Obituaries
John Dillard
Dec 24, 2005
CHILHOWIE, VIRGINIA: JOHN CARLTON DILLARD, age 80, died Saturday, December 24, 2005. He was born April 30, 1925 to the late John and Georgia Greenwood Dillard. John was a lifelong Smyth County farmer and also had worked for Shanklin Dairy. He had attended the Atkins First Church of God. He is survived by his wife, Betty McConnell Dillard of Chilhowie,...
Lona Pruitt
Dec 21, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: LONA MAE PRUITT, age 90, widow of Marvin William Pruitt, died Wednesday, December 21, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. She was a good Christian lady who was loved by friends and family and will be sadly missed by all. She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Aline and Bernard Dodson of Marion, Virginia; Yevon and Roy...
Grady Lovelace
Dec 21, 2005
SALEM, VIRGINIA: GRADY WAYNE LOVELACE, CSM Retired, age 74, died Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at his home in Salem, Virginia. Born June 28, 1931 in Grayson County, Virginia to the late Cary "Bob" and Bessie Joines Lovelace; he retired as Command Sergeant Major in the United States Army after 33 years of service; having served in the Korean Conflict and...
Bill Stamper
Dec 20, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: BILL STAMPER, age 74, died Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at his home in Marion, Virginia. He was retired after 35 years of service from the Atlantic Research as a technician who made missile parts. He also loved hunting with his beagles, fishing and his friends. Mr. Stamper is survived by his wife, Joyce Stamper of Marion, Virginia; Two...
Earl Ward
Dec 18, 2005
Earl Vester Ward, 93, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 18, 2005 at his home in Marion, Virginia. Born on March 23, 1912 in Smyth County, Virginia, he was son of the late Ambrose J. and Essie Mae Harris Ward and was preceded in death by his wife, Okie Mae Tilson Ward and a son, Earl William...
Earl Ward
Dec 18, 2005
Earl Vester Ward, 93, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 18, 2005 at his home in Marion, Virginia. Born on March 23, 1912 in Smyth County, Virginia, he was son of the late Ambrose J. and Essie Mae Harris Ward and was preceded in death by his wife, Okie Mae Tilson Ward and a son, Earl William...
Nancy McDonald
Dec 17, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA; NANCY F. McDONALD, 78, died on December 17th, in Gainesville, Florida. Ms. McDonald was born October 22, 1927, in Bristol, Virginia. She was a graduate of both Marion High School and Marion Junior College. She went on to get a Bachelor's degree from Hood College in Frederick, MD in 1949. She did graduate work at Richmond Polytechnic Institute...
Danny Blackburn
Dec 17, 2005
DANNY WILSON "RED" BLACKBURN age 46, died Saturday December 17, 2005 at Smyth County Community Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Donna Farris Blackburn of Marion, Virginia; one daughter and her husband, Debbie and Brent Salyer of High Point, North Carolina; two sons, Michael Whitecotton and his Fiancé Hope Blackwell of Marion, Virginia, and Daniel Blackburn and his wife Jamie of...
Mary Sprinkle
Dec 9, 2005
MARY MAE BROOKS SPRINKLE, age 86 passed away peacefully Friday, December 9, 2005 at Hope Hospice of Cape Coral, Florida. Born August 12, 1919 in Norfolk Virginia to the late Henry and Elizabeth Brooks. A graduate of Greensburg Woman's College she married Stewart L. Sprinkle and worked right by his side in the Golf business for 35 years and then...
Kelly Hayden
Dec 7, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA; KELLY "Aught-Boots" HAYDEN, age 74, died Wednesday, December 07, 2005 at his home in Marion, Virginia. He was born in Smyth County to the late Tommy E. and Myrtle Kestner Hayden. Kelly was a self taught furniture maker with furniture located world wide, founder of Oak Hollow Woodworks and Thomas Bridge Cabinet Shop. He was an avid horseman...
Cameron Wolfe
Dec 6, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: CAMERON L. WOLFE, SR., age 100, died Tuesday, December 6, 2005 in Valley Health Care Center, Chilhowie, Virginia. Born June 14, 1905 in Marion, Virginia, to the late Z. M. and Mary Elizabeth Pruner Wolfe, he was preceded in death by his wife of over 50 years, Rose Parsons Wolfe from Grayson County, Virginia. He was the oldest...
Edna Blessing
Dec 6, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: EDNA BLESSING, resident of Marion for many years, passed away at Carrington Place at Wytheville-Birdmont Center on Tuesday, December 6th. Born February 10, 1909, reared in Wythe County, daughter of John W. Gilbert and Ida Vaught Gilbert. She was married to Roby L. Blessing, Sr. and they came to reside and make their home in Marion in 1936....
Johnnie Overbay
Dec 1, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: JOHNNIE EDWARD OVERBAY, SR., age 61, died Thursday, December 1, 2005 in the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia. Born April 15, 1944 in Smyth County, Virginia, to the late James and Annie Mable Thomas Overbay he lived all his life in Smyth County, was a member of the Morman Church, and retired from the Southwestern State Hospital...
Ann Snider
Nov 26, 2005
MARION -- Ann Talbert Snider, age 74, died Saturday, 26 November 2005 in Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City TN. Ann was a native of Abingdon before moving to Marion in 1957, following her marriage to K.B. Snider. When she wasn't playing her passionate hobby bridge, she was an active member of the community working with many organizations, among which...
John Osborne
Nov 26, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: JOHN OSBORNE, age 60, died Saturday, November 26, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was preceded in death by his mother, Dora Cox Osborne. He is survived by his parents, Albert and Patricia Osborne of Marion, Virginia; Two daughters, Stacy Jean Tshudy of Oil City, Pennsylvania and Christie Osborne of Honey Brook, Pennsylvania; One son, John Franklin...
Marguerite Yost
Nov 26, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: MARGUERITE MADDOX YOST, age 97, widow of William T. Yost, died Saturday, November 26, 2005 at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Virginia. Mrs. Yost taught in West Virginia and Maryland for twenty years before moving to Marion in 1962 after the death of her husband. She then taught in the Smyth County School System for fourteen...
Carrie Poe
Nov 23, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: CARRIE GORDON POE, age 80, widow of Kyle Edward Poe, died Wednesday, November 23, 2005 at her home in Marion, Virginia. She was a member of Grosses Creek Baptist Church and was retired from the Southwestern State Hospital. Mrs. Poe is survived by two sons and one daughter-in-law, Edward and Norma Poe and Jerry Poe all of Marion,...
Harry Horne
Nov 20, 2005
RICH VALLEY; HARRY LEE HORNE age 58 died Sunday, Nov 20, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was born April 24, 1948 in Rich Valley to the late James and Dorothy Crow Horne. Harry was a veteran of the Vietnam War having served in the U.S. Navy. He worked at Woodgrain Millwork, had many friends and was a free...
Nile Linkous
Nov 17, 2005
BRISTOL, TENNESSEE: NILE DUNN LINKOUS, age 79, died Thursday, November 17, 2005 in Cambridge House Nursing Home, Bristol, Tennessee. She was born April 18, 1926 in Meadowview, Virginia to the late Carl and Lena Dove Dunn. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Marion, Virginia. She attended Mary Washington College, transferred to Emory and Henry College where...
Bonnie Ford
Nov 16, 2005
ABINGDON, VIRGINIA: BONNIE SULLINS FORD, age 69, died Wednesday, November 16, 2005. She was born in Hemphill, West Virginia, and lived in Abingdon most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Howard D. and Ida James Sullins. She was a bookkeeper and bank teller for many years and was of the Methodist faith. In addition to her...
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