Obituaries
Lieselotte Parks
Nov 20, 2013
MARION, VIRGINIA: LIESELOTTE PARKS, age 78, widow of Johnathan Guy Parks, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013 while visiting her family in her hometown of Heringen, Germany. She was born June 23, 1935 to the late Albert and Emilie Lang Rau in Heringen, Germany. She married Johnathan Guy Parks in 1959 and became a United States citizen in 1960. Lieselotte was...
John Dix
Nov 19, 2013
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: JOHN RUSSELL DIX, age 80, died Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, Virginia. He was an active member of Grace United Methodist Church and enjoyed participating in the church choir. Mr. Dix was retired from Brunswick with over 30 years of service. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia "Pat" Dix and...
Keith Kilby
Nov 17, 2013
MARION, VIRGINIA: KEITH FOSTER KILBY, age 56, died Sunday, November 17, 2013 at his home in Marion, Virginia. He was employed by Smyth County Community Hospital for 35 years as an outstanding ER Nurse. He loved his family and was very proud of them. Keith is survived by his wife, Susan Ratliff Kilby of Marion, Virginia; two sons, Travis Lane...
Roy Stamper
Nov 15, 2013
MARION, VIRGINIA: ROY EUGENE STAMPER, age 74, died Friday, November 15, 2013 at Hernando-Pasco Hospice Care in New Port Richey, Florida. He was preceded in death by his wife Joanne Blevins Stamper; two sons, Timothy E. Stamper and Randy L. Stamper. He is survived by one daughter and son-n-law, Sonya and Preston Boone of New Port Richey Florida; one sister,...
Charles Sheets
Nov 10, 2013
Charles Willis "Nute" Sheets, 67, of Mt. Olive Road in Rock died Sunday, November 10, 2013, at Princeton Community Hospital. Born February 28, 1946 in Sugar Grove, VA he was the son of the late Fred S. Sheets and Hazel Rich Sheets. Nute was a retired equipment operator in road construction and was a member of the Labor Union. He...
Emma Lambert
Nov 8, 2013
MARION, VIRGINIA: EMMA GENE PICKLE LAMBERT, age 94, died Friday, November 08, 2013 at Rockingham County Hospice Home in Wentworth, North Carolina. She was born March 26, 1919 in Smyth County, Virginia to the late Benton Crockett and Ollie Mae Trail Pickle. Emma was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Marion, Virginia. In addition to her parents...
Hazel Atkins
Nov 8, 2013
MARION, VIRGINIA: HAZEL DUNCAN ATKINS, age 90, died Friday, November 8, 2013 at Francis Marion Manor. Born on February 4, 1923 to Flossie and Edd Duncan in Draper, Virginia, she was a long time faithful member of First United Methodist Church in Marion. She was retired from Baldwin's Department Store, after which she had been a faithful volunteer with the...
Dennis Call
Nov 5, 2013
Dennis Wayne Call, age 73, of Atkins, Virginia, passed away peacefully after a brave battle with Lung Cancer in Norfolk, Virginia, with his family by his side on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. Dennis was a devoted husband for over 40 years to the late Dreema Ann Lewis Call. Dennis was born July 25, 1940, to the late Emory and Virginia...
Thomas Thompson
Nov 1, 2013
SUGAR GROVE, VIRGINIA: THOMAS FLOYD THOMPSON, JR. age 71 died Friday, November 1, 2013 in the Wellmont Hospice House, Bristol, Tennessee. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Mabe Thompson of Sugar Grove, Virginia; two daughters Rhonda Thompson Reed and husband, Hoke of Sterling, Virginia and Suzanne Thompson of Sugar Grove, Virginia; four grandchildren, Tara Reed, Tiffany Dorman and husband,...
Susie F. Edmonds
Nov 1, 2013
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: SUSIE F. ATKINS EDMONDS, age 90, died Friday, November 01, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Jeff Atkins and Boyd "Hick" Edmonds; two daughters, Carla and Becky; two sons-in-law, David and John; and her parents, Charles and Lillie Talbert Taylor. She was the last survivor of fifteen children. Sue loved music and was an accomplished...
Charles Wright
Oct 28, 2013
CERES, VIRGINIA: CHARLES W. WRIGHT, age 60, of Littleton, NC, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday, October 28, 2013. He will always be remembered as a man with a smile on his face, a helping hand for others, and someone who would give away his last possession to help a stranger. He was preceded in death by: his...
Dorothe Parlier
Oct 20, 2013
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: DOROTHE WILSON PARLIER, age 89, died, October 20th in Smyth County Hospital. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, James Parlier of Atkins; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Teresa and Andrew Gallacher of Atkins, Denise and Mike Williams of Marion, Susan Reid of Seven Mile Ford; one son and daughter-in-law, David and Martha Parlier of Atkins;...
James Hubble
Oct 20, 2013
NEBO, VIRGINIA: JAMES R. "BOB" HUBBLE, age 84, died Sunday, October 20, 2013 at Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, Tennessee. Born November 18, 1928 in Nebo, Virginia to the late Roy and Jennie Kinder Hubble; Bob was proud to say he was born and raised in Nebo and he faithfully remained an active contributing member of the community. He...
Marshall Guy
Oct 19, 2013
MARION, VIRGINIA: MARSHALL EUGENE GUY, age 88, died Saturday in Marion following a long illness. He was a former Mayor of Marion, former Chairman of the Smyth County Board of Supervisors, and former State Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was preceded in death by his wife of more than 60 years, Ruby Osborne Guy, his parents, John...
Dixie Weber
Oct 18, 2013
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: DIXIE VANDERGRIFF WEBER, age 92 Dixie Vandergriff Weber died Friday, October 18, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Weber is preceded in death by her husband, Norman J. Weber; her father and mother, Henry W. and Sonia Orlova Vandergriff; one brother, Philip Vandergriff; and one sister, Jeanette Moser. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Philip W. and...
Leon Hicks
Oct 15, 2013
ATKINS, VIRGINIA: LEON C. HICKS, SR. dies at 97, Oak Island, NC. Leon Hicks passed away on Tuesday, Oct 15th, after several weeks of failing health. He had been a resident of Oak Island/Southport since 2007 where he lived with his son and daughter-in-law. Leon was originally from Atkins, Virginia, where he graduated from high school, and then he completed...
B.W. Edmonds
Oct 10, 2013
ASHLAND, VIRGINIA: B.W. "BUD" EDMONDS, age 73 died Thursday, October 10, 2013 at Retreat Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. He was a 1957 graduate of Rich Valley High School and went on to graduate from the West Virginia Business College in 1959. Bud worked one year at Marion National Bank, followed by eighteen years of employment with Hanes Corporation in Winston-Salem...
Robert Sexton
Oct 4, 2013
RURAL RETREAT, VIRGINIA: ROBERT DALE SEXTON, age 55, died Friday October 4, 2013 at Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee. Mr. Sexton was a member of the Baptist faith who dearly loved the Lord. He was a construction worker and avid outdoorsman who loved hunting and fishing. Mr. Sexton is survived by his wife, Barbara Wyatt Sexton of Rural Retreat,...
Betty Ball
Oct 2, 2013
LOUISA, VIRGINIA: BETTY LOU MARKESI BALL Betty Lou Ball, age 71, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2013 in Roanoke, Virginia. Betty was born October 22, 1941 in Omaha Nebraska. Betty resided with her husband Sam in their Louisa County home. After retiring as a Retail Sales Manager she loved to garden, bird and squirrel watch and raise her many animals...
Ernest Rayman
Sep 30, 2013
MARION, VIRGINIA: ERNEST RAYMAN, 61 passed away September 30th at his home in Aberdeen, MD. He was the son of the late Joseph and Leona Welch Rayman. He worked as a mechanic and enjoyed playing music. Ernie is survived by his aunts, Maggie Bonham of Sugar Grove,Va and Nadine Vipperman of Marion, Va.; uncles, Alfred Welch of Adairsville, Ga., Donald...
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