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Obituary for Mabel Neice Humphries Mabel Neice Humphries
BV Baptist Church Member Succumbs At Age 88

Mabel Neice Humphries, 88, of Buena Vista, went to be with the Lord on July 16, 2007.

She was born on September 10, 1918, the daughter of the late Annie Marie Riley Neice and Benjamin Franklin Neice.

On December 23, 1939 she married Wilbur Vernou Humphries, who preceded her in death on November 30, 2005.

She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Charlie and Bunny Humphries Richeson of BelAir, Maryland and Midge and Stanley Craun of Weyers Cave, Virginia; two granddaughters and their husbands and three great grandchildren. She is also survived by two sisters: Sarah Tomlinson and Eula Ruff, and many wonderful nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Humphries retired from Reeves Brothers in Buena Vista in 1983. She had been a member of the Buena Vista Baptist Church since the early 1940s and was a member of the Star Maskers Sunday School Class.

She was a loving daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend and will be sadly missed by all who knew her.

A celebration of her life will be held at the Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Chapel at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 21st. Burial will follow in the Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. on Friday, July 20 at the Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Service, Buena Vista, Virginia.