- EAST STONE GAP, Va. Marie Slemp Meade, 78, passed away Saturday (Oct. 10, 2009) at home of her daughter in Triangle, Va.
She retired from Crown Central Petroleum as a manager in 1996 after 28 years service. She enjoyed spending time with family and friends in Savannah, Ga., Alexandria, Va., and Big Stone Gap, Va.
She was preceded in death by her father, McGruder Slemp; mother, Verda Skeens Slemp; brother, James Chadwell Slemp; daughter, Alice Marie Blondell; and son, Bruce W. Blondell.
Surviving are one son, James Blondell and wife, Brenda, of Shady Valley, Tenn.; two daughters, Brenda K. Dixon of Stafford, Va., and Ruth A. Blondell of Triangle, Va.; two grandchildren, Glenn Kirk and Bruce Blondell, Jr.; three sisters, Gwendolyn Gibson, Barbara Estep and Shirley Head, all of Big Stone Gap; and many nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Holding Funeral Home in Big Stone Gap, Va., with funeral services following in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Michael Meade officiating.
Burial will follow in the Powell Valley Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Glenn Gibson, Robert Head, Chad Head, Ronnie Estep , Jerry Miller and William Franklin.
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1931 - 2009 (78 years)
