Lee County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Virginia L. Sullivan

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Bristol Herald Tribune
Tuesday, November 19, 2002

Virginia L. Sullivan

     PENNINGTON GAP, Va. -- Virginia Lewis Sullivan, 85, passed away Sunday, 
Nov. 17, 2002, at the Lee Regional Medical Center.
     Born on May 14, 1917, the daughter of the late Cam and Clara Nolan 
Lewis, she was a resident of Pennington Gap most of her life.
     She was a graduate of Pennington High School and was a graduate of 
Radford State Teacher's College with a Smith-Hughes degree in home 
economics. She retired from teaching in 1977.
     She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pennington 
Gap where she taught Sunday School for many years.
     She was preceded in death by one son, Daily Lewis Sullivan; two 
brothers, Ben Cam Lewis and Marsh Lewis; by two sisters, Cora Creech and 
June Lewis Smyth; also by a stepdaughter, Martha Hill.
     Survivors include: one daughter, Ginger Gail Sullivan of Pennington 
Gap; one stepdaughter, Joan Criner of Catawba, N.C.; one brother, James P. 
Lewis of Lebanon; one sister, Henrietta Lewis Logan of Christiansburg, Va.; 
three nieces, Sharon Logan Sarver, Robin Lewis Beckett and Bette Lewis 
Everson; one nephew, Jay Lewis; and two special friends, Terry Jones and 
Penny Verdier.
     Calling hours will be Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Sturgill Funeral 
Home, Pennington Gap.
     Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the First 
United Methodist Church with Dr. Ken Sprinkle officiating.
     Interment will follow in Lee Memorial Gardens, Woodway, Va.
     Mrs. Sullivan will be taken to the church one hour prior to services.
     Pallbearers will be the following: L.T. Stewart, Jay Lewis, Paul 
Sarver, George Ray Kelly, Bill Smith and Jeff Harber.
     Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made in memory of Virginia 
Sullivan, c/o First United Methodist Church, 205 E. Morgan Ave., Pennington 
Gap, VA 24277.
     Sturgill Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.