Janie Lee McGraw Lovell

Janie Lee McGraw Lovell died peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of August 17, 2009, at her home in Roanoke County. She was born on February 18, 1933, in True, W.Va., to the late Ethel and Ozie McGraw. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Randy and Jessie; and a grandson, Conner. Janie is survived by a daughter, Terry Lovell Newman and husband, John; son, Harvey Lee Lovell; granddaughter, Rene' Newman; and grandsons, Spencer, Tyler and Christopher Lovell.
Janie spent her early adult years caring for her family on a farm in Montgomery County before attending Virginia Western Community College. She later became a successful realtor and retired from Coldwell-Banker in 1995.
Never one to be idle, she then became a Master Gardener honing a skill she already possessed from many of years of gardening on the farm. She was an accomplished seamstress and cook, a good and faithful friend, a strong and capable woman and a loving mother and grandmother.
The family will receive friends at Oakey's South Chapel on Brambleton Ave. from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Graveside services will be held 1 p.m. on Thursday, August 20, 2009, at Sherwood Memorial Park.

"To describe our mom would be to write about a hurricane in it's perfect power."
Arrangements by Oakey's South Chapel, 540-989-3131.