Walter Cornett Jr.

Walter Vancewood Cornett Jr. MARION, Va. Walter Vancewood Cornett Jr., age 63, passed away on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 in Marion He was born in Smyth County to the late Walter Vancewood Cornett Sr. and Emma Marie Totten Catron, and was preceded in death by a special aunt, Nancy Davis, which he considered a sister. He worked at Marley Moldings and served in the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era. He attended the Greenwood Methodist Church as a young man and had also attended the Faith Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include: wife, Wanda Cornett; three children, Maria Cornett Crewey of Rural Retreat and husband James, Lisa Michelle Cornett Morris and husband Joseph, Speedwell, Va., Jennifer Carol Cornett Hooker and husband Eric, Rogersville, Tenn.; his dad, Kermit Catron; stepmother, Hattie Cornett; stepchildren, Michael Simms, Big Stone Gap, Va., Michelle Jauregui, Marion, Johnny Wymer, Atkins, Va.; sisters, Darlene Conard and husband Rev. Tony Conard, Eden, N.C., Linda Shields, Stuart, Va., Shelia Moore, Petersburg, Va.; brothers, Donald Cornett and wife Lisa, Rural Retreat, Lil Walter Cornett, Martinsville, Va., Robert Cornett, Marion, Ronnie Pierce, Marion, Eddie Pierce, Chilhowie, Va.; grandchildren, Brandon Norris, Nathan Crewey, Ethan Morris, Evan Morris, Mandolyn Hooker, Gabriel Crewey, Adon Hooker; step-grandchildren, Faith Wymer, Hope Wymer, Antonio Jauregui. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, at the Bradley's Funeral Home in Marion with Rev. Roger Dowell and Rev. Tony Conard officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Cemetery, with military honors being rendered by the Francis Marion VFW Post 4667. The family will receive friends Thursday from 6 - 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.bradleysfh.com Bradley's Funeral Home is serving the family.