the following obit is reprinted with permission of the Bristol Herald Courier, in Bristol, Va.

Eleanor Lamie

BROADFORD, Va.-Eleanor Lamie, 78, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002, in Francis Marion Manor. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Nannie Griffitts of Broadford. She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman T. Lamie; one son, Ralph Lamie; daughter, Linda Lamie; grandson, Tim Lamie; three brothers, Paul Griffitts, William Griffitts and Ralph Griffitts; and one sister, Mildred Hess. Survivors: son and daughter-in-law, Mac and Dolly Lamie of Saltville; brother and wife, Frank and Thelma Griffitts of Chilhowie; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Patrick of Bland, Va., Kathleen and Norman Harris of Saltville and Nell and Campbell Whitley of Saltville; sisters-in-law, Cristine Griffitts of Marion, Betty Griffitts of Saltville, Hester Lamie of Chilhowie, Agnes Lamie of Hannibal, N.Y., and Cordie Lamie of Tannersville, Va.; brother-in-law, Oscar Hess of Broadford; two grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, all of Georgia; one great-great-grandson; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral serivces will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday at Henderson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. George Osborne officiating. Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002, at Mount Rose Cemetery in Glade Spring. The family will receive friends from 6 till 8 p.m. Friday prior to the services.

Note: I am of no relation, but my sympathies go out to those of you who are.