Virginia Eloise Thornbury - 1918-2009
Virginia Eloise Thornbury, 91, of Westwood, Ky., died Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, in Oakmont Manor Nursing Home in Flatwoods, Ky.
She was born Jan. 17, 1918, in Carter County, Ky., a daughter of the late Harlen Woods and Martha Riffe Woods.
She was a retired seamstress with Ashland Crafts.
Her husband, Stewart W. Thornbury, died in 1958.
Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Stewart E. and Paula Thornbury of Westwood; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Virginia and Ronald Hensley and Martha and Sam Hensley, all of Flatwoods, Ky., Phyllis and Lester Yarnell of Steelwater, Pa., and Rebecca Overvy of Ashland, Ky.; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
A private service was at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, at the Rose Hill Burial Park Mausoleum Chapel by Pastor Perry Young. Burial was in Rose Hill Burial Park.
Lazear Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.