Obituaries
Sherman Louthen
Nov 27, 2015
MARION, VIRGINIA: SHERMAN LOUTHEN, age 87, went to be with his Lord on Friday, November 27, 2015 at Valley Health Care Center in Chilhowie, Virginia. Sherman was a long time member of Grace United Methodist Church. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He was preceded in death by his sister, Christine Baker, and brothers, Tony...
Gregory Baumgarner
Nov 25, 2015
MARION, VIRGINIA: GREGORY BAUMGARNER, age 62, died Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Smyth County Community Hospital, Marion, Va. Greg was a loving husband, father and grandfather, who was the happiest with a farm full of animals or working on a motorcycle, rebuilding a transmission or watching cartoons with his grandson. He spent a majority of his life serving the Supreme...
James Broyles
Nov 15, 2015
SALTVILLE, Va.: JAMES "JIM" EVERETT BROYLES, SR. age 69, died Sunday, November 15, 2015 at his home. Jim was a loving husband, father, and papaw. He never knew a stranger and if you were good friends, well you were special; and if you were family, you were very special. He loved his family with all his heart, mind and soul....
Adrain Bentley
Nov 11, 2015
CHILHOWIE, Va.: ADRAIN JANE "SUPERMOM" BENTLEY, age 71, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Smyth County Community Hospital. Jane absolutely loved her family. She would have done anything for her four girls and her number one son. She was a loving super-mom to many at Wythe Raceway, mom to her kids and Nanny Jane to her grandchildren. She was a...
Betty Martin
Nov 11, 2015
SUGAR GROVE, Va.: BETTY MAE MARTIN, age 67, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Francis Marion Manor, Marion, Va. Betty was just the sweetest lady that loved everyone she met. She was a loving mother and nana. Betty taught her daughter how to sew as she was a very talented seamstress. She loved her life, her Lord and her family....
Calvin Gore
Nov 5, 2015
CHILHOWIE, Va.; CALVIN H. "C.H." GORE, JR. age 88, died Thursday, November 5, 2015 at Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, Va. C.H. was a loving father, husband and papaw. Papaw Gore was known to take his granddaughter fishing and end up catching her by the shirttail. He was a proud World War II veteran. He retired from Marion's Brunswick Defense Corporation...
Della Grubb
Oct 29, 2015
ATKINS, Va.: DELLA GRUBB, age 83, died Thursday, October 29, 2015 at Wythe County Community Hospital, Wytheville, Va. Della was an amazing mother, and loving grandmother. She was kind to anyone she met. Della always had a smile on her face and a nice word to say. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil F. Grubb; parents, Harry...
Vance Overbay
Oct 22, 2015
MARION, VIRGINIA: VANCE L. "SNAKE" OVERBAY, age 74, died Thursday, October 22, 2015 at Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, Va. He is survived by two daughters, Tracey Dean of Marion, Virginia and Kim Overbay of Greenville, Tennessee; one son, Eddie Overbay of Chuckey, Tennessee; two brothers, Tom Overbay of Marion, Virginia and Eugene Stover of Kingsport, Tennessee; sister, Frankie Stover of...
Renee Ramey
Oct 19, 2015
SUGAR GROVE, Va.; RENEE LEANN RAMEY, age 33, died Monday, October 19, 2015 at her home. Renee was a very loving wife to her husband Travis. She was a wonderful mother to her children. She enjoyed working with her flowers and playing with her dog Zeus. She was a constant student and appreciated education. Renee was studying Early Childhood Development...
Patricia Idol
Oct 17, 2015
MARION, Va. PATRICIA IDOL, age 49, died Saturday, October 17, 2015 at her home in Marion. Patricia was a friend to many, when God made her, He broke the mold. She was one of a kind. Patricia loved Duck Dynasty, Alan Jackson and Alabama. She loved having fun with her family and friends. Patricia will be missed by many. She...
Alfred Parks
Oct 17, 2015
MARION, Va.; ALFRED LEO PARKS, age 80, died Saturday, October 17, 2015 at Carrington Place of Rural Retreat. Mr. Parks was a caring man who adored his family. He enjoyed fishing and made many wonderful memories taking his grandsons with him. He loved nature and anything outdoors, and he was an avid birdwatcher. Mr. Parks was loved by his family...
Joy Scott
Oct 15, 2015
SUGAR GROVE, Va.; JOY YOUNG SCOTT, age 87, died Thursday, October 15, 2015 at her home in Sugar Grove. Joy was a loving wife, wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her brother Billy described her as an awesome sister. Joy led by example. Her faith and love of her Lord and family were the most important sustainers in her life. Her...
Malcolm Brown
Oct 15, 2015
MARION, Va.: MALCOLM M. "MAL" BROWN, III age 65, died Thursday, October 15, 2015 at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. On June 17th of 1950, Malcolm and Irene Brown welcomed a bouncing baby boy into the world, Malcolm Marvin Brown the Third. Mal may have been born the third, but throughout his life he was never satisfied with anything but...
Alma Sexton
Oct 13, 2015
TROUTDALE, Va.: ALMA JOE SEXTON, age 73, died, Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at her home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rex & Alice Sexton; four brothers, James, Donald, Glen and Dale Sexton; two brothers-in-laws, Chuck Armstrong and Rex Chandler. Alma is survived by her husband, William Ray Sexton of Troutdale, Va., daughter and son-in-law, Laura and Robbie...
Bill Earp
Oct 12, 2015
MARION, VIRGINIA: BILL EARP, age 81, died Monday, October 12, 2015 at his home in Marion, Va. Bill Earp was born in 1934 in Bristol, Va. and raised by a single mother. He played football for Virginia High School and went on to Emory & Henry to play football. He was named Little All American in football and inducted in...
JC Franks
Oct 10, 2015
MARION, Va.: JC FRANKS, age 87, died Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, Tn. JC was an Aerospace Engineer in Avionics. He spent most of his career working with Brunswick Defense. He was a key designer in some of the most known air crafts of the late 20th century; such as the F-16, F-4 Phantom,...
Garnett Allison
Oct 9, 2015
MARION, Va.: GARNETT R. "BUDDY" ALLISON, age 90, died Friday, October 9, 2015 at his home in Marion, Va. Mr. Allison was a proud World War II Veteran. He was an avid golfer and guitar player. Garnett loved to fly and upon returning home from World War II he started flying. The two ladies in his life did not share...
Edna Hutton
Oct 4, 2015
MARION, Va.: EDNA GRAY EVANS HUTTON, age 90, went to Heaven to be with Jesus Sunday, October 4, 2015 at her home in Marion, Va. Edna was a loving wife, mother and granny/grandma. She was married to the love of her life Garland, for almost 50 years. She raised her children in a Godly home and under the shadow of...
Billy McBride
Oct 4, 2015
MARION, Va.: BILLY McBRIDE, age 74, passed away peacefully Sunday, October 4, 2015 after 15 years of fighting a courageous battle with cancer he received his healing. Bill was a man of few words as most of his work time was spent on the road as a truck driver for 35 years. But after just a minute with him, you...
Neva North
Oct 2, 2015
MARION, VIRGINIA: NEVA MARIE NORTH, age 58 died Friday, October 2, 2015 at her home in Marion, Va. Neva was a member of IDC for many years and was of the Baptist Faith. She is survived by her mother, Sadie Stiltner; two sisters, Maxine Collins and husband, Larry, Virginia Peake and husband, Robert; four brothers, Jim North, John North and...
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