Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthApr 4, 1912, Giles County, Virginia [51670]
DeathOct 15, 1974, Giles County, Virginia [51670]
BurialStinson Cemetery, White Pine Road (Rt. 667), Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia [51670]
FatherJohn Covington VEST Sr. (1877-1958)
MotherJulia Mae THOMPSON (1888-1971)
Spouses
ChildrenNellie Matilda (1932-1980)
William Eugene (1934-1992)
Shelby Jeannette (1937-1994)
Robert Luther (Died as Infant) (1942-1942)
Jay Covington (1943-2019)
Obituary Online notes for Luther Powell VEST
Obituary:
Luther Powell Vest died Tuesday in a Pulaski hospital.
He was born at White Gate, Va. April 24, 1912, the son of John Covington Vest and Julia Thompson Vest, a retired National Gypsun Co. employee of 27 years.
He is survived by his wife, Lucille Underwood Vest, two sons, Eugene Vest, Big Spring, Texas, Jay Vest, White Gate; three daughters, Mrs. Nellie Kelly, White Gate, Mrs. Kirk Johnson, Pearisburg, Mrs. Tom Shelton, Dublin; three brothers, James J. Vest, Dublin; John Vest, Jr., Pembroke; Ross M. Vest, White Gate; five sisters, Mrs. Stuart Blackburn, Pulaski; Mrs. Walter Stafford, Staffordsville; Mrs. James King, Pulaski; Mrs. John Melvin, Mechanicsburg; Mrs. Donald Stewart, Pearsiburg; one half-sister, Mrs. W. A. Buchanan, Bluefield, Va; ten grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Thursday at A. Vest & Son....with burial in Stinson Cemetery. [51670]
Luther Powell Vest died Tuesday in a Pulaski hospital.
He was born at White Gate, Va. April 24, 1912, the son of John Covington Vest and Julia Thompson Vest, a retired National Gypsun Co. employee of 27 years.
He is survived by his wife, Lucille Underwood Vest, two sons, Eugene Vest, Big Spring, Texas, Jay Vest, White Gate; three daughters, Mrs. Nellie Kelly, White Gate, Mrs. Kirk Johnson, Pearisburg, Mrs. Tom Shelton, Dublin; three brothers, James J. Vest, Dublin; John Vest, Jr., Pembroke; Ross M. Vest, White Gate; five sisters, Mrs. Stuart Blackburn, Pulaski; Mrs. Walter Stafford, Staffordsville; Mrs. James King, Pulaski; Mrs. John Melvin, Mechanicsburg; Mrs. Donald Stewart, Pearsiburg; one half-sister, Mrs. W. A. Buchanan, Bluefield, Va; ten grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Thursday at A. Vest & Son....with burial in Stinson Cemetery. [51670]
Obituary Online notes for Lucille Gay (Spouse 1)
Obituary: Lucille Underwood Vest, 93, of Dublin, went to be with the Lord Thursday, November 3, 2005 from the home of Jay and Alice Vest and Shirley Jarrell.
She was born April 8, 1912 at Poplar Hill, Va., the daughter of the late John Milton and Nellie Gay Combs Underwood.
She was also preceded in death by her husband, Luther Powell Vest, one son, William Eugene Vest, two daughters, Shelby Jean Johnston and Nellie Kelley, one sister, Irene Stafford and one great-grandson, Anthony Mann.
She is survived by one daughter, Shirley Jarrell, Dublin; one son and daughter-in-law, Jay and Alice Vest, Dublin; 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. [51673]
She was born April 8, 1912 at Poplar Hill, Va., the daughter of the late John Milton and Nellie Gay Combs Underwood.
She was also preceded in death by her husband, Luther Powell Vest, one son, William Eugene Vest, two daughters, Shelby Jean Johnston and Nellie Kelley, one sister, Irene Stafford and one great-grandson, Anthony Mann.
She is survived by one daughter, Shirley Jarrell, Dublin; one son and daughter-in-law, Jay and Alice Vest, Dublin; 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. [51673]