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In Loving Memory of
Ms. Katherine McArthur Westmoreland
MS. KATHERINE McARTHUR WESTMORELAND, 90, ALSO
KNOWN AS “KITTY” OR “GRANNY,” PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 23RD, 2008, AT RIVERVIEW NURSING HOME IN
RICHCREEK
,
VIRGINIA
. KITTY WAS BORN IN
HOPEWELL
,
VIRGINIA
ON AUGUST 28TH, 1918. HER PARENTS WERE THE LATE WILLIAM
McARTHUR AND ETHEL MAY WATSON. SHE
SPENT MOST OF HER LIFE AS A HOME MAKER, MARRIED TO THE LATE WILBUR CLAUDIE
WESTMORELAND FOR 57 YEARS AND RESIDED IN
RICHMOND
,
VIRGINIA
. SHE RAISED THREE SONS AND LIVED THE PAST 10 YEARS WITH HER YOUNGEST SON,
JAMES McARTHUR WESTMORELAND, HIS WIFE AMY, AND THEIR DAUGHTER EMILY.
SHE DIVIDED THE REST OF HER TIME TRAVELING TO
DALLAS
,
TEXAS
AND
RICHMOND
,
VIRGINIA
TO VISIT HER OTHER SONS, WILBUR CLAUDIE WESTMORELAND, JR. AND WILLIAM
EDWARD WESTMORELAND. KITTY ENJOYED TRAVELING THROUGH THE YEARS WITH THE
GOOD SAM AND NATIONAL RAILROADERS CAMPING CLUBS AND VISITED EVERY STATE IN
THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT FOR
ALASKA
. SHE HAD MANY FOND MEMORIES
OF THESE TRAVELS. KITTY ALSO
ENJOYED GOING TO THE
GILES
COUNTY
SENIOR
CENTER
AND LOVED WORKING JIGSAW PUZZLES. SHE
RESIDED AT RIVERVIEW NURSING HOME FOR THE PAST 11 MONTHS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER THREE SONS: JAMES AND AMY WESTMORELAND OF
PEARISBURG, VA, WILBUR WESTMORELAND OF DALLAS, TEXAS, AND WILLIAM AND LIZ
WESTMORELAND OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA; TWELVE GRANDCHILDREN: EMILY
WESTMORELAND, ANDY AND KERI WESTMORELAND, JEANNIE AND JASON ALEXANDER,
AMANDA WESTMORELAND, DAVID AND JEANNIE WESTMORELAND, CHARLIE WESTMORELAND,
PAULA TROUPE, MICHAEL AND BEVERLEY WHITE; AND NINE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
A GRAVESIDE FUNERAL SERVICE
WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH, 2008 AT 10:00AM AT
WESTHAMPTON
MEMORIAL PARK
IN
RICHMOND
,
VIRGINIA
, WITH THE REV ERNEST HOGGE OFFICIATING. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS
AT THE GRAVESIDE FROM 9:00 AM TO 10:00AM.
MEMORIALS CAN BE MADE TO EITHER
GILES
COUNTY
SENIOR
CENTER
OF PEARISBURG, VIRGINIA OR FIRST UNITED
METHODIST
CHURCH
OF PEARISBURG, VA.
If you would like to send your
condolences to the family via Givens Funeral Home, simply sign the Memorial
Guestbook by clicking the link. Your condolences will be printed
out and given to the family.
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