Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthOct 3, 1916, Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia [49877]
DeathFeb 11, 2010, Radford, Bedford County, Virginia [49877]
BurialMountain View Cemetery, Mountain View Ave, Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia [49877]
Spouses
BirthFeb 10, 1916, Grayson County, Virginia [49876]
DeathFeb 17, 2004, Speedwell, Wythe County, Virginia [49876]
BurialMountain View Cemetery, Mountain View Ave, Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia [49876]
Obituary Online notes for Alice Marie SULT
Alice Marie Sult Boone, 93, of Speedwell died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, at New River Valley Medical Center in Radford.
Funeral service was held Sunday, Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church with Pastor Jonathan Hamman and Vicar Matt Carpenter officiating.
Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery.
She was born Oct. 3, 1916, in Rural Retreat, daughter of the late James Harvey & Mary A. Sutton Sult.
She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and had been assistant post master with the Speedwell Post Office and had been office manager and bookkeeper for Vance Hardware Co. in Rural Retreat.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil C. Boone.
Survivors include her son, John D. "J.D." Boone of Speedwell; beloved special sons, Joseph R. Scarce of Axton and Gary C. Cope of Wytheville; beloved daughter, Wanda K. McFarland of Speedwell; endeared grandson, Troy F. Lovelace; two nieces, Mary Lou Foster & husband, George, and Shirley Ann Smith, all of Roanoke; a grandnephew, George Foster Jr. & wife, Frances, of Catawba; three grandnieces, Tammy Houchins & husband, Virgil, Gretchen Foster and Maggie Foster, all of Roanoke, Rhonda Croy & husband, Doug, of Salem; two great-grandnephews, Brandon Foster and Isaac Foster; a great-grandniece, Brandi Houchins; and her boys, William Mullins and Cecil Vaught.
Memorial donations may be made to the Speedwell Volunteer Fire Department. Lindsey Funeral Home in Rural Retreat was in charge of the arrangements.
WYTHEVILLE ENTERPRISE, Wed, Feb 17, 2010 [49877]
Obituary Online notes for Virgil C. (Spouse 1)
Virgil C. Boone, 88, of Speedwell, Va., died Tuesday, February 17, 2004 at his home. He was born in Grayson County, a son of the late John G. and Cora Elizabeth Hackler Boone. He was retired from the Va. Game and Inland Fisheries and the U.S. Forest Service with 38 years of service.
Mr. Boone was also a retired Bank Director of the Bank of Speedwell, Premier Bank and First Va. Bank, S.W., for many years. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and Mt. Airy Masonic Lodge #226, A.F. and A.M. in Rural Retreat. He organized the Speedwell Volunteer Fire Department and served as the Fire Chief for many years.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Alice Marie Boone; one son, John D. "J.D." Boone of Speedwell; one sister-in-law, Ovella H. Boone of Salem; one brother-in-law, James H. Sult of Winkelman, Ariz.; two nieces, Mary Lou Foster and husband, George, Shirley Ann Smith, all of Roanoke; special caregiver, Wanda McFarland of Speedwell. Many very special friends and cousins also survive.
Funeral services will be held Friday, February 20, 2004, at 11 a.m. in the Grace Lutheran Church with Pastor Joe Shumate officiating and assisted by Rev. Jerry Bell. Interment will follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Barnett Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday or at the home at any time. Mt. Airy Masonic Lodge #226 will conduct a memorial service Thursday at 8 p.m. at the funeral home. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Speedwell Fire Department, whose members will be pallbearers.
Barnett Funeral Home, Wytheville, Va., is in charge of the arrangements. [49876]