Virginia Grethel Stepp Riddell

Virginia Grethel Stepp Riddell , 89, of Oak Hill, WV formerly of Saint Albans, WV died on Sunday, February 05, 2012 at Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, WV. Born December 14, 1922 in Kentucky she was the daughter of the late Isiah and Sadie Collier Stepp. She was a member of the Saint Albans Baptist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher and was a homemaker. Virginia was a graduate of Magnolia High School at Matewan. During World War II she worked for the FBI in Washington, D.C. Her husband, Chatham Wheeler Riddell, sister, Florence Copley and brothers, Dennis Stepp, Clell Stepp, Jack Stepp and Isiah Stepp, Jr. preceded her in death. Survivors include three sons, James McCulty and wife, Jennifer of Spencer, Thomas K. Riddell and wife, Ann of Oak Hill and David Riddell and wife, Barbara of Cookeville, TN, a brother, Bill Stepp of Covington, KY and a sister, Thelma Spangler of Kanawha City. She is also survived by six grandchildren, Matthew McCulty, Evan McCulty, Thomas Alan Riddell, Carrie Lee, Bradford Riddell and Christina Harbison and ten great grandchildren. Services will be on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 3:00 P.M. at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill with Rev. Dana Gatewood officiating. Friends may call two hours prior to the service on Wednesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Riddell will then be taken to the John Taylor Funeral Home, 406 Market Street in Spencer where a service will be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday, February 9, 2012 with Rev. Dana Gatewood officiating. Friends may call one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, WV. Online condolences may be sent at www.tyreefuneralhome.com Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, WV