Lula Virginia Giles

November 4, 1913 - July 31, 2012

Big Stone Gap, VA Lula Virginia Giles, 98, passed away on Tuesday (July 31, 2012) at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Big Stone Gap. She was born in Wise County, VA, lived in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and had lived in Big Stone Gap for the past 30 years. She was of Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Bascom Giles; her parents, Harve and Callie (Herron) Winstead; her stepfather, Faint Collier; and two sisters, Mae Minor and Evelyn Snodgrass. Surviving are two sons, Bascom E. "Gene" Giles and wife, Mary Susan of Big Stone Gap, and James M. "Jim" Giles and wife, Carma of West Jordan, UT; five grandsons and five granddaughters; a host of great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday at Holding Funeral Home (17 E. 3rd St., N) in Big Stone Gap. The funeral service will be conducted at 7 p.m. on Thursday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Wayne Artrip officiating. Committal services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at the Glencoe Cemetery. Family and friends will meet at Holding Funeral Home by 10:30 a.m. on Friday to go in procession. Pallbearers will be: Mike Giles, Jody Giles, John Giles, Todd Giles, Harold Reasor and Colby Reasor. To view the obituary and sign the online registry, please visit www.holdingfuneralhome.com. Holding Funeral Home is honored to serve the Giles family.