Some of you may not know L.P. Venable but he and his wonderful wife Alma
are members of this chapter as well as the owners of The Mayberry Motor
Inn in Mt. Airy.
We received some sad news this weekend about L.P. passing away. Jim
Clark provided me with the information below to pass along to you here
on the Digest as many of you have been to Mayberry Days and visited the
"Aunt Bee Room" at the Motor Inn. L.P. was a great guy and always
greeted visitors with a smile and a hand shake. --Allan
*** News from TAGSRWC HQ ***
MOUNT AIRY—Mr. Luther Parker “L.P.” Venable age 72 of 501 N. Andy
Griffith Pkwy. Mt. Airy passed away Friday Oct. 24 at his home. Mr.
Venable was born June 25, 1936 in Surry County to the late Raymond Esker
and Ruby Parker Venable, he was the owner and operator of Mayberry Motor
Inn for over 42 Years, was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and
enjoyed landscaping, gardening and woodworking. Surviving are his wife
of 53 Years Mrs. Alma Marsh Venable of the home, one daughter who he was
so very fond of Vicky Venable Snow of Mt. Airy, three grandsons who
looked up to their grandfather as a father figure and who were his pride
and joy, Mikel Snow, Joshua Snow and Jeremy Snow all of Mt. Airy and one
brother Don Venable of Pinnacle. In addition to his parents Mr. Venable
was preceded in death by a sister Glenda Sutphin and by a brother Harold
Venable. Funeral services will be held Monday Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. at the
Moody Funeral Home Chapel in Mt. Airy with services conducted by Rev.
Bill Watson and Rev. Dean Eaton with burial to follow in the Skyline
Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends Sunday night 7 to 9 p.m.
at Moody Funeral Home in Mt. Airy, NC. Flowers will be accepted. Online
condolences may be made at www.moodyfuneralservices.com
<http://www.moodyfuneralservices.com/>.
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