Smyth County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Iva Shumate Johnson

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Bristol Herald Courier
Thursday, February 20, 2003

Iva Shumate Johnson
    MARION -- Iva Shumate Johnson, 71, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2003, in 
Smyth County Community Hospital after a lengthy illness. 
    She was preceded in death by her parents, Reverend Jesse and Virginia 
Shumate; four brothers, Cecil, Neal, Dixie and Junior Shumate. She is survived 
by one daughter, Donna Johnson Teaster and fiancÈ, Dale Stevenson of Rural 
Retreat, Va.; one sister, Ruth Poore of Bristol Tennessee; one granddaughter, 
Regina Cowden and husband Matt of Bristol Virginia; one grandson, Brian Teaster 
of Marion; four great-grandchildren; three sisters-in-law, Evelyn Shumate of 
Marion, Betty and Jim Buchanan of Goldsboro, N.C., and Jeanette and Joe Smith 
of Marion; seven brothers-in-law, Kenneth and Dot Johnson of Ocala, Fla., Harry 
and Dottie Johnson of Rural Retreat, Paul and Martha Johnson of Lake Mary, 
Fla., Turk and Penny Johnson of Groseclose, Va., Joe and Rose Johnson, Jimmy 
Johnson and Ervin and Darlene Johnson, all of Marion; and several nieces and 
nephews.
    Funeral services will be held Friday, Feb. 21, 2003, at 2 p.m. at Seaver-
Brown Chapel with Rev. Mike Sage officiating. Interment will follow in Rose 
Lawn Mausoleum, Marion. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 
6 until 8 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel or you may call at the home of her 
daughter, 168 Sunset View Road, Rural Retreat, Va., at any time. Seaver-Brown 
Funeral Service is serving the Johnson Family.