Vera Marie Helton, age 70, of 444 Helton Lane, Mill Spring died March 5, 2011 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Vera was a native of Polk County, daughter of the late Carl and Mary Lou Burgess Gilbert and widow of the late William Helton.
Survivors include daughters Trina Burnett of Mill Spring and Lisa Wilson of Woodburn, Ore.; sons Don Wilson of Sherwood, Ore., and Mike Wilson of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; sister Sandra Gilbert of Mill Spring and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain View Baptist Church in Mill Spring, with Rev.Warren Elliott officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service, and burial will follow in the church cemetery. A reception will follow at 4:30 p.m. at the Cooper’s Gap Baptist Church social hall.
Crowe’s Mortuary is serving the Helton family.
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