Lelia Bernice "Bee" Huffman-Harvey

PRINCETON — Lelia Bernice "Bee" Huffman-Harvey, 88, of 204 Field Street, Princeton, died Sunday, December 27, 2009 at the Princeton Community Hospital.Born in Bluefield on December 16, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Harrison and Bertha Lee Ferrell Hylton.She was a graduate of McClain Business School and was previously employed by the Western Union and the Bailey Lumber Company, Bluefield, and the Maidenform in Princeton.She was a former member of the Stinson United Methodist Church where she served as pianist and organist. She currently was attending the Immanuel Baptist Church in Princeton. She was past president of the Princeton Community Hospital Volunteers (serving as a volunteer for 22 years), the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 53 and the Woodmen of the World Camp 217. She also served as organist for the Glenwood Park Retirement Home, Woodmen of the World and the Order of the Eastern Star. In 1991, she was the Belle of Summerfest of Princeton.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, George S. Huffman; second husband, Howard Rufus Harvey; brothers, Garland and Benjamin H. Hylton, Jr.; and one sister, Dorothy Helmandollar.Surviving is her daughter, Judy Huffman Irvin of Princeton; stepson, Howard Harvey, Jr. of Tennessee; three grandchildren, Benjamin Hylton Irvin and wife Alison Greene, Katherine Irvin Cox and husband John Cox, Cameron Sherwood Irvin; great-grandchildren, Avery John Cox, Eli Irvin Cox, Ellie Katherine Cox, Madelaine Grace Irvin and her mother Summer Cooper; sister, Zelda Hylton Brubaker and husband Emory Brubaker of Rocky Mount, Va.Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 31, 2009 at the Burns Wornal Chapel of the Memorial Funeral Directory on Athens Road in Princeton with Pastor Dan Jividen officiating. Burial will follow in the Roselawn Memorial Garden in Princeton. Benjamin Irvin, Cameron Irvin, John Cox, Avery Cox, Darrell Brubaker, and Steve Brubaker will serve as pallbearers.Friends may visit with the family Wednesday evening from 6 until 8 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Directory where an Eastern Star Service will be conducted at 8:00 p.m. Online condolences may be sent via www.memorialfd.comThe Huffman-Harvey family is being served by the Memorial Funeral Directory and Cremation Center on Athens Road, Princeton.