The Shadow
MILLBORO – Evelyn Marilyn Myers McAllister, 75, of 1682 Crooked Spur Road, Millboro, died Friday, January 15, 2010 at her residence.
Born January 12, 1935 in Clifton Forge, she was a daughter of the late John and Sadie Huffman Myers. She was a lifetime member of the Millboro Christian Church. Mrs. McAllister was a member of the Ladies Group of the Church, a secretary for the church for 30-plus years, and a Sunday school teacher. She was an employee of Jane Colby, a special kitchen helper at Mount Shenandoah, housekeeper at The Springs Nursing Home, and a very loving caregiver.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Richard McAllister whom she married on September 5, 1953; two brothers and their wives, Jay and Betty Myers and Bill and Alice Myers; a sister and her husband, Alice and Randolph Hodge; a sister-in-law Linda Myers.
She is survived by a daughter Connie McAllister of Staunton; a granddaughter, Heather McAllister of Millboro; a brother Hugh Myers of Lexington; a sister-in-law, Bea Myers of Hagerstown, Md.; a number of nieces and nephews, including four special nephews, Kirk and Gary Smith, Ralph and Douglas McAllister; and many special friends, church members, Madeline Harris, Marlene Banks, Thelma Madison, Barbara McAllister, Rhonda Kennedy, Bonnie Hodge, Patty Huffman, and several throughout the community.
A funeral service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Millboro Christian Church, Millboro, with Pastor David Williams officiating. Interment will follow in Millboro Christian Church Cemetery, Millboro.
Active pallbearers will be Kirk Smith, Gary Smith, Ronnie Hodge, Brian Puhle, Bobby McAllister, and Donald Kennedy. The family will receive friends Monday from 12 noon until service time at the church.
The family suggests memorial tributes take the form of contributions to the Millboro Christian Church Cemetery or the Millboro Area Rescue Squad, Attn.: Treasurer, P.O. Box 295, Millboro, Va. 24460.
To send condolence to be printed and presented to the family, visit www.nicelyfuneralhome.com.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton Forge.
