This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Elliott Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JhU.2ACEB/3236 Message Board Post: The following obit is reprinted from the Bristol Herald Couier, in Bristol Va. It is here with their permission. Friday, Nov. 23, 2001 John W. Elliott ABINGDON--John Wesley Elliott, 77, died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2001, in Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was a lifelong resident of Abingdon and a member of the Abingdon United Methodist Church. He was retired from the Virginia Employment Commission with 39 years of service. He had served as office manager and as regional field director for Southwest Virginia. He was a member of the American Legion, a member and past president of the I.A.P.E.S., a former member of the Elks and a former member of the Abingdon Civitan Club. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. He was a son of the late Henry Milton Elliott Sr. and the late Mabel Cornett Elliott. Survivors include his wife, Anna R. Elliott of Abingdon; one son, John MIlton Elliott of Abingdon; one brother, William Martin Elliott of Abingdon; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Campbell Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bill Rowland officiating. Military honors will be conducted by the Highlands Fellowship Church Honor Color Guard. There will not be any visitation at the funeral home. Private entombment services will be conducted at a later date in the Chapel of Memories Mausoleum at Knollkreg Memorial Park. The family suggests that expressions of sympathy may be in the form of memorial contributions to Abingdon United Methodist Church, 101 East Main St., Abingdon, VA 24210. Campbell Funeral Home of Abingdon is in charge of arrangements.