Obituaries
Rena Farmer
Jan 2, 2011
RENA LORRAINE RICHARDSON FARMER, age 85 LEFT HER EARTHLY PLACE AND REACHED HER Heavenly Home Sunday, January 2, 2011 surrounded by loving family in Smyth County Community Hospital. She was a faithful member of Falling Water Baptist Church and had been employed by Southwestern State Hospital for more than 20 years where she showed her patients the same loving care...
Mary McGlothlin
Dec 31, 2010
MISS MARY JANE MCGLOTHLIN, age 76, died Friday, December 31, 2010 in Smyth County Community Hospital. She was born September 23, 1934 in Pulaski, Virginia to the late William Bates and Mary Lawrence McGlothlin. She was a member of the Marion Baptist Church. Mary Jane was a graduate of Marion High School and the Nursing School in Grundy, Virginia where...
Billy Browning
Dec 31, 2010
BILLY RAY BROWNING age, 71, went to be with Jesus on Friday, December 31, 2010 in Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born, September 27, 1939 in Logan, West Virginia He was preceded in death by his parents, Theodore and Nina Browning, brother, Gene Browning; grandson, Dylan Hall; granddaughter, Leann Clark; and son, Donald Lee Browning. Billy was an avid fisherman,...
Elizabeth Wollitz
Dec 24, 2010
ELIZABETH "BETTY" WOLLITZ, age 73, died Friday, December 24, 2010 in Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was the youngest daughter of the late Jacob and Hattie Beidler. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Edward Wollitz; three brothers, Wilmer, Jacob and Kenneth; three sisters, Dorothy, Esther and Catherine; and a son-in-law, Herbert Dellinger, Jr. She is survived by two...
Mary Snyder
Dec 24, 2010
MARY PRESTON CREWEY SNYDER, age 84, died Friday, December 24, 2010 in Wythe County Community Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Robert Ray and Mazie Pearl Burchett Crewey. She was a loving and devoted mother. Her main interests were fashion and fitness. She was a cosmetician at Vandervort's Department Store in St. Louis, Missouri. For the past ten...
Frank Spiker
Dec 18, 2010
Frank L. Spiker passed away December 18, 2010. He was preceded in death by his mother and father Rev. Frank L. and Edna M. Spiker; one sister, Wilma Jean Heller; and two daughters, Susan Kay Sesco and infant Linda Joyce Spiker. Frank was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Marion. He is survived by his wife of...
Violet Blevins
Dec 17, 2010
VIOLET DANCY BLEVINS, age 82, of Marion, died Friday at Francis Marion Manor. She was a Nurse at Smyth County Community Hospital and Eller, Patterson & Walker Physicians for many years. Violet was a member of Hopkins View Primitive Baptist Church and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. Preceding her in death was her husband, Elder Ben H. Blevins and granddaughter, Julie...
Leroy Bowman
Dec 16, 2010
MARION, VIRGINIA: LEROY THOMAS BOWMAN, age 57, passed away at his home on December 16, 2010, in Marion. He was preceded in death by one son, Thomas Bowman and one special friend, Theresa Bowman Foley. Survivors include, one son, Justin Bowman of Houston, Texas; one daughter, Tamye Jo Bowman of Lake Jackson, Texas; one sister and brother-in-law, Debbie and Larry...
Lillian Helton
Dec 11, 2010
MARION, VIRGINIA: LILLIAN AKER HELTON, age 91, died Saturday, December 11, 2010 at the Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia. She was born January 21, 1919 in Smyth County Virginia to the late William and Maude Peake Aker. Mammaw, as she was lovingly called, loved the Lord and lived with His direction every day. She loved her church family (wherever she...
Elizabeth Boyles
Dec 8, 2010
MARION, VIRGINIA: ELIZABETH "LIZ" ROBINSON BOYLES, age 71, died Wednesday, December 08, 2010 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. She was born October 22, 1939 to the late Early G. and Elsie Evans Robinson. Liz had been employed in the Marion area for over 50 years as a well loved beautician. She was affectionately called "MaMaw" by her grandchildren and was...
Jennifer Buchanan
Dec 8, 2010
GLADE SPRING, VIRGINIA: JENNIFER GAY BUCHANAN, age 35, died Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at her home. She was born January 17, 1975 in Mercer County, West Virginia to Betty Atkins of Falls Mills, Virginia and David Buchanan of Bluefield, West Virginia. Jennifer graduated from Montcalm High School. Survivors include her son, Michael Buchanan; her life companion of 16 years, Joey...
Charlotte Gentry
Dec 3, 2010
MARION, VIRGINIA: CHARLOTTE FLORENCE PICKLE GENTRY, age 84, widow of Delmer Dean Gentry, died Friday, December 3, 2010 in Francis Marion Manor in Marion, Virginia. Born September 6, 1926 in Smyth County, Virginia, to the late Brown and Gertrude Day Pickle, she was a member of the First Church of God Chatham Hill Road and also a choir member. She...
Rex Dunford
Dec 1, 2010
MARION, VIRGINIA: REX DUNFORD, age 69 of Marathon, Florida, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at Fishermen's Hospital in Marathon, Florida. He was born April 6, 1941 in Sugar Grove, Virginia to John H. and Fanny Sheets Dunford. Rex has lived in Marathon, Florida for the past 17 years, coming from Manassas, Virginia. He was a devoted husband, father and...
Pauline Whisman
Dec 1, 2010
MARION, VIRGINIA: PAULINE A. WHISMAN, age 81 died Wednesday, December 01, 2010 at Francis Marion Manor in Marion, Virginia. Mrs. Whisman was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, James "Dude" Whisman. Pauline was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She attended Freedom Tabernacle Baptist Church. Mrs. Whisman is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Richard and...
Linda Long
Nov 28, 2010
SUGAR GROVE, VIRGINIA: LINDA PARKS LONG, age 62 of Sugar Grove, Virginia, passed away Sunday, November 28, 2010 at Valley Health Care Center in Chilhowie, Virginia. She was born July 21, 1948 at Sugar Grove to Jesse Leon and Madeline Fay Cornett Parks. Survivng, mother, Fay Parks Pafford; two daughters, Beverly Fay Burkett and Beth Long; two brothers, Jesse Parks,...
Donald Stacy
Nov 21, 2010
Marion, Virginia. Don B. Stacy passed away on Sunday, November 21, 2010 at home in Marion, VA. Friends and family will be received on Tuesday, November 23 from 6:30-8:00pm at the Seaver-Brown Funeral Home in Marion, VA. Services will be held Wednesday, November 24 at 2pm in the chapel at the funeral home. Rev. Neville Mozingo, Dr. John DiYorio, and...
Stella Lawrence
Nov 19, 2010
Stella Marie Lawrence, 81, passed away November 19, 2010 in Smyth County Community Hospital. She was born July 23, 1929 in Sugar Grove, Virginia. Mrs. Lawrence was preceded in death by her first husband Lester Roberts, her second husband Bob Lawrence and her parents Henry and Bessie Rich. She was a faithful member of Valley View Baptist Church and a...
Amanda Crusenberry
Nov 17, 2010
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: AMANDA NICOLE CRUSENBERRY, age 29 died Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at Johnson City Medical Center. She is survived by her parents, Robert and Rita Crusenberry of Atkins, Virginia; two sisters, Angela Ahmed of Abingdon, Virginia and Rebecca Crusenberry of the home; niece, Amirah Ahmed; nephew, Zidan Ahmed; best friends, Jessica King and Brittany Jones; many beloved cousins, aunts,...
Helen Corvin
Nov 16, 2010
MARION, VIRGINIA: HELEN LYONS CORVIN, age 73, died Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at Smyth County Community Hospital. Mrs. Corvin was preceded in death by her first husband, Raymond Lyons; second husband, James Martin Corvin; and son, Dewey Leon Lyons. She is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Mary Lyons Hawthorne of Rural Retreat, Virginia, and Ella Lyons Wingate and...
Zollie Fowler
Nov 14, 2010
MARION, VIRGINIA: ZOLLIE PERKINS FOWLER, age 91, died Sunday November 14, 2010 at Smyth County Community Hospital. She was born in Grayson County on October 2, 1919 and had lived in Smyth County since 1933. She became a member of the Falling Water Baptist Church in 1953, was a member of Marion Garden Club for many years and worked in...