Smyth County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Rubye Lee Martin

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Notices for Feb. 26, 2005

Smyth County News
Thursday, March 3, 2005

Martin 

Rubye Lee Martin, 90, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005, at the Valley Health
Care Center in Chilhowie. She was born in Smyth County to the late Washington
Jacob Lee Shupe and Mary Inez Blevins Shupe. She was preceded in death by her
husband, John Henry Martin; three brothers, Ernest Shupe, David Shupe and Frank
Shupe; and one sister, Dorothy Hicks. She was a member of the Grosses Creek
Baptist Church for many years. Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law,
Bill and Janie Martin and Charles Everette Martin, all of Chilhowie; five
daughters and sons-in-law, Beulah and George Martin, Louise Martin and Shirley
Owens, all of Chilhowie, Jeanette and Willard Hamill of Roanoke, and Joan and
Paul St. John of Beckley, W.Va.; one brother and sister-in-law, Donald and
Francis Shupe of Chilhowie; two sisters, Edith Blankenbeckler of Chilhowie and
Evelyn Myers of Clifton Forge; two sisters-in-law, Maxine Shupe and Mary Sheets,
both of Chilhowie; 11 grandchildren, Trish, Laura, Becky, Julie, Anna, Althea,
John D., Leigh Ellen, Sarah, John H. and Bill; 11 great-grandchildren; and
numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Sunday, Feb. 27,
2005, at 2 p.m. at the Grosses Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Darrell
Lambert and the Rev. Lloyd Sheets officiating. Interment will follow at the
church cemetery. Flowers will be appreciated or donations may be made to the
Grosses Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Jackie Blevins, 250 Flatwoods
Acres Rd., Chilhowie, Va. 24319. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the
family at www.bradleysfh.com. The family will receive friends Saturday, Feb. 26,
2005, from 7-9 p.m. at Bradley's Funeral Chapel in Chilhowie. Bradley's Funeral
Chapel in Chilhowie is in charge of arrangements.