Catherine Warner

Mrs. Catherine G. Warner, age 87, of 1901 N. Fifth St. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania formerly of Cedar Bluff, Virginia, died Sunday, October 31st, 2004 at her residence. She was born in Pounding Mill, Virginia and was a daughter of the late John B. and Uva Steele Gillespie, both Tazewell County natives. Catherine taught first grade for many years. She was a graduate of Richlands High School, received an associate?s degree from Farmville State Teacher?s College and began her career more than 65 years ago in a two- room school in Steelesburg. More than three decades later, she completed a bachelor?s degree at Radford College. She was a lifelong member of Cedar Bluff Presbyterian Church and was the first woman to serve the church as an elder. Catherine married William Scott Warner when he returned from serving in World War II and they made their home in Cedar Bluff. She kept voluminous journals and was an avid gardener and cook. Her lemon lilies and her potato yeast rolls are legend in her family. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one sister, Mary Jane Gordanier. Survivors include: Three Daughters: Mrs. Mary Catherine Warner and husband, Steve MacDonald of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Mrs. Wilma Susan Daniels and husband, Dean of Blackstone, Virginia Mrs. Uva Steele Stanley and husband, John of Orange, Virginia One Sister, Uva Frey of Berryville, Virginia Five Grandchildren: Amy Wilson, Charlie Wilson, John MacDonald, Will Stanley, and Joe Stanley. Two Great Grandchildren also survive. Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine G. Warner will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Cedar Bluff Presbyterian Church in Cedar Bluff, Virginia with Rev. Eddie Nash officiating. Interment will follow in the Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery in Richlands. Pallbearers will be: Steve MacDonald, John Stanley, John MacDonald, Charlie Wilson, Will Stanley, and Joe Stanley. Dean Daniels and Sheldon E. Frey will serve as honorary pallbearers. Friends may call at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday. Memorial contributions may be made to Presbyterian Children's Home of the Highlands P. O. Box 545, Route 21 South, Wytheville, Virginia 24382.

Catherine Warner

November 26, 1916 - October 31, 2004