Obituaries

John Atkins

John Atkins

Dec 9, 2006

MARION, VIRGINIA: JOHN LESLIE ATKINS, age 80, died Saturday, December 9, 2006 in Smyth County Community Hospital. John loved horses and drawing and was of the Baptist faith. He retired from Smyth County Community Hospital with twenty-eight years of service. He is survived by one sister, Pearl Shortt of Abingdon, Virginia. Two special nephews, George "Buck" Orfield and wife Brenda...

Roger Bennett

Roger Bennett

Dec 5, 2006

MARION, VIRGINIA: ROGER BENNETT, age 54, died Tuesday, December 5, 2006 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was retired from the Marion Police Department after 20 years of service and he was preceded in death by his parents, Johnny and Cleo B. Overbay. He is survived by his wife, Brenda Bennett of Marion, Virginia; One daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and...

Connie Gilbert

Connie Gilbert

Dec 4, 2006

MARION, VIRGINIA: CONNIE HASH GILBERT, age 89, went home to be with her Heavenly Father, Monday, December 4, 2006 in Francis Marion Manor Nursing Home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray "Gib" Gilbert, Her parents, Ben and Dora Hash, Three sisters, and Three brothers. She is survived by one son, Dennis Ray "Bud" Gilbert of Chilhowie, Virginia;...

Danny Thompson

Danny Thompson

Dec 3, 2006

MARION, VIRGINIA: DANNY LEE THOMPSON, age 55, died Sunday, December 3, 2006 at his home in Marion, Virginia. He was a 1969 graduate of Marion Senior High School, and was a past member of the Marion JayCees and the International Explorer's Club. He was an avid collector of Indian artifacts, antiques, and historical items. Mr. Thompson was also an amateur...

Clara Wynn

Clara Wynn

Dec 2, 2006

MARION, VIRGINIA: CLARA LEE WYNN, age 89, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, December 2, 2006. She was a member of Adwolfe Freewill Baptist Church. She is survived by five daughters, Sylvia Hehemann of Tampa, Florida, Shirley Akers of Bluefield, West Virginia, Jean Woods, Ruth Peeples, Judy Lewis all of Marion, Virginia; Three sons, Herman, Donnie and...

Ruby Dempsey

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.