Samuel Whitt,

Mr. Samuel G. Whitt, Jr., age 85, of Steelesburg, Virginia, passed away Monday, October 27, 2003 at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born in Bandy, Virginia and was a son of the late Samuel Graham and Dollie Nancy Christian, Whitt, Sr., both Tazewell County natives. He was a life long resident of the Cedar Bluff area and was a long time businessman in the Richlands area. He was a former real estate and insurance agent associated with Richlands National Bank, a retired miner and a member of the United Mine Workers of America Local Union No. 6633 of Amonate, Virginia. He was a Disabled World War II U. S. Army Veteran, serving in the European Theatre and was a member of the Barns-Beavers VFW Post #7136 of Tazewell, Virginia and the American Legion. He was a member of the Cedar Bluff Lodge #260 A.F. & A.M., the Scottish Rites Bodies of Roanoke, Virginia and was a Kentucky Colonel. Mr. Whitt was also a member of the Steelesburg United Methodist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Hazel Burgess Whitt September 22nd, 2003, one daughter, Mrs. Judy Lynn Fogleman, one son, Mr. Rudy Glen Whitt, four sisters, Georgia Taylor, Lois Morris, Daisy Sharpe, and Dolly Warburton; also, two brothers, Peyton Whitt and Howard Whitt. Survivors are: One Daughter, Mrs. Joan Mash Booher and husband, William of Cedar Bluff, Virginia One Son, Mr. Phillip Daniel Whitt and wife, Peggy of Winchester, Kentucky One Sister, Mrs. Pauline Rice of Ft. Worth, Texas One Brother, Mr. Rudolph Whitt of Cedar Bluff, Virginia Ten Grandchildren and Eleven Great Grandchildren also survive. Funeral services for Mr. Samuel G. Whitt, Jr. will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands with Rev. Stafford Compton and Rev. Max Linkous officiating. Entombment will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens Mausoleum at Claypool Hill, Virginia. Grandsons and Great Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Members of the Barns-Beavers VFW Post #7136 of Tazewell, Virginia will conduct military graveside rites. Friends may call at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands after 6:00 p.m. Wednesday. Members of the Cedar Bluff Lodge #260 A.F. & A.M. will conduct Masonic services at 7:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice and Pallative Care of Virginia P. O. Box 349 Norton, Virginia 24273.

Samuel Whitt,

September 16, 1918 - October 27, 2003