MT. JULIET -- Mrs. East, 84, died Saturday, July 11, 2009 in the hospital following an illness with her family at her bedside.

Born April 5, 1925 in Coeburn, VA, Mrss. East spent many years in Warriormine, WV serving her community and cooking for Big Creek High School where the cafeteria was named in her honor after 40 years of service.

She lived in West Virginia for many years with her late husband, William "Bill" East and had lived for the past several years in Mt. Juliet where she was a member of the Mt. Juliet Church of God.

Her final resting place will be Grandview Memory Gardens in Bluefield, VA. A private service for the family will be held.

Survivors include daughters, Billie (Coburn) Kennedy and Dorothy (Boyd) Rutherford, sister Charolette Willias, four granddchildren and their spouses, two great-grandchildren and one more on the way. There is also a host of family, friends and a loving neighbor.

Nannie was preceded in death by her husband, mother, grandparents, two brothers and one sister.

Arrangements by Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet.