Inez Tilley Jefferson

Mrs. Inez Tilley Jefferson, 95, of 265 Hatchers Chapel Road, Claudville, VA, passed away Tuesday morning, March 3, 2009, at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart, VA. Mrs. Jefferson was born January 17, 1914, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Jiles Elliot and Betty Slate Tilley. She retired from Spencer's Inc. and was a member of Mountain View Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Alease and Golden Epperson of Claudville, VA; two sons and daughters-in-law, James Elliot and Doris Jefferson of Bassett, VA, and Roger Stuart and Joanne Jefferson of Sebring, FL; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Zora Ward of Claudville, VA, and Nettie Hooker of Mount Airy. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Jefferson was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Jefferson; two sisters, Laura Jessup and Lillian Martin; and three brothers, Clinard Tilley, Ted Tilley, and the Rev. Jiles Tilley. The funeral service will be held Thursday March 5, 2009, at 2:00 PM at Mountain View Pentecostal Holiness Church, with the Rev. Tommy Smith and the Rev. Harold Cox officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday night from 6:00 to 8:00 at Moody Funeral Home in Mount Airy. Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to the Mountain View Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery Fund, 263 Hatchers Chapel Road, Claudville, VA 24076.