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Vada Garnet Rollins

Female 1928 - 2008  (80 years)


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  • Name Vada Garnet Rollins 
    Born 15 Jun 1928  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 Oct 2008  Bowling Green, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 

    • Vada Garnet Walker

      Vada Garnet Walker, 80, of Bowling Green died at 4:35 p.m. October 15, 2008, at her residence.

      The Charleston, W.Va., native was born June 15, 1928. She was a retired sales lady at Stone & Thomas Department Store and a homemaker. She attended Greenwood Baptist Church and was a member of the Breakfast Club Bowling Team. She was a very loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister. She was a friend to many. She was always helping those in need. She was a daughter of the late Nathan Rollins and Lela Jones Rollins and the wife of the late Billy R. Walker.

      She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Lula Bell Ray and Beulah "Bootsie" Garrabrant.

      The funeral service was held on Friday, October 17, 2008, at J.C. Kirby & Son Funeral Home, Broadway Ave. Chapel in Bowling Green, Ky.

      Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society or the heart foundation.

      Online condolences may be made at www.jckirbyandson.com.

      Survivors include three daughters, Lela Smith and her husband, Donald, and Carol Harris, all of Bowling Green, and Martha Spencer and her husband, Edward, of Charleston, W.Va.; a son, William Fuller and his wife, Sandra, of St. Angelo, Texas; a stepson, Billy Ray Walker of Glasgow; a sister, Janet "Rosie" Parsons and her husband, Paul, of West Virginia; 18 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; a great-great-granddaughter; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
    Person ID I92520  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2017 

    Father Nathan Rollins,   b. CA 1907, Mason County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Lela Myrtle Jones,   b. 11 Jun 1909, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1982  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 17 Sep 1927  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 9/17/1927
      Place: Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
      Nate Rollins, 20, Mason, Kanawha
      Lelia Jones, 19, Kanawha, Kanawha
    Family ID F23794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S21] Obit.

    2. [S654] Marriage Records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.