Margaret "Ruth" Melvin

Margaret "Ruth" Perkey Melvin, 74, of Bland died Thursday morning, Feb. 12, 2009, at Westwood Nursing Home in Bluefield. Funeral service was held Saturday, Feb. 14, at 11 a.m. at A. Vest & Son Funeral Home with Father Stanley Funston officiating. Private interment was in the old Bethel Cemetery at Bland. She was born March 23, 1934, in Bland County, daughter of the late Trubie B. and Carrie Cregger Perkey. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy V. Melvin; a son, Michael V. Melvin; a grandson, Michael Anthony Melvin; and two brothers, William Bane Perkey and Stephen H. Perkey. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Frances M. and David Grouse of Bluefield, W.Va., Connie M. and John R. Tharp of Bland; two sisters, Ollie Lambert of Little Creek and Frances Shupe of Ceres; five grandchildren, Chris Pauley of Wytheville, Savannah Tickle and Amy Grouse, both of Bluefield, W.Va., Amanda and Michael V. Melvin Jr. of Wytheville; and a great-granddaughter, Sophia Grace Perkey of Wytheville. A. Vest & Son Funeral Home at White Gate was in charge of the arrangements.