Zella Lee Dye Church peacefully completed her life's journey on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at her home in Dyllis.
She was born on March 5, 1926, in Raven, Va., the second daughter of Harley and Ellen Breedlove Dye. She attended Pine Creek Elementary and Honaker high schools. During World War II, Zella taught briefly in a one-room school and later worked in a war plant in Richmond, Va., making parachutes for the troops.
On Sept. 8, 1945, she married her childhood sweetheart, Hargus P. Church. They moved to the Dyllis community in 1949 because Hargus had taken a job with Fairchild in Oak Ridge.
Zella was first and foremost a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was an excellent seamstress, a talented artist and enjoyed cooking, painting, reading and music. She was a member of Dyllis Baptist Church, where she taught Training Union, Vacation Bible School, GA's and Sunbeams for several years during the 1950s and 1960s.
Mrs. Church was preceded in death by her parents, Harley and Ellen Dye, and a sister, Peggy Ray.
Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Hargus Church; mother-in-law, Nora Church of Oliver Springs; son, H.P. Church, Jr. and wife, Sheila; daughter, Vicki Collins and husband, David; grandchildren, Davy and Christy Collins, all of Oliver Springs, and Erin Church and husband, Michael; and great-grandson, Asa Church of Knoxville; brothers, Harold Dye and wife, Audery, of Knoxville, and H.G. Dye and wife, Gerri, of Kingsport; sisters, Marie Long and husband, Charles, of Roanoke, Va., Geneva Ellis and husband, Bob, of Columbus, Ohio, Wanda Jackson and husband, Gene, of Harriman, Linda Boyd of Raven, Va., Dottie Caudill and husband, Charley, of Cleveland, Marianna Fedoroff and husband, Gregg, of St. Charles, Mo.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Jackson-Oliver Mortuary in Oliver Springs with the funeral service immediately following. Brother Waylan Payne will officiate the service. Interment will be held on Monday, Nov. 24, at 11 a.m., at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
Jackson-Oliver Mortuary of Oliver Springs is in charge of arrangements. An online register book is available at jacksonolivermortuary.com
She was born on March 5, 1926, in Raven, Va., the second daughter of Harley and Ellen Breedlove Dye. She attended Pine Creek Elementary and Honaker high schools. During World War II, Zella taught briefly in a one-room school and later worked in a war plant in Richmond, Va., making parachutes for the troops.
On Sept. 8, 1945, she married her childhood sweetheart, Hargus P. Church. They moved to the Dyllis community in 1949 because Hargus had taken a job with Fairchild in Oak Ridge.
Zella was first and foremost a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was an excellent seamstress, a talented artist and enjoyed cooking, painting, reading and music. She was a member of Dyllis Baptist Church, where she taught Training Union, Vacation Bible School, GA's and Sunbeams for several years during the 1950s and 1960s.
Mrs. Church was preceded in death by her parents, Harley and Ellen Dye, and a sister, Peggy Ray.
Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Hargus Church; mother-in-law, Nora Church of Oliver Springs; son, H.P. Church, Jr. and wife, Sheila; daughter, Vicki Collins and husband, David; grandchildren, Davy and Christy Collins, all of Oliver Springs, and Erin Church and husband, Michael; and great-grandson, Asa Church of Knoxville; brothers, Harold Dye and wife, Audery, of Knoxville, and H.G. Dye and wife, Gerri, of Kingsport; sisters, Marie Long and husband, Charles, of Roanoke, Va., Geneva Ellis and husband, Bob, of Columbus, Ohio, Wanda Jackson and husband, Gene, of Harriman, Linda Boyd of Raven, Va., Dottie Caudill and husband, Charley, of Cleveland, Marianna Fedoroff and husband, Gregg, of St. Charles, Mo.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Jackson-Oliver Mortuary in Oliver Springs with the funeral service immediately following. Brother Waylan Payne will officiate the service. Interment will be held on Monday, Nov. 24, at 11 a.m., at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
Jackson-Oliver Mortuary of Oliver Springs is in charge of arrangements. An online register book is available at jacksonolivermortuary.com
Zella Lee Dye Church peacefully completed her life's journey on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at her home in Dyllis.
She was born on March 5, 1926, in Raven, Va., the second daughter of Harley and Ellen Breedlove Dye. She attended Pine Creek Elementary and Honaker high schools. During World War II, Zella taught briefly in a one-room school and later worked in a war plant in Richmond, Va., making parachutes for the troops.
On Sept. 8, 1945, she married her childhood sweetheart, Hargus P. Church. They moved to the Dyllis community in 1949 because Hargus had taken a job with Fairchild in Oak Ridge.
Zella was first and foremost a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was an excellent seamstress, a talented artist and enjoyed cooking, painting, reading and music. She was a member of Dyllis Baptist Church, where she taught Training Union, Vacation Bible School, GA's and Sunbeams for several years during the 1950s and 1960s.
Mrs. Church was preceded in death by her parents, Harley and Ellen Dye, and a sister, Peggy Ray.
Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Hargus Church; mother-in-law, Nora Church of Oliver Springs; son, H.P. Church, Jr. and wife, Sheila; daughter, Vicki Collins and husband, David; grandchildren, Davy and Christy Collins, all of Oliver Springs, and Erin Church and husband, Michael; and great-grandson, Asa Church of Knoxville; brothers, Harold Dye and wife, Audery, of Knoxville, and H.G. Dye and wife, Gerri, of Kingsport; sisters, Marie Long and husband, Charles, of Roanoke, Va., Geneva Ellis and husband, Bob, of Columbus, Ohio, Wanda Jackson and husband, Gene, of Harriman, Linda Boyd of Raven, Va., Dottie Caudill and husband, Charley, of Cleveland, Marianna Fedoroff and husband, Gregg, of St. Charles, Mo.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Jackson-Oliver Mortuary in Oliver Springs with the funeral service immediately following. Brother Waylan Payne will officiate the service. Interment will be held on Monday, Nov. 24, at 11 a.m., at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
Jackson-Oliver Mortuary of Oliver Springs is in charge of arrangements. An online register book is available at jacksonolivermortuary.com
She was born on March 5, 1926, in Raven, Va., the second daughter of Harley and Ellen Breedlove Dye. She attended Pine Creek Elementary and Honaker high schools. During World War II, Zella taught briefly in a one-room school and later worked in a war plant in Richmond, Va., making parachutes for the troops.
On Sept. 8, 1945, she married her childhood sweetheart, Hargus P. Church. They moved to the Dyllis community in 1949 because Hargus had taken a job with Fairchild in Oak Ridge.
Zella was first and foremost a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was an excellent seamstress, a talented artist and enjoyed cooking, painting, reading and music. She was a member of Dyllis Baptist Church, where she taught Training Union, Vacation Bible School, GA's and Sunbeams for several years during the 1950s and 1960s.
Mrs. Church was preceded in death by her parents, Harley and Ellen Dye, and a sister, Peggy Ray.
Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Hargus Church; mother-in-law, Nora Church of Oliver Springs; son, H.P. Church, Jr. and wife, Sheila; daughter, Vicki Collins and husband, David; grandchildren, Davy and Christy Collins, all of Oliver Springs, and Erin Church and husband, Michael; and great-grandson, Asa Church of Knoxville; brothers, Harold Dye and wife, Audery, of Knoxville, and H.G. Dye and wife, Gerri, of Kingsport; sisters, Marie Long and husband, Charles, of Roanoke, Va., Geneva Ellis and husband, Bob, of Columbus, Ohio, Wanda Jackson and husband, Gene, of Harriman, Linda Boyd of Raven, Va., Dottie Caudill and husband, Charley, of Cleveland, Marianna Fedoroff and husband, Gregg, of St. Charles, Mo.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Jackson-Oliver Mortuary in Oliver Springs with the funeral service immediately following. Brother Waylan Payne will officiate the service. Interment will be held on Monday, Nov. 24, at 11 a.m., at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
Jackson-Oliver Mortuary of Oliver Springs is in charge of arrangements. An online register book is available at jacksonolivermortuary.com
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