Mrs. Virginia Hartsoe Denny, age 87, of 179 Combs Street, Sparta, NC., died Monday morning, September 15, 2008, at the SunBridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sparta. She was the daughter of the late Wiley and Kate Cole Hartsoe, widow of Dwight L.Denny, and was also preceded in death by two brothers, Howard and Henry Hartsoe. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Joann and Earl Murray of Sparta, Norma and Carter Greer of West Jefferson; five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Fred Hartsoe of Colfax, Frankie and Rella Hartsoe of Raleigh, Paul and Bonnie Hartsoe of Walnut Cove; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Ruth and Lonnie Morgan of Winston-Salem, Mildred and Bill Mabe of Walnut Cove, Thelma and C.L.Vogler of Welcome; several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 17th at the Ashelawn Memorial Chapel in Jefferson, NC. Burial will follow in the Ashelawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Tuesday evening at the Ashelawn Funeral Home in Jefferson.