From: Thomas Nester To: Dave & Debbie Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:13 AM Subject: Viars / Gravley obit. Velma Ruth Viars Kennedy, age 67, of Draper, Va. passed away Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005 at her residence. She was born Nov. 17, 1937 in Wythe County, daughter of the late Burt and Maggie Gravley Viars. She was a member of Mt. View Pentecostal Holiness Church.Surviving are: her husband, Cecil Kennedy, Draper; one daughter, Michelle Kennedy, Draper; one son, Tim Kennedy, Pulaski; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Alberta Dunaway, Ga., Martha Lawson, Draper, Elizabeth Cregger, Pulaski; one brother, Porter Viars, Barren Springs; several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 2 p.m. at Mt. View Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Rev. Don Frazier and the Rev. Randal Jones officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Christian Church Cemetery. The body will be taken to the church where the family will receive friends Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. Reese Funeral Home, Austinville, Va. is in charge of the arrangements.