Obituaries

David Mabe

David Mabe

Apr 17, 2012

MARION, VIRGINIA: DAVID LYNN MABE, passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Beloved husband of Sharon Kegley Mabe, formerly of Wytheville, VA. Father of Ryan Kegley Mabe (wife Heather Kay Brindley). Grandfather of Mickayla, Dakota and Hunter Mabe. Brother of Carolyn Thompson (husband Tommy) of Sugar Grove, VA. Uncle of Rhonda Reed and Suzanne Thompson. Nephew of Bessie Mabe Largen...

Samuel Cox

Samuel Cox

Apr 6, 2012

SUGAR GROVE, VIRGINIA: SAMUEL "SAM" D. COX, age 72, died Friday, April 6, 2012 at his home in Sugar Grove, Virginia. Sam was born in Camp, Virginia, September 15, 1939 to the late O. Guy and Mattie Elizabeth Halsey Cox. He was a life long resident and farmer in the Camp community. Sam was a member of Summit Baptist Church,...

Jerome Parks

Jerome Parks

Apr 4, 2012

CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA: JEROME E. PARKS, age 71, Formerly of Sugar Grove, Virginia, died Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at his home in Chatsworth, Georgia. He was born June 24, 1940 in Wytheville, Virginia to the late Ruben and Ollie Goodman Parks. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sons, Edward Parks and James Parks and a...

Willie Hayden

Willie Hayden

Mar 30, 2012

MARION, VIRGINIA: WILLIE FRANCES OSBORNE HAYDEN, age 83, widow of Winifred Harland Hayden, went to be with the Lord Friday, March 30, 2012 at Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was born in Smyth County to the late William Curtis Osborne and Gracie Lee Johnson Osborne. She was a member of South Fork Baptist Church. She compiled...

Ethel Rouse

Ethel Rouse

Mar 24, 2012

BRISTOL, TENNESSEE: ETHEL HARLESS ROUSE, age 93, widow of Lewis H. Rouse, died Saturday, March 24, 2012 in Francis Marion Manor, Marion, Virginia. She was born June 19, 1918 to the late Martin Elic and Sarah "Sadie" Gross Harless. She attended Friendship Baptist Church, Bristol, Tennessee. For more than thirty-five years, she and her husband, Lewis, owned and operated Rouse's...

Elizabeth Eastridge

Elizabeth Eastridge

Mar 21, 2012

MARION, VIRGINIA: ELIZABETH V. EASTRIDGE, age 79, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tennessee. She was a lifelong member of Chilhowie Baptist Church. Elizabeth was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She is survived by her husband Guy P. Eastridge; two daughters, Patricia Elswick and Billy Shepherd and Pam E. Hall and husband, Grant...

Calvin Hays

Calvin Hays

Mar 18, 2012

RICH VALLEY, VIRGINIA: CALVIN HAYS, age 78, died Sunday, March 18, 2012 at Francis Marion Manor in Marion, Virginia. He was born in Rich Valley, Virginia to the late Robert and Mary Kegley Hays.

Patricia Mozingo

Patricia Mozingo

Mar 18, 2012

MARION, VIRGINIA: PATRICIA "PATTY" PARSONS MOZINGO, age 74, died Sunday, March 18, 2012 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. Mrs. Mozingo was a life long member of the First Church of God and was a Registered Nurse for many years. She is survived by her husband, Reverend Neville Mozingo of Marion, Virginia; one daughter, Sonya McCollian, of Marion,...

Calvin Hays

Calvin Hays

Mar 18, 2012

RICH VALLEY, VIRGINIA: CALVIN HAYS, age 78, died Sunday, March 18, 2012 at Francis Marion Manor in Marion, Virginia. Survivors and arrangements will be announced later by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service.

Harvey Combs JR

Harvey Combs JR

Mar 15, 2012

MARION, VIRGINIA: Harvey James Combs, Jr., age 61, died Thursday, March 15, 2012 at his home in Marion, Virginia. He was a free spirit. He is survived by four daughters, Kathy Jean Butler of Stanford, Kentucky, Jennifer Lynn Martin of Loveland, Ohio, Pamela Jean Edwards of Wytheville, Virginia, and Kathy Marie Elliott of Pinnacle, North Carolina; one son, Mark James...

James Harris

James Harris

Mar 11, 2012

MARION, VIRGINIA: JAMES JUNIOR HARRIS, Jr., age 53, died Sunday, March 11, 2012 in Smyth County Community Hospital in Marion, Virginia. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Dunford Harris of Marion, Virginia; son, Robert Allen Harris and wife, April of Blacksburg, Virginia; mother, Nancy Brewster Harris of Chilhowie, Virginia; sister, Linda Trent of Lansing, North Carolina; three brothers, Allen...

Thomas McCrickard

Thomas McCrickard

Mar 9, 2012

THOMAS LESLIE McCRICKARD, JR. BORN December 30, 1926 Elkhorn, West Virginia DIED March 07, 2012 Huntsville, Alabama Age 85 GRAVESIDE SERVICE

Nancy Sparger

Nancy Sparger

Mar 6, 2012

Nancy Worley Sparger, of Marion, VA, died March 6 at the age of 89. She was born and grew up in Pulaski. Upon graduation from Radford College, she moved to Marion where she taught school for two years and met her late husband, Haywood (Woody) Sparger. She worked at the Smyth Bland Library during the 1960-70s. She was preceded in...

Dorothy Davis

Dorothy Davis

Mar 5, 2012

MARION, VIRGINIA: DOROTHY ANN SALLEY DAVIS, age 73, widow of John Davis Jr., died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at her home in Marion, Virginia. She was born in Pennington Gap, Virginia to the late Herbert and Geneva DePew Salley. Besides her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by a brother Rondel L. Salley. She is survived by...

William Meek

William Meek

Mar 1, 2012

SUGAR GROVE, VIRGINIA: WILLIAM STEPHEN "BILLY" MEEK, age 80, died Thursday, March 1, 2012 at his home in Sugar Grove, Virginia. He was a prominent Rye Valley farmer and a member of the Elizabeth United Methodist Church in Teas, Virginia. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Eleanor Keeton Meek of Sugar Grove, Virginia; one son, Steve Meek...

William Meek

William Meek

Mar 1, 2012

SUGAR GROVE, VIRGINIA: WILLIAM STEPHEN "BILLY" MEEK, age 80, died Thursday, March 1, 2012 at his home in Sugar Grove, Virginia. He was a prominent Rye Valley farmer and a member of the Elizabeth United Methodist Church in Teas, Virginia. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Eleanor Keeton Meek of Sugar Grove, Virginia; one son, Steve Meek...

Shirley Shupe

Shirley Shupe

Feb 24, 2012

CHILHOWIE, VIRGINIA: SHIRLEY ANN SHUPE, age 58, widow of Alfred Eugene Shupe, died Friday, February 24, 2012 at her home in Chilhowie, Virginia. She is survived by two sisters, Bessie Mullins and husband, Larry of Sonora, Kentucky and Karen Mullins of Bradshaw, West Virginia; one brother, Charlie Brummett and wife, Jeannie of Newark, Delaware and a host of nieces and...

Charles Porter

Charles Porter

Feb 23, 2012

WYTHEVILLE, VIRGINIA: CHARLES E. PORTER, age 70, died Thursday, February 23, 2012 at his home in Wytheville, Virginia. He was a graduate of Rural Retreat High School where he was active in the Future Famers of America. Mr. Porter was retired and had always loved working with his hands. He is survived by one stepson, John Eller and wife, Ann...

Evelyn Fenyk

Evelyn Fenyk

Feb 21, 2012

Fenyk, Evelyn Maxine Crawford of Marion, VA and St. Petersburg, FL. Born in Sabetha, KS May 30, 1924. Died in St. Petersburg, FL Feb. 21, 2012. The only child of Roy Otis Crawford and Flora Vernon Mark, Maxine was a 1946 journalism graduate of Kansas State University. On Feb. 3, 1946, she married John Raymond Fenyk, DVM - they were"...

James Catron

James Catron

Feb 19, 2012

MARION, VIRGINIA: JAMES FLOYD "JIMMY" CATRON, Jr. age 52, passed away Sunday, February 19, 2012 at his home in Marion. Jimmy was employed many years at Catron Machine and Welding where he was co-owner and was currently employed at Washington County Park at South Holston Lake. He was preceded in death by his father, James F. Catron, Sr. and an...