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Emma Bolinsky Obituary

Emma Lucille Bolinsky

LEBANON, Va.

Emma Lucille Bolinsky, 95, passed away on Thursday, November 4, 2021, at Fair Acres Alpaca Farm in Lebanon, Virginia, where she was living for the last several years and helping care for her beloved alpacas.

She was born in Dickenson County, Virginia; daughter of the late Josh Conley Smith and Mary Katherine Turner Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilmer Bolinsky. She was a member of St. Paul Assembly of God Church in St. Paul, Virginia.

She is survived by one son, Edward Joe Bolinsky "Bo" and wife, Becky of Salem, Virginia; one daughter, Cathy Jones and husband, Randy of Richmond, Kentucky; six grandchildren, Kelly Ramey, Brian Bolinsky and wife, April, Brandon Bolinsky and wife, Colette, Sarah Ramey Lawson, Brett Bolinsky and wife, Emily, and Derek King and wife, Whitney; 15 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Emma Lucille Bolinsky will be conducted at 2 p.m., on Saturday, November 6, 2021, at Castlewood Funeral Home Chapel, Castlewood, Virginia with the Rev. Bryan Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Temple Hill Memorial Park, Castlewood, Virginia. Pallbearers will be family and friends.

The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 p.m., on Saturday, November 6, 2021, at Castlewood Funeral Home, Castlewood, Virginia. Online condolences may be sent to the Bolinsky family through our website and a video tribute may be viewed at www.castlewoodfuneralhome.com. The funeral service will be available for viewing on our website following the service. Castlewood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Published by Bristol Herald Courier on Nov. 5, 2021.

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