Mary W. Hoback

Mary Belle Wolfe Hoback, 85, of Wytheville died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Funeral service will be held Saturday, Nov. 1, at 1 p.m. at the Barnett Funeral Chapel with the Rev. G.T. Monday officiating. Interment will be in the St. Luke Cemetery. She was born Nov. 7, 1922, in Pulaski, daughter of the late James Isaac and Mattie Cornelia Heldreth Wolfe. She was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie G. Hoback Sr.; son, Carlos Moore Hoback; and two sisters, Elizabeth Virginia Wolfe and Elsie Eleanore Wolfe. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley and James Rupe of Asheville, N.C., Mary and Michael Miller of Christiansburg; two sons and daughters-in-law, Charles G. "Harry" Jr. and Gloria Hoback, Wendell Elwin and Mary Susan Hoback, all of Wytheville; two sisters, Frances Ellen Batnich of Concrete, Wash., and Clara Mae Lance of Wytheville; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Barnett Funeral Home in Wytheville is in charge of the arrangements.