Virginia “Snooky” THORNE^{[1, 2]}

1917 - 2006  (89 years)

• Name	Virginia “Snooky” THORNE  [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1917	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Education	after graduating from the Sumter city schools, she was trained at the Episcopal Eye and Ear Hospital in Washington, D.C.
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina Virginia and Larry were married for 66 years During World War II, she was a volunteer nurses aide at Tuomey Hospital. At death- she had the following grandchildren- Nancy Cromer and husband, Perron, Zan Edens and wife Kaye, Ashley Edens, Dixon Montague, Rebecca Montague, Mary Montague; and 7 great-grandchildren- where do they go? jkh at death- she was preceded in death by 2 brothers and 7 sisters VIRGINIA T. MONTAGUE Posted Tuesday, January 17, 2006 7:00 pm Virginia "Snookie" Thorne Montague, 88, widow of Larry DuPre Montague Sr., died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late Frank Howard Thorne and the late Talitha Vick Thorne. After graduating from the Sumter city schools, she was trained at the Episcopal Eye and Ear Hospital in Washington, D.C., and worked for doctors in North Carolina and Sumter. During World War II, she was a volunteer nurses aide at Tuomey Hospital. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterian Women and the Helen Murray Bible Study Class. Surviving are two sons, Bert L. Montague II and wife, Linda, and Larry D. Montague Jr. and wife, Karen, and a daughter, Virginia "Ginger" Montague Carter, all of Sumter; seven grandchildren, Nancy Cromer and husband, Perron, Zan Edens and wife, Kaye, Ashley Edens, L.D. Montague III, Dixon Montague, Rebecca Montague, Mary Montague; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years; two brothers and seven sisters. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. Zane Moore and the Rev. Dr. Hal Salisbury officiating. Private burial will be held at Sumter Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the memorial service at the church parlor and other times at the home of her son, Bert Montague, 1711 Appaloosa Drive. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 9 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, SC 29150. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory, 221 Broad Street, Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements.  [3, 4]
  Occupation	she worked for doctors in North Carolina and Sumter, South Carolina  [4]
  Religion	Came to Grace Baptist Church in Sumter, South Carolina in 1920, left in 1975 she was a member of First Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterian Women and the Helen Murray Bible Study Class  [1, 4]
  _UID	CC4D4158EAA742D9BBD1A48CBC4C14BCF27E
  Death	17 Jan 2006	Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Burial	19 Jan 2006	Sumter Cemetery, 700 W. Oakland Avenue, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [4, 7]
  	Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I50913	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	24 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Franklin Howard THORNE, Sr.   d. 16 Mar 1946
  Mother	Talithia VICK   d. 17 Jan 1974
  _UID	0A12FB4A9D5447B98D1AFB2D5D63C4963B05
  _UID	0A12FB4A9D5447B98D1AFB2D5D63C4963B05
  Family ID	F36360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Larry DuPre MONTAGUE, Sr.,   b. 1914/5, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 16 Jan 2006, Covenant Place, Sumter, South Carolina (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	1940  [5]
  _UID	A6D05AE90E084AAC8FA7ABB57F8EB9A9CA96
  _UID	A6D05AE90E084AAC8FA7ABB57F8EB9A9CA96
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F45271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S29875] . [S29876] . [S1989] Helen T. Brogdon. [S6312] Virginia T. Montague. [S6313] Larry D. Montague Sr. [S6316] Larry Montague 1914-2006, Virginia Montague 1917-2006 - Longtime businessman and wife pass 1 day apart. [S8000] Ken Schmidt, Bobby Thigpen & Bobby Hallpage, (Quality Printers, Inc. of Manning, South Carolina 4 West Keitt Street Manning, South Carolina 29102), page 91.