Washington County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Joanna K. Surber

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Bristol Herald Tribune
Friday, November 22, 2002

Joanna K. Surber

    ABINGDON -- Mrs. Joanna Kelly Surber, 49, of 19372 Dennison Drive died 
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. She was a 
lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a 1971 graduate of Patrick 
Henry High School and a graduate of Emory & Henry College and Radford 
College. Joanna was a first-grade teacher at Abingdon Elementary School, 
having taught in Washington County for 27 years. She also taught piano for 
more than 30 years to students of all ages. She was a member of Abingdon 
United Methodist Church and Phi Delta Kappa Teachers Fraternity. She was 
preceded in death by her father, James Thomas Kelly Sr.
    She is survived by her husband, James C. Surber; her mother, Mrs. Oma 
Kelly of Chilhowie; one sister, Patsy Edmisten and husband, Willard, of 
Simpsonville, S.C.; three brothers, James T. Kelly Jr. and wife, Angie, of 
Meadowview, Bill Kelly and wife, Mary, of Alexandria and George Kelly and 
wife, Evelyn, of Bristol Virginia; and several nieces and nephews.
    A funeral service will be conducted Saturday, Nov. 23, 2002, at 2 p.m. 
in Abingdon United Methodist Church with Rev. Bill Rowland, Rev. Betty 
Reiff and Rev. Billy Gillespie officiating. Burial will follow in Mount 
Rose Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday from 6:30-9 p.m. at 
the funeral home. Pallbearers will be nephews. Honorary casketbearers will 
be the faculty and staff of Abingdon Elementary School, members of Abingdon 
United Methodist Church, her many piano students and her first-grade class, 
who were very special to her. Those wishing to express sympathy online may 
do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com.
    Farris Funeral Service is serving the family of Mrs. Surber.