- Okie Mae Altizer Muncy, 96, of Shop Hollow, went home to be with the Lord Friday, May 11, 2007, at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield.
Born April 15, 1911 at War, she was a daughter of the late Henry Lee Altizer and Patty Sparks Altizer. She was a member of Independent Church of the Living God at Shop Hollow. She was a special mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother, and aunt. We are thankful to the Lord for letting us have Mom all these years. She loved attending church when her health permitted, as well as canning her vegetables and fruit, cooking for all her family, crocheting and watching her religious programs.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Izear Muncy; three sisters, Susie Altizer Pack, Menty Lou Altizer Myers, and Rebecca Altizer Muncy; four brothers, George W. Altizer, Riley Altizer, Henry Roosevelt Altizer and Frank Altizer; special sister in law, Clara Muncy Rutherford; special son, Cecil Muncy, who died in 2006; son in law, Tom Harman; grandson, Roger Lee Graham; granddaughter, Sheri Lynn Muncy Brown; two nephews, Raymond Muncy and Buddy Lee Muncy; two nieces, Annie Muncy and Connie Muncy Branch. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Okie and her husband, Izear, helped raise her sister and brother in law's children after her sister Rebecca's death.
Left to cherish her memories are three daughters, Eloise Graham and husband Lee of Cucumber, Effie Collins and husband Sherman of Shop Hollow, and Shirley Harman of the Dix Creek community of Bandy, Va.; seven sons, Lawrence Muncy and wife Madeline, James E. Muncy and wife Cathy, all of Warriormine, Earl Muncy and wife Stella of Newhall, Elmer Muncy, Walter Muncy and wife Annie, Wilmer Muncy and wife Helen, and Kenny Muncy and wife Rosie, all of Shop Hollow; 20 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren; nephews, Burley Muncy and Charley Muncy, who helped take care of Okie, Thurman Muncy and Denny Muncy.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, May 14, 2007, at Independent Church of the Living God in Shop Hollow with the Rev. John Muncy and the Rev. Jesse Estep officiating. Burial will follow at Muncy Family Cemetery in Shop Hollow. Pallbearers will be James E. "Boomer" Muncy Jr., Ricky Muncy, Wayne Muncy, Charlie Muncy, Jimmy Muncy, and Homer Muncy. Honorary pallbearers will be Thurman Muncy, Burley Muncy, Denny Muncy, Charles Muncy, Lee Graham, Sherman Collins, Henry Barnett, Datsie Harman, Alfred Owens, and Jim Hill.
The family will receive friends at Independent Church of the Living God in Shop Hollow after 6 p.m. today, May 13, 2007.
Peery & St.Clair Funeral Home of Tazewell, Va., is serving the Muncy family.
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