Roanoke Times

CECIL, Jason David, (JD), 71, of 3318 Lead Mine Road, Snowville, died Monday
morning, December 18, 2000, at his home. He was born November 4, 1929, in
Snowville, the son of the late James R. and Bertha Thornton Cecil. He served
in the U.S. Army during the occupation of Japan and later in the U.S. Air
Force in Texas. After his military service, Mr. Cecil worked for many years
for Greyhound of Roanoke while living in Salem. Later he farmed in the
Snowville area fulfilling his dream of living and working near his childhood
home. He was an avid outdoorsman and gardener. Mr. Cecil attended the Valley
Christian Ministries of Snowville. Surviving are his wife of fifty years,
Louise Dunagan Cecil of Snowville; daughter, Debra Cecil Cobb and her
husband, Judge W. Allen Cobb, Jr., of Wilmington, N.C.; son, Michael David
Cecil of Roanoke; daughter, Linda Cecil Ward and her husband, Dr. John T.
Ward of Laurence Harbor, N.J.; three sisters and one brother, Anna Cecil
Justice and her husband, Rush of Pulaski, Robert B. Cecil and his wife,
Arlene of Christiansburg, Betty Cecil Blankenship of Pulaski, and Brenda
Cecil Edmonds and her husband, Roy of Snowville; and he had many nieces,
nephews, and great-nieces and nephews. The family will receive visitors at
Stevens Funeral Home, 815 Randolph Avenue, Pulaski, on Wednesday, December
20, from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, at
Stevens Funeral Home Chapel by Chaplain Joseph McAfee and the Rev. Curtis
Ratcliffe. Burial will follow at the Cecil's Chapel Cemetery, Cecil's Chapel
Road, Snowville. Memorials can be made to Carilion Hospice Services New
River Valley, 111 West Main Street, Christiansburg, Va. 24073. The family
expresses many thanks to the Carilion Hospice nurses and the private duty
nurses who assisted in Mr. Cecil's care and comfort at his home.
Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home of Pulaski.