U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
John E. Odham
BLOUNTVILLE -- John Elbert Odham, 81, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 1998, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
He was a member of Whiteside Masonic Lodge No. 13, Blountville, a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Scottish Rite Bodies of Knoxville. He was a member of Carpenters Local Union No. 50, and a member of First Baptist Church of Blountville.
Survivors include his wife, Rachel Pickle Odham; three daughters, Mrs. Judy Carol Lowe, Jonesborough, Tenn., Ms. Barbara Ann Ratcliff, Newton, N.C., and Rebecca Lee Sanders, Casa Grande, Ariz.; a son, John E. Odham, Blountville; eight sisters, Juanita Haga, Clyndon, Md., Josephine Wright, Winston-Salem, N.C., Stella Musser and Janie Umbarger, both of Atkins, Va., Dorothy Blevins, Fredericksburg, Va., Corina Willoughby, Waynesboro, Va., Nancy Hutton, Marion, and Danalene Privett, Troutdale, Va.; six brothers, Ernest Odham, Bristol Tennessee, Ray Odham, Jonesborugh, Tenn., Fred Odham, Finksburg, Md., Daniel Odham, Laurel, Del., Ed Odham, Atkins, Va., and Joseph Odham, Atlanta; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Blountville Funeral Home is in charge.
John M. Reynolds
CLAYPOOL HILL, Va. -- John Reynolds, 74, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 1998, in a Richlands hospital.
He was a native of Tazewell County, a former Richlands police officer and a former employee of S&S Corporation, at Claypool Hill.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Jackie Suzanne Horton, Honaker, and Mrs. Cathy Elizabeth Compton, Pittsburgh; a son, John Marvin Reynolds Jr., Tazewell; two brothers, George S. Reynolds, Richlands, and Thomas D. Reynolds, Cedar Bluff; two sisters, Ms. Maude Boyd, Raven, Va., and Mrs. Mary L. Steele, Portsmouth, Ohio; and three grandchildren.
Singleton Funeral Service, Cedar Bluff, is in charge.
Claude Williams
Claude Williams, 78, of Bristol Tennessee, formerly of Riverdale, Md., died Sunday, Nov. 8, 1998, in Cambridge House.
He was a native of Williamson, West Virginia, and had lived in Bristol for the past eight years.
Survivors include a son, Raymond Williams, Pensacola, Fla.; and two nieces and nephews.
Services will be held in Florida.
Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Audrey A. Arnold
Audrey Ardella Arnold, 52, of 130 Tiffany Lane, Bristol, Tenn., died Monday, Nov. 9, 1998, in Wellmont Hospice House.
She was a native of Michigan and had lived most of her life in Bristol.
She was employed by Alamont Dental Associates.
She was a member of Reynolds Memorial United Methodist Church but attended South Bristol United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Karen Utsman and Kimberly Arnold, both of Bristol Tennessee; a son, Michael Arnold, Bristol Tennessee; her fiance, Jimmy Garrett, Bristol; two brothers, Douglas Arnold, Galax, Va., and Gail Arnold, Pascagoula, Ark.; a daughter-in-law; a son-in-law; two grandsons; and three nieces.
Oakley-Cook Funeral Home is in charge.
Mickey Cresong
WARTBURG, Tenn. -- Mickey Cresong, 51, died Monday, Nov. 9, 1998, in Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
He was a native of Bristol Virginia.
Survivors include a daughter, Deborah Cresong, Bristol Tennessee; a son, Mickey Cresong Jr., Bristol Tennessee; a step-son, Tony Leonard, Bristol Tennessee; his mother and step-father, Shirley and Roy Dingus, St. Paul; a sister, Charlotte White, St. Paul; eight grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Castlewood Funeral Home is in charge.
Vesta L. Harris
RICHLANDS, Va. -- Mrs. Vesta Louise Harris, 80, of 308 Lee St., died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1998, in a Kingsport hospital.
She was a native of Tazewell County and had lived in the Richlands and Raven, Va., area her entire life.
She was a member of Richlands Presbyterian Church.
She was the widow of James Marvin Harris.
Survivors include four daughters, Madeline Elswick, Richlands, Janey Keene, Roanoke, Linda McClanahan, Grundy, and Betsy Christian, Bandy, Va.; three sons, Harold Harris, Raleigh, N.C., Dan Harris, Richlands, and Jimmy D. Cox, Ft. Pierce, Fla.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Betty Flanner, Claypool Hill; a step-son, Johnny M. Harris,
Johnson City; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Tabor, Richlands, and Mrs. Katherine Blankenship, Martinsville, Va.; a brother, Lee Cox, Richlands; 14 grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several step-great-grandchildren.
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home, Richlands, is in charge.
Wilma F. Hutton
MARION -- Wilma Faye "Granny" Hutton, 86, died Monday, Nov. 9, 1998, in Smyth County Community Hospital.
She was the widow of John Earl Hutton.
Survivors include three daughters, Opal Curtis, Barbara Hutton, both of Marion, and Betty Clapp, Saltville; two sons, Darrell Hutton, Sugar Grove, and William E. Hutton, Fredericksburg; 34 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Seaver-
Brown Funeral Service is in charge.
Eliza B. Mullins
EOLIA, Ky. -- Eliza Belcher Mullins, 84, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1998, in Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital, Harlan, Ky.
She attended the Freewill Baptist Church and was the widow of George Mullins Sr.
Survivors include two daughters, Ramona Sturgill, Pound, and Peggy Mullins, Eolia; six sons, George Mullins Jr., Wayne Mullins and Teddy Mullins, all of Pound, Bobby Mullins and Roy Mullins, both of Eolia, and Lonnie Mullins, Virginia; three sisters, Rachel Balthis, Polly Mullins and Julia Balthis, all of Pound; a brother, Luther Belcher, Pound; 18 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Baker Funeral Home, Pound, is in charge.
Margie J. Mullins
RICHLANDS, Va. -- Mrs. Margie Richardson
Johnson Mullins, 90, died Monday, Nov. 9, 1998, in a Richlands hospital.
She was a native of Vandyke in Buchanan County.
She was the widow of her first husband, William Howard Johnson; and her second husband, Arnold Mullins.
She was a member of Maple Gap Holiness Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mae Vance, Swords Creek, and Ms. Gladys Johnson, Richlands; two sons, Daniel Johnson, Anchorage, Alaska, and Darrell Johnson, Cedar Bluff; a brother, Earnest Richardson, Swords Creek; a sister, Mrs. Macie Johnson, Mansfield, Ohio; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter.
Singleton Funeral Service, Cedar Bluff is in charge.
Troy J. Perry
BLUFF CITY -- Troy J. Perry, 79, of 231 Troy Road, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1998, in James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center Hospital.
He was a native of Sullivan County and a member and elder of Bunker Hill Christian Church.
He was a U.S. Army Air Corp veteran of world War II serving in the European Theater, 844th Aviation Engineer Battalion.
Survivors include his wife, Ollie Shipley Perry; a daughter, Donna Osborne, Piney Flats; four sons, Kenny Perry, Michael Perry and Steve Perry, all of Bluff City, Troy Lee Perry, Elizabethton; a brother, Edward Perry, Bluff City; two sisters, Clara Scalf and Valvie Glover, both of Bluff City; two sisters-in-law; 13 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge.
