Obituary Listing
Local Obituaries for Kendall Funeral Home
Pamela Gayle Croy
Feb 14, 2010
Pamela Gayle Robinett Croy, 40, of Pembroke departed this life over the week-end of February 14, 2010. Born in Pearisburg on December 26, 1969, she was a daughter of Cecil R. and Geneva Cumbee Robinett of Pembroke. She was a 1988 Graduate of Giles High School, was employed with Moog Components Group of Blacksburg, and was a member of...
William Leslie Jones, Sr.
Feb 12, 2010
William Leslie Jones, Sr., 56, of Dublin, VA and formerly of Arcadia, Florida, departed this life Friday February 12, 2010 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born in Arcadia, Florida on October 23, 1953 he was a son of Lorraine Crews Jones of Arcadia, Florida and the late Cecil Jones, Sr. He attended the Pembroke Assembly of God...
Richard George Albert
Feb 11, 2010
Richard George Albert, 80, of Pembroke departed this life Thursday morning, February 11, 2010 at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Giles County on November 5, 1929, he was a son of the late George and Elizabeth Meredith Albert. He had been employed as a guard with the Department of Corrections, and had served with the Virginia National...
Shawn Todd (Teddy) Buchanan
Feb 4, 2010
Shawn Todd (Teddy) Buchanan, 46, of Pearisburg departed this life Thursday morning, February 4, 2010. Born in Giles County on March 14, 1963 he was a son of Caroline Young (Callie) Buchanan of Pearisburg and the late Cleveland Roosevelt Buchanan. Teddy was a kind and gentle person that caused everyone who came in contact with him to love him....
Carolyn Louise Woodson
Feb 3, 2010
Carolyn Louise "Perk" Woodson of Amherst and formerly of Newport departed this life Wednesday evening, February 3, 2010 in the loving care of her family at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Giles County on March 14, 1949, she was a daughter of the late Carroll Perkins and Lucille Conley Martin. She was a woman...
Stanley Gardner Dean
Feb 3, 2010
Stanley Gardner Dean, 49, of Pearisburg passed from this life to be with his Heavenly Father, Wednesday evening, February 3, 2010 at Montgomery Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in Pearisburg on May 23, 1960, he was a son of William Dean of Pearisburg and the late Lillian Dickerson Dean. He was also preceded in death by a...
James Glenwood Mcguire
Feb 2, 2010
James Glenwood McGuire "Bubbie", 45 of Pearisburg departed this life Tuesday morning, February 2, 2010. Born in Pearisburg on December 19, 1964 he was a son of James Brackett and Mary Katherine Evans McGuire of Pearisburg. He attended the Pearisburg Church of God.
He leaves to cherish his memory his parents; his son Jamie McGuire of Blacksburg;...
Harold Eugene Holdren, Jr.
Jan 31, 2010
Harold Eugene Holdren, Jr., 49, of Narrows departed this life Sunday evening January 31, 2010 at UVA Hospital in Charlottesville after a long and hard-fought illness. Born in Roanoke on July 3, 1960 he was a son of Harold Eugene, Jr. and Joyce DeLong Holdren of Roanoke. Eugene had worked a trucker and with the family business Cox Landscaping...
Emma Laverne Lafon
Jan 30, 2010
Emma Laverne LaFon, 88, formerly of Newport, departed this life for her heavenly home from Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek Saturday afternoon, January 30, 2010. Born in Pearisburg on August 2, 1921 she was a daughter of the late George Washington Turpin and Carrie Sue Smith Turpin Wilson. She was a member of Newport Christian Church and the...
Dorothy Ann Lafon
Jan 29, 2010
Dorothy Ann Lafon, 70, of Snidow St. in Pembroke departed this life Friday morning, January 29, 2010 at her home. Born in Giles County on November 14, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Alice Williams Burk and the late Robert Burk. Dorothy was a faithful member of Bethel Chapel Church in Clendennin. She was preceded in death...
Marvin Eugene Martin
Jan 28, 2010
Marvin Eugene Martin, 91, of Pembroke, passed from this life Thursday morning, January 28, 2010 in the loving care of his family at home. Born in Giles County on July 22, 1918, he was a son of the late Marcellus and Pearl Smith Martin. "Gene" was a devout and active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...
Stanley Wallace Miller
Jan 28, 2010
Stanley Wallace Miller, 67, of Pembroke, departed this life Thursday, January 28, 2010 at Heritage Hall Health Care in Blacksburg. He was born July 14, 1942, a son of the late James Walter and Martha Margaret Smith Miller. He had earned a Bachelors Degree, taught school, and was proud to have published one of his books.
He...
Ruby Estel Robbins
Jan 19, 2010
Ruby Estel Robbins, 70, of Croft Manor, Pembroke, departed this life Tuesday morning, January 19, 2010 at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Giles County on September 23, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Hogie and Erthie Williams Collins. She was a member of Pembroke Christian Church. Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband...
Ethelyne Carter Moles
Jan 19, 2010
Ethelyne Carter Moles, 91, of Pembroke, departed this life Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at South Roanoke Nursing Home after a long illness. Born in Willis, in Floyd Co., VA on August 26, 1918 she was a daughter of the late Dr. Charles and Velma Carter Burnett. She was a devout Christian, a member of Pembroke United Methodist Church, a...
Rachel Diane Green
Jan 19, 2010
Rachel Diane Green, 60, of Givens Lane in Blacksburg, departed this life Tuesday morning, January 19, 2010, in the loving care of her family at her home. Born in Giles County on January 25, 1949, she was a daughter of the late William Andrew and Mildred Songer Williams. She was retired from Wolverine Gasket Co., in Christiansburg, as a...
Roger Dale Simpkins
Jan 7, 2010
Roger Dale Simpkins, 59, of Old School House Road in Eggleston departed this life Thursday evening, January 7, 2010 at Giles Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born in Giles County on April 2, 1950, he was a son of the late Elmer Lewis and Dorothy Marie Hopkins Simpkins. Roger had worked as a mechanic for the Giles County...
Keith Earl Brunk
Dec 29, 2009
Keith Earl Brunk, 61, of Pembroke passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2009. He was born June 8, 1948 in Fairfax, VA ,a son of the late Earl Douglas and Alberta Martin Brunk. He was preceded in death by his brother Almon Brunk. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law Earl Lee and Alissa Brunk of Portland, CT; his...
Mercedes Victoria Rodgers
Dec 28, 2009
Mercedes Victoria Rodgers, 86, died at the home of her son in the Goldbond Community where she had come to live on December 28, 2009, Monday evening. Born in Pittsburgh, PA on June 2, 1923 she was a daughter of the late John and Mercedes Yelling Rodgers. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Ray and leaves...
Ola Fair Williams
Dec 27, 2009
Ola Fair Williams, 93, of Berton in Giles County, peacefully departed this life Sunday, December 27, 2009 at Fauquier Health and Rehab. Nursing Center in Warrenton, VA. Born in Berton on September 17, 1916 she was a daughter of the late William Alexander and Margaret Sue Wallace Williams. Ola was retired from McCroys Department Store where he worked for...
B. Walter Dowdy
Dec 16, 2009
B. Walter Dowdy, 74, of Newport departed this life Wednesday December 16, 2009 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Giles County on June 3, 1935, he was a son of the late Bert and Elizabeth Williams Dowdy. He had been employed as a carpenter on construction and at VPI in Food Service. He was preceded in death...
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