Funeral services are held for Charles Litts

Funeral services for Charles Nicholson “Tiny” Litts, 84, of Wise, Va., were held July 15. Burial was in the Laurel Fork Cemetery at Mayking.

Born at Jenkins, he was a son of the late Joseph L. and Charmie Chapman Litts. He was the widower of Nancy Cooley Litts and was a brother of the late Ruby Markham, Janet Mullins, Raymond Litts, and Richard Litts. He died July 12.

Litts worked in the mining industry as a repairman and retired from Bethlehem Steel after 42 years. he was a member of the United Mine Workers of America and earlier in his life had been active in union affairs. He was a U.S. Army-Air Force veteran of World War II.

Surviving are two daughters, Charlene Johnson and husband Scott, Bean Station, Tenn., and Sharon Maggard and husband Jeff, Wise, Va.; four grandchildren, Michael Johnson, Chadwick Johnson, Shawn Maggard, and Melissa Cantrell; six great-grandchildren, Malee, Rachel, Hannah, Xander, Weslee, and Logan; and two sisters in-law, Thelma Litts, Jenkins and Martha Angel, Pikeville, Tenn.