CARL BUZZARD - Newton

(11/07/2001)
Carl Buzzard, 82, of Newton died Nov. 6, 2001, in the Roane General Hospital, Spencer, after an extended illness.

He was born June 18, 1919, at Marsh Fork, Raleigh County, a son of the late Asa and Almeda Stanley Buzzard. He was also preceded in death by: a sister, Elizabeth Moore; brothers, Elmer, Boyd, Bethel, Jim and Gilbert.

He was a retired employee of Carbon Fuel Coal Company and a member of UMWA Local 17.

Survivors include: his wife, Virginia M. Spence Buzzard of Newton; sons, Kermit of Middleport, Ohio, Jackie Lee of Ronceverte; daughters, Patti Batten of Newton, Nena Capehart of Middleport, Ohio; sister, Alice Bowman of Hamilton, Ohio; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.

Service will be 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at John H. Taylor Funeral Home, Spencer, with the Rev. J. Herbert Smith officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wallback.