Sallie Cassell Obituary

HONAKER – Mrs. Sallie Josephine Gibson Cassell, age 90, passed away Monday, Feb. 21, 2005, in a Lebanon nursing facility. Born Jan. 31, 1915, in Wilder, Va., she was a daughter of the late Aron and Nannie Rhea Gibson. A lifelong resident of the Russell County area, she was of the Christian faith.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Charlie Cassell, two sisters, Lovie Whittaker and Maudie Gibson, and one brother, Dock Rhea. In her generation, she was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Survivors include one daughter, Shelba Blankenship of Bluefield, Va.; one son, Rev. James Cassell and his wife Joann of Honaker; one stepdaughter, Mildred Scott of Destin, Fla.; five grandchildren, Ronald Blankenship, Deborah Dishman, James Blankenship, Charles Allen Cassell and Bradley Scott Cassell; six great-grandchildren, Melissa Husband, Matthew Blankenship, Adam Dishman, Brandon Cassell, Kelly Mangum and Cody Mangum; one great-great-grandson, Joshua Austin Husband also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel, Honaker, with Pastor Larry Brooks and Rev. Dave Radford officiating. Interment will follow in Russell Memorial Cemetery at Lebanon. Pallbearers will be Bradley Cassell, Ronald Blankenship, James Blankenship, Darrell Dishman, Scott Cox and Lloyd Rhea.
Honorary pallbearers will be Chuck Price, Howard Yates, Radford Rhea, Burl Rhea, Dr. Dwight Bailey and Matthew Sykes.
Friends may call at the Honaker Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Tuesday.