Obituaries
William Blevins
Nov 2, 2004
MARION, VIRGINIA: WILLIAM HOWARD BLEVINS, age 45, died Tuesday, November 2, 2004 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was born September 3, 1959 in Smyth County, Virginia, to the late Luther and Gay Long Blevins. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Linda Teaster. Mr. Blevins is survived by one son, William Cody Blevins...
Johnny Kimberling
Oct 31, 2004
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: JOHNNY KYLE KIMBERLING, age 77, widower of Marie F. Kimberling, died Sunday, October 31, 2004 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Doug Hayden, Frances and Wayne Cox, and Virginia and Gary Mathena all of Atkins, Virginia. One step-sister, Maude Liverman of Smithfield, South Carolina. One step-brother, Jim Haulsee and...
Mildred Harrison
Oct 25, 2004
MARION, VIRGINIA: MILDRED P. HARRISON, age 77, died Monday, October 25, 2004 in Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee. She was a lifetime member of Stone Memorial Presbyterian Church, and was a loving wife, mother, and sister. She was preceded in death by her father, Archie Peacoe, her mother, Mary Sue Haga, her step-father, Claude Haga, and a son, Emmitt...
Mae Hardway
Oct 24, 2004
MARION, VIRGINIA: MAE JONES HARDWAY, age 85, widow of Emory H. Hardway, died Sunday, October 24, 2004 in Valley Health Care Center, Chilhowie, Virginia. She was the daughter of the late William Authur "Bill" and Lydia Davis Jones of Rugby, Virginia. Mae professed a hop
Robert Reedy
Oct 21, 2004
MARION, VIRGINIA: ROBERT RAY "BOB" REEDY, age 66, died Thursday, October 21, 2004 in Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee. He was of the Baptist faith and a veteran of the United States Army. He was born in Grayson County, Virginia to the late Jack and Hattie Sexton Reedy. Mr. Reedy moved to Smyth County as a youth. He was...
William Coalson
Oct 17, 2004
BRISTOL, VIRGINIA: WILLIAM LEE "BILL" COALSON, age 74, died Sunday, October 17, 2004 in Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, Tennessee. He was a native of Smyth County, Virginia and had resided in Bristol, Virginia since 1977. He was a graduate of Marion High School, attended RPI of the college of William and Mary and was of the Baptist Faith....
Edith Dyson
Oct 17, 2004
MARION, VIRGINIA: EDITH WELLS DYSON, age 90, left this earth on Sunday, October 17, 2004 to be with her Lord. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Louella McNabb Wells and was born in Loudon, Tennessee on October 22, 1913. She moved to Marion in 1941 as a young wife and mother, where they raised six children. She...
Vivian Killinger
Oct 4, 2004
MARION, VIRGINIA: VIVIAN MARGARITE PIRES KILLINGER died peacefully at home on Monday, October 4, 2004. Born on October 25, 1904, in Jacksonville, Illinois to John and Ella Pires, she graduated from MacMurray College with a B.S. in Biology and received a Masters of Science Degree in Botany from the University of Illinois. Her master's thesis, "The Diseases of the Pecan...
Layne Pennington
Sep 30, 2004
MARION, VIRGINIA: LAYNE PENNINGTON, age 56, died Thursday, September 30, 2004 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He attended Royal Oak Presbyterian Church. He was born September 10, 1948 in Smyth County. Layne was the son of Lola Cress Pennington and the late Jay C. Pennington. He was a graduate of Marion Senior High School, received an Associate Degree from Bluefield...
Ed Haga
Sep 30, 2004
MARION, VIRGINIA: ED L. HAGA, age 58, died Thursday, September 30, 2004 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Born in Smyth County, Virginia on January 6, 1946, he retired from the Brunswick Corporation after 24 ½ years of service. He had lived in Smyth County for most of his life and loved to play music and sing, George Jones, Merle Haggard,...
Elizabeth Sayers
Sep 28, 2004
MARION, VIRGINIA: ELIZABETH LOUISE SAYERS, age 87, died Tuesday, September 28, 2004 in Smyth County Community Hospital. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clay and Beatrice Robinson Sayers, two brothers, Ercell Sayers and Harry Sayers. She is survived by two sisters, Sybil Slemp and Jean Bailey both of Marion, Virginia. Four nieces, Mary Sue Stephenson, Clara Jean Howell,...
Karen Johnson
Sep 27, 2004
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA: KAREN THOMPSON JOHNSON, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, age 45, died Monday, September 27, 2004 in Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, after a courageous seven year battle with Hepatitis C. Karen was an insurance agent with Fox Insurance. She enjoyed reading and was very talented in home decorating and landscaping with her flower gardens. As an outdoors person she loved...
Ann Cline
Sep 23, 2004
GROSECLOSE, VIRGINIA: ANN HOOFNAGLE CLINE, died Thursday, September 23, 2004 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Born in Atkins, Virginia, Mrs. Cline enjoyed teaching school in Smyth County for many years. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Edgar B. and Martha Purdy Hoofnagle, and two brothers, Henry H. Hoofnagle and James Edward Hoofnagle. She is survived by...
Roger Romans
Sep 23, 2004
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: ROGER DALE ROMANS, age 50, died Thursday, September 23, 2004 at his home. He was born March 26, 1954 in Smyth County, Virginia, to the late W. M. "John Henry" and Rachel Dixon Romans. He is survived by one brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Glenda Romans of Nunnelly, Tennessee. Three sisters and brothers-in-law, Carolyn and Jon DeRusha of...
Alvie Coulthard
Sep 21, 2004
RICH VALLEY, VIRGINIA: ALVIE T. COULTHARD, age 90, died Tuesday, September 21, 2004 in a tragic farm accident. Born February 27, 1914 in Rich Valley, Virginia, to the late Marion Arthur and Fanny Belle Buchanan Coulthard, he was the second of seven children.
Glenn Moore
Sep 20, 2004
MARION, VIRGINIA: GLENN PRESTON MOORE, age 79, died Monday, September 20, 2004 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Born in Smyth County, Virginia, October 14, 1924 to the late Grover and Ella Mays Moore, he was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and had retired from the Brunswick Corporation. Mr. Moore was a true family man, a loving husband, father,...
Geneta Noonkester
Sep 10, 2004
MARION, VIRGINIA: GENETA HASH NOONKESTER, age 95, widow of Paul Noonkester, died Friday, September 10, 2004 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Mrs. Noonkester was a long time member of East End Baptist Church, a loving mother and grandmother, and all the grandchildren called her "Little Grand Ma." She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Billy Irvin of...
Sidney Mays
Sep 5, 2004
SEVEN MILE FORD: REV. SIDNEY F. MAYS, JR., age 80, went to be with the Lord Sunday, September 05, 2004 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Rev. Mays was an ordained Elder in the Church of the Nazarene, having served for over 50 years. He touched many lives with his love for the Lord, church, family and he never wavered. Rev....
Josephine McNeil
Sep 5, 2004
MARION, VIRGINIA: JOSEPHINE GARZA McNEIL, age 63, died Sunday, September 5, 2004 at Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee. She was preceded in death by her parents, Pedro Garza and Francis Russell Davis; one brother, Harold Garza; an aunt, Josephine Garza; and her first husband, Curtis S. Horne, Jr. She is survived by her husband, Roy R. McNeil of Marion,...
Clarence Stevens
Aug 30, 2004
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: CLARENCE A. "STEVE" STEVENS, age 72, went to be with his Lord, Monday, August 30, 2004, in Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee. Born November 14, 1931 in Phillipsburg, Kansas, to the late Nelson and Arizona Gaines Stevens; he was very athletic and earned letters in football, basketball, track and baseball. At the age of 17 he tried...