Veva Adele (Cook) Jones Feamster Fawcett Obituary

[Register-Herald, Beckley, WV, August 26, 2011]

Veva Adele Fawcett

RONCEVERTE - Veva Adele Fawcett, age 90, of Ronceverte, formerly of Alderson, passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2011, at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Fairlea, following a short illness.

Born October 19, 1920, at Sinks Grove, she was the daughter of the late DeWhitt Clinton and Viola Riffe Cook. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Marie Hylton, Elline Crosier, Lottie Keatley, and Polly Via.

Ms. Fawcett was a retired correctional officer, having retired from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Alderson, after 20 plus years of service. Prior to her employment with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, she worked as a beautician at Beth's Beauty Shop, Alderson.

She was a 1939 graduate of Alderson High School and graduated from Charleston Barber and Beauty School in 1941. Ms. Fawcett was a member of the Old Greenbrier Baptist Church, Alderson, and attended the First Baptist Church of Fairlea. She was a former member of the Retired Federal Employee's. Ms. Fawcett loved to shop and to spend time with her family, especially her grandchildren, whom she dearly loved.

Survivors include two sons, James C. Jones and his wife, Bobbie, of Annandale, Va., and Alex H. Feamster and his wife, Christine, of Caldwell; five grandchildren: Chad Feamster of Lewisburg, James C. Jones II of Bowling Green, Ky., Kristina Jones Goode and her husband, Chris, of Oviedo, Fla., Samuel Allen Jones and his wife, Mary, of Mechanicsville, Va., and Michael Shane Jones and his wife, Dawn, of Annandale, Va.; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Saturday, August 27, 2011, at 2 p.m. at the Lobban Funeral Home Chapel, Alderson, with Pastor Kevin Prevett officiating. Burial will follow at the Alderson Cemetery, Alderson. Friends may call Saturday, August 27, 2011, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lobban Funeral Home, Alderson.

Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.

Arrangements by Lobban Funeral Home, Alderson.