Obituaries
Nancy Funk
Apr 22, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: NANCY LOUISE FUNK, age 59, died Friday, April 22, 2005 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born March 18, 1946 in Saltville, Virginia to the late Clyde and Frances L. Cannon. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by three brothers. Mrs. Funk retired from South Western State Hospital after twenty seven years of service...
Charles Hall
Apr 14, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: CHARLES W. HALL, age 64, died Thursday, April 14, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was a veteran of 20 years of service with the United States Army, achieving the rank of Sergeant 1st class. Mr. Hall served two tours in Vietnam and was in the military intelligence. In 1978 he worked as manager at Thompson Tire,...
Frances Funk
Apr 12, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: FRANCES (LOETTA) CATRON FUNK, age 82, died Tuesday, April 12, 2005 at her home after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Funk was a pianist for the Mt. Zion Methodist Church for many years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Verna Cornett Catron, two brothers, James Catron and Clarence Catron, Jr., one sister, Pauline Bush, one...
Clara Welch
Apr 12, 2005
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: CLARA MAE WELCH, age 72, died Tuesday, April 12, 2005 in Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee. She served faithfully at Atkins First Church of God for many, many, years. She was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, Hobert Gale Welch, and a daughter, Bonnie McCatherine. Mrs. Welch is survived by two daughters, Sandra Ward...
Helen Boyles
Apr 9, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: HELEN JANE BOYLES, age 80, died Saturday, April 9, 2005, in Smyth County Community Hospital. Ms. Boyles was a life long member of Marion Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Carol Ann Overbay of Roanoke, Virginia and Denise B. Johnson of Marion, Virginia. One son, D. Dewayne Miller of Marion, Virginia. One sister, Lena Blanton of...
Anna Hurt
Apr 9, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: ANNA PAFFORD HURT, age 93, widow of Clarence (Jack) Hurt died Saturday, April 9, 2005 in Valley Health Care Center. She is survived by one daughter, Barbara H. Bales of Glade Spring, Virginia. One son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Sherry Hurt of Glade Spring, Virginia. Three grandchildren, Leigh B. Lewis and husband, Russell, Lisa H. Smith and husband,...
Evelyn Shumate
Mar 31, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: EVELYN BROOKS SHUMATE, age 92, widow of Dixie Lee Shumate, died Thursday, March 31, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. She was a member of Falling Water Baptist Church, the Garden Club, and Order of the Eastern Star Marion Chapter #72, where she was a past Matron. In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by...
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...
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