Obituary of Charles Dunford

MARION, VIRGINIA: CHARLES ANDREW DUNFORD, SR., age 64, died suddenly at Smyth County Community Hospital on May 19, 2010 after a long battle with heart disease. He was a lifetime resident of Marion, Virginia and a member of the Grace United Methodist Church, VFW and DAV. Charles retired from Mt. Rogers Community Service Board. He was a loving and devoted father and grandfather and was the son of the late Issaac and May Eller Dunford. He was preceded in death by his wife, Donna Dunford; brother, Paul Dunford; two sisters, Shirley and Margaret Dunford; one great-granddaughter, Aurora Harris. He is survived by his daughter, Cynthia Dunford Harris of the home; one son, retired Major Charles A. Dunford, Jr. of Chester, Virginia; four grandchildren, Robert Harris and wife, April of Blacksburg, Virginia, Kelly Dunford of Marion, Virginia, Mikayla and Justin Dunford of Chester, Virginia; one great-grandson, Alexander Harris and one great-granddaughter, Olivia Harris both of Blacksburg, Virginia; two brothers, Jimmy Dunford of Colorado and Johnny Dunford of Chilhowie, Virginia; three sisters, Betty Sawyers of Pulaski, Virginia, Lucy Keith of Aurora, Illinois and Bonnie Newman of Wytheville, Virginia; He is also survived by many nieces and nephews and had many loving and caring friends. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 24, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel with the Reverend Mike Teague officiating. Burial will follow in Slemp Cemetery in Sugar Grove, Virginia. The family will receive friends Sunday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. 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 Dunford Family.