Nannie Ruth Gunnell, age 88, entered the Kingdom of God on Sunday, August 14, 2011.
She was born in Patrick Springs, VA on September 2, 1922, the daughter of the late Charlie Madison Martin and Mable Layman Martin. She was preceded in death by her husband Eddie Gunnell, brothers, Caney Akers Martin, Frank Andrew Martin, Lonzie Lee Matin, and a sister, Rachel Edith Martin Fulcher. Ruth worked and retired from Dan River Textile Mills after more than forty years of service. She was a faithful member of Southall Baptist Church (later relocated and renamed Westover Baptist Church). After suffering a fall, she spent her last few years at the Riverside Rehabilitation Center where she received excellent care and where she met Vergia Dalton, her roommate and good friend.
After her husband’s death, she depended upon and received the utmost care from great-niece Janie and her husband, Gene. They and other family members will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. on Monday, August 15, 2011, at the West Main Chapel of Swicegood Funeral Home in Danville, VA. Gravesite rites will be on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend Denzil Smith officiating at Danville Memorial Gardens.
Swicegood Funeral Home is serving the Gunnell family.
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