- BANDY, Va. -- Mrs. Blanche Virginia Rasnake, age 83, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2003, in a Richlands hospital following a brief illness. A life-long resident of Tazewell County, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Quesenberry Burress. In addition to her parents, seven brothers and six sisters preceded her in death. Mrs. Rasnake is survived by her husband of 60 years, Campbell Rasnake; four daughters, Mrs. Jim (Lucille) Beavers of Cedar Bluff, Mrs. Ruth Beavers of Cedar Bluff, Mrs. Joel (Connie) Lester of Cedar Bluff and Mrs. Eric (Terry) Newberry of Richlands; two sons, Roy Rasnake and wife Elizabeth of Essington, Pa., and Buddy Rasnake and wife Wanda of Centerville, Va.; one sister, Mrs. Gray Broughman of Naples, Fla.; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one great- great-granddaughter and several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2003, in the Singleton Funeral Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff, with Rev. Gerald Stacy and Rev. David Brannock officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens Cemetery at Claypool Hill, Va. Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews. The family will receive friends at the Singleton Funeral Service in Cedar Bluff from 6-9 p.m. Monday.
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| | 1. Ira F. Burress b. 6 Jun 1905, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia  d. 24 Sep 1932, Raven Nest, Tazewell, Virginia (Age 27 years) | | + | 2. Helen C. Burress b. 6 Jun 1906, Tazewell County, Virginia  d. 31 Aug 1977, Medina, Ohio (Age 71 years) | | | 3. Melvin Wesley Burress b. 7 Sep 1907, Tazewell County, Virginia  d. 31 Mar 1985, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia (Age 77 years) | | | 4. Vergi Burress b. 4 Mar 1908, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia  d. Dec 1908, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia (Age 0 years) | | + | 5. Dora Mae Burress b. 5 Apr 1910, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia  d. 2 Feb 1994, Pounding Mill, Tazewell, Virginia (Age 83 years) | | + | 6. William Henry "Bill" Burress b. 12 Apr 1911, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia  d. 12 Mar 1990, Dublin, Pulaski, Virginia (Age 78 years) | | | 7. Rose Gray "Betty" Burress b. 4 Jun 1912, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia  d. 20 Aug 2007, Mt. Dora, Eustis, Florida (Age 95 years) | | | 8. Luther Hobert Burress b. 13 Nov 1913, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia  d. 22 Nov 1991, West Virginia (Age 78 years) | | | 9. Clarence Bernard Burress b. 29 Dec 1915, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia  d. 26 Jul 1987, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 71 years) | | + | 10. Pearl Lena Burress b. 18 Dec 1916, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia  d. 18 May 1969, Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia (Age 52 years) | | | 11. Margaret Lillie Burress b. 5 May 1918, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia  d. 12 Dec 1973, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 55 years) | | + | 12. George Edward Burress b. 13 Feb 1920, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia  d. 15 Jul 1999, Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 79 years) | | | 13. Geraldine Burress b. 8 Jan 1921, Tazewell County, Virginia  d. Oct 1931, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 10 years) | | | 14. James "Jim" Irvin Burress b. 2 Aug 1923, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, Virginia  d. 28 May 2001, Maxwell, Tazewell, Virginia (Age 77 years) | |