GRUNDY- Swanee Deel age 93 of Hoot Owl Road passed away Sunday, May 14, 2023 at Heritage Hall Health Care in Grundy, VA. Born on March 11, 1930 in Marbone, KY. She was a daughter of the late Mose and Arizona Spears Lane. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, a homemaker, an accomplished artist and was self-employed with Deel’s Upholstery. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Ellis, Don and Grover Lane and two sisters, Ival Stacy and Mamie Plyler.
Survivors include her husband of 71 years, Larkin Deel, whom she married on June 2, 1952, one sister, Florna Sproles, Bristol, VA, three brothers, Franklin Delano (Margie) Lane, Kingsport, TN, Claude (Doris) Lane, Bristol, TN and Terry (Donna) Lane, Church Hill, TN, special guardians, Mabel A. Yates and Billy Fuller, four sisters-in-laws, Geneva Deel, Melvina Deel, Betty Deel and Mary Louise Deel. Special thanks to H. Patel and the nursing staff of B wing, Heritage Hall Health Care, Grundy, VA.
Funeral service will be conducted, 12:00 p.m., Friday, May 19, 2023 at Haysi Funeral Home with Elders Bill Campbell and Billy Campbell officiating. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Burial will follow in Mountain Valley Memorial Park, Grundy, VA. The family will receive friends after 5 p.m. on Thursday evening at the funeral home where a song service will be held at 6:00 p.m.
Online condolences may be sent to www.haysifuneral.com. Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.