OBITUARY
Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee), Thursday, June 27, 1963, Page 2
ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - Walter J. Kestner, 82, died Wednesday afternoon, in a Chilhowie nursing home after a long illness.
He was a native of Washington County, and lived near Abingdon most of his life, having operated the Lebanon Milling Company, in Lebanon, Whites Mill near Abingdon, and Light Milling Company, in Abingdon before retirement in 1948. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Charles Hyter, Greendale, Virginia; Mrs. Roy Light, Bristol, Virgina; Mrs. Robert Cannon, Kingsport; Mrs. Walker Donald, Dalton, Georgia; Mrs. C. E. Akers, Abingdon; one brother, James Kestner, Huntington, West Virginia; 14 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. (DST) Friday, at the Campbell Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Walter Gates, Rev. Clayton Widner officiating.
Burial will be in Knollkreg Memorial Park.
The body will remain at Campbell Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends Thursday evening.
Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee), Thursday, June 27, 1963, Page 2
ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - Walter J. Kestner, 82, died Wednesday afternoon, in a Chilhowie nursing home after a long illness.
He was a native of Washington County, and lived near Abingdon most of his life, having operated the Lebanon Milling Company, in Lebanon, Whites Mill near Abingdon, and Light Milling Company, in Abingdon before retirement in 1948. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Charles Hyter, Greendale, Virginia; Mrs. Roy Light, Bristol, Virgina; Mrs. Robert Cannon, Kingsport; Mrs. Walker Donald, Dalton, Georgia; Mrs. C. E. Akers, Abingdon; one brother, James Kestner, Huntington, West Virginia; 14 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. (DST) Friday, at the Campbell Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Walter Gates, Rev. Clayton Widner officiating.
Burial will be in Knollkreg Memorial Park.
The body will remain at Campbell Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends Thursday evening.
OBITUARY
Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee), Thursday, June 27, 1963, Page 2
ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - Walter J. Kestner, 82, died Wednesday afternoon, in a Chilhowie nursing home after a long illness.
He was a native of Washington County, and lived near Abingdon most of his life, having operated the Lebanon Milling Company, in Lebanon, Whites Mill near Abingdon, and Light Milling Company, in Abingdon before retirement in 1948. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Charles Hyter, Greendale, Virginia; Mrs. Roy Light, Bristol, Virgina; Mrs. Robert Cannon, Kingsport; Mrs. Walker Donald, Dalton, Georgia; Mrs. C. E. Akers, Abingdon; one brother, James Kestner, Huntington, West Virginia; 14 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. (DST) Friday, at the Campbell Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Walter Gates, Rev. Clayton Widner officiating.
Burial will be in Knollkreg Memorial Park.
The body will remain at Campbell Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends Thursday evening.
Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee), Thursday, June 27, 1963, Page 2
ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - Walter J. Kestner, 82, died Wednesday afternoon, in a Chilhowie nursing home after a long illness.
He was a native of Washington County, and lived near Abingdon most of his life, having operated the Lebanon Milling Company, in Lebanon, Whites Mill near Abingdon, and Light Milling Company, in Abingdon before retirement in 1948. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Charles Hyter, Greendale, Virginia; Mrs. Roy Light, Bristol, Virgina; Mrs. Robert Cannon, Kingsport; Mrs. Walker Donald, Dalton, Georgia; Mrs. C. E. Akers, Abingdon; one brother, James Kestner, Huntington, West Virginia; 14 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. (DST) Friday, at the Campbell Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Walter Gates, Rev. Clayton Widner officiating.
Burial will be in Knollkreg Memorial Park.
The body will remain at Campbell Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends Thursday evening.
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