Norval Boone Sr.

Norval Atwater Boone

Norval Atwater Boone Sr. 94, of Bedford, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. He was born Sept. 11, 1916, in Franklin County, a son of the late Dexter Benjamin Boone and Mabel Clark Crook Boone. In addition to his parents Norval was preceded in death by his first wife, Eva Huffman Boone; a daughter; Mary French Hudson; and a son, Dr. Frank D. Boone.

Norval graduated in 1939 from Virginia Polytechnical Institute, he was a member of Bedford Baptist Church and the Friendship Bible Sunday School Class, a retired Cooperative Extension Agent for over 30 years, a Farmers Home Administration Supervisor of eight years, and worked as an Agricultural Credit Agent for Liberty Bank of Bedford. He was a charter member of the Peaks of Otter Soil and Water District, a board member of the Virginia Agri-business Council, a board member of Dairymen Incorporate Old Dominion Division, a charter member of Bedford County Farm Bureau, a 60 year Mason of Liberty Lodge No. 95 AF & AM, a 50 year member of Bedford Royal Arch Chapter No. 60, a York Rite Mason, a Shriner, member of the Kazim Temple, member of the Bedford Shrine Club, a charter member of the New London Ruritan Club and a past member of the Peaks Odd Fellows Lodge, and most of all a dairy farmer in Bedford County for many years.

Norval is survived by his wife, Gracie Jane Hurt Boone; one son; N. A. Boone Jr. and his partner, Eddie, of Bedford; two daughters, Barbara B. Witt, and her husband John, of Bedford and Amy Quesenberry and her husband, David, of Huddleston; three stepsons, Howard Edward Bradley and wife, Joan, of Vinton; Kevin Clark Bradley, of Bedford; Mark Anthony Bradley (Andrea), of Bedford; three stepdaughters, Patricia B. Crockett and her husband, Rick, of Vinton, Deborah Bradley, of Bedford and Jennifer B. Peacock, of Roanoke; eight grandchildren, 14 step grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, seven step great-grandchildren, and numerous nephews, nieces and friends.

Memorial contributions may be made to Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital, 1-800-241-4438, or donorrelations@shrinnet.org, Bedford Life Saving Crew, P.O. Box 161, Bedford, VA 24523.

A celebration of Norval's life will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 13, 2010, at Bedford Baptist Church, with the Rev. Dr. David L. Henderson officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010, at Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Bedford, 586-3443. To send condolences, please visit www.tharpfuneral

home.com.