Obituaries
Judge Matthews
Oct 18, 2007
MARION, VIRGINIA: JUDGE J. AUBREY MATTHEWS, age 86, passed away Thursday, October 18, 2007 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Born April 18, 1921 in Brunswick County, Virginia, he was the son of the late J. Edward and Patty Sue Matthews. Judge Matthews received both his undergraduate and law degrees from Washington and Lee University. This education was separated by his...
Carrie Sexton
Oct 16, 2007
MARION, VIRGINIA: CARRIE MAE SEXTON, age 77, died October 16, 2007 at Smyth County Community Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest "Dempsey" Sexton, her father and mother, Arthur and Mattie Russell, three brothers and two sisters. She is survived by one brother and sister-in-law, Charles "Jim" and Gladys Russell of Marion, Virginia; several nieces and nephews...
Polly Earnest
Oct 14, 2007
SUGAR GROVE, VIRGINIA: POLLY GLADYS COX EARNEST, age, 84, departed from this life to live with Jesus forever on Sunday, October 14, 2007 in Smyth County Community Hospital. She was preceded in death by her caring and loving husband W. Rudolph Earnest of 44 years of marriage; her parents, Cullen and Gladys Cox; three brothers, Robert Cox, Ralph "Gike" Cox,...
Shelby Jones
Oct 13, 2007
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: SHELBY "JEAN" FORTNER JONES, age 67, died Saturday, October 13, 2007 in Hospice of Charleston Hospice Center, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Mrs. Jones was formerly of Atkins, Virginia and has resided with her daughter for the past seven years in Goose Creek, South Carolina. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Clarence and Carrie Fortner;...
Roy Cullop
Oct 8, 2007
SEVEN MILE FORD, VIRGINIA: ROY FRANKLIN CULLOP, age 75, died Monday, October 8, 2007 at his home in Seven Mile Ford, Virginia after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. Roy was a U. S. Air Force Veteran and a member of the Seven Mile Ford Presbyterian Church. He lived in Smyth County most of his life where he was...
Ruby Fannin
Oct 7, 2007
MARION, VIRGINIA: RUBY GORDON SMITH FANNIN, age 91, died Sunday, October 7, 2007 at Francis Marion Manor Nursing Home in Marion, Virginia. She was born on August 11, 1916 in the Fairwood Community of Grayson County, Virginia to the late Gordon and Minnie Hill Smith. Mrs. Fannin is preceded in death by her husband, Russell Fannin; a daughter, Peggy Sue...
Callie Farris
Oct 6, 2007
CHILHOWIE, VIRGINIA: CALLIE REEDY FARRIS, age 96, died Saturday October 6, 2007 in Chester Nursing Home in Chester, South Carolina. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Farris; her parents Joseph and Henrietta Reedy; and two brothers and five sisters. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Mary Virginia and Melvin Adams of Rock Hill, South Carolina,...
Walter Boone
Sep 27, 2007
MARION, VIRGINIA: WALTER JACKSON BOONE, age 95, died Thursday, September 27, 2007 in Salemtowne Retirement Center in Winston- Salem, North Carolina. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Marion, Virginia, where he also served on the Administrative Board. Mr. Boone went to work for the Marion Police Force in 1941, and on June 18, 1954, was made...
Dolly Repass
Sep 16, 2007
SUGAR GROVE, VIRGINIA: DOLLY MAE ANDERSON REPASS, age 93, widow of Morris "Buster" Repass, died Sunday, September 16, 2007 in Francis Marion Manor Nursing Home. She was born March 24, 1914 to the late Frank and Elizabeth Anderson. She is survived by two sisters, Mary Harrington of Bel Air, Maryland and Anne Surface of Sugar Grove, Virginia; several nieces and...
Mae Meade
Sep 14, 2007
RUTH MEADE, age 87, went to be with the Lord Friday, September 14, 2007 from Holston Valley Medical Center, after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Meade. She was formerly of Marion, Virginia and is a member of Adwolfe Freewill Baptist Church. She is survived by one daughter, Wilma Fortner, of Kingsport, Tennessee; and...
Patricia Barton
Sep 10, 2007
MARION, VIRGINIA: PATRICIA LYNN BARTON, age 47, passed away early Monday morning, September 10, 2007 while at home with her family after a long battle with illness. She was preceded in death by her parents Boyd "Bo" and Sarah Gowins, and her brother-in-law, Leon Wright. Lynn grew up in Marion, Virginia achieving degrees from Wytheville Community College, Virginia Intermont College,...
Arden Conklin
Sep 10, 2007
SUGAR GROVE, VIRGINIA: ARDEN E. CONKLIN, of Sugar Grove, Virginia passed on to a better life on Monday, September 10, 2007 at his home. He was born on June 1, 1937 in Airmont, New York. He is survived by his wife, Carol A. Conklin of Sugar Grove, Virginia; their four children, April Mae Marshall and husband, Kenneth, of New Zealand,...
Tina Osborne
Sep 6, 2007
TINA COLE OSBORNE, age 42, died Thursday, September 6, 2007, at Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was a teacher at Northwood High School, in Saltville, Virginia, a former teacher at Keystone Youth Center in Marion, Virginia, and a volunteer at the Marion Recreation Department. Tina was preceded in death by a brother B. J. Cole. She...
Charles Brown
Sep 1, 2007
MARION, VIRGINIA: CHARLES RAYMOND "RAY" BROWN, JR, of Mechanicsville, Virginia departed this life on September 1, 2007 at his son's home in Marion, Virginia after a gallant struggle with cancer. He was born on February 8, 1920 in Richmond, Virginia to the late Charles Raymond, Sr. and Earle Davenport Brown. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of...
Okie Fritts
Sep 1, 2007
ABINGDON, VIRGINIA: OKIE HASH VAUGHT FRITTS: age 76, died Saturday, September 1, 2007 at Grace Health Care, Abingdon, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband, Don Fritts. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Rob McDonald of Abingdon, Virginia; two sons, David Vaught, of Roanoke, Virginia and Christopher Vaught, of Hendersonville, North Carolina; four grandsons:...
Mary Campbell
Aug 29, 2007
MARION, VIRGINIA: MARY FRANCES PRICE CAMPBELL, age 86, died Wednesday, August 29, 2007 in Bristol Regional Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Buchanan Campbell, Sr. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, teacher and faithful servant of her church and community. Mrs. Campbell is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Peggy and Jimmy Emery of...
Annette Gailliot
Aug 28, 2007
ANNETTE ADELE WELCKER GAILLIOT, of Marion, Virginia, died on August 28, 2007, in Fresno, California, following a long illness. She traveled to California on July 2 to bid farewell to her dying son and was unable to return home. Mrs. Gailliot was born March 19, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Hans Theodor Georg Welcker and Martha Wilhelmina...
O. Smith
Aug 26, 2007
MARION, VIRGINIA: DR. O.O. SMITH, JR., age 87, died Sunday, August 26, 2007 at his home in Marion. Dr. Smith was born November 16, 1919 to the late Oscar Orton and Ruth Reeves Smith in Roaring Gap, North Carolina. In 1926, he and his family moved to Independence, Virginia, Grayson County, where he grew up. Dr. Smith graduated from Independence...
Robert Stone
Aug 21, 2007
ROBERT J. STONE, age 64, died Tuesday, August 21, 2007in Smyth County Community Hospital, Marion, Virginia. He was preceded in death by his parents, Muncy G. and Katherine Kirk Stone. He is survived by three sisters, Phyllis Wilma Ford and Shirley Dianne and Edsel West all of Sugar Grove, Virginia and Wilma Faye Altizer of Christiansburg, Virginia; two brothers, Muncy...
Mary Irvin
Aug 20, 2007
MARY DARE NOONKESTER IRVIN, age 73 died Monday August 20, 2007 in Smyth County Community Hospital, Marion, Virginia. She was born March 31, 1934 in Grayson County, Virginia, to the late Paul and Geneta Hash Noonkester. She was a member of Summit Baptist Church in Sugar Grove for many years. Mary was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who dearly...
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