Obituaries
Rose Cornick
Mar 30, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: ROSE MARIE KILLINGER CORNICK, age 74, widow of Robert Madison Cornick, Jr., died Wednesday, March 30, 2005 in Francis Marion Manor Nursing Home. Born August 22, 1930 in Abingdon, Virginia to the late James Fred Killinger and Rosalind Thompson Peery, she was educated at Marion Senior High School, Sullins College in Bristol, Tennessee, and graduated in 1949 from...
Mary Moore
Mar 29, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: MARY ELLEN WIDNER MOORE, age 75, died Tuesday, March 29, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. She was born May 13, 1929 in Seven Mile Ford, Virginia to the late Clyde and Georgia Hash Widner. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a step-mother, Myrtie Combs Widner and a brother, John Widner. She is...
Emma Cregger
Mar 28, 2005
SALEM, VIRGINIA: EMMA LEE CREGGER, formerly of Marion, Virginia, died on Monday, March 28, 2005. She was a life long member of Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church in Marion, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband, E. S. "Pee Wee" Cregger, a son, Stuart Lee Cregger; father and mother, T. J. and Sue Neff; a sister and husband,...
Viola Musick
Mar 26, 2005
: VIOLA RATCLIFFE MUSICK, age 93, died Saturday, March 26, 2005 in Francis Marion Manor Nursing Home, Marion, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband Willard Musick. She is survived by one daughter, Barbara Powell of Marion, Virginia. Two sons and daughters-in-law, Arlen and Barbara Taylor of Marion, Virginia; and David and Dana Musick of Sugar Grove, Virginia....
Ida Testerman
Mar 22, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA:IDA PENNINGTON TESTERMAN, age 67, died Tuesday March 22, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Born on March 13, 1938 in Konnarock Virginia to the late Harold and Laura Pennington. Mrs. Testerman was a great caring wife, grandmother, sister and was the best mother in the world. She was also the "yard sale Queen" of Smyth County. In addition...
Alberta Hutchins
Mar 22, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: ALBERTA CROCKETT HUTCHINS, age 96, died at Westhaven Retirement Center in Abingdon, Virginia, Tuesday, March 22, 2005. She was the daughter of the late Albert Pendleton and Sallie Thomas Crockett of the Crockett's Cove section of Wythe County. She was educated in Marion, Virginia, and received her degree at Radford University and taught many years in the Smyth...
Jeffrey Muncy
Mar 19, 2005
WYTHEVILLE, VIRGINIA: JEFFREY WADE MUNCY, age 41, died Saturday, March 19, 2005 in Wythe County, Virginia. He was a 1981 graduate of Marion Senior High School where he played football and was a veteran of the United States Army where he served for six years. Jeffrey was an artist, who loved to draw and loved building hotrods. He was also...
Reuben Money
Mar 17, 2005
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: RONALD FOSTER BURRIS, age 78, died Thursday, March 17, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Born August, 3, 1926 to the late Bayse and Lalla Burris he attended |Atkins Baptist Church, and was a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict having served in the United States Army. He retired from Virginia House Furniture and worked...
Charles Phillippi
Mar 17, 2005
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA: CHARLES G. PHILLIPPI, age 73, died Thursday, March 17, 2005 in Wellmont Hospice House, Bristol, Tennessee. He established the Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia which chronicles the settling of Southwest Virginia by the Scotch-Irish and German immigrants. He was a graduate of Emory and Henry College and did graduate work at Virginia Tech and the University of...
Ronald Burris
Mar 17, 2005
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: RONALD FOSTER BURRIS, age 78, died Thursday, March 17, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Born August, 3, 1926 to the late Bayse and Lalla Burris he attended |Atkins Baptist Church, and was a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict having served in the United States Army. He retired from Virginia House Furniture and worked...
Evelyn Scott
Mar 11, 2005
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA: MRS. CLYDE EVELYN ANDERSON SCOTT, age 91, died Friday, March 11, 2005 at Libby's Private Home Care in Richmond, Virginia. Born February 25, 1914 in Dwina, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Henry Clinton and Darhula Holbrook Anderson. She was a graduate of St. P
Bertha Surber
Mar 6, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: BERTHA M. SURBER, age 59, widow of Thomas W. Surber, Jr., died Sunday, March 6, 2005 at her home. She loved fishing, was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and was a fantastic biscuit maker. In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by one son, Kenneth Ray Jessee, two sisters, and three brothers. Mrs. Surber...
Eldridge Garretson
Feb 26, 2005
MIDWAY, GEORGIA: ELDRIDGE RANDOLPH GARRETSON, age 78, died Saturday, February 26, 2005 at Memorial Health and University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia. Born in Smyth County, Virginia, December 21, 1926, he was the son of Guy Garnett Garretson and Clara Mae Leedy Garretson. He was a graduate of Marion High School, Gettysburg College and served in the U.S. Air Force...
Maggie Eller
Feb 25, 2005
SUGAR GROVE, VIRGINIA: MAGGIE VIOLA WOODS ELLER, age 71, widow of Charlie Calvin Eller, died Friday, February 25, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. She is survived by four daughters and three sons-in-law, Katherine and Gary Cullop of Sugar Grove, Virginia; Connie Blevins of Chilhowie, Virginia; Nancy and Randy Blevins of Marion, Virginia; and Betty and Mike Armstrong of Rich...
Glen Billings
Feb 22, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: GLEN R. BILLINGS, age 78, died Tuesday, February 22, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was a member of Valley View Baptist Church and was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother. Mr. Billings was a veteran of World War II having served in the United States Navy and was a veteran of the Korean War having...
Adelee Howell
Feb 20, 2005
CHILHOWIE, VIRGINIA: ADELEE EPPERSON HOWELL, age 79, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, February 20, 2005 from her daughter's home in Chilhowie, Virginia. Born February 5, 1926 to the late Calvin and Etta Hopkins Blevins she was preceded in death by her first husband, June Epperson, and her second husband, Roy W. Howell. In addition to her parents and...
Kermit Powers
Feb 18, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: KERMIT POWERS, age 77, died Friday, February 18, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Born October 31, 1927 in Grayson County, Virginia to the late William and Bessie Little Powers he was retired from the Brunswick Corporation after 33 years of service. He was a very talented woodworker, loving father, pap-paw, and devoted husband. In addition to his...
Mary Vollmer
Feb 11, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: MARY W. VOLLMER, age 87, widow of Robert Louis Vollmer, died Friday, February 11, 2005 at Asbury Place at Wytheville, Wytheville, Virginia. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Mary Anne and Tom Voglewede of Marion, Virginia. One son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Lori Vollmer of Hartland, Michigan. One sister and brother-in-law, Helen and Robert Pepperney of...
William Tibbs
Feb 8, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: WILLIAM E.TIBBS, age 70, died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He is survived by one sister and brother-in-law, Lola and B. H. Bumgarner of Abingdon, Virginia. Two nephews, Michael Bumgarner and Gary Akers. Funeral services
Esther Parker
Feb 6, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: ESTHER MARCHANT PARKER, age 94, died Sunday, February 6, 2005 in Francis Marion Manor Nursing Home, Marion, Virginia. She was born December 2, 1910 in Marion, Virginia, to the late John Edward and Sara Jonas Marchant and was a member of Falling Water Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband,...
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