Obituary Listing
Local Obituaries for Kendall Funeral Home
Walter Wiley Pace
Jul 22, 2010
St. Augustine: Walter Pace, 52, previously from Newport News, Va, died peacefully in the arms of his wife Jan, of Newport News, VA, on Thursday, July 22 at the Anne and Donald McGraw Center for Caring, in Jacksonville.
Walter is survived by his parents Nathaniel and Sylvia Vaught Pace of Newport News, brother Jeff Pace and fiance...
Irene Hamblin O'Dell
Jul 17, 2010
Irene Hamblin O'Dell, 82, of Pembroke departed this life Saturday evening, July 17, 2010 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Born in Berton, Giles County, on May 5, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Easley Edmond and Gladys DeWeese Hamblin. Irene was a 1945 graduate of the Pembroke High School "Corn Cutters", had served as Treasurer of...
Richard Dale Rose
Jul 12, 2010
Richard "Rosebud" Rose, 50, of Pembroke departed this life Monday evening, July 12, 2010, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Born in Lynchburg on September 19, 1959, he was a son of the late Addie Belle Carter Rose and Waldo R. Rose. He was employed in the masonry trade and was a 1976 graduate of Giles High School.
...Ronald Wayne Waldron
Jun 28, 2010
Ronald Wayne Waldron, 68, of Pearisburg died Monday, June 28, 2010 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born on Bent Mountain in Roanoke County on December 21, 1941 he was a son of Marie Franklin Waldron of Pembroke and the late Goode Sears Waldron. He was a veteran of the U S Army and was a retired tractor-trailer...
Steven Lee Covill
Jun 28, 2010
Steven Lee Covill, 55, of Pearisburg and Rural Retreat departed this life Monday, June 28, 2010 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Born on February 18, 1955, in Christiansburg, he was a son of the late Robert Franklin and Pauline Maxey Covill. He had been employed at Ethan Allen Furniture Plant in Dublin and was a veteran...
Melvin Walter Tate
Jun 25, 2010
Melvin Walter Tate, 53, of Thornspring Road in Pulaski, departed this life for his heavenly home Friday evening, June 25, 2010 being in the loving care of his family at home. Born in Pearisburg on April 20, 1957, he was a son of the late Clifton S. and Frances Wall Tate. Melvin grew up at Narrows in the Clendennin...
Lucy Christine Bland
Jun 10, 2010
Lucy Christine Bland, 88, of C T Snidow Road, Narrows, VA, departed this life peacefully early Thursday morning, June 10, 2010 at her home in the loving care of her family. Born in Sutherland, Tennessee on August 21, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Julius Edgar and Anna Jean Neely Hand. She had been employed as a...
Mary Alice Kessinger
Jun 7, 2010
Mary Alice Kessinger, 70, of Market Road, in Rich Creek departed this life at her home Monday morning, June 7, 2010. Born in Giles County on April 3, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Chapman and Edith Carter Cumbee. She had worked at several local restaurants as a cook and server. She was preceded in death by...
Leland Bailey Lacy
Jun 1, 2010
Leland Bailey Lacy, 60, of Blacksburg, Virginia departed this life Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, VA after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born in Bluefield, West Virginia on October 30, 1949 and grew up in Rock, West Virginia the only child of the late Robert Lee and Mary Violet Bailey Lacy. He...
Mary Lucille Bailey
Jun 1, 2010
Mary Lucille Bailey, 83, of Wolf Creek Community at Narrows, departed this life Tuesday morning, June 1, 2010 at The Brian Center in Fincastle. Born in Bluefield, WV on November 2, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Daisy Clark Martin. She was preceded in death by her husband Everette Arnold Bailey, her son Harry James...
Alva Virginia Martin
May 24, 2010
Alva Virginia Martin, 94, of Ripplemead, took her final journey to be with her Lord and family on Monday, May 24, 2010, from the new Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. She was born in Ripplemead on July 4, 1915, a daughter of the late Harry and Della Fisher Douthat. He was also preceded in death by her husband, E....
Carol Marie Edwards
May 22, 2010
Carol Marie Edwards, 63, of Curve Road in Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday morning, May 22, 2010 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Pembroke on September 21, 1946, she was a daughter of the late Sam Williams and Ruby Cumbee Williams Cook. She had worked as cash and customer relations manager for Talheimers, Dillards, Harris Publishers and...
William Francis Martin
May 16, 2010
William Francis Martin, 90, of Cirus St. in Pearisburg, departed this life for rest in his heavenly home, Sunday morning, May 16, 2010, at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in the Clover Hollow section of Newport on August 31, 1919, he was a son of the late Luther Francis and Maggie Sue Riggs Martin. He was retired from...
Sarah Belle Dickens
May 8, 2010
Sarah Belle Dickens, 81 of Northview in Blacksburg departed this life at her home where she was found May 8, 2010. Born in Connorsville, Pennsylvania on January 25, 1929 she was a daughter of the late Robert Mersiowkey and Sarah M. Davis. She had been employed in the mail room at Virginia Tech and spent a lot of her...
James Oscar Reece
May 5, 2010
James O. "Jim" Reece, Jr., 64, of Clover Hollow Road, Newport, departed this life Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem after battling with lung cancer. Born in Welch, WV on September 12, 1945, he was a son of the late James O. Reece, Sr. and Betty Cook Reece Busby. He realized his life's dream of...
Pamela Jean Matheson
May 3, 2010
Pamela Jean Matheson, 51, of 104 River Road in Pembroke departed this life Monday May 3, 2010 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke after a short illness. Born in Washington, DC on August 26, 1958, she was a daughter of the late Fred Matheson Jr. and Ethel Viola Stiars Matheson .
She leaves to cherish her memory...
Fannie Mae Myers
May 1, 2010
Fannie Mae Myers, 85, of the Hoges Chapel Community, Pembroke, departed this life Saturday afternoon, May 01, 2010, at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek. Born in Giles County on September 24, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Strother and Fannie Collins Williams. She was retired from the Food Service Department at Virginia Tech. She was preceded...
Michael Lee Parton
Apr 28, 2010
Michael Lee Parton, 42, of Plantation Estates Road, Pulaski, County, and formerly of Narrows, departed this life at his home where he was found on April 28, 2010. Born in Pearisburg on September 24, 1967, he was a son of Janet Johnson Parton Trochelman of Dayton, Ohio and the late Willis D. Parton. He held two degrees from New...
Iris Elizabeth Riddle
Apr 25, 2010
Iris Elizabeth Riddle, 85, of Narrows, departed this life for her heavenly home, Sunday, April 25, 2010 at Friendship Manor Health Care in Roanoke. Born in Giles County on October 16, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Albert Sidney and Elsie Marie Morris Johnston. She was a member and devoted worker at Cornerstone Pentecostal Holiness Church in...
Lamer Douglas Martin
Apr 17, 2010
Lamer Douglas Martin, 76, of Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday morning, April 17, 2010 at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek after a long illness. Born in Pembroke on January 27, 1934, he was a son of the late Ray Martin and Eva Nelson Martin Boles. He was retired from the Celanese Celco Plant at Narrows, and was a...
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