Pat Rigney. BHS Class 1951
Patricia Ann (Pat) Rigney Dillon, age 74, of Abbs Valley, Va., went to be with the Lord Monday, October 8, 2007 at Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, Tenn., following a long illness. Born August 14, 1933 at Bramwell, she was a daughter of the late Millard Lee Rigney and Mabel Belcher Rigney.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Kenneth Dillon; five brothers, Junior (Lee) Rigney, Tommy Rigney, Rev. Harry Rigney, James (Ronald) Rigney and Morris Rigney. When able to attend she loved attending church. She attended both the Abbs Valley Wesleyan and Abbs Valley Gospel Mission churches.
She enjoyed working jig saw puzzles and feeding wild squirrels crackers through her kitchen window. She wrote many articles about the veterans for years for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. She was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and rode in many Veteran's Day parades with dignitaries such as, Jay Rockefeller. She loved her veterans and her family dearly.
Left behind to cherish her memories are two sons and their wives, Larry and Sally Dillon, James and Lesa Dillon all of Abbs Valley, Va.; six grandchildren, Jamie Cartwright of Pocahontas, Va., Melinda and Kenny Dillon of Massachusetts, Holly Dillon of Harrisonburg, Va., Frank Moure of Kentucky and Melanie Kilpatrick of Colorado; three great grandchildren, Jordyn Rash and Jocelyn Cartwright of Pocahontas, Va. and Ryan Kilpatrick of Colorado.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Friday, October 12, 2007 at the Abbs Valley Gospel Mission Church with the Rev. Kenneth Gillespie officiating. Burial will follow at Grandview Memory Gardens in Bluefield, Va. Pallbearers will be Randy Cartwright, Kenny Dillon, Mike Hager, Robert Howell, Bill Murphy, Jimmie Stephens, and Frank Taylor. The family will receive friends at Peery & St.Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell, Va. from 6-9 p.m. Thursday (today), October 11, 2007.
