Jim Bill "Jb" Williams
Jul 23, 2008
Jim Bill "JB" Williams, 56, of 1159 Brickyard Road near Pembroke departed this life Wednesday evening, July 23, 2008. He was a longtime employee of Commonwealth Bolt/Jennmar in Rich Creek. He served in the U S Army and was an avid fisherman who loved to be on the river with his fishing buddies. He was preceded in death by...
William Harold Shaver
Jul 22, 2008
William Harold Shaver, 92, of Bishop Road in Blacksburg departed this life Tuesday evening, July 22, 2008 at his home. Born in Pembroke on November 29, 1915, he was a son of the late Robert and Laura Hutchison Shaver. He provided for his family by farming and hard labor. He was preceded in death by his parents, his beloved...
Lorene Jean Whittaker
Jul 12, 2008
Lorene Jean Whittaker, 76, of Circle Drive in Pembroke departed this life Saturday morning, July 12, 2008 at Giles Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born in Pembroke on September 6, 1931 she was a daughter of the late Luther and Lyda Young Martin. She was retired from Pembroke School Cafeteria as a cook and was a member of...
William Guy
Jul 8, 2008
William Guy "Jack" Ratcliffe, 85, of Peck St. in Pembroke departed this life Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Pearisburg on April 30, 1923 he was a son of the late Lacy Len and Hazel Davis Ratcliffe. Jack was a member of Pembroke First United Methodist Church, and had been a member of...
Paul Thomas Johnson
Jul 5, 2008
Paul Thomas Johnson, 62, of Pearisburg departed this life Saturday morning, July 5, 2008 at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Ballard, Monroe Co., WV on October 2, 1945 he was a son of the late Theodore Roosevelt and Elva Mae Gore Johnson. Paul was a devout Christian Man, member of First Baptist Church Choir, "The Spirits of...
Ethel Judy Lang
Jul 4, 2008
Ethel Judy Lang, 63, of Pembroke departed this life Friday, July 4, 2008, in the loving care of her family at home. Born at Newport on January 18, 1945, she was a daughter of the late Harve and India Williams Lang. She had been employed at VPI&SU as a custodian and previously in restaurants. She was preceded in death...
Theodore Mcdonald Williams
Jul 2, 2008
Theodore McDonald Williams, 84, of Pembroke died Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born in Hoges Store, VA on January 27, 1924 he was a son of the late Martin Luther Williams, I and Frances Smith Williams. He was a veteran of the US Army, Navy, and Air Force serving in WW II and...
Kermit Leroy Stevers
Jun 26, 2008
Kermit Leroy Stevers, 59, of Peterstown and formerly of Pembroke, passed away at home on Thursday June 26, 2008. Born on March 16, 1949 in Giles County, he was a son of Beulah Radford Stevers of Pembroke and the late Willliam Jessie Stevers. He was a graduate of Giles High School and was employed by New River Castings at...
Christa Haas Masella
Jun 26, 2008
Christa Haas Masella, 68, of Peterstown, WV, departed this life Thursday evening, June 26, 2008 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg after a long illness. Born in Friedburg, Germany on December 13, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Gotlieb and Kath Haas. She attended Applachian Christian Center in Peterstown.
She leaves to cherish her memory...
Emma Sue Stowers
Jun 20, 2008
Emma Sue Wysong Stowers, 90, of the Spruce Run Community at Newport died Friday June 20, 2008 at Springtree Health and Rehabilitation Center in Roanoke. Born on March 1, 1918 she was a daughter of the late Efford Oran and Mary Thompson Wysong. With her late husband, William Arthur Stowers, she raised her family and made their home less...
Violet Gaye Wells
Jun 16, 2008
Violet Gaye Wells, 63, of Radford and formerly of Belspring deparated this life Monday morning, June 16, 2008 at UVA Hospital in Charlottesville. Born in Radford on April 15, 1945 she was a daughter of the late Paul Edward Long and Nellie Ruth Newton Long of Belspring. She was a member of Belspring Presbyterian Church. She leaves to cherish...
Howard Edwin Barnett
Jun 9, 2008
Howard Edwin Barnett, 78, of Sinking Creek Road at Pembroke departed this life Monday morning, June 9, 2008 at Radford Health and Rehabilitation Center in Radford. Born in McCoy on September 15, 1929, he was a son of the late Charles William and Margie Vaught Barnett. He, with his wife, was the owner and operator of H&L Mini Mart...
William Powell Radford
Jun 3, 2008
William Powell Radford, 71, of Pembroke, departed this life Tuesday evening, June 3, 2008 in the loving care of his family at his home on Cascades Drive. Born in that same house on December 13, 1936, he was a son of the late Kemper Lee and Edna Mae Williams Radford. Powell, a lifelong resident of Pembroke, was an enterprising...
Viola Gray Hanes
Jun 2, 2008
Viola Gray Hanes, 76, of Pearisburg, died Monday morning June 2, 2008 at Pulaski Health and Rehab. Center after a long illness.
Born in Narrows on February 11, 1932 she was a daughter of the late Gilbert and Gladys Stebar Blankenship. Her daughter Regina Brown preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband Rolf Arthur...
Lillie Mae Hilton
Jun 1, 2008
Lillie Mae Hilton, 83, of Goldbond, departed this life Sunday morning, June 1, 2008 at her home after a long illness. Born in Giles County on February 29, 1925 she was a daughter of the late Jimmy Clifton and Mae Snow Hare Snider. She was a member of Goldbond Gospel Tabernacle. She was preceded in death by her husband...
Mary Louise Warner
Jun 1, 2008
Mary Louise Warner, 46, of Pembroke died Sunday June 1, 2008. Arrangements are with Kendall Funeral Home in Pembroke.
Russell Devon Meadows
May 26, 2008
Russell "Rusty" Devon Meadows, 44, formerly of Newport and now of Covington, died Monday evening May 26, 2008 in a truck accident in Botetourt County. Born in Roanoke on March 13, 1964 he was a son of W. R. "Rabbit" and Ruby Smith Meadows of Mt. Lake Community near Newport. Rusty had been employed with Sunlight Tile Co as...
Betty Riddle Hamblin
May 24, 2008
Betty Elizabeth Hamblin, 66, of Pembroke departed this life Saturday May 24, 2008 at her home after a long illness. Born in Narrows on April 5, 1942 she was the daughter of Iris Johnston Riddle of Roanoke and the late Luther Rufus Riddle. Betty was retired from First Virginia Bank, Pembroke Branch as a loan officer and was a...
Rowena Davis Fletcher
May 24, 2008
Rowena Davis Fletcher, 79, of Roanoke and formerly of Pearisburg, went to be with the Lord Saturday May 24, 2008 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Pearisburg, VA on January 30, 1929 to the late Charlie Lee Davis and Hazel Fleeman Lindsey Davis. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Wallace...
Patricia Ann Robertson
May 22, 2008
Patricia Ann Robertson, 56, of the Hoges Chapel Community at Pembroke, departed this life at her home Thursday morning, May 22, 2008 after a long illness. Born in Giles County on December 21, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Isaac Edward and Lura Ann Elizabeth Williams. Before her illness she had been employed in dining services at...
