Obituaries

Nancy McDonald

Nancy McDonald

Dec 17, 2005

MARION, VIRGINIA; NANCY F. McDONALD, 78, died on December 17th, in Gainesville, Florida. Ms. McDonald was born October 22, 1927, in Bristol, Virginia. She was a graduate of both Marion High School and Marion Junior College. She went on to get a Bachelor's degree from Hood College in Frederick, MD in 1949. She did graduate work at Richmond Polytechnic Institute...

Danny Blackburn

Danny Blackburn

Dec 17, 2005

DANNY WILSON "RED" BLACKBURN age 46, died Saturday December 17, 2005 at Smyth County Community Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Donna Farris Blackburn of Marion, Virginia; one daughter and her husband, Debbie and Brent Salyer of High Point, North Carolina; two sons, Michael Whitecotton and his Fiancé Hope Blackwell of Marion, Virginia, and Daniel Blackburn and his wife Jamie of...

Mary Sprinkle

Mary Sprinkle

Dec 9, 2005

MARY MAE BROOKS SPRINKLE, age 86 passed away peacefully Friday, December 9, 2005 at Hope Hospice of Cape Coral, Florida. Born August 12, 1919 in Norfolk Virginia to the late Henry and Elizabeth Brooks. A graduate of Greensburg Woman's College she married Stewart L. Sprinkle and worked right by his side in the Golf business for 35 years and then...

Kelly Hayden

Kelly Hayden

Dec 7, 2005

MARION, VIRGINIA; KELLY "Aught-Boots" HAYDEN, age 74, died Wednesday, December 07, 2005 at his home in Marion, Virginia. He was born in Smyth County to the late Tommy E. and Myrtle Kestner Hayden. Kelly was a self taught furniture maker with furniture located world wide, founder of Oak Hollow Woodworks and Thomas Bridge Cabinet Shop. He was an avid horseman...

Cameron Wolfe

Cameron Wolfe

Dec 6, 2005

MARION, VIRGINIA: CAMERON L. WOLFE, SR., age 100, died Tuesday, December 6, 2005 in Valley Health Care Center, Chilhowie, Virginia. Born June 14, 1905 in Marion, Virginia, to the late Z. M. and Mary Elizabeth Pruner Wolfe, he was preceded in death by his wife of over 50 years, Rose Parsons Wolfe from Grayson County, Virginia. He was the oldest...

Edna Blessing

Edna Blessing

Dec 6, 2005

MARION, VIRGINIA: EDNA BLESSING, resident of Marion for many years, passed away at Carrington Place at Wytheville-Birdmont Center on Tuesday, December 6th. Born February 10, 1909, reared in Wythe County, daughter of John W. Gilbert and Ida Vaught Gilbert. She was married to Roby L. Blessing, Sr. and they came to reside and make their home in Marion in 1936....

Johnnie Overbay

Johnnie Overbay

Dec 1, 2005

MARION, VIRGINIA: JOHNNIE EDWARD OVERBAY, SR., age 61, died Thursday, December 1, 2005 in the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia. Born April 15, 1944 in Smyth County, Virginia, to the late James and Annie Mable Thomas Overbay he lived all his life in Smyth County, was a member of the Morman Church, and retired from the Southwestern State Hospital...

Ann Snider

Ann Snider

Nov 26, 2005

MARION -- Ann Talbert Snider, age 74, died Saturday, 26 November 2005 in Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City TN. Ann was a native of Abingdon before moving to Marion in 1957, following her marriage to K.B. Snider. When she wasn't playing her passionate hobby bridge, she was an active member of the community working with many organizations, among which...

John Osborne

John Osborne

Nov 26, 2005

MARION, VIRGINIA: JOHN OSBORNE, age 60, died Saturday, November 26, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was preceded in death by his mother, Dora Cox Osborne. He is survived by his parents, Albert and Patricia Osborne of Marion, Virginia; Two daughters, Stacy Jean Tshudy of Oil City, Pennsylvania and Christie Osborne of Honey Brook, Pennsylvania; One son, John Franklin...

Marguerite Yost

Marguerite Yost

Nov 26, 2005

MARION, VIRGINIA: MARGUERITE MADDOX YOST, age 97, widow of William T. Yost, died Saturday, November 26, 2005 at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Virginia. Mrs. Yost taught in West Virginia and Maryland for twenty years before moving to Marion in 1962 after the death of her husband. She then taught in the Smyth County School System for fourteen...

Carrie Poe

Carrie Poe

Nov 23, 2005

MARION, VIRGINIA: CARRIE GORDON POE, age 80, widow of Kyle Edward Poe, died Wednesday, November 23, 2005 at her home in Marion, Virginia. She was a member of Grosses Creek Baptist Church and was retired from the Southwestern State Hospital. Mrs. Poe is survived by two sons and one daughter-in-law, Edward and Norma Poe and Jerry Poe all of Marion,...

Harry Horne

Harry Horne

Nov 20, 2005

RICH VALLEY; HARRY LEE HORNE age 58 died Sunday, Nov 20, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was born April 24, 1948 in Rich Valley to the late James and Dorothy Crow Horne. Harry was a veteran of the Vietnam War having served in the U.S. Navy. He worked at Woodgrain Millwork, had many friends and was a free...

Nile Linkous

Nile Linkous

Nov 17, 2005

BRISTOL, TENNESSEE: NILE DUNN LINKOUS, age 79, died Thursday, November 17, 2005 in Cambridge House Nursing Home, Bristol, Tennessee. She was born April 18, 1926 in Meadowview, Virginia to the late Carl and Lena Dove Dunn. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Marion, Virginia. She attended Mary Washington College, transferred to Emory and Henry College where...

Bonnie Ford

Bonnie Ford

Nov 16, 2005

ABINGDON, VIRGINIA: BONNIE SULLINS FORD, age 69, died Wednesday, November 16, 2005. She was born in Hemphill, West Virginia, and lived in Abingdon most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Howard D. and Ida James Sullins. She was a bookkeeper and bank teller for many years and was of the Methodist faith. In addition to her...

Arthur Sexton

Arthur Sexton

Nov 12, 2005

ARTHUR "Art" SEXTON, JR., age 81, died Saturday November 12, 2005 in the VA Medical Center, Salem Virginia. He was a member of Cedar Bluff Baptist Church, V.F.W. Post #4667, and a life member of DAV. He worked for Brunswick Corporation for 25 years and was a veteran of World War II and Korean Conflict. He was preceded in death...

K. Russell REV

K. Russell REV

Nov 10, 2005

MARION, VIRGINIA: REV. K. RALPH RUSSELL, age 89, died Thursday, November 10, 2005 in Smyth County Community Hospital. Born on April 22, 1916 to William Roscoe and Olsie Sexton Russell. He was the oldest of 14 children. Rev. Russell was a long time member in good standing of the Odd Fellows Thompson Lodge 88. He was preceded in death by...

Agnes Martin

Agnes Martin

Nov 7, 2005

CHILHOWIE, VIRGINIA: AGNES M. PENNINGTON MARTIN, age 81, died early Monday, November 07, 2005 at the Hospice House in Bristol, Tennessee following a brief illness. She was the widow of James L. "Bub" Martin who passed away in 1998. They were married 53 years prior to his death, and she leaves behind their four sons and a large, loving family...

Eleanor Voss

Eleanor Voss

Nov 1, 2005

MARION, VIRGINIA: ELEANOR PAULINE VOSS, age 78, died Tuesday, November 1, 2005 in Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee. Born July 20, 1927 in Washington County, Virginia, to the late Edward Corbett Atkins and Rosa Mae Snyder Atkins. Pauline was a Surgical Nurse in various hospitals for over 30 years, including Jamaica Hospital, Queens, New York and Valley Stream Hospital...

Anna Fishel

Anna Fishel

Oct 30, 2005

ANNA BELLE "PAT" ATKINS FISHEL age 86, widow of James A. Fishel, Sr., died Sunday, October 30, 2005 at Wythe County Community Hospital. She was born in Smyth County February 9, 1919 to John G. and Georgia Skinnell Atkins. Mrs. Fishel was a member of Davis Memorial United Methodist Church, Atkins, Virginia. A graduate of Marion College she retired from...

Frederick Graybeal

Frederick Graybeal

Oct 29, 2005

MARION, VIRGINIA: DR. FREDERICK QUINCY GRAYBEAL, JR., age 65, died Saturday, October 29, 2005 at Harris Methodist Hospital, Forth Worth, Texas. Dr. Graybeal was born February 17, 1940 in Marion, Virginia, to the late Ruth and Fred Graybeal, Sr. He was a graduate of William and Mary College and, in 1966, of the Duke University Medical School. He completed his...

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