Individual Details

Joan Buchanan

(10 Mar 1926 - 22 Oct 2012)

Obituary of Joan Buchanan Sturgill Choate

MARION, VIRGINIA: JOAN BUCHANAN STURGILL CHOATE, age 86 died Monday, October 22, 2012 in Wellmont Hospice House, Bristol, Tennessee. She was preceded in death by husbands Issac M. Sturgill, Jr. and Laton Edward Choate.

She is survived by one daughter Rebecca Goble and husband Dave of Marion, Virginia; one grandson, Matthew Thomas and wife Ana of Jonesboro, Tennessee; two great-grandchildren, Johnathan Betances and Mina Thomas; several nieces and nephews and many special friends also survive.

Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel with Dr. Mark Ross officiating. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6:00 p.m. until the time of the service at Seaver-Brown Chapel.

Graveside Services will be held Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery beside her beloved husband, Isaac M. Sturgill, Jr.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.seaverbrown.com. Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory is serving the Choate Family.

Events

Birth10 Mar 1926Dickenson County, Virginia
Residence1930Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Winchester, Clark, Kentucky
Residence1935Saint Clair Bottom, Smyth, Virginia
Residence1 Apr 1940Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Granddaughter - Saint Clair Bottom, Smyth, Virginia
Marriage27 Mar 1948Marion, Smyth, Virginia - Isaac Millard Sturgill Jr.
Marriage6 Jul 1974Marion, Smyth, Virginia - Laton Edward Choate
Residence1992Marion, Smyth, Virginia
Death22 Oct 2012Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee
Burial24 Oct 2012Chilhowie, Smyth, Virginia
ResidenceMarion, Smyth, Virginia
ResidenceMarion, Smyth, Virginia

Families

SpouseLaton Edward Choate (1920 - 1982)
SpouseIsaac Millard Sturgill Jr. (1921 - 1970)
ChildRebecca Jane Sturgill
FatherWilbur Carl Buchanan (1901 - 1974)
MotherEva Lillian Barton (1900 - 1995)
SiblingJanice Eva Buchanan (1929 - 2005)

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