Myrtle Joan (Joann) McKinney Munsey

In Loving Memory of Myrtle Joan (Joann) McKinney Munsey MUNSEY, MYRTLE JOAN (Joann) McKINNEY, 79 of Roanoke, Va passed away September 9, 2009 at Roanoke Rehab Center.  Mrs. Munsey was born on February 21, 1930 in Wyoming County, WV and was a daughter of the late Lacy Preston McKinney and Myrtle Garretson McKinney.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel H. Munsey, Jr., a special friend, Billy G. Ramsey, a brother, Lacy Dale McKinney and a sister Willa Kennemur.  Joann graduated from Bluefield College and worked for Celanese Corp. in Narrows for ten years before becoming an entrepreneur, owning with her husband Mike’s Market in Pearisburg and then the Skyline Motel in Roanoke Co.  She retired at 53 and had a passion for her family, friends, fishing and late night card games.  She is survived by her son, Michael H. and wife Elise Campbell Munsey of Roanoke, two grandchildren, Joanna Elise Munsey Merritt and her husband Kevin, Daniel Preston Munsey and his wife Alexandra, two great grandchildren, Lindsay and Alexander Merritt all of Roanoke, VA, and a sister, Joyce Bonner of Rockville, MD.  Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 2:00pm at the Birchlawn Abbey in Pearisburg with Rev. Shahn Wilburn officiating with burial following in the Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg.  The family will receive friends at Birchlawn Abbey from 1 – 2 pm Saturday before the service.  Online condolences can be sent to the family at givensfuneralhome.com. If you would like to send your condolences to the family via Givens Funeral Home, simply sign the Memorial Guestbook by clicking the link.  Your condolences will be printed out and given to the family.