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WOOTEN Mr. Samuel Vaughn Wooten, age 80, of 37 Caudill Rd., Glade Valley, NC, died Wednesday evening, March 28, 2001, at his home. He is survived by his wife: Hazel Crouse Wooten of the home; two sons and daughters-in-law: Rev. Don and Jolene Wooten of Sparta and Dorman and Ruth Wooten of Chillicothe, Ohio; two grandchildren: Greg Wooten of Jonesville and Tammie Joan Collins of Circleville, Ohio; a great-grandson: Zachary Collins of Circleville, Ohio; a step-daughter: Wilma Finney of Glade Valley; two sisters: Ercell Miller of Sparta and Marie Spicer of Elkin; one brother: Paul Wooten of North Wilkesboro; and five Step grandchildren also survive. Funeral Services will be conducted Sunday, April 1, 2001, at 2:00 PM at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Burial to follow in the Whitehead Joines Cemetery. Rev. Bradley Wooten, Eld. Raymond Crouse and Rev. Everett Shaw will officiate. Military Rites will be conducted at the graveside by the Bruce Wayne Osborne VFW Post # 7034. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 7-9 pm at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home in Sparta.
PETTY Mrs. Alma Mae Norman Petty, age 82, of 1000 Robin Road, Blacksburg, Va., died Wednesday morning in the Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, Va. She was the widow of Hoyt Petty. She is survived by two daughters: Keena Burcham of Blacksburg, Va. and Barbara Shaver of Baltimore, Md.; one grandson: Keegan Sturdivant of Blacksburg, Va.; four sisters: Phinnie Killon of Ennice, Alfogene Caudill of Maryland, Geraldine Caudill of Ennice and Jamalie Richardson of Ennice; and two brothers: Reid Norman of Ennice and Mack Norman of Galax, Va. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Graveside Services will be conducted Saturday, March 31, 2001, at 2 PM at the Saddle Mtn. Cemetery. Rev. Fred E. Jennings will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 7-8 PM at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home in Sparta.
WYATT Mrs. Mabel Bowers Wyatt, age 60, of Maplewood Apartments # 4, Sparta, NC, died Tuesday morning, March 27, 2001, at her home. She is survived by her husband: Elder Bayne Wyatt of the home; one daughter: LuJean Michael of Sparta; two sons and daughters-in-law: Don and Cindy Wyatt of Taylorsville, Jim and Karen Wyatt of Sparta; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild; adn one brother: Cecil Richardson of Laurel Springs. Funeral Services will be conducted Thursday, March 29, 2001, at 2 PM at the Grandview Memorial Chapel with Burial to follow in the Wyatt Family Cemetery in Laurel Springs. Elders Donnie Dickens, Doug Hawks and Charles Brinegar will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening, March 28, 2001, from 6-8 PM at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home in Sparta. Flowers will be appreciated or Memorial Contributions may be made to the Pleasant Grove Church, C/O Eld. Bayne Wyatt, Maplewood Apt. # 4, Sparta, NC 28675.
HAWKINS Mrs. Georgia (Georgie) Virginia Cox Hawkins, age 77, of 352 Tilley Road, Laurel Springs died Monday morning, March 26, 2001, in the Sunbridge of Alleghany in Sparta, NC. She was the widow of Hiram Hawkins. She is survived by four sons and a daughter-in-law: Howard D. and Sarah Hawkins of Laurel Springs, Sam E. Hawkins of Elkin, John H. Hawkins of North Wilkesboro and Charles R. Hawkins of Laurel Springs; two brothers and sisters-in-law: Rev. Jessie and Elizabeth Cox of Jefferson and Dean and Edna Cox of Sparta; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral Services will be conducted Wednesday, March 28, 2001, at 2:oo PM at the Calvary Freewill Baptist Church in Glendale Springs with Burial to follow in the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Russell Sheets and Rev. Ted Reynolds will officiate. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the services to lie in state. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 7-9 pm at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home in Sparta. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, C/O Janet McKnight, 2511 Mtn. View Road, Glade Valley, NC 28627. The family will be at their respective homes.
ANDREWS Ms. Frances Todd Andrews, age 59, of 207 Duncan Street, Sparta, NC, died Friday morning, March 16, 2001, at her home. She is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law: Vickie and Mike Parlier of Sparta, NC, and Denise Andrews Phillips of Sparta, NC; two grandchildren: Michael Todd Parlier and Justin Taylor Parlier both of Sparta, NC; two sisters: Juanita Bauguess of Elkin, NC and Christine Dancy of Nashville, NC; and her Fiancé: George Miles of Glade Valley, NC. Funeral Services will be conducted Sunday, March 18, 2001, at 2:00 PM at the Sparta First Baptist Church with Burial to follow in the Crab Creek Cemetery. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the services to lie in state. Dr. Jim Pollard will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday evening, March 17, 2001, from 7-9 PM at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home in Sparta. Flowers will be appreciated or Memorial Contributions may be made to the Crab Creek Cemetery Fund, C/O Rudolph Edwards, 196 Miracle Valley Lane, Ennice, NC 28623. The family will be at Ms. Andrews Home at 207 Duncan Street, Sparta.
SETTLE Mrs. Mozelle Weaver Settle, age 73, of 5105 Braidwood Drive, Louisville, Ky, died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, in the Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky. She is survived by one daughter: Sandra Young of Louisville, Ky.; five grandchildren: Kevin, Jamie, Jennifer, Beth and Eric; one brother: James Weaver of North Wilkesboro, NC; four sisters: Patsy Irwin and Derlene Boyer both of Sparta, NC, Judy Combs and Mary Lee Boyer both of North Wilkesboro, NC. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral Services will be conducted Saturday, March 17, 2001, at 2:00 PM at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Burial to follow in the Sparta Cemetery. Rev. Fred E. Jennings will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home in Sparta.
ABSHER Little Shye Nicole Absher, infant daughter of Jessica Absher of 411 Ballpark Road, Sparta, NC, died Monday, March 12, 2001, in the Forsyth Memorial Hospital in Sparta. She is survived by her mother of the home; two brothers: Joshua Dowell and Ethan Dowell both of the home; her maternal grandmother: Barbara Church of Sparta, NC and her maternal great-grandmother: Ona Lee Andrews of Missouri. Graveside Services will be conducted Thursday, March 15, 2001, at 12 PM at the Antioch Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Grandview Memorial is in charge of the arrangements.
SRONCE Elizabeth Sloop Sronce, 95, died at the home of her daughter, Martha Gault, in Laurel Springs on Thursday, March 8th. Mrs. Sronce, a native of Statesville, was married to the late Jack Sronce on December 26, 1931 and spent her married life in Arlington, Virginia. She is survived by her daughter, her granddaughter, Alexis Bianca Gault, and her great-grandsons, Jack and Charlie Davis. She was born on January 19, 1906 and will be buried with her husband in Statesville.
CLEARY Mr. Andrew Hugh Cleary, age 88, of 111 Dove Rd., Sparta, N.C., The Whitehead Community, died Saturday morning at the VA Hospital in Johnson City, Tennessee. He is survived by his wife: Mae Caudill Cleary of the home. one daughter: Carolyn Cleary of Sparta; two grandchildren: Christa Jannelle Presnell and Rebecca Lynn Todd; two great-grandchildren: Ashley Janelle White and Joshua Austin Presnell; and one sister: Louisa Pruitt of Sparta. He was preceded in death by a son: Michael Randolph Cleary, Funeral services will be conducted Monday, March 12, at 11:00 a.m. at the Grandview Memorial Chapel with Burial in the Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday evening at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home in Sparta. Military rites will be conducted by the Bruce Wayne Osborne VFW Post # 7034. Flowers are appreciated or Memorials may be made to the Bruce Wayne Osborne VFW Post # 7034 c/o Eldon Edwards, 1983 Chestnut Grove Church Rd., Sparta, N.C. 28675 or The Liberty Baptist Church c/o Walton Joines, 2432 Pine Swamp Rd. Sparta, N.C. 28675.
VENEZUELA Ruth Thompson Venezuela, 88, died Friday, March 9, 2001, at Well Spring Retirement Community in Greensboro, NC. Visitation will be from 11:00-11:30 Saturday, March 17, 2001 at Grandview Funeral Home and the graveside service immediately following at Sparta Cemetery in Sparta, North Carolina. Ruth was born in Sparta on July 23, 1912, the daughter of Robert V. "Bob" and Metta Joines Thompson. She had two brothers, Jack and Dan. She graduated from Glade Valley High School and attended Salem College in Winston-Salem, Appalachian University in Boone, and the Strayers Business College in Washington, D.C. for night school. Ruth married Robert Landreth, also an Alleghany County native and a graduate of Glade Valley High School. The young couple moved to Washington, D.C. when Robert was hired to work for Congressman R. L. Doughton. During the War years, Ruth accepted an important job as executive secretary and personal assistant to one of the directors of the Inter-American Defense Board. During these years, she continued night school studying foreign languages and became fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and French. Years later, she mastered Turkish as well. During this period of employment, she received several letters of commendation for her outstanding performance. Shortly after the war, Ruth was widowed when her husband was killed in an industrial accident in Fredricksburg, Va. She became interested in investing her limited savings in the stock market and resigned from the Inter-American Defense Board for a position on Wall Street with Dean Witter. There she learned about the stock market first hand. She was always a keen student and soon became an astute investor, continuing to make conservative investments until the last years of her life. After two years on Wall Street, her desire to travel brought her back to Washington for the State Department. Her skills and abilities earned her many overseas assignments. During the years to follow, she was assigned tours of duty in Yugoslavia, Ghana, Belgium Congo, Turkey and Afghanistan. She was assigned short duties in most European countries and the Mid East. Where there was international trouble, there was Ruth, helping her country in many operations. After the years in Foreign Service satisfied her desire for travel, she took a job with the Department of Commerce and later with the IRS so she could stay in Washington. During this time, she married Juan S. Venezuela whom she had known in Afghanistan. Mr. Venezuela died in October 1985. Although she was a world traveler, she always looked forward to returning to North Carolina and Alleghany County to visit family and friends. She left the Washington area to live in an Elkin, NC, retirement home and later moved again to Greensboro to be closer to family. Ruth is survived by her brother: Dan of Laurel, Ms.; nieces Carol Combs of Oak Ridge, NC, Susan Nunley of Elizabethtown, Ky., and Dawn Thompson of Maitland, Fl; nephew Bob Thompson of Anchorage, AK; three great-nieces, one great-nephew and one great-great-niece. In lieu of flowers, those wishing to remember Ruth are asked to make a donation to the charity of their choice.
HODGE Mrs. Virginia Lorraine Billings Hodge, age 68, of 213 Independence Road, Apartment 19, died Thursday, March 8, 2001, in the Alleghany Memorial Hospital in Sparta. She was the widow of Charles Ray Hodge. She is survived by one daughter: Ann Edwards of Sparta, NC; three sons: Michael Hodge of Whiteford, Md., Terry Hodge of Columbia, Tn. and Rick Hodge of Quantico, Va.; one brother: Jackie D. Billings of Sparta, NC; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be conducted Sunday, March 11, 2001, at 2:00 pm at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Susan Sides officiating. Burial will follow in the Shiloh Methodist Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday evening, March 10, 2001, from 6-9 pm at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home in Sparta.
ANDREWS Mrs. Bertrice Mae Bennett Andrews, age 88, a resident of Sunbridge of Alleghany, died Thursday morning, March 8, 2001, at Sunbridge. She is survived by one son: Martin Junior Andrews, Sr. of Traphill, NC; 15 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren;12 great-great-grandchildren; and one brother: Elgin Bennett of Glade Valley, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband: Buren Jasper Andrews and two sons: Franklin Andrews and J.B. Andrews, Sr. Funeral Services will be conducted Saturday, March 10, 2001, at 2:00 P.M. at the New Haven Church of the Brethren with Burial to follow in the Church Cemetery. The body will be placed in the Church 30 minutes prior to the Services to lie in state. Rev. Fred E. Jennings and Rev. Bobby Dameron will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday evening, March 9, 2001, from 7-9 PM at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home in Sparta and at other times at the home of the son, Martin Junior Andrews, Sr., Hanks Street, Traphill, NC.
RAY Mr. Arvil Howard Ray, age 62, of 73 Little River Drive, Sparta, NC, died Tuesday evening, March 6, 2001, in the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. He is survived by his wife: Ellen Halsey Ray of the home; two daughters and sons-in-law: Teresa and Danny Hurley, Tammy and Danny Wyatt all of Sparta, NC; four grandchildren: Jessica Wyatt, Brandon Hurley, Beth Hurley and Chance Wyatt all of Sparta, NC; his mother: Lucy Ray of Havre de Grace, Md.; three brothers: Robert C. Ray of Baltimore, Md., Albert C. Ray of New Providence, Pa. and Russell D. Ray of Port Deposit, Md.; and three sisters: Leena E. Marshall of Okeechobee, Fla., Laura A. Ragan of Aberdeen, Md. and S. Jean Reeves of Rising Sun, Md.; He was preceded in death by his father: Rufus H. Ray and two brothers: Ralph H. Ray and James C. Ray. Funeral Services will be conducted Friday, March 9, 2001, at 1:00 pm at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Burial to follow in the Sparta Cemetery. Rev. Fred E. Jennings, Rev. Frank Dixon and Rev. Graylen Blevins will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday evening, March 8, 2001, from 7-9 PM at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home in Sparta, NC.
