Obituaries
Grace Ellis
Jul 29, 2008
MARION, VIRGINIA: GRACE "KATHERINE" ELLIS, age 77, died Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at Smyth County Community Hospital. Mrs. Ellis was a member of St. Johns Evangelist Catholic Church and Furnace Hill Lutheran Church. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, who always cared about other people putting them before herself. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary...
Belle Hester
Jul 27, 2008
BELLE LEANN HESTER, age 11 months, went to be with her heavenly Father, Sunday, July 27, 2008 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her great-grandfathers, J.B. Keyes and Jack Hester; her great-grandmothers, Essie Hester and Arleen Anderson. She is survived by her parents, Travis and Crystal Hester of Marion, Virginia; her grandparents, Danny and...
Carl Perkins
Jul 23, 2008
MARION, VIRGINIA: CARL E. PERKINS, age 90, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Mr. Perkins served in the United States Army during World War II, and was a life member of VFW Post # 4667. He was also an active member of the Marion Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Hazel Sexton Perkins of...
Ray Rich
Jul 22, 2008
MARION, VIRGINIA: ROY R. RICH, age 75, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at his home in Marion. He worked 37 years and 2 months for the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries at Buller Fish Hatchery in Marion. He was an avid hunter of coons, turkey and deer. He served in the United States Army in the Korea Conflict...
Raymond Powell
Jul 15, 2008
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: RAYMOND R. "DICKIE" POWELL, age 65, died Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, Tennessee. He was an avid hunter who loved the outdoors. Dickie was a jack-of-all-trades, he could do anything and could make anything work. He was always there for his family and friends; he was also very kind, tender-hearted and very...
Norma DeMerit
Jul 9, 2008
MARION, VIRGINIA: NORMA JEAN PARKER DEMERIT, age 88, died Wednesday, July 9, 2008 in Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee. Norma Jean grew up in Harborcreek, Pennsylvania and attended St. Luke's School of Nursing in Cleveland, Ohio. She served as a Lieutenant Army Nurse during World War II and was stationed in England. While working for the Veteran's Hospital in...
Mildred Petty
Jul 8, 2008
MARION, VIRGINIA: MILDRED ROBERTS PETTY, age 83, widow of Raymond E. Petty, died Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at St. Mary's Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee. She was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church in Marion, Virginia. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Ron Arnette of Aylett, Virginia; one son and daughter-in-law, Rev. Ray and Alice...
Sharon Fenyk
Jul 6, 2008
MARION, VIRGINIA: SHARON LYNN FENYK, died in the morning hours of July 6, 2008, after a life of 44 years. She was a beautiful, loving, and caring wife, mother, daughter, and sister. As a young child, she battled an illness that resulted in her spending a considerable amount of her early life in a hospital. She was a determined young...
Henry Hall
Jul 6, 2008
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: HENRY "SANFORD" HALL, age 76, died Sunday, July 6, 2008 at Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. He was employed at Virginia Department of Transportation for 35 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Stanley and Anna King Hall; and one sister, Theresa McKay. He is survived by his wife, Geraldine Morris Hall of...
Frances Neitch
Jul 3, 2008
MARION, VIRGINIA: FRANCES TERRY NEITCH, age 72, died Thursday, July 3, 2008 at her home in Marion, Virginia. She is preceded in death by her husband, James Harold Neitch, and a son, James Harold "Jimmy" Neitch, Jr. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law Timothy and Ruth Neitch of Marion, Virginia; three daughters and one son-in-law, Beverly and Vance...
David Pullin
Jul 2, 2008
DALLAS, TEXAS: DAVID NORVELL PULLIN was called home unexpectedly Wednesday, July 2, 2008, to be with his heavenly Father at age 55. He was preceded in death by his father, Burlin, and his brother, Robert. He leaves to cherish his memory, his mother Henryetta Sprinkle Johnson, stepfather Earl, sisters Glenda Sue and Burline, brother Taylor, children April and Shane, grandchildren...
Don Cruey
Jun 30, 2008
SEVEN MILE FORD, VIRGINA: DON S. CRUEY, age 61, died Monday, June 30, 2008 at Smyth County Community Hospital. He was preceded by his parents, Warnie and Agnes Cruey; two brothers, Ronnie and Charles Cruey. He is survived by his wife, Nellie Wagoner Cruey of Seven Mile Ford, Virginia; two sons and daughters-in-law, Roger and Christina Cruey of Chilhowie, Virginia...
Boyd Edmonds
Jun 24, 2008
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: BOYD W. "HICK" EDMONDS, age 94, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at Smyth County Community Hospital. He was born and raised in the Lick Creek Community in Smyth County, Virginia. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the European Campaign as a medic. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Alice Edmonds...
Bertha Louthian
Jun 22, 2008
MARION, VIRGINIA: BERTHA PUCKETT LOUTHIAN, age 90, died Sunday, June 22, 2008 at Smyth County Community Hospital. She is preceded in death by her husband, Bill Louthian. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, James C. Rose and wife Carole of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Robert M. Rose and wife Linda of Durham, North Carolina; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren;...
Gwendolyn Linkous
Jun 20, 2008
MARION, VIRGINIA: GWENDOLYN ELIZABETH LINKOUS, infant daughter of Jane Parris and Tommy Linkous, died Friday, June 20, 2008 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Along with her parents, she is survived by one sister, Autumn and two brothers, Caleb and Nathan all of Blacksburg, Virginia; her maternal grandparents, Ada and the late June Tilson of Marion, Virginia; paternal grandparents, Tom and Marie...
Ralph Newman II
Jun 20, 2008
NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA: RALPH ANDERSON NEWMAN, II, age 70, passed away on Friday, June 20, 2008 at his home in New Port Richey after an extended illness. Son of the late Woodrow W. Newman and his wife, Lucille Etter Newman, Ralph was a graduate of Marion High School, Marion, Virginia and attended Hiwassee College, Madisonville, TN. He is survived...
Dorothy Williams
Jun 11, 2008
MARION, VIRGINIA: DOROTHY W. WILLIAMS, age 73, loving mother and grandmother, entered her Heavenly Home on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at the home of her daughter in Castlewood, Virginia following a lengthy illness. She is preceded in death by her husband, Herman Williams. She is survived by two loving daughters, Ellen Gay Williams and fiancé Steve Walden of Castlewood, Virginia...
Bernice Walker
Jun 11, 2008
MARION, VIRGINIA: BERNICE P. WALKER, age 88, died Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at Valley Health Care Center in Chilhowie, Virginia. She was a member of Davis Memorial United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Odell Walker and son, Wayne Peoples. She is survived by her daughter, Linda Hutton Dillman and husband Ronnie of Marion, Virginia; one...
Ellen Suits
Jun 10, 2008
MARION, VIRGINIA: ELLEN LEE "SHORTY" SUITS, age 65, died Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, Virginia. She is survived by her husband, Ray Suits of Marion, Virginia; her mother, Mildred Anderson of Mouth of Wilson, Virginia; three brothers, George Anderson and Lewis Anderson both of Richmond, Virginia, and Ray Anderson of Marion, Virginia; several nieces and...
Irma Sprinkle
Jun 9, 2008
MARION, VIRGINIA: Mrs. Irma C. Sprinkle, 98, of Marion Virginia, died quietly at her home on Monday evening, June 9. She was born Irma Chappell on January 31, 1910 in Hastings, Florida, a daughter of Willie Weathers and William Zachias Chappell. She attended Northwestern University for one year but had to drop out and work for two years as the...
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