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- ABINGDON -- James G. Eggers, 90, a well-known resident of 27050 Shortsville Road went to be with the Lord on Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, in Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was born on March 14, 1911, in Zionville, NC, to the late William Claude and Emma Miller Eggers. He lived most of his life in Washington County, Va., area. He was a graduate of Greenfield High School and held a bachelor's degree from Emory & Henry College. He was a retired sanitation with the Virginia Health Department, having worked in Washington County for more than 25 years before his retirement in 1976. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Navy on board the USS Tennessee Battleship. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Smyth Eggers in 1995, after 60 years of marriage. He was a member of the International Order of Odd Fellows and McCabe Lodge No. 56 for more than 60 years. He was also a member of Abingdon Masonic Lodge No. 48 A. F. & A.M. He was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church, where he had served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher for many years. He was also preceded in death by two infant sons; one brother, R. Glenn Eggers; and two sisters, Pearl Eggers Jones and Edith Compton. Survivors include one daughter, Aleta Eggers Spicer of Abingdon; grandchildren, Jim and Lori Taylor of Clifton Forge, Va., Jeff Spicer of Williamsburg, Va., and Erin Spicer of Abingdon; great-grandchildren, Stephen and Kristen Taylor of Clifton Forge; one brother, Richard Eggers of Abingdon; two sisters, Bonnie Nash and Mary Lois Rutledge, both of Bristol, Va..; and several nieces and nephews. A celebration of the life of James G. Eggers will be held at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Mountain View Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry A. Eggers and the Rev. Sherrill Dunn officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Farris Funeral Service.
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1911 - 2002 (90 years)
