Anne Virginia Guy Palmer, 89, of Bentonville, Virginia, passed away suddenly at her home on Thursday, April 4, 2024.
A funeral service will be held on Friday, April 12, at 11:00 a.m. at Maddox Funeral Home, with Sammy Campbell officiating. Interment will follow in the Guy-Fristoe Family Cemetery in Bentonville.
Anne was born August 23, 1934, in Bentonville, Virginia, the daughter of the late Byron Fristoe Guy and Irma Virginia Chrisman Guy.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Byron “Buddy” Guy; daughter, Katherine “Kate” Hupman; son-in-law, Michael Hupman; step-grandson, Joshua Shane Leggett; and her companion, Larry Sklamberg.
Surviving is her daughter, Jacqueline Guy Leggett, and husband Willie; grandson, Robert Hupman, and wife Rita; great-grandchildren, Shenandoah Katherine Hupman and Ridge Michael Guy Hupman; longtime friends, Sandi and Wayne Ring; and her two cats, Minnie and Blue.
Anne retired from the General Services Administration after a successful career in a male-dominated environment and later from Federal Program Management.
She enjoyed auctions, antiques, shooting and reloading, and family and friends on the river, as well as at her home. Many will remember her annual pig roasts. Her door was always open to friends and family.
Anthony Ring, Steve Cullers, Victor Morrison, Glen Martin, Bill Britz, and Thomas Lockhart will be pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers will be Wayne Ring, David Ring, James Guy, Rocky Rosenberry, and Ira Fristoe.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, April 11, from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.