EDNA JUANITA WRIGHT MATNEY, 84 years of age of the Patterson section of Oakwood, Virginia, passed away at her home on Saturday, January 9, 2010 following an extended illness.  Born in Wayne County, WV, she was the daughter of the late George Wesley “GW” and Vernie Gilkerson Wright.  She was a member of the Patterson Church of Christ for 30 years and a Retired Licensed Practical Nurse for more than 30 years having worked for the Grundy Hospital.  She was preceded in death by her husband McKinley Matney on September 1, 1999. 

Mrs. Matney is survived by three daughters: Peggy Bailey Fletcher, Grundy, VA, Annita “Poochie” and her husband Dean Bowman, Oakwood, VA, Joetta Matney, Johnson City, TN, One Brother: Bernard Wright, Falling Waters, WV, Three Grandsons: Preston and his wife Marinna Fletcher, Charleston, WV, Jeffery and his wife Lisa Bowman, Pikeville, KY, Wesley and his wife Susan Wright, Stafford, VA, Five Great-Grandchildren: Dewey Fletcher, Mason Fletcher, Kendra Bowman, Rachel Bowman and Chayse McKinley Bowman

She is also survived by several nieces and nephews

She was preceded in death by one son – Cleve Standard Bailey and Four Brothers – George Wright, James Wright, Bobby Wright and one infant brother.

Funeral services for EDNA JUANITA WRIGHT MATNEY will be conducted Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 11:00 A.M. at the Grundy Funeral Home Chapel with Evangelist Jackie Hicks officiating with burial to follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Virginia.

Friends may call at the Grundy Funeral Home Chapel after 6:00 P.M. Tuesday evening with services at 7:00 P.M.

Active Pallbearers will be Jeffery Bowman, Preston Fletcher, Wesley Wright, Timbo Matney, Charles Viers, Roger Keen, Earnie Matney and Bucky Wright.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. Margaret Goss, Dr. Eric Goss, Audrey Ratliff, Merley Justus, Wanda Stiltner, Lou Yates, Phyllis Hurley and Employees of Special Care Hospice and Home Health.

The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be made in the form of donations to:Patterson Church of Christ – c/o Jackie Hicks – 1464 Loggy Bottom Rd. – Pilgrims Knob, Va  24634.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.grundyfuneralhome.com