Jr. F. Laine

Edward Franklin Laine, Jr., 79, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center in Ashville, NC. Born in Newport News, Ed was the son of the late Edward Franklin and Willie Tom Bell Laine. He was a 1950 graduate of Waverly High School. He was a corporal in the United States Army, completed basic training at Fort Gordon, GA., served as a MP during the Korean Conflict, and stood Honor Guard at Eniwetok at Marshall Islands in the Pacific. Through the years he worked at Spain Lumber Company, Lone Star Cement, and Continental Can Company. After 30 years as a crane operator for Georgia Pacific in Wakefield, he retired and moved to Ashville, NC. Ed was member of the Wakefield United Methodist Church, a member of the Stony Creek Edwards Masonic Lodge, and Past Master of Chuckatuck Lodge #77AM-FM.

In addition to his wife of 19 years Kathleen Magee, Ed is survived a daughter, Chassie Lou and husband Robert Dermedy of Hampton and a son Nelson C. Laine and fiancé Amy Swigert and grandson Nelson Courtney Laine, Jr., all of Wakefield. Other survivors include children Herman T. Burgess, Jr. of Petersburg, Kathy Ann Burgess of Chester, Richard Magee Burgess and wife Kathleen Ryan of Petersburg, Victoria Sutton and husband Gregory S. Shuler of Bethel, NC, and Patience Sutton and husband Robin E. Earley of Candler, NC; grandchildren Dayne Sutton Shuler, Ryan Magee Burgess, Colton William Shuler, Jennifer L. Ryan, Zachary Thomas Burgess, Brayden Charles Shuler, Abigail Victoria Earley; and a sister, Mary Elizabeth Laine Rawlings and her husband C. C. of Petersburg, and numerous nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, March 26, 2010 at 2:00PM at the Wakefield United Methodist Church with Pastor G. C. Branton III officiating. Burial with military rites will follow in the Wakefield Cemetery and the family will have a reception at the fellowship hall of Wakefield United Methodist Church following the burial. The family will receive friends on Thursday evening, at the funeral home from 6-8 PM. There will also be a memorial service at Trinity Baptist Church on Sunday, March 28th at 2:30 PM in Asheville with the Rev. Donnie Walker officiating. Memorial donations may be made to Wakefield United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 87, Wakefield, VA 23888. The family is being served by Purviance Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Condolences may be posted at our website www.jtmorriss.com .