Ok, the Thorne surname peaks my interest. That is one of mine but I don't have much information on that line. Does your friend do genealogy?? Patti Flint -----Original Message----- From: mstishom-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mstishom-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brenda Whitfield Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 5:07 PM To: mstishom@rootsweb.com Subject: [MSTISHOM] Obit - Belk (Joslin, Hubbard, Brown) This is the mother of my very best friend, Patricia Thorne Nichols. Virginia's mother was a Wadkins and her mother was a Hubbard, of the early Iuka ancestry; her father was a Joslin and somehow the Brown surname fits in there. Brenda Virginia J. Belk IUKA - Virginia J. Belk, 78, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was a loving mother and grandmother who loved the Lord and put the needs of her family first. She enjoyed painting, sketching and creative activities. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with Bro. Greg Woodruff and Bro. John Gwatney officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Survivors include two sons, Michael Belk (Marsha) and Steve Belk (Debbie Cupples), both of Iuka; two daughters, Patricia Nichols (Paul) of Wynne, Ark., and Sharron Belk of Columbus; two sisters, Margaret DeWeese of Panama City, Fla., and Shirley Burns of Kansas; six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Flora Joslin; a sister, Ella Jean Johnson; a brother, Charles Joslin; and a grandchild, Sara Elizabeth Belk. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Sanctuary Hospice House, P.O. Box 2177, Tupelo, MS 38802; or the American Lung Association at www.lungusa.org. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSTISHOM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message