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     Virginia Ruth Lavinder Virginia Lavinder Aldridge, 84 of Glade Hill passed away Friday, December 5, 2014. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Kenneth Lavinder, Sr and Lillian Gertrude Abbott Lavinder; brother, John Lavinder, Jr. and baby sister, Emma Catherine. Surviving are a daughter, Diane Law and friend Warren Smith, Amy and Cassidy Smith; adoptive daughter, Norma Ayers; grandchildren, Melissa Law Johnson, Monica Miller (Sean , Sr), Crystal McGhee (Steve) and Dana Kelley (Joe); great-grandchildren, Dylan and Dianna Johnson, Ainsley, Lauren and Caroline Kelley, Sean Miller, Jr and Emily Miller; brother, William F. Lavinder (Bell); sister-in-law, Frances Lavinder; nephews, John Lavinder( Robin), Kenneth Lavinder, Steve Lavinder, Jimmy Lavinder and Tony Lavinder her companion cat, Rascal. Funeral services will be conducted at Flora Funeral Chapel, 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 8, 2014 with Chaplain Rick Poland officiating. Interment will follow in Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery.³ She was buried at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Rt. 863, Franklin Co., Virginia.^3,4 She was born on July 21, 1930 at Henry Co., Virginia.^2,4 As of September 27, 1951,her married name was Aldridge.¹ She married Alvin Willis Aldridge, son of Noah Alvin Aldridge and Martha Bertha Roberson, on September 27, 1951 at Franklin Co., Virginia.¹ Virginia Ruth Lavinder and Alvin Willis Aldridge were divorced on January 26, 1957 at Franklin Co., Virginia.¹ Virginia Ruth Lavinder died on December 5, 2014 at Franklin Co., Virginia, at age 84.^3,4