Obituaries
Charles Hester
Jul 27, 2005
CHARLES MOORE HESTER, age 71, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at his home in Marion, Virginia. Born September 13, 1933 to the late Gaylord and Iris Robinson Hester, he was a life long resident of Smyth County, Virginia, and of the Baptist Faith. Charlie had worked for over 20 years at the Par-Gas Company, and then later at the Sheriff's...
Edith Halsey
Jul 25, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: EDITH REEDY HALSEY, age 93, widow of Ben R. Halsey, died Monday, July 25, 2005 in Valley Health Care Center, Chilhowie, Virginia. She was born December 30, 1911 in Troutdale, Virginia to the late Orley G. and Dora Comer Reedy. She joined the Marion Baptist Church on October 13, 1937 and has been found faithful in serving Christ...
William Cullop
Jul 24, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: WILLIAM E. "ED" CULLOP, age 70, died Sunday, July 24, 2005 at Smyth County Community Hospital. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and was retired from Marion Composites. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Alverdia Hall Cullop; one sister, Virginia Gillenwater; and one brother, Eugene Cullop. Mr. Cullop is survived by...
Samuel Staten
Jul 21, 2005
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: SAMUEL B. STATEN, age 78, died Thursday, July 21, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. Born in Penhook, Virginia, to the late Rev. B. E. Staten and Julia Muse Staten Brittian, he had lived in Los Angeles, California, for the past 52 years since he was discharged from the United States Armed Services in 1953. He worked as...
Walter Murray
Jul 17, 2005
Walter Franklin Murray, died July 17, 2005 at Smyth County Community Hospital in Marion, VA. He was preceded in death by his wife of 67 years Bessie Shew Murray; parents, Lee A. and Mary B. Murray; granddaughter, Brenda Murray; daughter-in-law, Sigrid Murray; and son-in-law, Noah Smith. Mr. Murray is survived by his five children, Lee Franklin Murray of Pisgah Forest,...
Dorothy Haga
Jul 16, 2005
PLEASANT VIEW, TENNESSEE: DOROTHY LOUISE SCOTT HAGA, age 82, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2005 at her home after a long illness. She was born May 28, 1923 in Marion, Virginia, and lived most of her life in Gray and Kingsport, Tennessee. She was of the Christian faith and was active for many years in the Order of the...
Elizabeth Buchanan
Jul 9, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: ELIZABETH PATRICK "LIB" BUCHANAN, age 88, widow of Thomas Harold Buchanan, Jr., died Saturday, July 9, 2005 in Francis Marion Manor Nursing Home. She had been a member of Royal Oak Presbyterian Church since moving to Marion, Virginia
Frances Stephenson
Jul 3, 2005
MARION VIRGINIA; FRANCES MARTIN STEPHENSON, age 91 died Sunday July 3, 2005 at Francis Marion Manor, Marion, Virginia. She was born in Roanoke, Virginia to the late Samuel Morris and Edna Coppridge Martin. Mrs. Stephenson was a longtime member of Royal Oak Presbyterian Church, Marion, Virginia. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Clarence...
Donald Stanulis
Jul 1, 2005
MARION VIRGINIA; DONALD STANULIS, age 68 passed away at his home Friday, July 1, 2005. Mr. Stanulis was born in West Point, Virginia to the late George and Josephine Elinski Stanulis. Mr. Stanulis received a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering in 1959 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He was an inventor and held two U.S. Patents. He also was an avid...
Eleanor McDonald
Jun 29, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: ELEANOR WYGAL McDONALD, born March 16, 1916, to William G. and Sallie Schrader Wygal, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005, at the Francis Marion Manor where she had been a resident since 1994. Mrs. McDonald was a lifetime member of the Mount Carmel United Methodist Church where she served as pianist and organist for many years. Because of her...
Graham Gardner
Jun 26, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: GRAHAM LLOYD GARDNER, age 79, died Sunday, June 26, 2005 on his beloved farm in Smyth County, Virginia (McMullin Community) where he was born July 21, 1925. The farm had been in his family for over 100 years and he had a great love of fishing, hunting and farming. Mr. Gardner was a 1943 Marion High School graduate...
Rena Russell
Jun 25, 2005
Rena Kate Russell, 86, died Saturday, June 25, 2005 at NHC HealthCare in Johnson City. A native of Sugar Grove, Virginia she lived most of her life in Marion, Virginia before moving to Johnson City in 2000. She was a daughter of the late Fielden Harvey and Annis Nora (Whisman) Harrington. She was retired from the Southwestern State Hospital in...
Clifford Rowland
Jun 23, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: CLIFFORD KELLY ROWLAND, age 87, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Born June 30, 1917 in Pipestem, West Virginia, to the late Nora Meador and Kelly Lee Rowland, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1934 and served with the United States Navy during World War II as a communication specialist on the...
Carolyn Campbell
Jun 19, 2005
RICH VALLEY VIRGINIA: CAROLYN GWYN CAMPBELL devoted wife and loving mother passed away June 19th 2005. Born May 7th 1929, she was the daughter of the late John M. and Ivy Travis Gwyn of Chatham Hill Virginia After graduating from Johnston Willis School of Nursing and having the last of her six children enter school, she spent more than thirty...
Julia Mitton
Jun 19, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: JULIA MAIE JOHNSTON MITTON, age 95, died Sunday, June 19, 2005 at her home after an extended illness. Born on September 22, 1909 in Pender County, North Carolina, she was a graduate of New Hanover High School and had worked in Radio and Television Man
Billie Greer
Jun 15, 2005
LEBANON, VIRGINIA: BILLIE GORDON GREER, age 83, passed from this life Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at his residence with his family surrounded by a band of angels. Bill was the son of the late Marcus McKinley Greer and Bertha Sowards Greer, born August 3, 1921 in Myra, Kentucky in Pike County and was of the Christian Faith. He was a...
Ruth Leonard
Jun 6, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: RUTH MARTIN LEONARD, age 80, passed away Monday, June 6, 2005 at her home in Marion, Virginia. She was a member of Marion Baptist Church and was retired as an administrative assistant with the Virginia Employment Commission. She was preceded in death by her parents, John James and Lena Osborne Martin; her husband, John Gilbert Leonard; and a...
James Halsey
Jun 5, 2005
MARION, VIRGNIA: JAMES R. HALSEY, age 70, died Sunday, June 5, 2005 at Smyth County Community Hospital. He was retired from American Furniture Company and was preceded in death by his parents, George and Esther Testerman Halsey and one sister, Barbara Mahaffey. Mr. Halsey is survived by his wife, Violet Goble Halsey of Marion, Virginia. One son and daughter-in-law, James...
Naomi Faw
Jun 2, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: NAOMI SHEFFIELD FAW, age 87, widow of Jacob Manuel Faw of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina and the late Clyde Sheffield, Sr., of Marion, Virginia, died Thursday, June 2, 2005 in Valley Health Care Center, Chilhowie, Virginia. She is survived by one daughter, Kathy Jean Warf and husband, Roger of Glade Spring, Virginia. One son, Clyde Sheffield, Jr. and...
Molly Dalton
Jun 1, 2005
MARION, VIRGINIA: MOLLY F. DALTON, age 83, died Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at Ridgefield Assisted Living, Marion, Virginia. Born in Wythe County, Virginia, December 5, 1921 to the late Nicklus and Hannah Warf Frazier, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Elwin Dalton with whom she had three children, Elwin Dalton, Jr., Gerald E. Dalton, and Leon Dalton....
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