Gloria Mae Walke Bledsoe, age 93, a longtime resident of Jonesville, VA, passed away peacefully at home with her daughters by her side, Friday, January 14 at 1:07am. Gloria was born April 12, 1928, in Norfolk VA and was of the Christian Faith. She met and married her late husband, Onus Wayne Bledsoe, while living in Portsmouth Va. Gloria was an outdoors person and she loved the beaches, fishing, and her life around the water. After a few years, she and her husband bought a farm and moved to Jonesville VA where she raised her girls. She lived on the farm until her husband’s passing in 2018 then moved to Rougemont NC with her daughter where she could enjoy being around her grandchildren. She would travel to Elizabethton TN to stay with her other daughter at times and this is where she spent her final days. Gloria was a wonderful Mother and home maker, she worked as hard as any man on the farm raising tobacco and cattle. She had a love for horses and all animals. While on the farm she had several horses, ponies, goats, and beagles that she enjoyed and loved dearly. Gloria was an accomplished artist and enjoyed painting sceneries. In her later years when her hands weren’t steady enough to paint sceneries, she began painting crafts and eventually began working puzzles. She would work all day on her puzzles and not seem to tire until her last few weeks when illness came. Thanks to the wonderful people at Amedisys Hospice and home health in Elizabethton, we were able to grant her last wish to be home with her daughters when she left this world and went to be with Christ.
Gloria was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Onus Wayne Bledsoe, Father Wilbert Abner Walke Sr, Mother Clara Shreives Walke, Brother Wilbert Abner Walk Jr. She is survived by her daughter Sharon Toups(Blaz) of Elizabethton, TN, her daughter Sandra Paschall(Terry) of Rougemont, NC, 6 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, her sister-in-law Frances Walke of Portsmouth, VA, two nieces, and two nephews.
A graveside service will be conducted at 11:00 am Monday, January 24, 2022, at the Cooney Family Cemetery in Jonesville VA. Reverend Bob Duncan will deliver a brief message. Friends and family that wish to attend the graveside service can meet at Province Funeral Home in Jonesville at 10:30 to line up in procession or meet the family at the Cooney family cemetery at 11:00 am.
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