Ralph Thomas Steed, age 94, of Drakes Branch, Virginia died Sunday, February 20, 2011. He is survived by four daughters, Carolyn Walter Tetschner, Judith Ann Douglas Smith, Mary Sue Murphy, and Betty Jane James Tombyll; fifteen grandchildren; thirty-four great-grandchildren; ten great-great-grandchildren; and three sisters.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, February 24, 2011 in the Mt. Calvary Methodist Church, Drakes Branch, Virginia, with interment to follow in the church cemetery. The Browning-Duffer Funeral Home in Keysville, Virginia is in charge of the arrangements.