Magdalene Gardner

Magdalene Gardner, 90, of Hillsville, Va., passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2010, at Pulaski Community Hospital. Mrs. Gardner was born in Carroll County to the late Robert Eli Horton and Edith Alderman Sowers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Walter Gardner; and a daughter, Betty L. Lewis. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Robert Jr. and Diann Gardner, of Radford; daughter and sons-in-law, Sandra G. and Larry Cook, of Hillsville, and W. David Lewis, of Knoxville, Tenn.; brother, Ray Sowers, of Hillsville; five grandchildren, Wesley D. Lewis, Whitney D. Adams, Alyson G. Newsome, R. Matthew Gardner and Jolly Martin; and three greatgrandchildren, Blayne Newsome, Jacob Newsome, and Gavin Adams. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 17, 2010, at the First United Methodist Church in Hillsville with the Rev. Ty Harrison and the Rev. Ronnie Collins officiating. Burial will follow in the Gardner Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church on Sunday from 1:30 until service time. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Hillsville, P.O. Box 356, Hillsville, Va. 24343; the First United Methodist Church of Pulaski, 135 4th Street, Pulaski, Va. 24301 or Island Creek Methodist Church, P.O. Box 337, Fancy Gap, Va. 24328. A guestbook is available online by visiting www. vaughanguynnandmcgrady.comVaughan Guynn McGrady Chapel is serving the family.