Mary McLaskey

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth 'Bettye' Buskell McLaskey, age 93, of Cedar Bluff, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at the Golden Age Retirement Home at Claypool Hill, Virginia after a period of declining health. She was born in Richlands, Virginia on October 4, 1912 and was the daughter of the late Reverend Albert Green and Rose Elizabeth Fields Buskell. She was a graduate of Richlands High School Class of 1930 and attended Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia. After several residences in Pennsylvania, upstate New York, and New Jersey, she and her husband, the late E. Gordon McLaskey, transferred to Framingham, Massachusetts where they resided for 21 years. She was an associate of the J.C. Penny Company in the Framingham, Massachusetts office. In 1959 they moved to Anderson, South Carolina where they made their home for 19 years. After the death of her husband in 1978, Bettye returned to the Richlands/Cedar Bluff area where she made her home for the last 28 years. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Richlands, Virginia and ecumenical in her church attendance at the First United Methodist Church of Richlands, Virginia. She was a charter member of the famed Framingham Heart Study and was also a member of the Richlands Woman?s Club, CART, and the Historic Crab Orchard Museum. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, E. Gordon McLaskey; three brothers, Roy Lake Buskell, Jamey Kyle Buskell and wife, Lucille, and H. Paul Buskell. Survivors are: Sister in Law: Elizabeth Goodwin Buskell of Cedar Bluff, Virginia Special Nieces: Paula Buskell Bandy of Cedar Bluff, Va., Carole Buskell Cooke and husband, Hugh of Cedar Bluff, Va., and Barbara B. Davidson of Hague, Virginia Nephews: Bill Buskell of Panama City, Florida, Dick Buskell of Vienna, Virginia. Special Friend: Darrell Addison of Richlands, Virginia, and the staff/employees and residents of Golden Age Retirement of Claypool Hill, Virginia. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth 'Bettye' Buskell McLaskey will be conducted Friday, September 29, 2006 at 1:00pm at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands, Virginia with the Rev. David Brannock officiating. Interment will follow at the Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Virginia. Pallbearers will be: Darrell Addison, Leonard Altizer, Eric Newberry, Randy Yost, Shannon Cooke, Trevor Cooke, Mike Newberry, Jack Sykes, and Trenton Gregory. Friends may call from 7:00pm until 9:00pm Thursday evening at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia. Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia is in charge of arrangements and those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com

Mary McLaskey

October 4, 1912 - September 26, 2006