Marlene Anne Calloway Hope

June 29, 1935 - February 4, 2012

Marlene Anne Calloway Hope, 76, of Galax, Virginia, died Saturday, February 4, 2012, after a long illness. She was born June 29, 1935 in Henderson, WV, a daughter of the late Harry N. Calloway and Elizabeth Rogers Calloway of Gallipolis Ferry. Marlene was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ. She will be greatly missed by her family, church family, and friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Travis Dean Hope of Wilmington, North Carolina; grandparents, Gilbert F. Rogers and Pearl Austin Rogers of Redmond Ridge, Gallipolis Ferry; and John Calloway and Belva Fowler Calloway Daughterty of Henderson. She is survived by her husband, Robert E. Hope, of Galax, Virginia; daughters, Lois Hope (Terry) Williams of Wilmington, North Carolina, and Valerie Hope (Timothy) Lashua of Douglasville, Georgia; sons, Nelson Hope of Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and Gregory (Beth) Hope of Elk Creek, Virginia; two sisters, Kaye (Michael) Legg and Shela (George) Miller both of Point Pleasant; five grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at the Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant with Minister Eugene Zopp officiating. Burial will follow in the Austin-Hope-McLeod Cemetery at Gallipolis Ferry. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made ata www.wilcoxenfuneralhome.com.