Obituary - Ella Mae (Canter) Kilby
Ella Kilby
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. - Ella Mae Kilby, age 98, our beloved mother and
grandmother, passed away quietly Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007, at her home.
Ella Mae was born Sept. 13, 1909, to the late Harry and Elizabeth Canter.
She was a member of Lippincott Presbyterian Church and was employed by Big Jack
Manufacturing. She had a great love for quilting and the outdoors.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence W. Kilby, one sister; four
brothers and her son-in-law, Charles I. Anderson.
Survivors include her daughter, Peggy Colleen Anderson of Bristol Virginia;
three sons, Jack Kilby and wife Carolyn of Randleman, N.C., and Charles Kilby
and wife Violet and Harry B. Kilby and wife Lynda, all of Bristol Virginia; four
granddaughters; three grandsons; 16 great-grandchildren; three
great-great-grandsons; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, in the
Akard Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Scott Price officiating. The family
will receive friends from 5:30-6:45 p.m., prior to the service, or visit the
family at the Kilby home.
The committal service and interment will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct.
18, 2007, in Mountain View Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be grandsons and great-grandsons. Honorary pallbearer will be
Eddie Canter.
Akard Funeral Home, 1912 West State St., Bristol, Tenn., (423) 989-4800, is
serving the family of Mrs. Kilby.
Published in Bristol Herald Courier on October 17, 2007
Ella Kilby
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. - The committal service and interment for Ella Mae
Kilby will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, in Mountain View
Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be grandsons and great-grandsons. Honorary pallbearer will be
Eddie Canter.
Ella Mae Kilby, age 98, our beloved mother and grandmother, passed away quietly
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007, at her home.
Akard Funeral Home, 1912 W. State St., Bristol, Tenn., (423) 989-4800, is
serving the family of Mrs. Kilby.
Published in Bristol Herald Courier on October 18, 2007