Stella Faye Deel Looney, age 94, of Leemaster Section of Vansant, VA, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at her home following a short illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Fullen and Caroline (Perkins) Deel.  Faye was a loving mother and grandmother.  She was a homemaker who loved gardening, canning and cooking; especially making her famous molasses, molasses stack cakes and fried pies.  She enjoyed quilting, bird watching and working cross-word and jigsaw puzzles.  She was a faithful member of Looney’s Chapel United Methodist Church for over 70 years. 

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Ernest Milton Looney; 1-Son, Louie Allen Looney, 1-Son-in-Law, James Lundy Skeens, 4-Sisters and 2-Brothers.

She is survived by 5-Daughters: Janet Susan Skeens, Vansant, VA, Evelyn Joyce Rutherford and husband Dot Lee, Vansant, VA, Linda Francis Lockhart and husband, Jim, Vansant, VA, Dr. Carolyn Lee Sims and husband, David, Birmingham, AL, Eleanor Elizabeth Hess and husband, Curtis, Bluff City, TN, 4-Sons: Kendall Wayne Looney and wife, Phyllis, Vansant, VA, Bobby Joe Looney and wife, Norma, Vansant, VA, Benny Charles Looney and wife, Loretta, Vansant, VA, Samuel Keith Looney, Abingdon, VA, 1-Daughter-in-Law: Joyce Looney, Vansant, VA, 3-Sisters: Loraine Stacy and husband, Kenneth, Mt. Gilead, OH, Norma Jean Stacy and husband, Leon, Meadowview, VA, Ruby Bostic, Clintwood, VA, 2-Brothers: Carmel Deel and wife, Phyllis, Tazewell, VA, Odell Deel and wife, Teresa, Tazewell, VA

Also, survived by 25-Grandchildren, 27-Great-Grandchildren, 2-Great-Great-Grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral services for Stella Faye Deel Looney will be conducted Friday, August 10, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at Looney’s Chapel United Methodist Church at Leemaster with Rev. J.N. Howard and Rev. David Gass officiating.  Burial will follow at Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, VA. 

The family will receive friends after 6:00 p.m. on Thursday Evening at the Looney’s Chapel United Methodist Church. 

Active Pallbearers will be grandsons. 

The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be made in the form of donations to Looney’s Chapel United Methodist Church, 1125 Leemaster Drive, Vansant, VA  24656.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.grundyfuneralhome.com

Grundy Funeral Home of Grundy, Virginia is in charge of all arrangements.