Della Vanover

Ms. Della Vanover, age 100, of 5877 Forge Creek Road, Mountain City, TN passed away Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at her residence. She was a daughter of the late Dave and Donie Jones Payne. Ms. Della was a member of Laurel Springs Church. She was a homemaker, loved red birds, flowers and her family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Winston Vanover in 1976; two daughters: Bonnie Lewis and Lizzie Vanover; two sisters: Bonnie Owens and Stella Simcox; and two brothers: Clay Payne and Jim Payne. Survivors include: Six daughters: Vedia Pope and husband Whitey, Lois Cox and husband Loyd, both of Creston, NC; Ruth Borror of Mountain City, TN; Ferry Roark and husband Spencer of Mountain City, TN; Lorene Embert of Newark, DE; Ruby Oliver of Mountain City, TN; four sons: Jay Vanover and wife Margaret of Abingdon, VA; R. B. Vanover and wife Joan of Mountain City, TN; Ralph Vanover and wife Brenda of Shady Valley, TN; and Robert Vanover of Lenoir, NC; one sister: Blanch Greer of PA; one brother: Elmer Payne of Mountain City, TN; thirty grandchildren; forty-two great grandchildren; fourteen great great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The family would like to extend a special thanks to Johnson County Home Health and Dr. Jim Shine for the care given Ms. Della. Funeral services for Ms. Della Vanover will be held at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, August 28, 2010 from the Charles B. Hux Memorial Chapel of Hux-Lipford Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Shupe and Rev. Spencer Roark officiating. Graveside service and interment will be held in Payne Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, August 29, 2010. Active pallbearers will be Eddie Roark, Steve Roark, Roy Oliver, Robert Pope, Johnny Farmer and Richard Wittenberg. Honorary pallbearers will be Junior Oliver, Dr. Jim Shine, Spencer Roark, Loyd Cox, Whitey Pope, J. T. Lewis and Ray Payne. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. prior to the funeral service. Friends may call at the residence, 5877 Forge Creek Road, Mountain City, TN at any time. Online condolences may be sent to the family and viewed through our website at www.huxlipfordfh.com Hux-Lipford Funeral Home is serving the Vanover family.