Funeral home hold open house WAYNE QUESENBERRY |Staff Sep 19, 2014 Sep 19, 2014 Updated Jul 23, 2020 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of Wythe County’s oldest businesses began in a Rural Retreat farmhouse in the late 1880s. Its owner was a farmer and a coffin maker.kAmr2=G:? $EF2CE {:?5D6J 3682? H92E H2D E@ =2E6C 364@>6 {:?5D6J uF?6C2= w@>6] w6 3F:=E 2?5 DE@C65 E96 H@@56? 4@77:?D 2E 9:D 9@>6 2 4@FA=6 @7 >:=6D D@FE9 @7 #FC2= #6EC62E]k^AmkAm{:?5D6J 2=D@ AC@G:565 8C2G65:886CD 2?5 3FC:2=]k^AmkAmp44@C5:?8 E@ C6D62C49 2CE:4=6D @? E96 3FD:?6DD[ {:?5D6J E@@< 9:D D@? y@9? s] {:?5D6J :?E@ E96 3FD:?6DD :? `gha] %9:D 7@C>65 E96 7:C> @7 {:?5D6J 2?5 $@?]k^Am kAmr2=G:? {:?5D6J H2D <:==65 3J 2 9@CD6 :? `ghe 2?5 E96 3FD:?6DD H2D =67E E@ 9:D D@? y@9?] x? `h_f[ y@9? {:?5D6J D@=5 E96 3FD:?6DD E@ 9:D J@F?86C 3C@E96C |2CE:? {FE96C {:?5D6J]k^Am People are also reading… Work on Exit 39 truck stop expected to move more quickly now New attorney is representing Wolfe as case moves forward Smyth supervisors expected to take up junkyard permit request Top Smyth DAR essay wins state competition Smyth officials urge US Forest Service to reopen Grindstone Campground Royal Oak DAR names 3 high school seniors as Good Citizens Chilhowie switches to biodegradable bags for yard waste Spanberger signs Virginia minimum wage increase Spanberger signs bills on probation, manufactured protein and Confederate license plates Virginia football QB Chandler Morris denied preliminary injunction in pursuit of 7th year Chilhowie man faces multiple charges in domestic violence incident $1M goal for Smyth County HealthTrust scholarship fund is near Trump issues an expletive-filled threat against Iran as details of US aviator's rescue emerge Manhunt ends with fatal shooting of Henry County suspect Smyth supervisors say collective bargaining bills could cost county millions kAmp D9@CE E:>6 =2E6C[ |2CE:? {:?5D6J 7@C>65 2 A2CE?6CD9:A H:E9 t] w] qF4<] %96 3FD:?6DD 3642>6 {:?5D6J 2?5 qF4<]k^AmkAm%96 7F?6C2= 7:C> =2E6C >@G65 7C@> E96 {:?5D6J 72C> E@ 2 3F:=5:?8 :? E@H?] pC@F?5 `h`_[ E96 4@>A2?J DE@AA65 >2<:?8 :ED @H? 4@77:?D 2D 42D<6E 4@>A2?:6D 7@C>65]k^Am kAmx? `hae[ 7F?6C2= 5:C64E@CD H6C6 C6BF:C65 3J E96 DE2E6 E@ 36 =:46?D65] |2CE:? {:?5D6J C646:G65 9:D =:46?D6 E@ 6>32=> :? `hac 7C@> E96 #6?2C5 t>32=>:?8 $49@@= :? }6H *@C<]k^Am kAmuC@> `haf E@ `hce[ E96 7:C> 492?865 92?5D E9C66 >@C6 E:>6D] x? `hce[ y2>6D r] {:?5D6J 3@F89E @FED:56 :?E6C6DED[ 7@C>65 2 A2CE?6CD9:A H:E9 9:D 525 |2CE:? {:?5D6J 2?5 492?865 E96 ?2>6 E@ {:?5D6J uF?6C2= w@>6]k^Am kAm|2CE:? 2?5 y2>6D {:?5D6J 3F:=E 2 ?6H 7F?6C2= 9@>6 @? E96 AC6D6?E D:E6 :? `hcf] p?@E96C H:?8 H2D 25565 :? `hed]k^Am kAmy2>6D {:?5D6J 3@F89E 9:D 72E96C’D :?E6C6DE :? E96 7F?6C2= 9@>6 :? `he` 2?5 @A6C2E65 E96 3FD:?6DD 3J 9:>D6=7 F?E:= 9:D C6E:C6>6?E] w6 5:65 :? u63CF2CJ a_`_]k^AmkAm“w6 H2D E96 >@DE 9@?6DE 7F?6C2= 5:C64E@C x 6G6C >6E[” ?@E65 %@>>J #66D6 $C][ H9@D6 w:89=2?5 uF?6C2= $6CG:46D 3@F89E E96 7F?6C2= 9@>6 ~4E] `[ `hgc] “w6 H2D 2 C62= 86?E=6>2? 2?5 2 7:?6 9F>2? 36:?8]”k^AmkAm%96 >@DE C646?E 492?86D E@ E96 {:?5D6J uF?6C2= w@>6 H6C6 E96 255:E:@? @7 2 ?6H 492A6= H:E9 D62E:?8 42A24:EJ 7@C bd_ A6@A=6[ ?6H C6DE C@@>D[ ?6H 42CA6E[ @G6C7=@H C@@>[ 4@G6C65 A@CE:4@ 2?5 255:E:@? A2C<:?8] %96J H6C6 4@>A=6E65 :? yF=J]k^Am kAmp? @A6? 9@FD6 H:== 36 96=5 $F?52J[ $6AE] a`[ 7C@> a E@ c A]>] %96 ?6H 492A6= H:== 36 565:42E65 2E c A]>]k^AmkAm“(6’C6 ?2>:?8 :E E96 {:?5D6J |6>@C:2= r92A6= :? >6>@CJ @7 |C] {:?5D6J[” C6>2C<65 |:<6 q=6G:?D[ H9@ 92D >2?2865 E96 7F?6C2= 9@>6 D:?46 y2?F2CJ `hgf] “!2DE@C y@?2E92? w2>>2? @7 vC246 {FE96C2? r9FC49 H:== 4@?5F4E E96 >6>@C:2= D6CG:46] w6’D E96 {:?5D6J 72>:=J’D A2DE@C]”k^Am kAm(9:=6 >@DE @7 E96 7F?6C2= 9@>6’D A2EC@?D 2C6 7C@> #FC2= #6EC62E[ q=6G:?D D2:5[ @E96CD 7C@> E96 6586 @7 $>JE9 r@F?EJ 2?5 92=7H2J E@ $A665H6== FD6 :ED D6CG:46D] w6 2=D@ A@:?E65 @FE E92E D6G6C2= 86?6C2E:@?D @7 72>:=:6D 92G6 A2EC@?:K65 E96 7F?6C2= 9@>6]k^Am kAm“%9:D D@>6E9:?8 x 2=H2JD H2?E65 E@ 5@ D:?46 x H2D `_ J62CD @=5[” q=6G:?D 4@>>6?E65] “x 6?;@J H@C<:?8 H:E9 A6@A=6] !6@A=6 =@@< E@ FD 7@C 96=A :? E96:C E:>6 @7 ?665 2?5 H6’C6 23=6 E@ 96=A E96>]”k^AmkAm(2J?6 "F6D6?36CCJ 42? 36 C624965 2E aah\ee`` tIE6?D:@? a_ @C k2 9C67lQ>2:=E@iHBF6D6?36CCJoHJE96?6HD]4@>QmHBF6D6?36CCJoHJE96?6HD]4@>k^2m]k^Am 0 Comments Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story