Buchanan County, Virginia, Obituaries: Girtie C. Bucknam

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Bristol Herald Courier
Wednesday, December 18, 2002

Girtie C. Bucknam
    RICHMOND -- Girtie Church Bucknam, 86 years of age, formerly of Buchanan 
County, passed away Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at her home following an extended 
illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was a daughter of the late Kennel and Rosa 
Nichols Church. She was a resident of Buchanan County several years prior to 
moving to Richmond in 1978. She was a member of Little Prater Church of Christ 
and was a homemaker.
    Mrs. Bucknam was preceded in death by her first husband, Russell Thorpe and 
by her second husband, Lester Bucknam.
    She is survived by two daughters, Judy T. McGeorge, Mechanicsville, Va., and 
Margaret Sue Massengale, Sandston, Va.; one son, George R. Thorpe, Franklin, 
Tenn.; three sisters, Marie Linkous, Bristol Virginia, Elizabeth Strom, 
Asheville, N.C., and Suby Ratliff, Grundy; one brother, Banner Church, Vansant, 
Va.; four grandchildren, Terry Chalkey, Pam West, Amy Eachus and Kasey 
Massengale; and four great-grandchildren, Danielle Chalkey, Brittany Chalkey, 
Laura West and Katelyn West.
    She was preceded in death by one grandson; one sister; and one brother.
    Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002, at 11 a.m. at 
Little Prater Church of Christ with Evangelist Michael Trent officiating with 
burial to follow in Mountain Valley Memorial Park, Big Rock, Va.
    Friends may call at Grundy Funeral Home Chapel Wednesday afternoon at 5 p.m. 
The body of Mrs. Bucknam will be moved to the Little Prater Church of Christ 
Thursday morning at 10 a.m. to await the funeral hour at 11 a.m. 
    Active pallbearers will be family and friends.
    Grundy Funeral Home of Grundy is in charge of all arrangements.