Funeral services for Mrs. Iona Bell Cornelison, age 88, of Manchester, will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at Manchester Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wade West officiating.
Burial will follow in Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Visitation with the family will be from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. Cornelison passed away Monday morning at Manchester Healthcare.
Iona was born in Chattanooga, TN, the daughter of the late Richard Lee and Mary G. Brassfield Baltimore.
She was a seamstress at Eden Industries. She attended Common Salvation in Manchester and Believer’s House of Worship in Hillsboro. Iona enjoyed sewing, making quilts, gardening, canning, and fishing.
In addition to her parents, Iona was also preceded in death by her loving husband of 66 years, Horace Buddie Cornelison; two brothers, Albert and Earnest Baltimore; and two sisters, Dottie Walden and Emma Wilhoit.
She is survived by four sons, Buddie (Glenda Kay) Cornelison, Alexander Cornelison, Kenneth Ray Cornelison, and Ted Mark (Laura) Cornelison, all of Manchester; two daughters, Jane Watters of Hillsboro and Dorothy (Melvin) Ott of Morrison; and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great, great grandchildren.
Manchester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.