Ruth McVey

BRISTOL, Va. – Ruth E. McVey, age 72, passed away on Saturday, May 6, 2006, at her residence.
She was a native of Damascus and was the daughter of the late Clyde and Pearl Owens. She was a longtime resident of Rogersville, Tenn., and moved to Athens, Ga., for two years before moving to Bristol in 1999. Mrs. McVey was retired from Holston Electric Cooperative in Rogersville and was a member of the East Bristol Church of Christ.
In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Chesil H. McVey, two brothers, Jack Owens and Robert Owens, and one sister, Mildred Owens.
She is survived by two sons, Dr. David Scott McVey and his wife Diane, of Beatrice, Neb., and Dan L. McVey and his wife Brenda, of Clyde, Texas; five grandsons, Joshua McVey and his wife Kim, Caleb McVey, David McVey and his wife Becky, John Paul McVey and Kyle McVey; one granddaughter, Tessa McVey; two great-grandsons, Hunter McVey and Noah McVey; two brothers, Bert Owens and his wife Irene of Bristol Virginia and John Owens and his wife Terry of Sunset Beach, N.C.; two sisters, Lillian Parker of Plano, Texas, and Retha Cook Ganoe of Reisterstown, Md.; a sister-in-law, Estelle Owens of Taylors Valley; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday, May 8, 2006, in the Garrett Funeral Home Chapel, with Mr. Bill Haywood, minister, officiating. The committal service and interment will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at Sunset Memorial Park in Damascus.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be sent to the Wellmont Hospice House, 280 Steele's Road, Bristol, TN 37620. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:45 p.m. Monday prior to the funeral service at Garrett Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent to the family and a video memorial tribute may be viewed at www.garrettfuneralhome.com.
Mrs. McVey and her family are in the care of Garrett Funeral Home, 203 N. Shady Ave., Damascus, VA 24236; (276) 475-3631.