Wilma Deskins

Wilma F. Rose Deskins DAMASCUS, Va. Wilma F. Rose Deskins, age 85, formerly of Jolo, W.Va., was called home to Heaven Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, VA. Wilma was born Sept. 22, 1924, in Coeburn, a daughter of the late John Harvey and Nora Skeens Hawks. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and was retired from the McDowell County School System, having served as head cook at the Bradshaw Jr. High School for 22 years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Reverend Ernest Rose; one sister; two half-sisters; and a half-brother. Survivors include two foster daughters, Ernestine Smith and husband Lennie of Damascus, with whom she made her home for the past two years, and Christine Parson and husband Rick of Bluff City, Tenn.; one foster son, Hobert Keene and wife Joyce of Mt. Holley, N.C.; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Margie Asbury and Agnes Kennedy, both of Paynesville; two half- sisters, Mary Foley of Paynesville and Gertrude Foley of Cleveland, Ohio; two half-brothers, James Hawks of Missouri, and Russell Hawks of Paynesville. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, at 12 o'clock with Evangelist Charles Rose and Reverend Freddie Dobbs officiating at the Family Worship Center at Jolo. Burial will follow in Tom Sparks Cemetery on Rockridge, near Paynesville. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Friends may call at the Family Worship Center in Jolo Friday evening, Dec. 18, 2009, from 5 to 9 p.m. Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger is assisting the Deskins Family.