Smyth County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Garnie Avery Dolinger

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Obituary Notices for January 5, 2005

Smyth County News
Tuesday, January 4, 2005

Dolinger

Garnie Avery Dolinger, 84, died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005, in Smyth County
Community Hospital. 

He was born March 2, 1920, in Grayson County to the late John and Laura Davis
Dolinger. 

He served in the CCC and helped construct Hungry Mother Park. He was a veteran
of World War II serving in Europe in the United States Army. He retired from
Arlington County after 27 years of service.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Enice Pruitt and Emaline Maguire; three
brothers, Mack Dolinger and infants, Smith and Earl. 

Survivors include his wife, Lola Osborne Dolinger of Marion; one son, Philip
Dolinger of Herndon; two sisters, Callie Roberson of Hortense, Ga., and Emegene
Wyatt of Chilhowie; five brothers, Jesse Dolinger, Alfred Dolinger and Rosevelt
Dolinger, all of Mouth of Wilson, Jack Dolinger of Whitetop and Bradley Dolinger
of Parsonsburg, Md.; two grandchildren, James Avery Dolinger and Amy Beth
Dolinger; two step-daughters, Judi Harrison of Piney Flats, Tenn., and Linda
Blair of Ocala, Fla.; three step-grandchildren; one step great-grandson; and
several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Seaver-
Brown Chapel with the Rev. Avery Sheets and the Rev. Dennis Eller officiating.
Burial will follow in Haw Orchard Cemetery in Grayson County where military
rites will be conducted by Frances Marion VFW Post # 4667. 

Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to Cedar Baptist Church, c/o
Ricky Schwartz, Rt. 5 Box 505-A, Marion, Va. 24354 or Haw Orchard Cemetery Fund,
c/o Rosevelt Dolinger, 3940 Highlands Parkway, Mouth of Wilson, Va. 24363.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.seaverbrown.com. 

The family received friends Tuesday evening, Jan. 4, 2005, at Seaver-Brown
Chapel. 

Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory in Marion is in charge of
arrangements.