Ollie J. Stapleton

WISE -- Ollie Jean Stapleton, 84, died Friday,
Nov. 5, 1999, in St. Mary's Hospital in Norton.

She was born in Indiana, a daughter of the late
Ed and Lola Todd Smith. She lived most of her life in Wise County
and was a member of Hurricane Independent Missionary
Baptist Church in Wise. She was the widow of Milton Stapleton.

Surviving are three daughters, Wilma Jean Markham,
Diana Shell and Virginia Hylton, all of Wise; 10 sons, Claude
Stapleton of Boone, N.C., Robert S. Stapleton of Abingdon,
Sonny D. Stapleton of Oklahoma City, Okla., George T. Stapleton
of Sterling Heights, Mich., Ronnie Dean Stapleton of Beckley,
W.Va., Wayne B. Stapleton of Royal Oak, Mich., Wilson A.
Stapleton, Martin Stapleton and John Stapleton, all of Wise, and
Marvin Stapleton of Kingsport; two sisters, Elizabeth Acton
of Indiana and Eula Ruckel of Ohio; two brothers,
Charles Smith of Eubanks, Ky., and Johnny Smith of
Kentucky; 34 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren;
several great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in Carty Funeral
Home Chapel in Norton. Elder Lester Baker will officiate. Burial will be
in John Point Cemetery in Wise.

Mrs. Stapleton was also preceded in death by a son, Elmer Vance
Stapleton; two sisters; and three brothers.

Pallbearers will be grandsons.

The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Carty
Funeral Home.