Lelyia Gilreath Austin, 92 of Gate City, Va., passed away, with her loving family by her side, on Saturday, (April 21, 2007), at her home, following several months of declining health.
She was born in Scott County Va. to the late Hiram and Arminda McDavid Gilreath.
Lelyia lived her entire life as a wonderful role model and inspiration to those who knew her. She was always there with her nine children and instilled caring, giving and integrity to her children. Her family was always first and foremost in her life and she was always there for her "babies" as they were with her when God took her home on Saturday.
She was a wonderful, fun-loving, hard-working, generous and caring person. She loved to work in her flowers and yard and sew and make quilts before her eyesight failed rapidly some years ago. The family would like to thank her wonderful neighbors for being so kind to her and for always being there if she needed them. She loved everyone and strived always to lead by her example of being good to everyone.
Lelyia was a member of Walnut Chapel Primitive Baptist Church in East Carters Valley. She had been a Sunday school teacher and class secretary in her younger years at the church. Her entire Gilreath family attended the church for many years.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Benton Austin; two children Kathleen Austin and Howard Keener Austin; four grandchildren Jeffrey Austin, Joseph Austin, Angela Austin and Teresa Lyall Betley; nine brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her daughters, Ruby A. Hayes, Barbara Anderson and husband, C.H., and Elaine Lyall and husband, Larry, all of Church Hill, Kathy Brooks and husband, Bobby, of Kingsport; sons, L. Bruce Austin and wife, Peggy, Gene E. Austin and wife, Elizabeth all of Kingsport and James M. Austin of Jonesboro; 15 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a very special niece Mrs. Ernest (Mildred) Bishop.
Calling hours will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday at Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport. Friends may also call anytime at the residence at Misty Morning Circle (East Carters Valley).
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Charles Kilbourne and Rev. David Salley officiating.
Music will be provided by The Holder Family.
Entombment services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oak Hill Mausoleum.
Pallbearers will be Doug Gilreath, Bill Gilreath, Wayne Smith, Larry Smith, Harold Gilreath and Maynard Ketron.
Honorary pallbearers will be David Turner, Jim LaFollette, Carl Castle, Charles Dingus, Doug Ringley, Mark McCarty, M.J. McCarty, Jacob Austin, Jamie Austin, Michael Hayes, Patrick Hayes, Chad Austin, Randall Austin, Jon Calhoun, Jonathan Lawson and Jimmy McCoy.
The family would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the caregivers at Wellmont Home Health, Bristol Hospice House and Dr. Daniel Carroll and his staff.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Walnut Chapel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, (Cemetery Fund), c/o Jack Edwards, 13906 East Carters Valley Rd. Gate City, Va. 24251.
She was born in Scott County Va. to the late Hiram and Arminda McDavid Gilreath.
Lelyia lived her entire life as a wonderful role model and inspiration to those who knew her. She was always there with her nine children and instilled caring, giving and integrity to her children. Her family was always first and foremost in her life and she was always there for her "babies" as they were with her when God took her home on Saturday.
She was a wonderful, fun-loving, hard-working, generous and caring person. She loved to work in her flowers and yard and sew and make quilts before her eyesight failed rapidly some years ago. The family would like to thank her wonderful neighbors for being so kind to her and for always being there if she needed them. She loved everyone and strived always to lead by her example of being good to everyone.
Lelyia was a member of Walnut Chapel Primitive Baptist Church in East Carters Valley. She had been a Sunday school teacher and class secretary in her younger years at the church. Her entire Gilreath family attended the church for many years.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Benton Austin; two children Kathleen Austin and Howard Keener Austin; four grandchildren Jeffrey Austin, Joseph Austin, Angela Austin and Teresa Lyall Betley; nine brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her daughters, Ruby A. Hayes, Barbara Anderson and husband, C.H., and Elaine Lyall and husband, Larry, all of Church Hill, Kathy Brooks and husband, Bobby, of Kingsport; sons, L. Bruce Austin and wife, Peggy, Gene E. Austin and wife, Elizabeth all of Kingsport and James M. Austin of Jonesboro; 15 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a very special niece Mrs. Ernest (Mildred) Bishop.
Calling hours will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday at Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport. Friends may also call anytime at the residence at Misty Morning Circle (East Carters Valley).
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Charles Kilbourne and Rev. David Salley officiating.
Music will be provided by The Holder Family.
Entombment services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oak Hill Mausoleum.
Pallbearers will be Doug Gilreath, Bill Gilreath, Wayne Smith, Larry Smith, Harold Gilreath and Maynard Ketron.
Honorary pallbearers will be David Turner, Jim LaFollette, Carl Castle, Charles Dingus, Doug Ringley, Mark McCarty, M.J. McCarty, Jacob Austin, Jamie Austin, Michael Hayes, Patrick Hayes, Chad Austin, Randall Austin, Jon Calhoun, Jonathan Lawson and Jimmy McCoy.
The family would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the caregivers at Wellmont Home Health, Bristol Hospice House and Dr. Daniel Carroll and his staff.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Walnut Chapel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, (Cemetery Fund), c/o Jack Edwards, 13906 East Carters Valley Rd. Gate City, Va. 24251.
Lelyia Gilreath Austin, 92 of Gate City, Va., passed away, with her loving family by her side, on Saturday, (April 21, 2007), at her home, following several months of declining health.
She was born in Scott County Va. to the late Hiram and Arminda McDavid Gilreath.
Lelyia lived her entire life as a wonderful role model and inspiration to those who knew her. She was always there with her nine children and instilled caring, giving and integrity to her children. Her family was always first and foremost in her life and she was always there for her "babies" as they were with her when God took her home on Saturday.
She was a wonderful, fun-loving, hard-working, generous and caring person. She loved to work in her flowers and yard and sew and make quilts before her eyesight failed rapidly some years ago. The family would like to thank her wonderful neighbors for being so kind to her and for always being there if she needed them. She loved everyone and strived always to lead by her example of being good to everyone.
Lelyia was a member of Walnut Chapel Primitive Baptist Church in East Carters Valley. She had been a Sunday school teacher and class secretary in her younger years at the church. Her entire Gilreath family attended the church for many years.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Benton Austin; two children Kathleen Austin and Howard Keener Austin; four grandchildren Jeffrey Austin, Joseph Austin, Angela Austin and Teresa Lyall Betley; nine brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her daughters, Ruby A. Hayes, Barbara Anderson and husband, C.H., and Elaine Lyall and husband, Larry, all of Church Hill, Kathy Brooks and husband, Bobby, of Kingsport; sons, L. Bruce Austin and wife, Peggy, Gene E. Austin and wife, Elizabeth all of Kingsport and James M. Austin of Jonesboro; 15 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a very special niece Mrs. Ernest (Mildred) Bishop.
Calling hours will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday at Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport. Friends may also call anytime at the residence at Misty Morning Circle (East Carters Valley).
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Charles Kilbourne and Rev. David Salley officiating.
Music will be provided by The Holder Family.
Entombment services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oak Hill Mausoleum.
Pallbearers will be Doug Gilreath, Bill Gilreath, Wayne Smith, Larry Smith, Harold Gilreath and Maynard Ketron.
Honorary pallbearers will be David Turner, Jim LaFollette, Carl Castle, Charles Dingus, Doug Ringley, Mark McCarty, M.J. McCarty, Jacob Austin, Jamie Austin, Michael Hayes, Patrick Hayes, Chad Austin, Randall Austin, Jon Calhoun, Jonathan Lawson and Jimmy McCoy.
The family would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the caregivers at Wellmont Home Health, Bristol Hospice House and Dr. Daniel Carroll and his staff.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Walnut Chapel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, (Cemetery Fund), c/o Jack Edwards, 13906 East Carters Valley Rd. Gate City, Va. 24251.
She was born in Scott County Va. to the late Hiram and Arminda McDavid Gilreath.
Lelyia lived her entire life as a wonderful role model and inspiration to those who knew her. She was always there with her nine children and instilled caring, giving and integrity to her children. Her family was always first and foremost in her life and she was always there for her "babies" as they were with her when God took her home on Saturday.
She was a wonderful, fun-loving, hard-working, generous and caring person. She loved to work in her flowers and yard and sew and make quilts before her eyesight failed rapidly some years ago. The family would like to thank her wonderful neighbors for being so kind to her and for always being there if she needed them. She loved everyone and strived always to lead by her example of being good to everyone.
Lelyia was a member of Walnut Chapel Primitive Baptist Church in East Carters Valley. She had been a Sunday school teacher and class secretary in her younger years at the church. Her entire Gilreath family attended the church for many years.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Benton Austin; two children Kathleen Austin and Howard Keener Austin; four grandchildren Jeffrey Austin, Joseph Austin, Angela Austin and Teresa Lyall Betley; nine brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her daughters, Ruby A. Hayes, Barbara Anderson and husband, C.H., and Elaine Lyall and husband, Larry, all of Church Hill, Kathy Brooks and husband, Bobby, of Kingsport; sons, L. Bruce Austin and wife, Peggy, Gene E. Austin and wife, Elizabeth all of Kingsport and James M. Austin of Jonesboro; 15 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a very special niece Mrs. Ernest (Mildred) Bishop.
Calling hours will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday at Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport. Friends may also call anytime at the residence at Misty Morning Circle (East Carters Valley).
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Charles Kilbourne and Rev. David Salley officiating.
Music will be provided by The Holder Family.
Entombment services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oak Hill Mausoleum.
Pallbearers will be Doug Gilreath, Bill Gilreath, Wayne Smith, Larry Smith, Harold Gilreath and Maynard Ketron.
Honorary pallbearers will be David Turner, Jim LaFollette, Carl Castle, Charles Dingus, Doug Ringley, Mark McCarty, M.J. McCarty, Jacob Austin, Jamie Austin, Michael Hayes, Patrick Hayes, Chad Austin, Randall Austin, Jon Calhoun, Jonathan Lawson and Jimmy McCoy.
The family would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the caregivers at Wellmont Home Health, Bristol Hospice House and Dr. Daniel Carroll and his staff.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Walnut Chapel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, (Cemetery Fund), c/o Jack Edwards, 13906 East Carters Valley Rd. Gate City, Va. 24251.
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