Herbert Eller

Eller Herbert Fielden Eller, 81, and Lillian Marie Myers Eller, 79, died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, together at their home in Chilhowie. Mr. and Mrs. Eller were married for 60 years. He was born in Smyth County to the late Edgar Fielden Eller and Blanche Poe Eller and was preceded in death by his son, Michael Herbert Eller, and his sisters, Edna Edmiston, Edith Martin and Isabelle Shepard. He retired from the Bethlehem Steel Co. in Baltimore, Md., after 35 years of service. He served honorably in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and was a member of Joy Baptist Church. She was born in Smyth County to the late Melvin Myers and Ruby Heffinger Myers and was preceded in death by her son, Michael Herbert Eller, her brothers, Bill, Joe, Cork and June Myers, and her sister, Charmie McManamy. She was retired from the Lever Brothers Corp. in Baltimore, after 30 years of service and was a member of Joy Baptist Church. Survivors include children, Denny Eller and wife, Donnia, of Taylorsville, N.C., Deborah Clasing and husband, David, of Chesapeake, and Vicki Roberts and husband, Ernest, of Claremont, N.C.; grandchildren, Tina Gross, Eric Dorff, and Michael, Marie and Mary Elizabeth Clasing; great-grandchildren, Matthew Nelson and Kendall Gross; several step-grandchildren; her brother, Howard Myers of Seven Mile Ford; her sisters, Evelyn Porterfield of Baltimore, Md., Phyllis Paugh, Baltimore, Md., and Anna Mae Hunt of Saltville; and several nieces and nephews; a special niece Joyce Edmiston, and a special nephew, Mark "Bull" Myers. Funeral services were conducted Saturday, Nov. 5, at 8 p.m. at Bradley's Funeral Home Chapel in Marion with the Rev. Jay Overbay officiating. Graveside services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends Saturday from 6 until 8 p.m. at the funeral Home. Flowers were accepted or memorial donations can be made to Joy Baptist Church, 37266 Faris Dr., Glade Spring, VA 24340. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.bradleysfh.com Bradley's Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.