Mrs. Anna Lane Belchee (nee Neel) was born at Clear Fork, Tazewell County. Virginia, September 19, 1882. She was the daughter of the late Mathias F. and Hattie Neel, both of whom belonged to pioneer families of Southwest Virginia. In early childhood Mrs. Belchee united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
On August 30, 1899, she was married to the late Reverend William Belchee, then a young minister in the Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. For forty-two years she shared with him the joys and the sacrifices of the Methodist itineracy. Brother Belchee died February 24, 1941.
Five children were born to this union: Mattie Virginia, who died in infancy; Lucille Naomi, who died on September 7th of this year; Mrs. Ruth Carlock Nolan of Savannah, Georgia; Mrs. Mary Lee Snodgrass of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mrs. Billie Neel Morgan of Savannah, Georgia.
In addition to the three living daughters, she is survived by six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were conducted from a funeral home in Chattanooga in charge of her pastor from Savannah, Reverend David A. Duck, assisted by Reverend E. D. Worley, District Superintendent of the Chattanooga District, and the writer. Her body was laid to rest by the side of her husband in Chattanooga Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Belchee has gone Home to be with those she loved and had lost for a while, where we shall meet again when earth's twilight mixes with Eternity's purple dawn.
Written By: Prince A. Eades – Holston Conference Journal – 1951 – PP: 166-167
On August 30, 1899, she was married to the late Reverend William Belchee, then a young minister in the Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. For forty-two years she shared with him the joys and the sacrifices of the Methodist itineracy. Brother Belchee died February 24, 1941.
Five children were born to this union: Mattie Virginia, who died in infancy; Lucille Naomi, who died on September 7th of this year; Mrs. Ruth Carlock Nolan of Savannah, Georgia; Mrs. Mary Lee Snodgrass of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mrs. Billie Neel Morgan of Savannah, Georgia.
In addition to the three living daughters, she is survived by six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were conducted from a funeral home in Chattanooga in charge of her pastor from Savannah, Reverend David A. Duck, assisted by Reverend E. D. Worley, District Superintendent of the Chattanooga District, and the writer. Her body was laid to rest by the side of her husband in Chattanooga Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Belchee has gone Home to be with those she loved and had lost for a while, where we shall meet again when earth's twilight mixes with Eternity's purple dawn.
Written By: Prince A. Eades – Holston Conference Journal – 1951 – PP: 166-167
Mrs. Anna Lane Belchee (nee Neel) was born at Clear Fork, Tazewell County. Virginia, September 19, 1882. She was the daughter of the late Mathias F. and Hattie Neel, both of whom belonged to pioneer families of Southwest Virginia. In early childhood Mrs. Belchee united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
On August 30, 1899, she was married to the late Reverend William Belchee, then a young minister in the Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. For forty-two years she shared with him the joys and the sacrifices of the Methodist itineracy. Brother Belchee died February 24, 1941.
Five children were born to this union: Mattie Virginia, who died in infancy; Lucille Naomi, who died on September 7th of this year; Mrs. Ruth Carlock Nolan of Savannah, Georgia; Mrs. Mary Lee Snodgrass of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mrs. Billie Neel Morgan of Savannah, Georgia.
In addition to the three living daughters, she is survived by six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were conducted from a funeral home in Chattanooga in charge of her pastor from Savannah, Reverend David A. Duck, assisted by Reverend E. D. Worley, District Superintendent of the Chattanooga District, and the writer. Her body was laid to rest by the side of her husband in Chattanooga Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Belchee has gone Home to be with those she loved and had lost for a while, where we shall meet again when earth's twilight mixes with Eternity's purple dawn.
Written By: Prince A. Eades – Holston Conference Journal – 1951 – PP: 166-167
On August 30, 1899, she was married to the late Reverend William Belchee, then a young minister in the Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. For forty-two years she shared with him the joys and the sacrifices of the Methodist itineracy. Brother Belchee died February 24, 1941.
Five children were born to this union: Mattie Virginia, who died in infancy; Lucille Naomi, who died on September 7th of this year; Mrs. Ruth Carlock Nolan of Savannah, Georgia; Mrs. Mary Lee Snodgrass of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mrs. Billie Neel Morgan of Savannah, Georgia.
In addition to the three living daughters, she is survived by six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were conducted from a funeral home in Chattanooga in charge of her pastor from Savannah, Reverend David A. Duck, assisted by Reverend E. D. Worley, District Superintendent of the Chattanooga District, and the writer. Her body was laid to rest by the side of her husband in Chattanooga Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Belchee has gone Home to be with those she loved and had lost for a while, where we shall meet again when earth's twilight mixes with Eternity's purple dawn.
Written By: Prince A. Eades – Holston Conference Journal – 1951 – PP: 166-167
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