Helen Marshall

Helen Irene Hurley Marshall BRISTOL, Va. Helen Irene Hurley Marshall, 98, beloved mother of Nancy M. Brantley of Greenville, S.C., and Kathleen M. Boothe of Gastonia, N.C., died on May 21, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Mamie Belle Brown Hurley; three brothers, Harry, Herman, and Ernest Hurley; and one sister, Margaret Mays. Helen was a graduate of Virginia High School and Bristol Commercial College. She worked as a bookkeeper for Dunn & Bradstreet and Mary Grey Hosiery. Her life was a testimony to others as she truly lived her Christian faith. She enjoyed and spent many years teaching in the children's department in Sunday school at North Bristol Baptist Church. She belonged to the Senior Citizen Center where she loved participating in various activities including the Senior Citizen Traveling Choir. In addition to her daughters, survivors include three brothers, Charles Hurley of Blountville, Tenn., Carl Hurley of Raleigh, N.C., and Landon Hurley of Columbia, S.C.; one sister, Gladys Yardley of Durham, N.C.; five grandchildren, Beth Feith of Dyersburg, Tenn., Will Brantley of Auburn, Ala., Jennifer Restine of Greenville, S.C., Michelle Rhodes of Atlanta, and Angela Jones of Nashville, Tenn.; special friends, Edna Riley, Sue White, Pat Arnold, Betty Carden, Carol Simmons, and Jean Hiller; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. The committal service and inurnment will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, June 5, 2010, at East Hill Cemetery with Rev. John Markel of Walnut Grove Presbyterian Church officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Wellmont Hospice House, 280 Steele's Road, Bristol, TN 37620. Condolences for the family may be sent and viewed by visiting www.BlevinsCares.com Ms. Marshall and her family are in the care of Blevins Funeral & Cremation Services.