Dietra Sue Furrow

July 2, 1944 - April 24, 2018

Bluefield, VA- Dietra Sue Furrow, 73, of Bluefield, VA, died Tuesday April 24, 2018 at her home. Born July 2, 1944 in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of the late Jennings Emmett Eaton and Lois Mattox Eaton. Mrs. Furrow was a lifelong resident of Bluefield and had previously worked at G.T.E. as a Telephone Operator. She was of the Baptist faith and loved to help in the nursery and work in the kitchen at church. Mrs. Furrow’s greatest pride was her family. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and homemaker. Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Edwin Allen Furrow, Sr.; three children, Edwin A. “Todd” Furrow, Jr. and wife Jessie of Wytheville, VA, David Tyler Furrow and wife Monica of Dublin, VA, and Dietra Monte Smith and husband Walter of Bluefield, VA; 11 grandchildren, Kyle Furrow and wife Amber, Cody Furrow, Hunter Furrow and wife Destiny, Cameron Furrow, Konner Furrow, Isaac Hayes, Tanner Hayes and wife Makayla, Cory Hayes, Miranda Montgomery, Kelsey Montgomery, and Isiah Smith; two great-grandchildren, Carter and Colton Furrow; and two former daughters-in-law, Victoria Furrow and Stephanie Byrd. The family will receive friends at Mercer Funeral Home on Friday evening, April 27, 2018 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. A funeral service will be conducted on Saturday April 28, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. from the Mercer Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Hugh Cole officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton, WV where grandsons and a nephew will serve as pallbearers. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions, if desired, may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 8th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Those wishing to share memories or condolence messages with the family may do so by visiting www.MercerFuneralHome.com Mercer Funeral Home of Bluefield is serving family of Mrs. Dietra Sue Furrow.