It’s with
much sorrow and grief that I try to write
an obituary of my
dear husband, Cornelius Deel, who
passed away on
September 3, 2004. He was the son of
Bart Deel and
Jocie Owens Deel. He was 71 years, 7
months and 21
days old. He was preceded in death by his
parents and three
brothers, Arthur Deel, Herbert Deel, and Harold
Deel. One sister
and one brother have passed away during the past
year, they were
Margaret O’Quinn and James Arville Deel. He is
survived by his
wife, Jean Deel; two daughters, Karen Christian of
Vansant, Virginia
and Tammy Yates of Vansant, Virginia; two sons,
Michael Deel of
Grundy, Virginia and Blaine Deel of Vansant, Virginia;
four sisters,
Martha Rife of Haysi, Virginia, Birchie Fuller of
Tazewell,
Virginia, Lona Blankenship of Grundy, Virginia and Elva
J. Dales of
Greensprings, Ohio; and one brother, Andy Deel of
Freeport,
Pennsylvania. He had been a member of the Old Regular
Baptist Church
for 41 years where he was a faithful member until his
death. He loved
the Lord and talked about Him to everyone he met.
He was a
wonderful Christian man who would help anyone that
needed him. He
had a heart problem for 24 years but never complained.
During the last
few months of his life he talked about his
death a lot. Once
he was in the hospital where he had a vision of a
golden slipper
which appeared before his face. He asked the Lord
where the other
one was and He told him that he couldn’t have it yet.
I believe he has
the other one now and, although the children and I
miss him so much,
we feel that he is resting in the place the Lord has
prepared for
those that love and serve Him.
Written by his loving wife, Jean Deel.
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