BLUEFIELD —
Willa Mae “Pete” Gabris, 94, of Cherrywood Lane, Bluefield, W. VA. passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 07, 2012 at The Maples in Bluefield, W. Va. Willa was born on Monday, Nov. 19, 1917 in Mercer County, W. Va. to the late Robert S. and Sarah Mills Little. Willa had been a resident of Bluefield for the past 56 years, a member of the Maybeury United Methodist Church in Maybeury, W. Va., and attended Nazarene Church in Bluefield, W. Va. She retired from the Green Stamp Store where she was manager. After her retirement she enjoyed doing volunteer work at St. Luke’s Hospital, The American Red Cross, and The Maples.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Rudolph Gabris; four sisters, Lelia Newman, Allie Little, Ruby Runion and Beulah Little.
Survivors include two sons, Robert J. Gabris and Mary Evelyn of Salem, Va., David Gabris and wife, Patty of Vinton, Va.; special Caregivers, niece, Harriett Brown, and friend, Patsy Sykes; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be conducted on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell, W.Va. where the Reverend Gary Jakes will officiate the service. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park in Princeton, W. Va. where Bill Kosinar, Robert Shanlin, Skip Brown, Dwayne Brown, Wilford Mathena, and Kevin Brown will serve as pallbearers. Friends and family may call at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at 11:00 a.m.
Online condolence may be sent to the Gabris family at www.cravens-shires.com
Obituary archives
Related Photos
-
Gabris
Discussion
Willa Mae “Pete” Gabris
- Obituary archives
-
-
Glenna Stump Kahle
FIELDALE, Va. — Glenna Stump Kahle, 83, of Fieldale, Va., died Thursday, May 24, 2012 in Salem, Va. at the home of her daughter, Kathy Lamanca.
-
Roger Dale Robins
TAZEWELL, Va. — Roger Dale Robins, age 67, of Tazewell, Va., died Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Va.
-
Beatrice Alice Cox
BLACKBURG, Va. — Beatrice Alice Cox, 96, of Blacksburg, Va., died on May 24, 2012 at the Kroontje Health Care Center in Blacksburg, Va.
-
Barbara Six Hill
PRINCETON— “I have fought the fight, I have kept the faith, henceforth my Lord and Savior is awaiting.
-
Mary Ellen White
KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Mary Ellen McBride White, 87, of Kingsport, Tenn., passed away at The Blake in Gulf Breeze, Fla., after an extended illness.
-
Ernest Elsworth Smith Sr.
WYTHEVILLE, Va. — Ernest Elsworth Smith Sr., better known as Coach Smith, age 81, of Wytheville, Va., passed away Tuesday, May 22 at his home.
-
Alfred C. “Chicopee Man” Smith
PRINCETON — Alfred C. “Chicopee Man” Smith, 83, of Princeton, has gone to be with the Lord and to meet his precious mother and father, Bertha and Theodore Smith, who he longed to see.
-
Paul D. Morehead Sr.
BLAND, Va.— Paul D. Morehead Sr., age 80, of Bland, Va., went to be with Lord after a long illness.
-
Angel Rae Koeller
PRINCETON — Angel Rae Koeller, 13, of 401 Highland Avenue in Princeton, died Thursday, May 24, 2012 at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, W.Va.
-
Barbara Six Hill
PRINCETON— “I have fought the fight, I have kept the faith, henceforth my Lord and Savior is awaiting.
- More Obituary archives Headlines
-
