Overstreet, John Lewis

He served in the United States Army, and in Vietnam. He retired from Hubbell Lighting in Christiansburg, Va., after working there 26 years. He enjoyed working outdoors, loved going on trips with the Seniors’ Young At Heart group at Floyd Baptist Church, and being involved with other activities they had there, especially anything that involved eating. He was preceded in death by his parents, Claudie Eugene Overstreet and Helen Virginia Andrews Overstreet; and two brothers, Frank Eugene Overstreet, and Douglas Wayne Overstreet. He was a very devoted husband to his surviving wife of 36 years, Nellie Linkous Overstreet, who loved him very much, and will greatly miss him. He is also survived by four sisters and three brothers, Marjorie and Walter Frazier, of Damascus, Md., Shirley and Jim Gottfried, of Lima, Ohio, Mary Lee Weatherspoon, of Raleigh, N.C., Francis Johnson, of Bedford, Va., Tommy Overstreet, of St. Mary’s, Ohio, Bobby Overstreet, of Bedford, Va., Francis (Otey) Overstreet, of Staunton, Va.; and many nieces, nephews, great-nephews, and greatnieces. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 14, 2010, at Floyd Baptist Church with Dr. Dave Holladay officiating. Interment will follow at Jacksonville Cemetery. Friends may call on Saturday, February 13, 2010 after 1 p.m. at Gardner Funeral Home where the family will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. A service with Military Honors will be conducted 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Gardner Funeral Home by Floyd VFW Post #7854 and Floyd American Post #127. Condolences may be made to the family at www. gardnerfuneralhomefloyd.com