Dorothy Elizabeth Bucklen

April 9, 1927 - May 9, 2022

Dorothy Elizabeth Bucklen, age 95, of Richlands, Virginia, passed away on Monday, May 9, 2022 at Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands. Dorothy was born in Tazewell County, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Beecher and Lennie Gillespie Smith. She was a lifelong resident of the area and was a homemaker. Dorothy will be missed by all her loving family and friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George Junior Bucklen; sons, George Bucklen, Jr. and Steve Allen Bucklen; an infant daughter, Linda Sue Bucklen; grandchildren; Steve Allen Bucklen, II, David Bucklen and Sabrina Williams; sisters, Evelyn Cole, Margaret Willliams, Maxine Bowles; and brothers, Beecher Smith and Junior Smith. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She is survived by: Survivors are: Daughters: Connie Monk of Richlands, VA Donna Cordle and husband, Rocky of Richlands, VA Rebecca Carr and husband, Vern of Greenville, NC Sons: Ron Bucklen and wife, Gelema of Ft. Mitchell, KY David Bucklen of Bandy, VA Also surviving are twelve grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren: and fifteen great great-grandchildren. A host of family and friends also survive. Funeral services for Dorothy Elizabeth Bucklen will be conducted 2:00 pm on Friday, May 13, 2022 at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands, Virginia with the Rev. Monte Elswick officiating. Interment will follow at Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Virginia. Pallbearers will be Grayson Honaker, Joey Carr, Henry Young, Ronnie Bucklen, Jr., Ty Hebbeler, Jason Bucklen, and Nathan Young. The Bucklen family will receive friends from 6-9 pm on Thursday evening at the funeral home. 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