Wytheville Enterprise Obituaries

Thomas M. Lindamood
Thomas Mickey Lindamood, 57, of Pulaski died Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at his residence.
Funeral service held Thursday, July 10, at 7:30 p.m. at Thornspring United Methodist Church with the Rev. Steve McMurray and the Rev. Darlene Marshall officiating. Interment was private.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Pulaski Daily Bread, P.O. Box 824, Pulaski, VA 24301.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at http://www.seaglefuneralhome.com.
Thomas M. Seagle & Sons was in charge of the arrangements.

Edward A. Ramsey
Elder Edward Alexander Ramsey, 64, of Max Meadows died Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at Wythe County Community Hospital in Wytheville.
Funeral service will be held Saturday, July 12, at 3 p.m. at the Barnett Funeral Chapel with Pastor Nolan Wolfe officiating. Interment will be in West End Cemetery.
He was born Aug. 9, 1943, in Keystone, W.Va., son of the late Walter and Naomi Hines Ramsey. He was a member and elder of the House of Prayer and ministered for over 30 years including a term at the Full Gospel Pentecostal Holiness Church.
He was an original member of the Wings of Faith and was a member of the Joybells and the Gospelettes.
He was preceded in death by a son, Eddie Ramsey; a sister, Mary “Doll” Lewis; and two brothers, Alphonso Ramsey and Frankie Ramsey.
Survivors include two sons, Cheseray Ramsey of Buffalo, N.Y., and Patrick Ramsey of Wytheville; three daughters, Tanya Ramsey and Nicola Ramsey, both of Wytheville, and Suzette Ramsey of Max Meadows; several grandchildren including Zhenelle Gill, Jasmine Gill and Isaiah “Tippy” Ramsey; the mother of his children, Pastor Patsy Ramsey of Max Meadows; three brothers, James Ramsey and Howard “Kitty” Ramsey, both of Wytheville, and Melvin Ramsey of Paterson, N.J.; a sister, Anna Ramsey of Paterson, N.J.; mother-in-law, Virgie Jones of Max Meadows; special friends, Pastor Gilda Miller and husband Ernest of Columbus, Ohio, and William Fricker of Dublin; and several nieces, nephews and other close relatives.
Barnett Funeral Home in Wytheville is in charge of the arrangements.

Joanna Spencer
Joanna Spencer, 61, of Rural Retreat died Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville after a short illness.
Funeral service was held Friday, July 11, at 3 p.m. at the Macedonia United Methodist Church in Fenwick, W.Va. Interment was in the Spencer Geo Cemetery in Fenwick, W.Va.
She was born Sept. 26, 1946, in Craigsville, W.Va. She was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Cedar Springs.
She was a 1964 graduate of Richwood High School in Richwood, W.Va., and worked for the Nicholas County Board of Education for 16 years. She was manager of the Comfort Inn.
She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter and sister. She enjoyed her children and grandchildren. Everyone that knew her loved her and she loved everyone.
She was an avid book reader. She read a book every day. She was a good Christian lady.
She is survived by her husband, Leon Spencer; son and daughter-in-law, Jamie and Marilyn Spencer of Fenwick Mt., W.Va.; daughter and son-in-law, Kim and Jerry Collins of Rural Retreat; five grandchildren, Ashley Collins, Spencer Collins, Simeon Spencer, Darrel Spencer and Brian Goins; her mother, Macil Williams of Craigsville, W.Va.; two brothers and sister-in-law, Dayton and Doris Williams of Craigsville, W.Va., and Roger Williams of Fincastle; and a sister and brother-in-law, Frances and Harold Bayne of Roanoke.
Simon-Coleman Funeral Home in Richwood, W.Va., was in charge of the arrangements.

William C. Thomas Jr.
William Crockett Thomas Jr., 83, of Arlington died Wednesday, June 25, 2008.
Inurnment with honors will be held Thursday, July 24, at 9 a.m. at the Arlington National Cemetery Columbarium.
He was born May 8, 1925, in Wytheville, son of the late Judge William C. and Czarina Pettit Thomas. Following a full childhood, he began his first pursuit of learning to fly at the young age of 14 in 1940.
He later flew solo on his birthday at the minimum age of 16 making him the youngest legal pilot in the United States. He broadened his passion for flight by becoming a civilian aircraft mechanic for the U.S. Air Force at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio.
With the start of World War II, he volunteered for immediate overseas service just prior to his 18th birthday, serving two years in the 8th Air Force. After the war, continuing school, he became a Marine sergeant serving in the Marine Reserve.
In 1942, he attended Hampden-Sydney College and in 1946 he attended William & Mary College and Northrop School of Aeronautics. He received his degree in engineering in 1949 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. That same year he gained employment at All American Airlines which later became Allegheny Airlines and then later producing U.S. Airlines.
He later worked for the U.S. Navy Department for 31 years (1954-1985) designing aircraft escape systems (ejection seats, parachute systems and escape capsules). He thoroughly enjoyed his work as he was saving lives.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Czarina Thomas and Zaida Humphries.
Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Doris P. Thomas; three children, William C. Thomas III of Chantilly, Jefferson Bradley Thomas of Bethesda, Md., and Susan Thomas Amos of Seattle, Wash.; and five grandchildren, Derek Thomas, Danielle Thomas and Devon Thomas, all of Chantilly, Lauren Amos and Courtney Amos, both of Seattle, Wash.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of choice or the American Red Cross.
Murphy Funeral Home in Arlington is in charge of the arrangements.