Eula Bess (Akens) Tignor Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Big Stone Gap, VA Eula Bess (Akens) Tignor, 88, passed away in her home on Saturday, February 17, 2018. She was a lifelong resident of Big Stone Gap, and a member of the Cadet Primitive Baptist Church. She loved gardening, canning and quilting, but her true love was her family, which came first. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Rufus Tignor; son, Larry Edward Tignor; parents, Jess Lynn Akens, Sr. and Lillie (Horton) Akens; brother, Jess Lynn Akens, Jr.; and three daughters-in-law, Etta Elizabeth Tignor, Zella Mae Tignor and Ruth Ann Tignor. Surviving are her sons, Walter Ernest Tignor and Dwight Michael (Doris) Tignor, both of Dryden, VA, and Mark Winfred Tignor of Big Stone Gap; grandchildren, Christina Nicole (Jimmy) Gibson, Travis Nathaniel (Angela) Tignor, Tanya Dee (Kenneth) Caudill, Angela Marie (Brian) Bloomer, Landon Matthew Tignor, Joshua Allen Tignor, Shannon (Angie) Tignor, Darlene Tignor, Michelle Dotson and Tammy Tignor; great grandchildren, Toby Gibson, Journey Gibson, Jasper Gibson, Abigail Caudill, Jeremiah Caudill, Caleb Caudill, Bailee Bloomer, Dillon Tignor, Hunter Tignor, Devin Garrett and Colin Nuxoll; siblings, Tanya Akens (Bob) Guess, Gerline Gray, and Rudolph (Shirley) Akens; sister-in-law, Lilly Akens; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday at Holding Funeral Home (17 E. 3rd St., N.) in Big Stone Gap. The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday in the Holding Funeral Home Chapel with Jack Clark officiating. Burial will follow at the Horton Cemetery. The family will serve as pallbearers. To view the obituary online and offer condolences, please visit www.holdingfuneralhome.com. Holding Funeral Home is serving the Mrs. Tignor’s family.

Eula Bess (Akens) Tignor

October 6, 1929 - February 17, 2018