Sheila Gaye Kelly Vance age 77, passed Thursday, January 9, 2024 at Holston Valley Hospital, Kingsport, Tennessee.  Mrs. Vance was a lifelong resident of Dickenson County and a member of Clintwood Church of Christ. She enjoyed keeping up her house in Clintwood and loved watching over the town. Mrs. Vance was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

Mrs. Vance was preceded in death by her parents, Andrew and Ila Kelly.

Survivors include her husband, Benny Vance; son, David Vance and Charlotte of Clintwood; daughter, Dasheia Vance of Charlottesville, Virginia; brother, Ronnie Kelly and Anita of Eugene, Oregon; sisters, Rita Burton of New Market, Alabama and Mary Lou Gilbert  of Eastanollee, Georgia; grandchildren Samantha Hibbitts and Nathan, David Vance, II and Andrew Vance. Great grandchildren Ethan Hibbitts, Carter Hibbitts and Kollyns Hibbitts.

The family would like to send a special thank you to LifeCare Ambulance Service.

Funeral service will be conducted Tuesday, January 14th at 1 pm at the Clintwood Funeral Home Chapel with Gary Castle officiating. Visitation will begin at 12 Noon. Burial will follow at Vance Family Cemetery, Reedy Ridge Road, Clintwood. Pallbearers will be Cody Fellows, Tristan Craiger, Randal Phipps, Richman Short, Johnny Childress and Ephran Turner. Honorary pallbearers are Brian Potter and Wes Hewitt.