Eula Boggs-Meade-Branham

Eula Boggs-Meade-Branham POUND, Va. Mrs. Eula Boggs-Meade-Branham, 85, went to her eternal rest Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. Eula was a lifelong resident of Pound and graduated from the Christopher Gist High School. She was a founding member and elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Pound where she tirelessly worked with the church's weekly food program. She worked as a postal clerk until she retired in 1986. Eula preferred life's simple pleasures. She enjoyed gardening and helping others, as well as loved family gatherings and celebrations but, most of all, she cherished outings with her grandson and great-grandson. Eula was a good friend to all that knew her. In addition to her parents, Hettie Meade and Howie Boggs Sr.; and her stepfather, Alvin Cantrell. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Truman Kegley Meade, following 25 wonderful years of marriage; as well as by her second husband, Vernon Branham, after a short but delightful 12 years of marriage. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, Burnis, Billy, Rex, and Howie Boggs Jr. and Royce Cantrell; her stepbrothers, Bruce, Carl, Paul and Earl Cantrell; her sisters, Vinila Meade and Bonnie Craft; and her stepsister, Florine Meade. She leaves behind a daughter, Sherron Meade Dean and husband George; a grandson, Treavor Boggs and wife Robyn; a great-grandson, Alex Boggs; a godson, Tony Hubbard and wife Sherrie; a brother, Carfer Boggs; sisters, Shelby Hubbard and husband Roddie and Roma Burough and husband Howard; and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends to mourn her loss and cherish her memory. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, in the Sadie Baker Memorial Chapel of Baker Funeral Home. The funeral service will follow at 7:30 p.m. with Pastor Will Gipe officiating. Spiritual music will be provided by Debra Green, Marcus and Christy Smith, Trista Ragsdale, and Titus Lacaya. The committal service will be conducted at 11 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, at Powell Valley Memorial Gardens in Big Stone Gap, Va. Family and friends are asked to meet at Baker Funeral Home 10 a.m. to go in procession. Serving as pallbearers will be Trevor Boggs, Alex Boggs, David Tunnell, Stephen Hubbard, Scott Hubbard and Tony Hubbard. Honorary pallbearers will be George Dean, Ronnie Riner, Philip Shelton, David Osborne, Michael Davies, members of the Pound Masonic Lodge 59AF&AM, and men of the First Presbyterian Church of Pound. Baker Funeral Home Pound, is serving the family of Mrs. Eula Boggs-Meade-Branham. Online condolences may be sent to baker_funeral_home@yahoo.com