Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameOscar Curtis SHEETS [50824], [50822], [50816]
BirthOct 20, 1924, Ashe County, North Carolina [50824]
DeathNov 7, 1999, Marion, Smyth County, Virginia [50824]
BurialRose Lawn Cemetery, 4410 Lee Highway, Marion, Smyth County, Virginia [50822]
FlagsUS Navy, World War II
Spouses
BirthJan 9, 1937, Virginia [50821]
DeathOct 28, 2009, Marion, Smyth County, Virginia [50821]
BurialRose Lawn Cemetery, 4410 Lee Highway, Marion, Smyth County, Virginia [50821]
FatherWorth Cicro PRICE (1907-1975)
MotherAnna Lue FINNEY (1913-1994)
Obituary Online notes for Oscar Curtis SHEETS
MARION -- Oscar Curtis Sheets, 75, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999, in Smyth County Community Hospital.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Francis Marion VFW Post 4667, where he served in the Honor Guard. He was a member of the Carpenters Union Local 132 for 36 years and of Cedar Bluff Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Frances P. Sheets; a son, W.C. Price Sheets of Doylestown, Pa.; two daughters, Patricia A. Snow and Dawn S. Toms, both of Roanoke; a brother, Odell Sheets of Marion; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Seaver-Brown Chapel. Pastor Eddie Beck will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Lawn Cemetery with full military rites by Francis Marion VFW Post 4667.

Among survivors are a daughter-in-law, Pam Sheets of Doylestown; two sons-in-law, James Snow and Willis Toms, both of Roanoke; grandchildren, Emelee Snow and Jordan McKinnon; and a sister-in-law, Maxine Sheets of Marion.

The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday in Seaver-Brown Chapel.

Mr. Sheets was preceded in death by his parents Wiley Gordan Sheets and Fannie Faw Sheets. A sister Pansy Viola Sheets, and brother Carl Sheets.
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Obituary Online notes for Frances Eleanor (Spouse 1)
FRANCES SHEETS MORRIS, age 72, died Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at her home.

She had been a member of the Cedar Bluff Baptist church for over 30 years. Mrs. Morris was an employee at Virginia House Furniture Company for 16 years.

She is preceded in death by her first husband, Oscar Curtis Sheets.

She is survived by her husband, Gerard "Jerry" Morris; her children, W.C. and Pam, Patti and Jim and Dawn and Chris; three sisters, Nellie Rangeo, Joann Blevins and Naomi Cale; a special sister-in-law, Maxine Sheets; two grandchildren, Emelee and Jordan; several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel with Reverend Eddie Beck and Reverend Robert Price officiating.

Entombment will follow in Rose Lawn Mausoleum. The family will receive friends Saturday, October 31, 2009 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel. Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to Hospice of Southwest Virginia, 600 West Ridge Road, Wytheville, Virginia 24382.
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