Obituary - Gladys D (Gill)Worley

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ABINGDON, Va. ? Mrs. Gladys Purcell Worley, age 82, passed away at the Johnston Memorial Hospital on Friday, Oct. 19, 2007. God sent his angels to carry our dear mother, Gladys Purcell Worley, home.

While on this earth, she was a loving mother and grandmother who enjoyed preparing big family dinners and loved for her children, grandchildren, friends and neighbors to share in her joy of cooking. She also loved to garden and enjoyed beautiful flowers. In the garden of flowers she was our rose. She was a member of the Valley View Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Cora Stout Gill and Gilson Gill; her first husband, Preston N. Purcell; her second husband, Roscoe Worley; three brothers, Coy Gill, Ross Gill and Clayton Gill; and a sister Geneva Caudill.

Survivors include four daughters, Madgie Scyphers and husband Cecil of Abingdon, Virgie Sweet and husband Robert of Abingdon, Laura Morrison and husband Roger of Abingdon and Jean Meadows and husband Richard of Emory; seven grandchildren, Carla Matney, David Meadows, Donna Debusk, Aaron Scyphers, Regina Phillips, Vicki Morrison and Lisa Morrison; two great-grandchildren, Aubrey Rose Matney and Zak Debusk; one sister, Mavis Lane of Bristol Virginia; three brothers, W.D. "Doc" Gill, Max Gill and Carl Gill, all of Bristol Virginia; and a special friend, Wilma Cook.

Funeral services for Mrs. Gladys Purcell Worley will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007, in the Frost Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Kenneth Widener and the Rev. Jerry A. Eggers officiating. Burial will follow in the Forest Hills Memory Gardens.?
Pallbearers will be David Meadows, Aaron Scyphers, Danny Gill, Terry Gill, Daryl Gill, Allen Gill, Steve Matney, Nathan Phillips and Travis Debusk. Honorary pallbearers will be Howard Garrett and the men of the Valley View Church.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday in the Frost Funeral Home Chapel or anytime at the home of Mrs. Worley.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Valley View Baptist Church Building Fund, c/o Mrs. Bonnie S. Botts, 14057 Caney Valley Road, Bristol VA 24202.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.frostfuneralhome.com.
Frost Funeral Home, 250 E. Main St., Abingdon, (276) 628-2131, is serving the family of Mrs. Gladys Purcell Worley.