Obituaries
Jill Hinton Fitchko
Sep 21, 2024
Marion, Virginia
Jill Hinton Fitchko age 69 passed away Saturday morning, September 21, 2024 at her home.
Jill’s heart was as big as her smile and her laugh was contagious. Everyone loved Jill’s cooking – Dennis was especially fond of her cabbage rolls, but everything she made was simply delicious. She made many friends in her 46 years with Mowbry-Woods Orthodontics. Jill...
Ernest Neal Anderson
Sep 20, 2024
Marion, Virginia
Ernest Neal Anderson age 90 passed away into the arms of his Savior Jesus Christ, Friday, September 20, 2024 at Francis Marion Manor, Marion, Va.
Furniture was Neal’s passion. Along with his wife Minnie, they established Anderson Furniture in Atkins, Va. The family store operated for 45 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Arlie & Thelma Anderson; infant...
Charles Mitchell Edmiston
Sep 18, 2024
Marion, Virginia
Charles Mitchell Edmiston, age 70, passed into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior on September 18, 2024 after a valiant battle with cancer.
He was born May 17, 1954 to Joseph and Virginia Edmiston. Charlie was a graduate of Virginia Tech and served as a teacher in the Smyth County school system for 30 years before retiring in...
Donna M. Anderson
Sep 18, 2024
Marion, Virginia
Donna M. Anderson age 76, passed away Wednesday, September 18, 2024 surrounded by her sisters, at Francis Marion Manor, Marion, Va.
Everyone’s “Aunt Donna” was well known for her show stopping smile. It was a good thing she loved to cook, bake and can everything, because she never let anyone go hungry and was well known for her annual apple...
Roger Clay Ball
Sep 17, 2024
Abingdon, Virginia
Roger “Clay” Ball age 29, passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2024 At Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, Va.Clay was a loving husband, father, son and sibling.
A 2013 graduate of Sullivan East High School, Clay kept the beat of the Sullivan East High School Band as percussionist and cymbals in the marching band. He was a former employee of Walmart in...
Byron E. Kegley
Sep 17, 2024
Nebo, Virginia
Byron E. Kegley, age 82, passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at his home.
He was born August 1, 1942 in Nebo, Virginia to the late Tom and Mallie Kegley.
Byron devoted his entire life to his family, never failing to show them how much he loved and cared for them. He was a hard-working man who spent his life tending...
Joan Bear Minnick
Sep 13, 2024
Rural Retreat, Va.
Joan Bear Minnick age 77, passed away Friday, September 13, 2024 at her home.
As of today, there’s 1 billion and 1 stars in the sky. Joan was a selfless lady who would do anything for anybody without complaint. Most people would want her delicious cooking. She loved people and never met a stranger. Joan loved her family, especially...
Glenda Tabor Yates
Sep 12, 2024
Damascus, Virginia
Glenda Tabor Yates age 78 passed away Thursday, September 12, 2024.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Vestal Yates; parents, George & Juanita Tabor; son, James Robert “Bobby” Yates; step-son, Michael Yates.
Glenda is survived by her daughter, Tammy Curd of Damascus, Va.; sister, Barbara Amberin of Bluefield, Va.; four grandchildren, James “Robby” Berryhill, Austin Curd, Nathaniel Yates and...
James Roger Coley
Sep 11, 2024
Marion, Va.
James Roger Coley age 76, passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at his home.
Roger was a loving and an awesome husband, dad, papaw and friend. Family was always first – always. Someone said Roger was the toughest man they knew, but he would stop and talk to every kid he saw. Roger had it right, he loved God, family...
Angel Faith Massey
Sep 10, 2024
Sugar Grove, Virginia
Angel Faith Massey was born sleeping Tuesday, September 10, 2024.
Family waiting to greet her in Heaven include, grandfather, Elmer Ray Massey; great-grandmother, Alice Marie Vaughn; grandparents, Charlie & Carrie Adkins; and uncle, Gary Adkins.
Angel now watches over her parents, Buddy Massey & Kayla Adkins of Sugar Grove, Va.; sister, Harley Massey; brothers, Dakota Bell, Jacob Massey, Brandon Massey,...
William R. "Bill" Heath
Sep 7, 2024
Lebanon, Virginia
William R. “Bill” Heath age 80, passed away Saturday, September 7, 2024 at Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, Tenn.
After being apart for one year and eleven days, Bill Heath left this world and joined the love of his life & wife of 50 years, Yvonne Hess Heath, who passed in 2023 & whom he missed so much.
In addition to...
Lloyd Garnet Walls
Sep 3, 2024
Troutdale, Va.
Lloyd Garnet Walls age 88, passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at Ballad Hospice House, Bristol, Tenn.
Lloyd was born in Green Cove, Va. later moving to West Grove, Penn. where he lived for over 50 years before moving back to Virginia, finally calling Troutdale his home; making many friends along the way because he never met a stranger he...
Edmund Robinson
Sep 1, 2024
Floyd, Virginia
Edmund Robinson age 66, passed away Sunday, September 1, 2024 at Skyline Nursing & Rehab, Floyd, Va.
There will be no public services.
To share memories of Edmund Robinson please visit www.seaverbrown.com. Care for Mr. Robinson has been entrusted to Fraziers’ Seaver-Brown Funeral Service & Crematory, 237 East Main Street, Marion VA 24354.
Wilburn "Buddy" Rhudy Cummings
Aug 30, 2024
Wilburn “Buddy” Rhudy Cummings, 91, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 30, 2024, with his daughter and son by his side.
He was born in Marion, VA to the late George Neal Cummings and Leta Box Cummings. Buddy was an Army veteran serving as a MP during the Korean War and a faithful member of Temple Baptist Church in Newport News, VA, where he...
Ruth A. Dishner Dunavant
Aug 29, 2024
Marion, Va.
Ruth A. Dishner Dunavant age 83, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2024 with her loving family by her side.
Ruth was the heart of her home, being a proud wife of 65 years, mother, sister and most importantly, granny to the grandkids. She grew up at Hungry Mother State Park on her grandfather’s land where she later married the love...
Betty Sue Foglesong Thompson
Aug 28, 2024
Marion, Virginia
Betty Sue Foglesong Thompson, age 92, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, Tennessee.
Sue was born June 29, 1932 in Smyth County, Va., the youngest child of the late Abbie D. Kimberlin and Kent C. Foglesong. She married John J. Thompson, and they moved to the Baltimore area in the mid 1950’s where they...
Wanda Louise "Sammie" Crewey
Aug 22, 2024
Marion, Virginia
Wanda Louise “Sammie” Crewey age 69, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2024 at her home.
Wanda “Sammie” Crewey was a woman who loved the Lord. She was also a woman who would not hesitate to use some “tough love” on you if she thought you needed it, just ask her kids and grandkids. Sammie loved her family dearly, especially...
Ray Louis Morris
Aug 16, 2024
Marion, Virginia
Ray Louis Morris age 86 , passed away Friday, August 16, 2024 at his home.
Ray loved his family and he loved to fish and hunt. If there was a creek bank or a mountain- he’d rather be there than anywhere else. Ray loved animals – all kinds; he loved squirrels, groundhogs, and about anything else with four legs. His...
Mary Jane Clark Ratcliff
Aug 14, 2024
Marion, Virginia
Mary Jane “Janie” Clark Ratcliff age 66, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at Smyth County Community Hospital, Marion, Va.
Janie was one of a kind. She loved her family, friends and her many animals. Although Janie never had children of her own, she mothered many of her nieces and nephews. Janie enjoyed crafting and working in her flowers. She...
Clarence Dale Kirk
Aug 12, 2024
Clarence Dale Kirk, age 90 passed away Monday, August 12, 2024 in Gainesville, Georgia.
Born November 30, 1933 in Smyth County, Va., Dale was the son of the late Carl F. Kirk and Mary Pearl Kirk of Smyth County, Virginia. In his youth he resided in Sugar Grove, VA and attended Sugar Grove High School. Dale enlisted in the army where...
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