Obituary of Mintie Neitch

MARION, VIRGINIA: MINTIE ALMEDA CATHERINE RICHARDSON NEITCH, age 91, died Thursday, September 15, 2011 at Smyth County Community Hospital. She was born August 29, 1920, in Smyth County, Virginia, to the late Roby John Franklin Richardson and Audie Mae Eller Richardson. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Victor Clarence Neitch, a son, Charles Roby Neitch, great-grandson Charles Gabriel Neitch, sisters, Della Irene Cleary, Margaret Ella Lowman, and Shirley Mae Richardson, brothers, Major Bane S. Richardson, Sebern Willis Richardson, William Howard Richardson, Herman Edward Richardson, Luther John Franklin Richardson and Roger Elmer Richardson. She resided in the Holston Mills community of Smyth County for most of her adult life. Mintie was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother. She loved gardening and working on the farm but most of all, she loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to whom she gave her life at the age of 24 years. Her family will surely miss her, but we know where she has gone. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Elbert (Phyllis) Griffith and Mrs. O.O. (Nancy) Smith of Marion, Virginia; a daughter-in-law, Darlene Rowland Neitch of Chilhowie, Virginia; two sisters, Mrs. James (Ruby) Ferguson of Elizabethton, Tennessee and Mrs. Garland (Maudie) Medley of Sugar Grove, Virginia. Seven grandchildren, Jefferey Griffith and wife, Dawn, Judy Golden and husband, Roger, Sabrina Rose, Charles Neitch and wife, Joyce, Kimberly Widner and husband, Mickey, Robert Orr and wife Denise, and Derek Orr and wife, Deborah. Thirteen great-grandchildren, Heather Covington, Candace Long, Richard Griffith, Lauren Monnett, Sydney Golden, Tyler Rose, Catherine Widner, Chelsea Neitch, Alexander Orr, Nicole Orr, Savannah Orr, Julianne Orr, and Brennan Orr. Three great-great grandchildren, Alexis Covington, Ian Long, and Kayden Monnett; a special cousin, Loyette Richardson Blevins of Marion, Virginia; many wonderful nieces, nephews and friends also survive. Funeral Services will be held Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel with Reverend David Neitch and Reverend Perry Hall officiating. She will be laid to rest beside her husband in the South Fork Cemetery located in Holston Mills. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 1:00 p.m. until the time of the service at Seaver-Brown Chapel. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.seaverbrown.com. Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory is serving the Neitch Family.