Elma Shinaberry Biggs, age 81, of Clifton Forge, Virginia, died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at LewisGale Hospital – Alleghany, Low Moor, Virginia.
Born April 26, 1932, in Marlinton, she was a daughter of the late Wilbur Shinaberry, Sr., and Grace Higgins Hill.
Elma was a homemaker and a member of the Epworth United Methodist Church. She was a former member of the Selma Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, and was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Darle Biggs; an infant daughter, Janet Marie Biggs; and two brothers, Wilbur Shinaberry and James Shinaberry.
She is survived by a daughter, Darlene Nuckols, and husband, James, of Iron Gate, Virginia; a son, Mark Biggs, and wife, Wendy, of Selma, Virginia; a sister, Ruth Buzzard, of Marlinton; three grandsons, Corey Nuckols, Todd Nuckols and Dale Biggs; two great-grandsons, Will Nuckols and Cody Nuckols; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Graveside service is April 10, at 2 p.m. in Mountain View Cemetery with Rev. Ned Alderman officiating.
Memorials may be made to the Mountain Regional Hospice Volunteers, PO Box 637, Clifton Forge, VA 24422.
Online condolences may be made at www.nicelyfuneralhome.com