Lilly Wolstencroft Buckberry

LEWISBURG — Lil Buckberry, 93, of Lewisburg, W.Va., died quietly in her sleep on April 30, 2009. She was a temporary resident of Mayfair Place Assisted Living in Cedar Bluff, Va.She was born January 29, 1916, in Carswell, W.Va., and resided in McDowell County, primarily in War and Coalwood, for many years. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Buckberry, Sr.; and her daughter-in-law, Anna Cullen Nuckols Buckberry. Her father, Jack Wolstencroft, was killed in a mining accident at age 53. He and her mother, Emily Bailey Wolstencroft, and her sister, Hilda, immigrated to America from Lancestershire, England, in 1907.Lil was a 1933 graduate of Big Creek High School, War, W.Va., and a graduate of Concord College, in Athens, W.Va., where she was a member of Alpha Sigma Tau sorority. She taught in West Virginia schools over a 45 year period, and after retirement, she moved from Coalwood, W.Va., to Lewisburg, W.Va., where she resided for 15 years. A member of the Lewisburg United Methodist Church and a Women's Circle participant, Lil was also active in the Woman's Club of Lewisburg and was a Pink Lady in the Greenbrier Valley Hospital for several years. Bridge was always a constant source of joy and socialization throughout her life. She is survived by a daughter, Emily Sue Buckberry, of Huntington, W.Va.; and a son, Joe Buckberry, Jr. of Clintonville, W.Va.; and a grandson, Tom William Buckberry, of Bowling Green, Ky. She is also survived by a nephew, John Allen, and his wife Ruth "Cookie" Allen, of Cucumber, W.Va., and was always known as "Nana Lil" to their children, Gabriella, Amber, Noel and Jonathan. A nephew, Bill Turner, and wife, Vickie; and his mother, Jerry Turner of Fairlea, W.Va.; and a nephew by marriage, Ray, Jr. Buckberry, of Bowling Green, Ky., complete her family circle.The family will receive friends at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg from 6:30 until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5th. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 6th at the Lewisburg United Methodist Church. Following a luncheon at the church for Lil's family and friends, interment will follow at Monte Vista Cemetery on the Old Bluefield-Princeton Road.Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg is in charge of arrangementsPlease send online condolences by visiting www.WallaceandWallaceFH.com