William Harrison Briles Jr., 87 Passes

ALTAVISTA, VA-William Harrison Briles Jr., 87, formerly of Altavista, passed Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, at Avante of Lynchburg.Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at New Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery; Rev. Jim Brown officiating. Born May 19, 1921, in Randolph County, N.C., a son of the late William Harrison Briles Sr. and Alberta Lassiter Briles. Preceded in death by a sister, Essie Briles Walker; two brothers, Ernest M. Briles and Garland W. "Tang" Briles; and a niece, Judy Faye Walker. Survived by a sister-in-law, Shirley Bailey Briles of Hurt; brother-in-law, Robert T. Walker Sr., of Hurt; two nephews, Ronald C. Briles and Robert T. "Bobby" Walker Jr. and his wife, Judy, of Hurt; and one niece, Nancy Walker Dalton and her husband, Aaron, of Richmond.