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...
Linda Sue Huffman
Dec 16, 2009
Linda Sue Huffman, 60, of Newport departed this life at her home Wednesday morning December 16, 2009. Born in Sullivan Indiana on November 2, 1949, she was a daughter of Virginia McNiel Stamper and the late Avory Dalton. She had been attending the Walton Pentecostal Holiness Church.
She leaves to cherish her memory her beloved husband Benny...
Russell Marvin Gautier
Dec 15, 2009
Russell Marvin Gautier, 86, of Ripplemead, departed this life Tuesday afternoon, December 15, 2009 at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek. Born in Giles County on January 20, 1923, he was a son of the late Walter Lee and Eula Martin Gautier. He was retired from the Celanese Plant at Narrows and was preceded in death by his mother,...
Virginia Elizabeth Keffer
Dec 14, 2009
Virginia Elizabeth Martin Keffer, 83, of Pembroke passed away peacefully Monday afternoon, December 14, 2009 at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. She was a daughter of the late Ray and Fannie Niece Martin of Pembroke. Besides her mother and father she was preceded in death by her brothers Marvin Lee Martin of Pembroke, Joseph Martin of Christiansburg, and daughter-in-law...
Annie Leola Sutphin
Dec 9, 2009
Annie Leola "Anna Lee" Sutphin, 84, of Pearisburg, departed this life Wednesday afternoon, December 9, 2009 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born in Big Springs, Texas on December 4, 1925 she was a daughter of the late Andrew Robert and Audrey Robertson Hefner. Anna Lee was a member of the Apostolic Pentecostal Faith. She was preceded in...
Edna Louise Carter
Dec 8, 2009
Edna Louise Carter, 85, of River Road, Pembroke, VA, departed this life Tuesday evening, December 8, 2009 in the devoted and loving care of her children at her home. Born in Giles County on May 26, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Sophia Jones Niece. Edna was preceded in death by her parents, several brothers...
Karen Melissa Hale
Dec 1, 2009
Karen Melissa (Missy) Hale, 33, of Pembroke departed this life Tuesday morning, December 1, 2009 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Missy had fought a long and hard battle for over seventeen years with chronic renal failure and had always managed to bounce back. She was a graduate of Giles High School and had tried to further her education...
Lois Elizabeth Eppling
Nov 21, 2009
Lois Elizabeth Stevers Eppling, age 80, of Pembroke, passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. She was born (August 26, 1929) and raised in Pembroke a daughter of the late John Dexter and Mary Pricie Link Stevers. She was preceded in death by her only sister Kathleen Stevers Whittaker, her brothers Jessie William...
Ernest Banks
Nov 18, 2009
Ernest Banks, 94, of Pearisburg passed from this life Wednesday morning, November 18, 2009 at Giles Memorial Hospital. Born in Eggleston on April 12, 1915, he was a son of the late Burton and Nora Snuffer Banks. He was a long-time member of First Baptist Church in Pearisburg where he served as Deacon for many years. He was retired...
Juanita Trent Morris
Nov 15, 2009
Juanita Trent Morris, 85, formerly of Ripplemead, passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2009, at Richfield Retirement Community, where she had been a resident for the past eight years, first in independent living and the last five years in Assisted Living. She was preceded in death by her husband Wilmer, in 1988. She is survived by one son and...
Etta Katherine Link
Nov 12, 2009
Grieve not for me for now I know where I am. This is the day the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Etta "Granny Link" 104 departed this life at her home in Newport, Thursday, November 12, 2009. She was a daughter of the late Mundy R. and Sallie Ann Page Viar....
Lavelle Lee Snider
Nov 12, 2009
Lavelle Lee "Johnny" Snider, 79, of Pembroke departed this life Thursday morning, November 12, 2009 at her home following a brief illness. Born at Plasterco in Washington Co., VA on December 11, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Drewey and Annie Bordwine Aistrop. A beloved wife, mother and grandmother, she was preceded in death by her husband...
Lewis Carrroll Martin
Nov 10, 2009
Lewis Carroll Martin, 70, of Rich Creek departed this life Tuesday morning, November 10, 2009 at his home. Born on August 31, 1939 in Giles County, he was a son of Janie Lee Peters Martin Burton of Pearisburg and the late Elmer Ray Martin. He was retired from 84 Lumber and preceded in death by his father and brother...
Michael Bryan Manning
Nov 10, 2009
Michael Bryan Manning, 41, of Olean Road at Goldbond, departed this life Tuesday evening, November 10, 2009, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born in Giles County on March 18, 1968, he was a son of the late Dewey Franklin Manning and Janie Surber Manning. He was retired on disability from the New River Valley Regional Jail as a Corrections Officer...
Andrea Landry Boyd Blankenship
Nov 9, 2009
Andrea Stella Boyd Blankenship, 63, of Cedar Bluff and formerly of Pembroke, departed this life Monday evening, November 9, 2009 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born in Rumford Maine on January 23, 1946 she was a daughter of the late Glenn Theodore and Aurore Marie Lucroix Landry. A beloved homemaker, wife, and mother, she was preceded in death by her...
Betty Huffman Caldwell
Nov 6, 2009
Betty Huffman Caldwell, 82, of Newport, departed this life Friday night, November 6, 2009 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Williamson, Kentucky on August 9, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Giles Erastus and Hesta Fern Givens Huffman, and also preceded her in death a grandchild, a baby- boy. She had been employed as a...
Stanley Lee Woods
Nov 3, 2009
Stanley Lee Woods, 88, of Newport (Craig County), went to be with the Lord on Tuesday afternoon, November 3, 2009 in the care of Heritage Hall Nursing home in Blacksburg.
Born in Craig County on October 1, 1921, he was the son of the late John R. and Allie Huffman Woods. He worked for Celanese in Narrows...
Louise Elizabeth Hilton
Oct 27, 2009
Louise Elizabeth Hilton, 85, of Newport, departed this life Tuesday morning, October 27, 2009 at Heritage Hall Health Care in Blacksburg. Born in Dorchester, MA on July 20, 1924, she was a daughter of the late John and Sarah Tagen Williams. She was a veteran of the U S Army (WAC) in WW II, had been employed as a...
Joseph Allen Perdue
Oct 25, 2009
Joseph Allen Perdue, 45, of Curve Road, Pearisburg departed this life Thursday evening October 25, 2009 at his home in the loving care of his family. Born in Giles County on March 14, 1962 he is a son of the late Arvin Edward and Ruby Hetherington Perdue. He had been employed as a dispatcher for Marshall Concrete. He was...
Roy Lee Newby
Oct 22, 2009
Roy Lee Newby, affectionately known as "Scooby Doo", age 67, of Pearisburg, VA, born April 18, 1942, in Bland, VA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, on October 22, 2009, after a courageous battle with many health problems at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father, Posey Newby, his mother Hazel Gillespie...
