Smyth County obituaries for Sept. 30, 2009

Arnold

Rosalie G. Arnold, 90, died Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 in Ridgefield Assisted Living.
She was the daughter of the late John B. and Lydia Gentry. She was also predeceased by her husband, Warren G. Arnold, a son, Richard W. Redmiles, and five sisters and two brothers.
Survivors include stepchildren, Wanda Doane, Chilhowie; Nancy Lagerholm, Chilhowie; Teresa Obermills, Texas; Gracie Poston, Marion; Glenn Arnold, Chilhowie; Garnett Arnold, Glade Spring; brother, B.C. and Janice Gentry, Marion; sister, Doris Roe, Dayton, Ohio; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, at D.R. Henderson Funeral Home with the Rev. Mark Lundy officiating.
The family received friends from 12 until 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home prior to the service. Burial followed in Elizabeth Cemetery. Pallbearers were family and friends.
Online condolences may be sent to drhendersonfuneralhome.com.
D.R. Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville was in charge of arrangements.

Ashlin

Carrie Marie Ashlin, 90, widow of Curtis G. Ashlin, died Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 at Francis Marion Manor with her daughters by her side.
She was born in Smyth County to the late John Taylor and Winnie McKinnon Taylor. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her sister Thelma Taylor Greear.
She was a master quilter and crafts person. She maintained a membership with the Methodist church while living in Wayne, Michigan, and Sugar Grove. She served in several leadership positions with the Girl Scouts of America, United Methodist Women and Smyth County Extension Service.
She was a woman who lived with love in her heart. She lived a courageous and creative life and will always be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Survivors include two daughters, Phyllis McClure, Green Valley, Ariz., and Rebecca Taylor Ashlin, Green Valley, Ariz.; two brothers, Ronnie Taylor and wife, Shirley, Rural Retreat, and James Taylor and wife, Mozelle, Baltimore, Md.; grandson, Zachary Ashlin Yunker, Boise, Idaho; nephew and niece, Bobby Greear and wife, Mary, Greensboro, N.C., and Anna Vaught and husband, Johnny, Thornburg; cousins, Freda Duncan, Marion, Mary Jo Phillippi, Sugar Grove, and Libby Prater, Christiansburg. Several loving family members and friends also survive.
A celebration of the life of Carrie Marie Ashlin was held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Bradley’s Funeral Home Chapel in Marion with the Rev. Neville Mozingo officiating. Interment followed in the Ridgelawn Cemetery in Sugar Grove. The family will receive friends Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bradley’s Funeral Home. Flowers were appreciated or memorial contributions can be made to the Johnny Greear Memorial Foundation, 3110 North Hampton Drive, Greensboro, NC 27408.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.bradleysfh.com.
Bradley’s Funeral Home, Marion, is in charge of arrangements.

Call

Kenny S. Call, 28, died Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 at his home in Saltville.
He was a graduate of Northwood High School.
He is survived by his daughter, Hannah Call; parents, Bobby and Dot Call of Saltville; brother, Mike Call of Saltville; two sisters, Angela Chestnut and David of Saltville and Wendy Coulthard and Maury of Austinville; three nieces, Alisha Chestnut, Makayla Chestnut and Madison Coulthard; two nephews, Benjamin Coulthard and Josh Tuggle.
Graveside services were conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Elizabeth Cemetery with the Rev. Shirley Carter officiating. The family will receive friends at the home of Bobby and Dot Call at anytime.
Online condolences may be made at drhendersonfuneralhome.com.
D.R. Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville is in charge of arrangements.

Gibson

Salona "Blackie" Louthen Gibson, 80, of Kent, died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 at her daughter's home in Brimfield, Ohio.
She was born April 2, 1929 in Saltville to William and Myrtle (Poore) Louthen. She retired as a packer for H&W Industries where she had worked for 28 years.
She was preceded in death by her sisters, Hilda Hahn Dusten, Billie K. Brown Long and Thelma D. Powell Donahue.
She is survived by her husband, Okey Gibson, whom she married on March 1, 1963; children, Thomas P. (Jill) Gibson of Akron, Deborah S. Sanford of Brimfield and Donna L. Petrow of North Royalton; stepson, Michael R. (Cheryl) Gibson of Dover; nine grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother, Noel T. (Geneva) Louthen of Saltville; and sister, June Dolbow of Kent.
Calling hours were held 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at Bissler & Sons Funeral Home in Kent where funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, with Pastor Dan Alexoff of First Freedom Baptist Church officiating. Burial was in Standing Rock Cemetery in Kent.

Marchant

Charles Lincoln Marchant, 77, husband of Frances Marie (Brown) Marchant, of 401 Linden Drive, Staunton, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 in Augusta Health in Fishersville.
He was born March 2, 1932 in Smyth County, a son of the late John Edward and Carrie Mae (Dean) Marchant.
He was retired from the U.S. Air Force and the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville as a purchasing officer.
He was a member of the Staunton-Augusta VFW Post 2216 and a member of Ridgeview Baptist Church for 42 years. He will be remembered by his only granddaughter, Madison, for his funny sense humor.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Jerry E. Marchant and Joseph L. Marchant.
Surviving in addition to his wife, to whom he married on June 4, 1954, are two sons, Bill Marchant of Ohio and Brandon Marchant of Staunton; a daughter, C. Marie Chance of Montebello; a daughter-in-law, Carrie Marchant of Johnson City, Tenn.; a brother and sister-in law, John Marchant and his wife, Linda, of Charlotte, N.C.; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Norma Hart and her husband, Bill, and Shelby Powell and her husband, Robert, all of Marion; five grandchildren, David, Channing and Madison Marchant, David and Brian Wrenn; two great-grandchildren, Mason and Montana Wrenn, and a number of nieces and nephews.
All services will be private.
Condolences to the family may be expressed online at www.coffmanfuneralhome.net.
It is suggested that those desiring make memorial contributions to the Ridgeview Baptist Church, 124 Ridgeview Drive, Stuarts Draft, VA 24477.
Coffman Funeral Home and Crematory, 230 Frontier Drive, is in charge of his arrangements.