Obituary of Buford Cregger

MARION, VIRGINIA: BUFORD C. CREGGER, SR. age 80, died Thursday, July 2, 2015 at Smyth County Community Hospital, Marion, Virginia. You weren't from around here if you hadn't met or heard of Buford Cregger. He loved his Lord, his family and his community very much. In the 60's and 70's he served as a volunteer on the Marion Fire Department, he also spent time helping the Marion Town Police Department for several years in the early 70's until his retirement in 1988. Mr. Cregger joined the Masonic Lodge when he was just twenty four years old, at the age of seventy four, he received his 50 year pin. He was committed. Committed to his church for forty-nine years and his wife Judy, for fifty-five years. Buford was a "go to guy". When Pat Helms was elected Marion's Mayor, he asked Buford to finish his term. Buford was elected to serve following that request and was later called upon to finish the term of Mark Warren after Mark's passing. A business man with Cregger and Taylor for over thirty two years and on any given Saturday you could find him at a Counts Auction anywhere in Southwest Virginia. A family man and community man, Buford Cregger will be missed by all who knew him. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wallace and Annie Cregger; sister, Nancy Cregger and husband, Earnest; brother, W.H. Cregger, Jr. and wife, Dorothy. Mr. Cregger is survived by his wife Judy Cregger; sons, Buford Clayton Cregger, Jr. "Clayton" and Brian Cornette Cregger and wife, Brandi; Judy's step-mother, Joyce Cornette all of Marion, Virginia; sister-in-law, Becky Catron of Rural Retreat, Virginia; grandchildren, Isaiah Jordan Cregger and Josef Brian Cregger; and nephew, Chris Catron. Funeral Services will be held Monday, July 6, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church with Reverend David Woody officiating. Graveside Services will be held Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Rose Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. Flowers will be appreciated or memorial donations may be made to First United Methodist Church, Food Pantry, 215 South Church Street, Marion VA 24354. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the office and staff of Dr. Paul Brown, staff of Francis Marion Manor, staff of Smyth County Community Hospital and staff of Hospice of Southwest Virginia. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.seaverbrown.com. Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory is honored to serve the Cregger Family.