Mary Virginia Kyle, 94, of King’s Grant Retirement Community, died Friday, June 26, 2009, at King’s Grant.

She was born in the Penn’s Store community of Patrick County on Nov. 23, 1914, to Charlie Cabell and Cora Taylor Grogan.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Harry M. Dinsmore, who died in 1954; her second husband, Bernard Jeremiah Kyle, who died in 1993; a sister, Anne Grogan Darnell; and three brothers, James, Cabell and Tom Grogan.

She graduated from Spencer-Penn High School, Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College and Radford College, receiving a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. She taught in Patrick and Henry counties and Martinsville for 41 years. She was a member of the state, district and local Retired Teachers Association of Martinsville and Henry County.
She was a member of First Baptist Church of Martinsville, the Olivia Keesee Sunday School Class, Baptist Women, Patrick Henry Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Mary Anna Jackson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Surviving are a stepdaughter, Sue Kyle Robertson of Ashland; two nieces, a nephew, six stepgrandchildren, 11 stepgreat-grandchildren and one great nephew.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church of Martinsville with the Revs. John Fulcher and Nancy S. McDaniel officiating. Entombment will be in Roselawn Abbey.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Victory Chapel of King’s Grant with the Rev. Bill Plonk officiating.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 23 Starling Ave., Martinsville, Va. 24112; or to the King’s Grant Fellowship Fund, 300 King’s Way Road, Martinsville, Va. 24112.
Collins-McKee-Stone Funeral Home, Martinsville, is handling arrangements

Martinsville Bulletin 29 Jun 2009