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DATE: FRIDAY, December 10, 1993                   TAG: 9312100327
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: MARION                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT MARCHANT, CARRIE MAE DEAN

MARCHANT, Carrie Mae Dean, 81, Marion, died Wednesday, December 1, 1993, in Smyth County Community Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, John E. Marchant Jr., her son, Edward Gerald ("Jerry") Marchant. She was a member of Falling Water Baptist Church and was a lifelong member of Smythe county. She is survived by three sons, Charles ("C.L.") Marchant, Staunton, Joe Lynn Marchant, Marion, Johnny E. Marchant III, Lewisburg, W.Va.; two daughters, Mrs. Billy O. (Norma) Hart, Mrs. Robert L. (Shelby) Powell, Sr., both of Marion; three brothers, Clinton Dean, Claude Dean, the Rev. William Dean, all of Marion; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Winebarger, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Roy (Virginia) Crowder, Madison, N.C.; 12 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 11, at 2 p.m. in the Falling Water Baptist Church, with the Rev. Ken Martin and the Rev. Alvin Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Rose Lawn Cemetery. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Falling Water Baptist Church, Rt. 1, Marion, Va. or to the Marion Life Saving Crew, Park St., Marion, Va. The family will receive friends Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Barnett's Marion Funeral Home. 


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