Obituaries
Charles Anderson
Sep 18, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA: CHARLES "CHUCK" ANDERSON, age 72, died Friday, September 18, 2009 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was preceded in death by his wife, Arleen Anderson and great-granddaughter Belle Hester. He is survived by one daughter, Debi Ratliff and husband, Kenny of Glade Spring, Virginia; three sisters Judy Craver of Seven-Mile Ford, Virginia, Connie Null of Marion, Virginia, and...
Leo Ferrell
Sep 17, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA: LEO FERRELL age 79, died Thursday, September 17, 2009, at his home in Marion, Virginia. Leo was originally from Lewisburg, West Virginia and relocated to Marion, Virginia in 1961. He was a Barber for 60 years and had been Manager of the Holston Hills Country Club for 5 years. He was a veteran of the Korean War having...
Margaret Sexton
Sep 16, 2009
RURAL RETREAT, VIRGINIA: MARGARET NELLIE BELL SEXTON, age 80, widow of Arthur Sexton Jr. died Wednesday, September 16, 2009 in Bristol Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Cedar Bluff Baptist Church. She is survived by one son, Raymond Gary Sexton of Rural Retreat, Virginia, and one sister Mary Handy of Dublin, Virginia and several nieces and nephews and...
Melvenia Wilson
Sep 16, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA: MELVENIA ROBERTS WILSON age 69, died Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hurley
Olive Kirby
Sep 15, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA --- OLIVE "IKE" FOSTER KIRBY, 95, passed away September 15, 2009. She was born on November 24, 1913 in Fulton Co., Pennsylvania, daughter of Edison and Annie Foster. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sam Kirby and two sons, Jack Kirby and John Kirby. She is survived by her daughter, Jane Kirby Willis, son-in-law, John Willis,...
Dwight Earnest
Sep 13, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA: DWIGHT O. EARNEST, age 84, died Sunday, September 13, 2009 in Port Charlotte, Florida. He was preceded in death by hi
Elizabeth Hall
Sep 11, 2009
JEFFERSON, GEORGIA: ELIZABETH SHERRILL TILSON HALL, "LIZZIE", age, 84, passed away Friday, September 11, 2009 in Jefferson, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ross "Poppy" Tilson and Winnie Davis Debord Tilson, "Winnie". She is survived by her husband, Reverend D. Chester Hall Sr., "Chet" of Jefferson, GA; one daughter Loretta Joy Hancock "Joy" of Jefferson, Georgia; two...
Betty Spriggs
Sep 11, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA: BETTY JOANN PENNINGTON SPRIGGS, age 68, went to be with the Lord, September 11, 2009, surrounded by her family and close friends after a short courageous battle with cancer. She was born July 22, 1941 in Anawalt, West Virginia to the late Tom and Frances Pennington. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by...
Andrew Miller
Sep 11, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA: ANDREW STEVEN WAYNE MILLER, age 17, died Friday, September 11, 2009, at his home. He will be greatly missed. He is survived by his parents, Steve and Karen Miller of Marion, Virginia; grandparents David and Betty Olinger of Glade Spring, Virginia and Janet Gay Miller of Marion, Virginia; two aunts, Judy Darnell of Marion, Virginia and Vicki Cornett...
Hicks Kilby
Sep 11, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA: MR. HICKS KILBY, age 71, passed away at his home, Friday, September 11, 2009, after a lengthy illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Preston and Sybil Owen Kilby. He is survived by his children, Tina Kilby and Mitch Kilby both of Marion; two aunts, Ruth Cornett and husband June of Elk Creek, Virginia and Faye...
John Delp
Aug 30, 2009
John L. "Jay Bird" Delp, 74, passed away Sunday at his home in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born July 9, 1935 in Marion, VA. He was a Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, and retired from the Montgomery Board of Education in Maryland. He was a Lutheran by faith, and preceded in death by his wife, Annie Pearl. He is...
Robert Hanshew
Aug 20, 2009
NEBO, VIRGINIA: ROBERT "Bob" HANSHEW, age 96, died Thursday, August 20, 2009, at his home. He was a member of Ezelle United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Scott Hanshew and three sons, Eddie, Bobby and Goatie Hanshew. Mr. Hanshew is survived by two daughters & one son-in-law, Peggy & Raney Price of Tyrone, Georgia,...
Martha Gullion
Aug 15, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA: MARTHA JEAN POWELL GULLION, age 71, died Saturday, August 15, 2009 at her home in Marion. She was preceeded in death by her husband Sherman ?Dude? Gullion. Her father and mother, Ernest and Alice Greer Powell, two brothers, Harold and Everette Powell and a sister in law, Betty Powell. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Angela...
Jimmy Warren
Aug 13, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA: JIMMY LEE WARREN went to the Kingdom Of Heaven to join his Heavenly Father in the early afternoon hours of August 13, 2009 after a brief illness following surgery earlier in the week. He was preceded in death by his first loving wife Nancy, his daughter Cheryl, his son Brian, his parents and one brother. He is survived...
Jimmy Warren
Aug 13, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA: JIMMY LEE WARREN; age 77 died Thursday, August 13, 2009 at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Seaver-Brown Funeral Service. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.seaverbrown.com. Seaver-Brown Funeral Service & Crematory is serving the Warren Family.
Bob Eller
Jul 28, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA: BOB EDISON ELLER, age 68, died Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at his home. Mr. Eller was a member of the Marion International Impact Church and a member of Masonic Lodge # 115, Punta Gorda, Florida. He was an employee of the Holston Hills Country Club. He was preceded in death by two daughters, Carol Chewning and Nancy Eller....
Frank Lemmon
Jul 24, 2009
DAVIDSON, NORTH CAROLINA: FRANK T. LEMMON, age 81, beloved husband, father and friend, died peacefully, Friday, July 24, 2009 at The Pines in Davidson, N.C. Frank was born in Marion, Virginia to Alexina Lincoln Lemmon & Frank T. Lemmon. After graduating from Davidson College, he attended Union Theological Seminary in Richmond. There he met his wife of 57 years, Georgia...
Jocie Hash
Jul 24, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA: JOCIE IRENE HASH, age 81 went to be with the Lord, Friday, July 24, 2009 at Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol, Tennessee.Mrs. Hash was born July 1, 1928 in Grayson County Virginia, a daughter of the late James Wiley "Bud" Cress & the late Bertha Viola Blackburn Cress.She retired from the Blue Ridge Job Corps as a dietician....
William McAllister
Jul 23, 2009
MARION, VIRGINIA: WILLIAM RAY McALLISTER, age 80 died Thursday, July 23, 2009 at Smyth County Community Hospital in Marion, Virginia. Mr. McAllister attended VPI & was a graduate of Emory & Henry College. He was a Vocational Agriculture teacher for 17 years in Dickinson County Virginia, as well as a life long farmer. He served in the United States Army...
George McCready
Jul 22, 2009
MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA: GEORGE H. "JACK" McCREADY, died Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at his home in Martinsville, Virginia.He worked as a salesman for Marion Bottling Company and was a truck driver having served with over 50 years of safe driving experience. He retired as an employee of W&A Distributing Services of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.He was preceded in death by his parents...

