Magdalene Varney

Magdalene Ward Varney, age 87, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2022 at the Pikeville Medical Center. Magdalene was born on Feb. 12, 1935 to her parents the late Lauchey Ward and Ella Abshire Ward. She was the wife of the late Fred Varney, a homemaker, and a member of the Upper Grapevine Church of Christ. She loved her flowers and working with her flowers in her yard. Along with her husband and parents, Magdalene was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Julie Ann Hinkle, four brothers, Thurman, Ertel, Ervin, and Dallas Ward, and five sisters, Ersa Ward, Ellen Keene, Erma Hensley, Thelma Hunt, and Madeline Ward. Magdalene is survived by one son, Harold (Brenda) Varney, two daughters, Freda (Richard) Rose, Darlene (Keith) Whitt, one sister, Sue Anderson, five grandchildren, Fredrick (Ashley) Varney, Joshua (Lynsey) Varney, John B. (Carrie) Varney, Richie (Bridgett) Rose, Nathan (Bethani) Rose, nine great grandchildren, Camyrn, Cruz, Aiden, Maggie, Sheridan, Chelsea, Noah, Cooper, Camden, and a host of loving family and friends. Visitation will be Saturday at 6p.m. at the Upper Grapevine Church of Christ. Church services will be Saturday at 7p.m. The funeral will be Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022 at 1 P.M. at the Upper Grapevine Church of Christ with Dwayne Abshire officiating. Burial will follow in the Varney Branch Cemetery at Kimper, KY.