Elcie Oquin

GRUNDY, Va. – Elcie Oquin, age 79, passed away at the Wellmont Lonesome Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap, Va., on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009.
Born on Aug. 12, 1929, in Buchanan County, Elcie was a daughter of the late Bart Belcher and Dottie Owens Belcher. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Clifford Tolbert; her second husband, Hayes Oquin; and her daughter, Claudia (Tolbert) (Oquin) Love. Elcie had lived most of her life in Grundy and, more recently, was a resident of Heritage Hall in Big Stone Gap. She was an active member of the Buchanan County Senior Citizens Center and a member of the Vansant Baptist Church.
Survivors include her sons, George Joey O'Quinn and his wife Geneva of Big Stone Gap and Bobby Ervin O'Quin and his wife Alicia of Vansant, Va.; her grandsons, Todd Love and wife Danica of Nashville, Tenn., Matthew O'Quin of Vansant and Evan O'Quinn of Big Stone Gap; her granddaughters, Shantih (Love) Crowdis and husband Charles of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Sara O'Quin of Vansant; her stepgranddaughters, Megan Varner and Jillian Varner of Big Stone Gap; her great-grandchildren, Nathan, Kyra and Emma Love of Nashville and Kinsley and Reece Crowdis of Chattanooga; her brother, Ricky Belcher and wife Ruby of Grundy; her sisters, Lois Strunk and husband Ralph of Ohio, Patsy Shortridge and husband Ray, Velcie Elswick and Mickey Stiltner, all of Abingdon, Va., and Sue McKinney and husband John of Johnson City, Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank the nursing staff of Heritage Hall for their excellent care and service provided during their mother's stay. Also a special appreciation goes to the Buchanan County Senior Citizens Center and members and to her special caregiver, Juanita Jackson.
The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, at the Forest Hills Chapel of Farris Funeral Service, located on the grounds of Forest Hills Memory Gardens at 19415 Lee Highway in Abingdon, Va. A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Forest Hills Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Bobby McGraw of Vansant Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hills Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
Those wishing to send memories or messages of sympathy online may do so by visiting farrisfuneralservice.com.
The Forest Hills Chapel of Farris Funeral Service, 19415 Lee Highway, Abingdon, Va., (276) 623-2727, is serving the family of Elcie Oquin.