Elizabeth Sword

Elizabeth Sword

Elizabeth Sword Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Jul. 8 to Jul. 9, 2010.
Elizabeth Walls Sword STANLEY, N.C. Elizabeth "Mickie" Walls Sword, born Oct. 8, 1944, died July 6, 2010, in the Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, N.C. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert E. Walls Sr.; brother, Robert E. Walls Jr.; sister, Ida "Sis" Johnson and husband Jerry Boyd Sword. Survivors: her children, Clay Allison of Meadowview, Va., Carmen Allison Dinsmore of Stanley, Jennifer Dee Allison of Winston-Salem, N.C., Jeffery Lee Allison of Stanley, Sonjia Allison Burroughs of Stanley; mother, June Walls Hunt of Saltville, Va.; brother, Billy Loman Walls of Onalaska, Texas; grandchildren, Misty Kestner, Ashley Grier, Danielle Compton, Hannah Allison, Cheryl Maner, Kevin Babcock, Dekota Allison, Logan Allison, Dallas Allison, Coby Allison; great- grandchildren, Macayla Kestner, Justice Kestner, Zachary Kestner, Evan Maner, Kalyn Maner, Keely Compton. Funeral services for Elizabeth Sword will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 10, 2010, in the D.R. Henderson Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenny Gilbert officiating. Burial will follow in the Pine Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 till 9 p.m. Friday evening at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to drhendersonfuneralhome.com D.R. Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville is serving the Sword family.

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Sheriff Fred Newman

July 12, 2010

Sheriff Fred Newman and the Members of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office would like to express their sympathy in the death of Elizabeth Sword. If our Sheriff’s Office can be of assistance to you during your time of sadness, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Sheriff Newman and Members of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office

Marvin & Sharon Johnson

July 9, 2010

I was so sorry to hear about your loss. Mickie will be greatly missed. Our prayers are with you as you go through this time.

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