Margaret Geneva 'Nevar' Lane, 93, VA, obit; w/o Otis Lane
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Margaret Geneva 'Nevar' Lane, 93, Big Stone Gap, VA,
passed away Thursday August 9, 2012, at her residence.
She was born to Larkin and Rosa (Collins) Willis on March
14, 1919. She was a member of Cadet Primitive Baptist
Church. Nevar was a real survivor, loved by everyone she
met.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Otis Lane; six
sisters, Leora Willis, Atta Mae Willis, Nettie Seymore,
Louisa Robinson, Louvinia Seymore, and Ruby Goins; sons,
James Newton Lane, Homer Robinson, and Earl Robinson, Jr.;
sons-in-law, Elmer Reed and Ed Sproles; grandson, Terry
Sproles; several nieces and nephews; and two great-
grandsons, Brian and Jeffrey.
Mrs. Lane is survived by two sons, Richard and Ethel Lane,
and Buddy and Elaine Lane, of Big Stone Gap, VA; daughters,
Phyllis Reed, of Kingsport, TN, and Geraldine Sproles, of
Norton, VA; twenty-four grandchildren; sixty great grand-
children; twenty-one great-great grandchildren; several
nieces and nephews; and a host of friends; and her cat.
The family wishes to extend special thanks to the 2nd
floor CCU at Wellmont Holston Valley, Wellmont Hospice
nurses and Dr. Michael Smith.
The family will receive friends from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., on
Sunday, August 12, 2012, at Holding Funeral Home (17 E. 3rd
St., N.), in Big Stone Gap.
The funeral service will be conducted at 6 p.m., on
Sunday, in the funeral home chapel, with the Rev. Don
Lambert and Barry Reed, grandson, officiating. Singing
will be provided by Pat Hall.
The committal service will be held at 11 a.m., on Monday,
August 13, 2012, at East Lawn Memorial Park (4997 Memorial
Blvd.) in Kingsport, Sullivan Co, TN. The family and
friends are asked to meet at the cemetery by 10:50 a.m.,
on Monday.
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