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Walter Howard Christian

Birth
Bandy, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Death
21 May 2013 (aged 68)
Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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s/o James Keyser & Margaret Eugenia Howery Christian
h/o Betty Burton Christian

Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Walter Howard Christian
(January 11, 1945 - May 21, 2013)

U.S. Veteran Walter Howard Christian, age 68 of the Gratton community in Tazewell, VA died Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at his home. Born January 11, 1945 at Bandy, VA, he was a son of the late James Keyser Christian and Margaret E. Howery Christian. He was a US Army Veteran of the Vietnam War and was a member of Barns Beavers VFW Post # 7136 of Tazewell, VA. Mr. Christian was an avid gardener and loved growing and sharing his tomatoes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Betty Christian; three brothers, Edward Christian, Kenneth Christian, and Tom Christian.

He is survived by his wife, Betty Burton Christian; one daughter, Tammy Christian of Texas; three stepchildren, Melissa Lowe and husband, Chuck, Stacey White and Michelle Harriston, and Keith White and wife, Rhonda all of Tazewell, VA; two sisters, Dana Bandy of Maryland and Shirley Utke and husband, Mike of California; two brothers, Bob Christian of Tazewell, VA and Jim Christian of Florida; six grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 PM Friday, May 24, 2013 at Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel in Tazewell, VA with the Reverend Mark Sexton officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery at Gratton, VA where military graveside rites will be conducted by members of Barns Beavers VFW Post #7136 of Tazewell, VA. Pallbearers will be Stacey White, Keith White, Chuck Lowe, Sammy Davidson, Matthew Waldron, Freddie Waldron, Jimmy Christian, and Tommy Christian.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 PM Thursday, May 23, 2013.

s/o James Keyser & Margaret Eugenia Howery Christian
h/o Betty Burton Christian

Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Walter Howard Christian
(January 11, 1945 - May 21, 2013)

U.S. Veteran Walter Howard Christian, age 68 of the Gratton community in Tazewell, VA died Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at his home. Born January 11, 1945 at Bandy, VA, he was a son of the late James Keyser Christian and Margaret E. Howery Christian. He was a US Army Veteran of the Vietnam War and was a member of Barns Beavers VFW Post # 7136 of Tazewell, VA. Mr. Christian was an avid gardener and loved growing and sharing his tomatoes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Betty Christian; three brothers, Edward Christian, Kenneth Christian, and Tom Christian.

He is survived by his wife, Betty Burton Christian; one daughter, Tammy Christian of Texas; three stepchildren, Melissa Lowe and husband, Chuck, Stacey White and Michelle Harriston, and Keith White and wife, Rhonda all of Tazewell, VA; two sisters, Dana Bandy of Maryland and Shirley Utke and husband, Mike of California; two brothers, Bob Christian of Tazewell, VA and Jim Christian of Florida; six grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 PM Friday, May 24, 2013 at Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel in Tazewell, VA with the Reverend Mark Sexton officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery at Gratton, VA where military graveside rites will be conducted by members of Barns Beavers VFW Post #7136 of Tazewell, VA. Pallbearers will be Stacey White, Keith White, Chuck Lowe, Sammy Davidson, Matthew Waldron, Freddie Waldron, Jimmy Christian, and Tommy Christian.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 PM Thursday, May 23, 2013.



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