Obituary Listing

Mar 14, 2007

Nellie Jane Stanley, 76, of the Hoges Chapel Community near Pembroke departed this life Wednesday evening March 14, 2007. Born in Bland County on August 22, 1930 she was a daughter of the late Daniel and Virginia Lawson Whittaker. She was preceded in death by her husband Oscar Stanley; three brothers Sidney, David, and Donald Whittaker and two sisters...

Mar 13, 2007

Mary Hilda Collins, 98, of Pembroke departed this life Tuesday March 13, 2007 at her home in the loving care of her family. Born in Montgomery County on August 28, 1908 she was a daughter of the late William Lewis and Florence Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband Rassie Collins, four sons Rassie, Jr., Marshall, Richard...

Mar 12, 2007

Malon Herbert Dillon, 71, of the Clendennin Community near Narrows departed this life Monday evening March 12, 2007 in the loving care of his family at his home. Born in Monroe Co, WV on October 25, 1935 he was a son of the late Erie Hampton Dillon and Nora Mills Dillon Morris and step-son of Wesley Morris. Herb was...

Mar 12, 2007

Harry Allen Wheeler, 70, of Crystal Lane at Narrows departed this life Monday morning March 12, 2007 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center at Radford. Born in Giles County on June 10, 1936 he was a son of the late Egbert Terrell and Ethel Lee Wilburn Wheeler. He was retired from VDOT as superintendent.

He leaves...

Mar 11, 2007

Linda Joyce Smith, 62, of Brickyard Road at Pembroke, departed this life Sunday March 11, 2007 at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Giles County on September 16, 1944 she was a daughter of the late Clarence Houston and Elsie Mae Sadler Gautier. She had been employed in the housekeeping department at VPI. She was preceded in death...

Mar 11, 2007

Christopher Neal Link, 34, of Pembroke departed this life Sunday morning March 11, 2007 at his home on Cascade Drive. Neal was born in Pearisburg on January 21, 1973 and had been employed in the fast food restaurant business in Beckley, WV before returning to Giles Co.

He leaves to cherish his memory his mother Carolyn F....

Mar 7, 2007

Emma Ann Stafford Steele departed this life to be with her Lord on March 7, 2007, and the heavenly chorus gained a first-rate alto. She was born in Trigg, Virginia on March 30, 1929 to Frank Lafayette Stafford and Nina Hetherington Stafford. She was blessed with four siblings to share a country upbringing - Maurice Stafford, Donald Stafford, Francis...

Mar 6, 2007

Lewellyn Martin, 84, of Hoges Chapel near Pembroke departed this life Tuesday morning March 6, 2007 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born at Berton in Giles County on May 27, 1922 he was a son of the late James Harvey and Annie Sadler Martin.

Lewellyn was a construction worker but loved the farm life having worked...

Mar 4, 2007

Roger Victor Griggs, Sr., 61, of Curve Road in Pearisburg departed this life Sunday evening March 4, 2007 in the loving care of his family at his home. Born in Pearisburg on August 14, 1945 he was a son of the late William Woodrow and Eva Frances Gillespie Griggs. He was employed as Street Superintendent for The Town of...

Mar 2, 2007

Drema Ann Reynolds, 53, of Pembroke departed this life Friday evening March 2, 2007 in the care of Beulah House in Dublin after a long illness. Born in Giles County on July 20, 1953 she was a daughter of the late Edgar Vadis and Elsie Turpin Donathan. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Joseph Henry...

Feb 26, 2007

Frances Wall Tate Ramsey, 81, of Pulaski and formerly of the Clendennin Community near Narrows, departed this life for the Presence of The Lord in the loving care of her family at Pulaski Health and Rehabilitation Center Monday morning February 26, 2007. Born in Pulaski County on January 20, 1926 she was a daughter of the late William McKinley...

Feb 22, 2007

Hessie Jane Collins, 105, of Pembroke, departed this life Thursday morning February 22, 2007 in the care of her family and Pulaski Health and Rehab. Center in Pulaski. Born in Floyd Co. on June 5, 1901 she was a daughter of the late Abraham and Delia Harris. She was a member of Pembroke Christian Church and had been an...

Feb 17, 2007

Darrell Johann Carlson, II, of Eggleston Road at Pembroke departed this life Saturday morning February 17, 2007 in the loving care of his family at his home. Born in Dan Diego, California on August 29, 1943 he was a son of the late D. J. Carlson, I, and Mary Jean Ramsay Carlson. He was a decorated veteran of the...

Feb 16, 2007

Jerry Henry Conley, 62, of Old Wolf Creek Road in Narrows departed this life Friday morning February 16, 2007 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice House in Winston-Salem, NC . He was born in Giles County on May 16, 1944 where he had spent his life and was self-employed as a contractor. He was preceded in death by his father...

Feb 9, 2007

Dorothy Catherine Lucas, 79, of New Zion Road at Pembroke departed this life Friday afternoon February 9, 2007 at her home after a short illness. Born in Monroe Co. WV on July 17, 1927 she was a daughter of the late Preston Allen and Mary Dillion Mann. She was a beloved homemaker, mother and wife of the late Hubert...

Feb 4, 2007

Beulah Joann "Jan" Snyder, 72, formerly of Narrows and recently of Medina, Ohio went to be with the Lord on February 4, 2007 at Akron General Hospital after an automobile accident. Born in The Clendennin Community of Giles County on August 2, 1934 she was a daughter of the late John Raymond and Vera Deaton Slaughter. Jan was a...

Feb 1, 2007

Roy Abe Woods, 98, of Christiansburg, departed this life Thursday morning February 1, 2007 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg following a short illness. Born in Roanoke County on October 30, 1908 he was a son of the late Abe and Amanda Ellis Woods. He was a veteran of the U S Army, WW II, and earned his living...

Jan 30, 2007

Mary Howe Dowdy, 89, of Doe Creek Road, Hoges Chapel, Pembroke departed this life Tuesday morning January 30, 2007 at Radford, VA. Born in Hoges Chapel on July 6, 1917 she was a daughter of the late William Clayton and Bessie Mae Dowdy. She was the beloved sister of the late Ray, Gilmer, McKinley, Gilbert, Albert, and Walter Dowdy...

Jan 29, 2007

Annie Bell Donathan, 70, of Pembroke departed this life Monday January 29, 2007 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Pembroke on June 20, 1936 she was a daughter of the late Kemper Cumbee and Willie Lucas Cumbee. She was preceded in death by brothers Herman and Howard and sister Lethenia. She leaves to cherish her memory her...

Jan 29, 2007

Lucille Meredith McCall, 78, of Pembroke died Monday evening January 29, 2007 in Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg after a long illness. Born in Pembroke on April 5, 1928 she was a daughter of the late Ward N. and Gertrude Jones Meredith. Lucille was a graduate of Pembroke High School and was retired from Celanese Celco Plant PA Lab.She...