Smyth County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Raymond Eugene Rolen

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Bristol Herald Courier
Saturday, March 29, 2003

Raymond Eugene Rolen

    SALTVILLE -- Mr. Raymond Eugene Rolen, 45, died Friday, March 28, 2003, at
the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. He was co-owner of
Chilhowie Insurance Agency and minister of Seven Mile Ford Christian Church. He
was a graduate of R.B. Worthy High School and Radford University. He was
preceded in death by his father, Eddie Rolen.
    Survivors: his wife, Laura Lewis Rolen, Saltville; one son, Jordan Lewis
Rolen, Saltville; his mother, Peggy Rolen, Saltville; two brothers and sisters-
in-law: James Michael and Lisa Rolen, Chilhowie; and George Edward and Lisa
Rolen, Saltville; uncle and aunt, Carl and Martha Rickman, Saltville; nephews,
Jarrod and Michael Rolen; nieces, Jill Rolen Coe and Ashley Rolen; cousins,
Farrah and Evan Rickman; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Frank and Carolyn
Lewis; friends, Charlie, Tammy, Amanda and Emily Doane; and several other aunts,
uncles and cousins.
    Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 30, 2003, at
Henderson Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jerry Williams and Rev. Jim Mullins
officiating. Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at Elizabeth
Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Larry Frye, Charlie Doane, Bill Lee, Paul
Williams, Gordon Tuell, Terry Burgess, Jarrod Rolen, Evan Rickman, Michael
Rolen, Jim Montgomery and Greg Stamper. Honorary pallbearers will be the members
of the Seven Mile Ford Christian Church and the First Christian Church of
Allison's Gap. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6-8 p.m. just
prior to the funeral service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the
American Cancer Society, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or the Samaritan's
Purse.
    D.R. Henderson Funeral Home of Saltville is serving the Rolen family.