Sarah Richardson

SWORDS CREEK, Va. – Mrs. Sarah Rachel Richardson, age 73, passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2007, at the home of her granddaughter in Glade Spring after a battle with cancer.
Born Aug. 1, 1933, in Swords Creek, she was a daughter of the late Jay Palmer and Edgar Ellen Johnson Richardson. A lifelong resident of the area, she was a member of the Revival Center at Swords Creek. She was formerly employed as a seamstress at Honaker Mills and at several other area factories.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Richardson; one son, Ralph Richardson; one brother, Arlen Richardson; and one infant sister, Brenda Richardson.
Survivors include one daughter, Rita Gaye Reynolds and her husband Eddie of Swords Creek; one son, Randy M. Richardson and his wife Susan of Lebanon; one sister, Helen Cline and her husband James of Rockport, N.Y.; one brother, Garland Richardson and his wife Madeline of Swords Creek; three granddaughters, Kimberly Sexton and her husband Brian, Angela Morrison and her husband Rodney and Chenelle Lambert; three grandsons, Joey Reynolds, Michael Richardson and Randy Damron; one stepgranddaughter, Jamie Lane and her husband Aaron; eight great-grandchildren, Joseph Richardson, Rachel Sexton, Olivia Sexton, Eric Lambert, Zoe Damron, Raquel Damron, Orion Damron and Organna Damron; and two stepgreat-grandchildren, Chloe Lane and Gwen Lane also survive.
The family would like to extend a very special thank you to Mrs. Richardson's nurses, Heather, Norma, Kim and Pat.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. David Perkins and the Rev. Jim Richardson officiating. Interment will follow in the Richardson Cemetery at Swords Creek.
Relatives and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Friends may call at the Honaker Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Thursday, where a song service will be conducted at 7 p.m.