Bluefield, WV - Nora Vee Thacker Honts 88 of
1405 Whitethorn Street Bluefield died Thursday May 24, 2007 at a Bluefield
hospital.
Born November 23, 1918
in Huntington, WV she was a daughter of the late Vilas Thacker and Jean Vinson
Thacker. She was a member of First Christian Church of Bluefield and retired as
the official Circuit Court Reporter for the 9th Judicial Circuit.
During her career she worked with Judge Easley, Judge Wagner, Judge Katz, Judge
Jarrett and Judge Frazier.
Nora Vee attended public
schools in Fort Gay, WV, and was a graduate of Fort Gay High School and
graduated from Marshall College in 1940. She was living in Bluefield before
marrying Robert G. Honts in August of 1941, residing in Portland, ME and
Norfolk, VA during World War II while Bob served in the U.S. Navy, and returned
to Bluefield in 1946.
Active in both civic and
community affairs, Nora Vee was a member of the Order of Eastern Star Chapter #
66, the White Shrine, Bluefield Quota Club and the A.A.U.W. She was one of the
founders, and a Charter member of the Summit Players, performing since the first
play, and serving in many capacities for several decades. She loved gardening,
and resided in the boyhood home of Dr. John Nash. In addition to her parents,
she was preceded in death by her husband Robert G. Honts, two sisters, Louberta
Workman and Virginia Adkins and a brother James Thacker.
She is survived by her
daughter Jennifer McGhee and her husband Sr. retired Judge John R. “Jack” McGhee
of Bluefield, a granddaughter Juli Goulet and her husband Robert of Marlboro,
MA, step grandchildren Lisa Bilik and her husband Joe of Midlothian, VA, Allison
Hile and her husband Dr. Matthew Hile of St. Louis, MO and John R. McGhee, Jr.
and his wife Kelly of Charleston, WV, and step great-grandchildren Rob, Jake and
Lucas Goulet, Kristi and Kathy Bilik, Simon Hile, John R. McGhee, III, Perry
McGhee and Virginia McGhee, and special loved friends Dr. Charles Olmsted and
John Feuchtenberger.
Funeral services will be
conducted Wednesday May 30, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel with
Dr. Allen A. Hammond officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial
Gardens Cemetery at Princeton. Serving as pallbearers will be Dr. Darrell
Belcher, Ricky Isaac, Ed Shaffrey, Larry Morhous, Harold Brewster and Ralph
Brown. Honorary pallbearers will be Paul Perkins, Dr. William Merva, Perry
Blackwell, Joe Horton, Joe Sanders, Dr. Rahda and Prima Krishnan, Bobby
Richardson, Deborah Garton, Judge John Frazier, Judge David Knight and Eleanor
Kinsinger and Sharon Isaac.
The family will receive
friends Tuesday May 29, 2007 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at the funeral home.
Those wishing to share
memories or condolence messages with the family may do so by visiting
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Mercer Funeral Home &
Crematory of Bluefield is serving the family of Nora Vee Honts.
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