Virginia Epperly
(1927 - 2011)

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General Details

Name:	Mrs Virginia Epperly
Nick Name:	Jenny
Maiden Name:	Mabry
Gender:	Female
Age:	83 years old
Lived:	Sunday, 6 November 1927 - Monday, 11 April 2011

My Story

My Mother was the sweetest and kindest woman I've ever known. She worked all of her life until her health forced to quit,even then,she sold Tupperware for several years but finally stopped all of that because my Daddy was in bad health and she felt that she was needed at home in case he needed help. When I was appx.6 years old, my Mom and Dad decided to give their hearts to Jesus Christ and live the christian life, so needless to say, me and my sister and our two brothers grew up in church which wasn't bad at all. Mama would sing and shout and it was so good to hear her sweet voice singing with my Daddy.(All of us thinks that life goes on forever and don't anticipate death taking a child from you but that's exactly what happened to Mama. The Lord called our oldest brother Home and this absolutely devastated our Mama.She couldn't concentrate on things the way she used to so that's when she decided to go into Tupperware to help keep her occupied.)But as the years passed,Daddy was rapidly going down hill as the result of diabetes and heart trouble, and he eventually had to have his leg amputated from the knee down. He finally learned to walk some with the prosthetic leg and got around fairly well but at the same time diabetes was worsening and he started staying sick and Mama had to do the best she could to take care of him. Of course,I was too busy focusing on Daddy's health to notice that Dementia was setting in on Mama. She was under a lot of stress and was afraid that she wasn't doing her best with her soul mate and was ignoring her own health problems. Finally,Daddy got so sick and his legs would give out and he would fall, and he was eventually admitted to the hospital in critical condition. Even then, I don't think Mama realized just how bad he was,'cause she was having a hard time understanding things then and once again, I think that dementia was already taking a toll on her. Well,our Daddy (the love of Mama's life) passed away just a few days after he was admitted in the hospital and even though Mama was hurt and feeling all alone, I don't think she could quite comprehend the fact that he was gone forever..You see..Mama's mind just wasn't quite right and some people even got aggravated with questions that she would ask or things she would say but we didn't see the stress that she was under because we were all traumatized over Daddy passing away..Well, that was in June of 2005 and Mama lived alone for awhile after that but she would cry all hours of the night with many sleepless nights,then she would get in her car and try going places during the day and this kept me worried about her all the time. She even fell a couple of times with her final fall keeping her in the floor for appx.18 hours because no one knew she had fallen, so that did it with me..I told her that I was going to move her in with me.. So over a period of time,we finally took care of the move and she finally adjusted to living with me and my grandson. She was with me 18 months when I decided to marry my ex-husband again,and she was ok with that. She got along very well with him and he made her laugh a lot..Then..tragedy struck again...we found out that he had cancer and he underwent surgery and rehab which put him out of commission for appx.8 months altogether. Well, this took a toll on Mama because she became really close to her son-in-law and then he passed away after we were married a short 15 months. So,she got to where she would just set around and somedays, she would constantly cry and "babble" about the big man (referring to my late husband). The dementia had got really bad after he passed away and I eventually had to put her into a local nursing home where she passed away 8 months later..She died with two of her children and a great grandson at her bedside..We love and miss her very much!! And some may say that we are selfish in saying this but we don't think so,because this is how we feel about her!!! HEAVEN COULD NEVER WELCOME A SWEETER MOTHER!!!!!

Latest Tributes

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From: Jritter

Mama, I miss you so very much...I love you..RIP 12/3/2011

From: Jritter

Mama,just wanted to let you know that I miss you very much..Thanksgiving day was kind of hard on me because this was ...

From: Jritter

Mama, I love and miss you so very much....No one knows the pain I'm in from losing you..I miss your smile and laughte...

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Mama, I have so many beautiful memories of you and then there are the other memories of how the dementia just simply ...

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Mama,this candle burns brightly for you to remind you that I love and miss you with each passing day!! And today, my ...

Biography

Fathers Name:	Clarence Mabry
Mothers Name:	Mary Agnes Mabry
Spouse's Name:	James Waymond Epperly
Children's Names:	Leroy~ Darlene~ Judy~ Larry
Siblings Names:	Tommy~Louise~Margie~Annie Mary~Otis~Mildred~Doug
Country of Birth:	USA
Country of Residence:	USA
City of Residence:	Christiansburg
Occupation:	Other
Marital Status:	Widowed
Religion:	Other

Interests

Passing

Place of Passing:	Skyline Nursing Home Floyd,VA
Date of Passing:	11 April 2011
Cause of Passing:	Severe Dementia
Place of Burial:	Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Funeral Director:	John M Oakey & Son
Funeral Location:	Salem,VA
Funeral Date:	14 April 2011