Katherine Bernice DeBusk

1926 - 2018  (91 years)

• Name	Katherine Bernice DeBusk
  Birth	15 Mar 1926  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Jan 2018  [1]
  Burial	Mount Rose Cemetery, Glade Spring, Virginia   [1]
  Siblings	1 sister
  	1. Elizabeth Minerva DeBusk           b. 13 Apr 1930             d. 7 Dec 2012  (Age 82 years)      ▻ Robert Franklin McKenna,  m. 31 Oct 1953
  Person ID	I4924	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Ellis Farber DeBusk           b. 12 Jun 1903             d. 28 Oct 1979 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Lillian Holley           b. 4 Aug 1902             d. Jun 1977 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1924
  Family ID	F1606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hugh Mace Herald           b. 29 Nov 1919             d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	8 Apr 1950
  Children	1. Roger Lynn Herald
  Family ID	F1607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2015

  
  

• Notes

  ROANOKE, Va. Katherine DeBusk Herald passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, in Roanoke, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh Herald; her parents, Ellis and Lillian DeBusk; and her sister, Elizabeth McKenna. She ie is survived by her son, Roger and daughter-in-law, Cindy, Roanoke, Va.; two granddaughters, Melissa Almond and husband, Kenneth, Raleigh, N.C., and Laura Ruleman and husband, Josh, Vero Beach, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews. Katherine wae was a former resident of the Clinchburg Community and a graduate of Glade Spring High School and Bristol Commercial College. She was an active member of Mahanaim United Methodist Church for many years where she served in various roles including a United Methodist Youth Fellowship leader. After living in Abingdon, Virginia for several years, she moved to Roanoke, Virginia to be near family. She was a current member of Abingdon United Methodist Church. Katherine was a former employee of the US Gypsum Commissary and after a few years as a stay at home Mom, she completed a Cosmetology program at Washington County Technical School. She established and worked in her own beauty shop for several years. She also worked many years fos for Washington County, retiring from the Commissioner of the Revenue office. A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 13, 2018, at Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville, Va., with the Rev. Barry Loupe officiating. A visitation time will be from 12:30 to 2 p.m. preceding the service. Interment to follow the service in Mount Rose Cemetery. Those wishing to make memorial contributions are asked to consider Mahanaim United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 310, Glade Spring, VA 24340 or Abingdon United Methodist Church, 101 East Main Street, Abingdon, VA 24210. Online condolences may be made at drhendersonfuneralhome.com D.R. Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville, Va., is honored to be serving the Katherine DeBusk Herald family.

  
  

• Sources

  [S709] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186577155.