Obituaries
Ruby Dempsey
Dec 1, 2006
MARION, VIRGINIA: RUBY COMBS DEMPSEY, age 78, widow of Charles "Ringeye" Dempsey, died Friday, December 1, 2006 at her home in Marion, Virginia. She is survived by three daughters and one son-in-law, Charlotte Eller, Wanda Hayden both of Marion, Virginia, and Regina and Clement Osborne of Chilhowie, Virginia. Three sons and one daughter-in-law, Daniel and Pat Dempsey of Sugar Grove,...
Gwen Levitt
Nov 30, 2006
MARION, VIRGINIA: GWEN LEVITT, age 63, died Thursday, November 30, 2006 at her home in Marion, Virginia. She is survived by one daughter, Sara Jolliffe and husband, Steve of Marion, Virginia; one granddaughter, Kelly Marie Charapich of Marion, Virginia; her ex-husband, Joe Steger of Marion, Virginia; and several beloved cousins. One niece, two nephews, and five great-nieces also survive. A...
Ada Foglesong
Nov 27, 2006
WYTHEVILLE, VIRGINIA: ADA MAE HENEGAR FOGLESONG, age 94, died Monday, November 27, 2006 in Wythe County Community Hospital. She was born May 1, 1912 in Smyth County to the late Ed and Della M. Henegar. Mrs. Foglesong was a former member of Marion Baptist Church. She worked as a salesperson in Marion and retired from Leggett's in Manassas, Virginia in...
Charlotte Sharitz
Nov 22, 2006
MARION, VIRGINIA: CHARLOTTE B. SHARITZ, age 71, died Wednesday, November 22, 2006 in Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, Tennessee. Charlotte had many friends and was loved by everyone. She was preceded in death by her parents, Max H. and Emma June Bell Barett; Her husband, Robert Junior Sharitz; One grandson, Michael H. Sharitz, Jr.; and Three brothers. She is...
Frank Mancinelli
Nov 21, 2006
MARION, VIRGINIA: FRANK "JAKE" MANCINELLI, age 91, died Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at Smyth County Community Hospital. He was born in Wishaw, Pennsylvania to the late Peter and Columba Sorbelli Mancinelli. He was a veteran of the United States Coast Guard having served in World War II as a Chief Petty Officer. He was the general manager of a sheet...
Raymond Smith
Nov 20, 2006
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: RAYMOND E. "GENE" SMITH, age 71, died Monday, November 20, 2006 in Carilon Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born January 26, 1935 in Saltville, Virginia to the late Edgar Smith and Ora Lee Davis Smith. Besides his father he was preceded in death by two sisters, Lucille Brown and Opal Thomas; One brother, Buck Smith. He was a member of...
Judith Anderson
Nov 20, 2006
MAULDIN, SOUTH CAROLINA: JUDITH F. ANDERSON, age 61, wife of Mr. John M. Anderson of Mauldin, died Monday, November 20, 2006. She was born on January 23, 1945 in Oak Hill, West Virginia. She was a daughter of Ruth Stull Tremblay and the late George B. Follett. In addition to her husband and mother Mrs. Anderson is survived by two...
James Hall
Nov 18, 2006
MARION, VIRGINIA: JAMES MAURICE HALL, age 90, died Saturday, November 18, 2006 at his home. He was born June 26, 1916 in Comers Rock, Virginia to the late John W. and Larmie Comer Hall. Mr. Hall had been a very active member of Wharf Hill United Methodist Church. He had been employed with the military police at Radford Arsenal, Fairview...
Henry Murray
Nov 15, 2006
MARION, VIRGINIA: HENRY ALLEN MURRAY, age 80, died Wednesday, November 15, 2006 in Ridgefield Retirement Center, Seven Mile Ford, Virginia. He had retired from Harwood Manufacturing Company with many years of service. He is survived by his wife, Marlene Murray of Marion, Virginia; One daughter, Tammy Harrison of Marion, Virginia; One grandson, Trevor Richardson of Marion, Virginia; One great-grandson, A
David Stamper
Nov 11, 2006
MARION, VIRGINIA: DAVID EDWARD STAMPER, age 59, died November 11, 2006 at his home in Marion, Virginia. He was the son of the late Paul and Marion Jenkins Stamper. He began working at Southwestern State Hospital in 1979 and then went to work for the Virginia Department of Corrections in 1984. While working at the Virginia Department of Corrections he...
Ella Echols
Nov 9, 2006
MARION, VIRGINIA: ELLA MARIE ECHOLS, age 82, died Thursday, November 9, 2006 in Francis Marion Manor Nursing Home. She was an employee of Smyth County Community Hospital for 30 years and was of the Baptist Faith. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Katherine Ann "Katie" and Raymond Sheets of Sugar Grove, Virginia, and Carolyn Sue and Jerry Reed...
Carolyn Smith
Nov 6, 2006
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: CAROLYN ARMSTRONG SMITH, age 64, died Monday, November 06, 2006 in Smyth County Community Hospital following a brief illness. Born on June 1, 1942 to the late James L. Armstrong and Jean Parlier Armstrong Russell of Atkins, Virginia, she had lived most of her adult life in Florida until she retired from Motorola and moved back to Virginia...
Mark Cullop
Nov 4, 2006
CERES, VIRGINIA: MARK DOYLE CULLOP, age 50, died Saturday, November 4, 2006 at Indian Path Hospital in Kingsport, Tennessee. He is survived by his wife, Geneva Cullop of Ceres, Virginia; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Larry and Janet Cullop of Ceres, Virginia and Gary and Katherine Cullop of Sugar Grove, Virginia; one niece, Lisa Stacy of Sugar Grove, Virginia; and one...
Virginia Hassard
Nov 3, 2006
MARION, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA JOAN MORTON HASSARD, age 80, died Friday, November 03, 2006 in Johnson City Medical Center. Though born and raised in Michigan, she had lived the past 14 years in Marion, Virginia. Ms. Hassard was a professional artist specializing in pastel portraits as well as weavings, wall hangings, and arts and crafts. She loved people, enjoyed music and...
Kathryn Munroe
Oct 29, 2006
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE: KATHYRN CAMPBELL MUNROE, age 95, died Sunday, October 29, 2006 in U.T. Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee. She worked for many years at Grissom Auto Parts and counted Bill and Rae Grissom as family.
Edgar Smith
Oct 28, 2006
TROUTDALE, VIRGINIA: EDGAR C. "BUCK" SMITH, age 74, died Saturday, October 28, 2006 in Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, Virginia. Born in Smyth County, Virginia January 31, 1932 to Ore Lee Davis Smith and the late Ed Smith. He was a longtime and faithful member of Troutdale Baptist Church where he served as a trustee, deacon, on the board, Sunday school...
Wayne Peoples
Oct 25, 2006
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: WAYNE W. PEOPLES, age 57, died Wednesday, October 25, 2006 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He is survived by his mother, Bernice P. Walker of Atkins, Virginia and One sister, Linda Hutton of Marion, Virginia. Two nephews, Travis Hutton of Atkins, Virginia and C.J. Hutton of Fort Campbell, Kentucky also survive. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, October...
Helen Burnop
Oct 17, 2006
MARION, VIRGINIA: HELEN LOUISE MARTIN BURNOP, widow of George Campbell Burnop, died Tuesday, October 17, 2006 in Smyth County Community Hospital. She was born in Smyth County to the late Charles and Hattie King Martin; and was a life time member of the First Untied Methodist Church of Marion, VA and was a charter member of Abingdon Chapter # 182...
Jack Kirby
Oct 12, 2006
MARION, VIRGINIA: JACK KIRBY, age 70, died Thursday, October 12, 2006 at his home in Marion, Virginia. He had worked for Harwood Manufacturing Company for many years. As a lover of the outdoors, an avid hiker and backpacker, he had volunteered several of his post retirement years to the National Forest Service. Mr. Kirby was preceded in death by his...
Robert Hays
Oct 9, 2006
GALAX, VIRGINIA; ROBERT JAMES "BOBBY" HAYS age 50, passed from this world on Monday, October 9, 2006 in Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, Virginia after sharing fifty years of joy and laughter with everyone he met. The last few years have been particularly difficult for his body but his cheerful and loving spirit never wavered. He was born in Marion,...