TAZEWELL, Va. — Viola Pauline Stevens, age 82, of the Thompson Valley community in Tazewell, Va. died Thursday, December 17, 2009 at Tazewell Community Hospital. Born March 20, 2009 in Thompson Valley, Va., she was a daughter of the late Roland W. and Sadie Rasnake Kiser. She was a member of the Thompson Valley Church of God and former member of the Honaker Church of God. Mrs. Stevens loved writing poetry and fishing. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Stevens; three brothers, Howard Kiser, Raymond Kiser, and Brady Kiser; three sisters, Lucy Buchanan, Leafy Meredith, and Gertrude Shepard.
Survivors include her stepchildren, Gertrude Barton, Phyllis Duncan, Audrey Miller, Conner Stevens, Chalmer Stevens, Jimmie Stevens, Lonnie Stevens, and Ted Stevens; brother-in-law, Carl Shepard of Thompson Valley, Va.; and sisters-in-law, Virginia Kiser of Tazewell, Va., and Louise Kiser of Salem, Va.; many nieces and nephews who loved her like a mother; the special children she baby sat, Joanne Davis McMahon of Canada and Eddie Davis of Fairfax, Va.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 21, 2009 at Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel in Tazewell, Va. with the Rev. Kelvin Seabolt and the Rev. Larry Brooks officiating. Burial will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va. Pallbearers will be Stevie Kiser, Jerry Buchanan, Carter Kiser, Garland Kiser, Ben Kiser, Jack Horne, Larry Poskas, Ralph Hilt, Dennis Patterson, and Ray Cooper.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. Sunday, December 20, 2009.
The family requests memorial contributions be directed to the Thompson Valley Church of God, C/O Kelvin Seabolt, 200 Talon St. Tazewell, VA 24651.
