Miller Lee WALKUP
- Born: 28 Aug 1921, Dawson, Greenbrier Co., WV 124
- Died: 5 Aug 2009, White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier Co., WV at age 87 68
- Buried: 7 Aug 2009, McElhenney Cemetery, Grassy Meadows, Greenbrier Co., WV 68
General Notes:
The Beckley Register-Herald, Beckley, WV, Online Edition, 6 August 2009
DAWSON - Miller “Lee” Walkup, 87, of Dawson, died Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at the White Sulphur Springs Care Center following a short illness.
Born August 28, 1921, at Dawson, he was the son of the late Miller and Cleo Anderson Walkup.
Lee was an avid gardener and woodsman while he lived with his parents at Dawson. Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters: Gladys Walkup, Dorlis Lindsay and Belva Rhodes and a brother, Alonzo Walkup.
Survivors include a sister, Evelyn Young and husband, Don of Diamondhead, Mississippi; two brothers, French Walkup and wife, Joyce “Eileen” of Spring Hill, Florida and Robert “Bob” Walkup and wife, Juanita of Canton, North Carolina. He is also survived by two nieces, 18 nephews and their families, and numerous friends.
A special thanks from the family go to all those caretakers at White Sulphur Springs Care Center who took such excellent care of Lee while he resided at their facility since March 17, 2003.
Friends may call 6 to 7 p.m. today, Thursday, Aug. 6, at Wallace & Wallace Chapel, Rainelle.
Graveside rites will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at McElhenny Cemetery at Grassy Meadows, with Pastor Clyde Gum officiating.
Pallbearers will be nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations of sympathy may be made to the McElhenny Cemetery Fund (c/o Erma Surbaugh) at 8838 Grassy Meadows Road, Grassy Meadows, WV 24943
Arrangements by Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle.
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