Virginia Quillen McClung, 98, of Lewisburg, WV, formerly of Smoot, WV, passed Sunday, November 2, 2014, at her home surrounded by her loving family and friends.
Born May 31, 1916, in Springdale, WV, she was the daughter of the late George and Rushia Mae Quillen.
She had been a resident of Greenbrier County, WV, all her life, where she had been a kindergarten and first grade teacher at Dawson, WV, and Smoot elementary schools, as well as a business owner with her husband, Granville, at their stores in Smoot. Virginia was a member of the Smoot United Methodist Church and was active in the Lewisburg United Methodist Church. In her later years, she enjoyed traveling, painting, and flower gardening.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her two husbands, Granville W. McClung and Harry M. Thornton; two brothers, Harold and Russell Quillen; and one sister, Ethel Kidd.
Left to cherish her memory are her three daughters, Lou Ann Hylton and husband, Denny, of Leesburg, VA, Connie Jo Bryant and husband, Curt, of Lewisburg, and Eloise Elliott and husband, Mark, of Princeton, WV; grandchildren, Todd Hylton (Sue) of San Diego, CA, Denna Zimmerman (David) of Oak Hill, VA, Wesley Bryant (Patty) of Greenwood, IN, Brooke Jackson (Mike) of Blacksburg, VA, Aaron Elliott (Sheena) of Springfield, VA, Jennifer Elliott, and Megan Fitzgerald (A.J.) of Alexandria, VA; great-grandchildren, Sydney Bryant, John and Lydia Hylton, Benjamin and Victoria Zimmerman, and Quinn and Spencer Jackson; sister, Velma Barnes of Orlando, FL; many nieces and nephews; stepdaughters, Carla Adkins and husband, George, of Rainelle, WV, and Marge Engelkemier and husband, Rex, of Rapid City, IA; and her “adopted daughters,” Sandy Feury Stevens and Myrtle Bogges Heimberger.
Visitation will be held from 6-8 PM on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg.
Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, November 5, at 11 AM at the Smoot United Methodist Church with Dr. Joseph Geiger and the Rev. Rick Brown officiating. Interment will immediately follow at the Wallace Memorial Cemetery in Clintonville, WV.
Online condolences may be made by visiting www.WallaceandWallace FH.com.
Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg is in charge of arrangements.
Obituary originally published in the November 4, 2014, edition of the West Virginia Daily News.
