Violet Irene OSBORNE
- Born: 30 Mar 1909, Clifftop, Fayette Co., WV 31
- Marriage: Lacy McVeigh WALKUP on 18 Apr 1928 in Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier Co., WV 276
- Died: 3 May 2009, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV at age 100 68
- Buried: 8 May 2009, Wallace Memorial Mausoleum, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 68
General Notes:
The Beckley Register-Herald, Beckley, WV, Online Edition, 6 May 2009
CHARMCO - Violet I. Osborne Walkup, 100, of Charmco, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2009, at The Brier Rehab Nursing Center at Ronceverte, after a short illness.
She had been a resident of The Brier for several months.
Born March 30, 1909, at Clifftop, W.Va., she was the eldest daughter of the late John S. and Ina Black Osborne.
Violet had just celebrated her 100th birthday with a celebration at the Shriners Hall in Lewisburg, with all six of her children, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren attending. She was a homemaker, a member of Gordon Freewill Baptist Church and a lifelong resident of Charmco.
Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lacy M. Walkup, in 1989; a daughter, Ashton; four sisters, Cuma Mace, Marie Morris, Virginia Wertz and Gertrude Morton; and two brothers, John and Carl Osborne.
She is survived by four daughters, Connie May and husband, Herb, of Rainelle, Ina Claire Delong and husband, Jim, of Rainelle, Glenda Willard and husband, Charles, of Iuka, Miss., and Sandra Williams and husband, Richard, of Lakeland, Fla.; two sons, Leighton Walkup and wife, Dorothy, of Marietta, Ga., Lowell Walkup and companion, Helen Carver, of Troy, Ohio; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.
Service will be 2 p.m. Friday at Wallace & Wallace Chapel, Rainelle, with Pastor Milton Ker, Pastor Les Mullens and Mr. Kenneth Brackman officiating. Entombment will follow in Wallace Memorial Mausoleum, Clintonville.
Friends may call one hour prior to the service (1 to 2 p.m.) at the funeral home.
There will be no evening visitation.
Arrangements by Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle.
Violet married Lacy McVeigh WALKUP, son of Ely Park WALKUP and Sarah Ida HESS, on 18 Apr 1928 in Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier Co., WV.276 (Lacy McVeigh WALKUP was born on 25 Feb 1898 in Greenbrier Co., WV 932 and died on 9 Apr 1989.)
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