AARON J. RUNYON 12/05/1911-11/22/2003
Dec 2, 2003 6:31:30 GMT -5
Post by Ira A. Runyan on Dec 2, 2003 6:31:30 GMT -5
AARON J. RUNYON
Aaron J. Runyon, 91, 1030 Chestnut Drive, Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2003 at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. He was a native of Davey, West Virginia. He was born to the late Joseph Albert Runyon and Victoria Bishop Runyon December 5, 1911. He was the 7th great-grandson of Vincent Rongnion, who was a French Huguenot who fled to America in 1665 and was among the early settlers of New Jersey. He attended school in Davey, West Virginia and in Butler, Tennessee and was a welder and pipe fitter. He was a member of Dyson Grove Baptist Church and a very proud Navy Veteran who served in World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Elizabeth Runyon, 92; two sons, Richard Ayers, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina and Joseph Runyon, Dayton, Tennessee; one daughter, Donna Laws, Jonesborough, Tennessee; one sister, Sybil Brooks, Tazewell, Virginia; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, November 24, 2003 at 2 p.m. from the Hux-Lipford Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Frank Woods officiating.
Military graveside services followed in the Phillippi Cemetery.
Pallbearers were men of the First Freewill Baptist Church.
Hux-Lipford Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Aaron J. Runyon, 91, 1030 Chestnut Drive, Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2003 at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. He was a native of Davey, West Virginia. He was born to the late Joseph Albert Runyon and Victoria Bishop Runyon December 5, 1911. He was the 7th great-grandson of Vincent Rongnion, who was a French Huguenot who fled to America in 1665 and was among the early settlers of New Jersey. He attended school in Davey, West Virginia and in Butler, Tennessee and was a welder and pipe fitter. He was a member of Dyson Grove Baptist Church and a very proud Navy Veteran who served in World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Elizabeth Runyon, 92; two sons, Richard Ayers, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina and Joseph Runyon, Dayton, Tennessee; one daughter, Donna Laws, Jonesborough, Tennessee; one sister, Sybil Brooks, Tazewell, Virginia; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, November 24, 2003 at 2 p.m. from the Hux-Lipford Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Frank Woods officiating.
Military graveside services followed in the Phillippi Cemetery.
Pallbearers were men of the First Freewill Baptist Church.
Hux-Lipford Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.