Joan Elizabeth Stone Vess

Mrs. Joan Elizabeth Stone Vess, 61, of 581 Clydes Run, Eagle Rock, Va., died on Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Alleghany Regional Hospital, Low Moor. She was the wife of Danny Hart Vess. Mrs. Vess was born on August 10, 1947, in Alderson, W.Va., the daughter of the late Ned Stone and Evelyn Carter Stone. She was employed as a teacher's aide with the Alleghany County School System and Botetourt County School System. Mrs. Vess was a member of Harvest of Joy Church and a former member of Granbery United Methodist Church. She was a member and former president of the Sara Rice Pryor Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Vess most loved spending time with her grandchildren and family. In addition to her husband, Danny Hart Vess, she is survived by two daughters, Allison Vass and husband, William, and Amy Vess Melvin and husband, Randy; three granddaughters, Katie-Lee Melvin, Bethany Vass, and Evelyn Melvin; one grandson, Nathaniel Melvin; nine brothers and sisters, Virginia Lawler and husband, Clete, Helen Showman and husband, Calvin, Joe Stone and wife, Jo Ann, Charles Stone and wife, Lucy, Sue Paxton, James Stone and wife, Rosie, Peggy Carter and husband, Robert, Thomas Stone and wife, Cheryl, and Mary Quick and husband, Allen. A funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, from the chapel of Loving Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Vass officiating. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening, June 30, 2009, from 7 until 8:30 p.m. at Loving Funeral Home. The family suggests that memorial tributes take the form of contributions to the Sara Rice Pryor Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, c/o Gloria O'Neil, Scott Hill Apt #305, 800 W. Ridgeway, Clifton Forge, Va. 24422.