UNION, W.Va. – Meta Odessa Craig McGuire, 84 of Roanoke and formerly of Gap Mills, W.Va., passed away Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, following a long illness.
She was born at Sweet Springs, W.Va., July 29, 1925, a daughter of the late Edward H. “Dink” and Odessa Baker Craig.
Mrs. McGuire was a homemaker and a member of Gap Mills United Methodist Church at Gap Mills.
In addition to her parents ,she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Morris McGuire, May 8, 1997; a sister, Viola Craig Link and a brother, Herbert Spencer Craig.
Surviving are a son, Danny Craig McGuire and his wife, Connie, of Goodview; a daughter, Linda Diane Mitchell and her husband, George of Myrtle Beach, S.C..; three grandchildren, Kenneth Mitchell and his wife, Maria of Tampa, Fla., Misti Mitchell in Maryland and Brian Craig McGuire of Roanoke,; a great-granddaughter, Madison Mitchell in Maryland; and one sister, Grace Craig Bates of Sweet Springs, W.Va.
Graveside services will be conducted held 2 pm. Wednesday at Mountain View Cemetery, at Sweet Springs, W.Va. with the Rev. Wesley C. Patterson officiating.
The family requests that memorial donations be made to Gap Mills United Methodist Church at Gap Mills, W.Va., or Mountain View Cemetery at Sweet Springs, W.Va.
Groves Funeral Home in Union, W.Va. is in charge of arrangements.