Smyth County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Sarah Jane Gross

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Bristol Herald Courier
Monday, March 17, 2003

Sarah Jane Gross

MARION -- Sarah Jane Blackwell Gross, 76, died Sunday, March 16, 2003, at her
residence in Marion. 

She was born in Washington County to the late John H. and Pearlie Farmer
Blackwell and was preceded in death by her husband, William Gross Sr.

Survivors include: Harold L. Blackwell and wife Evelyn, Marion, and William D.
(Billy) Gross, Marion; three sisters, Emma Henniger, Bristol Virginia, Liza
Necessary, Bristol Virginia, and Edna Lowe, Damascus; one brother, Shadie
Blackwell, Bangor, Maine; eight grandchildren, Kenneth Blackwell, Jeffrey
Blackwell, Rhonda Hess, Brian Blackwell, Tanya Queen, Natasha Gross, Brandon
Gross and Cody Dennison; 10 great-grandchildren; and special friend, Louise
Gross, Marion.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday from the Bradley's Funeral
Home Chapel in Marion with Rev. Robert Prater and Rev. Herman Cress officiating.
Interment will follow in the Walkers Creek Cemetery. The family will receive
friends from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Bradley's Funeral Home, Marion, is serving the family of Mrs. Gross.