Obituaries

Katherine Stone

Katherine Stone

Apr 16, 2007

MARION, VIRGINIA: KATHERINE ELIZABETH KIRK STONE, age 82, died Monday, April 16, 2007 at her home. She was retired from American Furniture and was a member of Valley View Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Muncy G. Stone. She is survived by three daughters and a son-in-law, Phyllis Wilma Ford and Shirley Diane and Edsel West both...

George Pennington II

George Pennington II

Apr 13, 2007

RURAL RETREAT, VIRGINIA: GEORGE W. PENNINGTON, age 64, died Friday, April 13, 2007 in Bristol Regional Medical Center. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Pennington of Rural Retreat, Virginia; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Darryl and Susan Pennington of Marion, Virginia and Kevin Pennington of Rural Retreat, Virginia; one brother, Carl "Toop" Pennington of Albany, Georgia; one step-sister, Hilda...

Dorothy Doyle

Dorothy Doyle

Apr 12, 2007

RURAL RETREAT, VIRGINIA: DOROTHY BISE DOYLE, age 71, died Thursday, April 12, 2007 at Francis Marion Manor Nursing Home. She was born in Smyth County on August 2, 1935 to the late Harvey and Minnie Havens Bise. Mrs. Doyle was a devoted mother, wife, grandmother and sister who loved her family dearly. She had been employed as a seamstress in...

Betty Porterfield

Betty Porterfield

Apr 10, 2007

MARION, VIRGINIA: BETTY BLEVINS PORTERFIELD, age 78, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2007 in Johnson City Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roscoe S. Porterfield and her parents, Robert Mathus and Lillie Glass Blevins. She is survived by two sisters, Annie V. Kecken of Baltimore, Maryland and Marie Blevins Lawrence of Marion, Virginia; one brother, James...

Harold Box

Harold Box

Apr 9, 2007

MARION, VIRGINIA: HAROLD K. BOX, age 76, died, Monday, April 9, 2007 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was born July 29, 1930. Mr. Box was preceded in death by his wife, Lillie Maxine Box. He is survived by one daughter, Teresa B. Blevins of Chilhowie, Virginia; one son, Mike Box of Christians

Mervin Meck

Mervin Meck

Apr 9, 2007

MARION, VIRGINIA: DR. MERVIN E. MECK, age 89, died, Monday, April 9, 2007 in Francis Marion Manor Nursing Home. "Doctor, humanitarian, benefactor, farmer, forester, hunter, conservator. Intelligent, articulate but plain spoken, tough but gentle-spirited, thrifty but generous, scholar with a sharp inquisitive mind. A mind of wit and wisdom. Merv loved good food, good friends, books, quiet time, naps, children,...

Alfred Ferguson

Alfred Ferguson

Apr 9, 2007

MARION, VIRGINIA: ALFRED W. FERGUSON, age 79, went to be with his Lord on Monday, April 9, 2007 at Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, Virginia. He was born July 6, 1927 to the late Shuler A. and Flossie Williams Ferguson in Lebanon, Virginia. Al graduated from Lebanon High School and Roanoke Business College. He served in the U.S. Navy during World...

William James

William James

Apr 5, 2007

WILLIAM COY JAMES, age 85, died Thursday, April 5, 2007 in Robbins, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by one son, Albert James. He is survived by four daughters, Ruby Barron of Robbins, North Carolina, Janie Cox of Franklinville, North Carolina, Vickey Clark of Seagrove, North Carolina, and Julie James of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania; three sons, Clifford James and...

Edward Bullins

Edward Bullins

Apr 4, 2007

SUGAR GROVE, VIRGINIA: EDWARD C. BULLINS, age 88, died Wednesday, April 4, 2007 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was a member of the Elizabeth United Methodist Church, a member of the Ruritan Club and a fifty year member of The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Sugar Grove Lodge #215. Mr. Bullins was retired from Brunswick Corporation. He was an...

Bessie Williams

Bessie Williams

Apr 3, 2007

MARION, VIRGINIA: BESSIE DERBYSHIRE WILLIAMS, age 99, died Tuesday, April 03, 2007 in Pulaski Community Hospital, Pulaski, Virginia. She was a member of South Fork Baptist Church for many years. Mrs. Williams was formerly of Marion, Virginia and for the last several years, had made her home in Dublin, Virginia with her daughter. She was preceded in death by her...

Sibyl Vaught

Sibyl Vaught

Mar 31, 2007

SIBYL GAULTNEY VAUGHT, age 87, of Edgewood, MD, died on March 31, 2007 at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD. One of eleven children, she was born in Rugby, VA, the daughter of the late Lee Preston and Ruth Weaver Gaultney and wife, for 36 years, of the late James C. Vaught. She worked in several hospitals in Marion,...

John Tate

John Tate

Mar 27, 2007

MARION, VIRGINIA: JOHN C. TATE, age 81, died Tuesday, March 27, 2007 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was born June 16, 1925 in Essex County Virginia to the late John and Ruby Mills Tate. Mr. Tate was an active member of the Marion Rotary Club for many years, serving a term as president and was also a Paul Harris...

Frances Price

Frances Price

Mar 23, 2007

FRANCES ANN PRICE, age 75, widow of Bruce Price, died Friday, March 23, 2007 in Wellmont Hospice House, Bristol, Tennessee. She was born in Smyth County to the late Harrison and Grace Wolfe Bowman. Besides her husband and parents, she was also preceded in death by seven brothers, Delmar Ray, Leroy "Sam", Ralph "Hooch", Kenneth, Harrison "June", Charles Henry, and...

William Hamm

William Hamm

Mar 22, 2007

WILLIAM BANE HAMM, of Rural Hall, North Carolina, age 79, died Thursday, March 22, 2007 in Balmoral Assisted Living, Palm Harbor, Florida. He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia D. Hamm. He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Charlotte and Bruce Stafford of Palm Harbor, Florida; one son and daughter-in-law John and Cheryl Hamm of Belmont, New...

William Hamm

William Hamm

Mar 22, 2007

MARION, VIRGINIA: WILLIAM BANE HAMM, of Rural Hall, North Carolina, age 79, died Thursday, March 22, 2007 in Balmoral Assisted Living, Palm Harbor, Florida. He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia D. Hamm. He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Charlotte and Bruce Stafford of Palm Harbor, Florida; one son and daughter-in-law John and Cheryl Hamm of...

Janet Rhodes

Janet Rhodes

Mar 17, 2007

MARION, VIRGINIA: JANET MARILYN RHODES, age 56 died Saturday, March 17, 2007 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Born July 31, 1950 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to the late Woodrow and Mary McCarty Losey, she was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and recently completed her G.E.D. and her Associate's Degree in Computer Information...

Robert Clyburn

Robert Clyburn

Mar 13, 2007

ATKINS, VIRGINIA: ROBERT E. "DUDE" CLYBURN, age 72, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007 in Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee. He was born July 13, 1934 to the late Uriel and Stella Clark Clyburn. He was a member of Nick's Creek Presbyterian Church. Mr. Clyburn retired from Merillat Corporation, where he had worked for many years. He loved the outdoors...

Timothy Holbrook

Timothy Holbrook

Mar 10, 2007

MARION, VIRGINIA: TIMOTHY KYLE HOLBROOK, age 47, died Saturday, March 10, 2007 in Johnson City, Tennessee. He was born March 17, 1959 in Marion, Virginia to Frances Noe Holbrook of Marion, Virginia and the late Maynard Carson Holbrook. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Marion, Virginia. He attended the University of Florida and graduated from East...

Crecy Baker

Crecy Baker

Mar 8, 2007

MARION, VIRGINIA: CRECY LOU BAKER, age 75, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 in Ridgefield Assisted Living, Seven Mile Ford, Virginia. She was born July 11, 1931 in Smyth County, Virginia to the late Authur and Mattie Rutherford Russell. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by three brothers, Hobert, Columbus, and Authur Carmen Russell and two sisters,...

Ralph Conner

Ralph Conner

Mar 8, 2007

MARION, VIRGINIA: RALPH CONNER, age 90, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 in Kroontje Health Care Center at Warm Hearth Village, Blacksburg, Virginia. Born April 6, 1916 in Marion, Virginia, he was the second child, to the late David Willis and Mattie Snider Conner. He graduated from Marion High School in 1933 and from Marion Junior College in 1935. He then...