MARION, VA
Lucille Lowe Teaster, age 92, peacefully went to be with the Lord on Saturday June 1, 2024.
Lucille was preceded in death by her parents, Abram Harrington Lowe Sr. and Josie Ann Testerman Lowe; devoted husband, Glenn Ray Teaster; granddaughter, Sarah Elizabeth Worrell; sisters Jean Chaney, Maxine Hamm, Virginia Atwell, Clyde Finley, and Margaret Gilley; and brothers, Harrington “June”, Earnest, Garland, Ira Lee, Archie, Marshall “Mi” Lowe, Fred and Ken Balthazar; special sisters-in-law, Mattie “Tootsie” Blevins, Betty Sue Teaster King, Ruth Fox, and several other in-laws whom she loved dearly.
Lucille was a loving wife, mother and mamaw who loved her family, her church family at Cedar’s Baptist Church, traveling, gardening, flowers, canning, baking, and cooking. She was a nurse at Smyth County Hospital and then Southwest Virginia Mental Health Institute where she proudly retired from in 1994 with 30 years of service. She was passionate about donating regularly to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, local animal rescues, and many other charities that were close to her heart.
Survivors include her children Gary Teaster & wife Sandra, Christiansburg, VA, Greg “Bo” Teaster & wife Zandra, Marion, VA, and Diane Worrell & husband Doug, Eggleston, VA; brother Earl Lowe & wife Kathy, Chilhowie, VA; sisters-in-law Guita Teaster, Marion, VA and Shirley Lowe, Chilhowie, VA; grandchildren Donna Andrews & husband Billy, Christiansburg, VA, Cindy Teaster, Dublin, VA, Jessica Teaster McKinnon & fiancé Shawn Starck, Fall Branch, TN, Lori Teaster-McGhee & husband David, Marion, VA, Shanan Sessor & husband Steven, Pembroke, VA; great grandchildren Jacob Andrews & wife Leah & Family, Caleb Andrews, Katie Collins & husband Evan & Family, Amber & fiancé Zachary Smith & Family, Ben Hurst, Matthew McKinnon, Evan McGhee, and Layla Sessor; great-great grandchildren Lydia & Levi Andrews, Oakley Collins, and Nathaniel Smith; special niece and nephew Sherri Blevins, Marion, VA and Mark Chaney & wife Brenda, Chilhowie, VA; along with numerous extended family members, friends, and former coworkers who she thought of often and loved dearly.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at Cedar’s Baptist Church in Marion with Pastor Ernie Powers and Pastor Avery Sheets officiating. Interment will follow in the Mountain View UMC Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00PM, on Tuesday evening at the church. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.bradleysfh.com. Bradley’s Funeral Home of Marion is serving the Teaster Family.
Read More