Hillsville and James Cassell of Vesta; and three sisters: Lessie Thomas of North Carolina, Dovie Legus of Richmond and Fran Hines of Birmingham, Ala.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at Dan River Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Donnie Conner officiating. Burial will be in the Cassell Family Cemetery.
(Stuart Enterprise (VA) ~ August 15, 2001)
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