Obituary Listing

Aug 24, 2006

Thelma Irene Smith, 78, of Mt. Lake Road at Newport passed from this life in the loving care of her family Thursday August 24, 2006 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Newport on December 28, 1927 she was a daughter of the late William H. and Eva Sue Dowdy Songer. She had worked for many years at...

Aug 23, 2006

Vivian Caldwell McCroskey, 80, of Spruce Run Road at Newport, departed this life Wednesday evening August 23, 2006 after a long illness. Born on September 17, 1925 she was a daughter of the late George Cleveland and Mary Mason Fischer Caldwell. She had worked at Imperial Reading Corp. in Christiansburg and attended Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church in Blacksburg. She...

Aug 21, 2006

Robert William Lilly, 63, of the Clendennin Community near Narrows went to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday evening August 21, 2006 in the loving care of his family at his home. Born at Norcross in Giles County on May 5, 1943 he was a son of the late Albert Perry and Dorothy Pauline Kast Lilly. He was...

Aug 21, 2006

Edith Powers Phillips, 86, of Pearisburg and formerly of Arcadia, Florida and Beckley, West Virginia passed away peacefully at her only sons home on Monday August 21, 2006. Born on February 20, 1920 she was a daughter of the late James Frank and Tilda Phipps Powers in Pocahontas County, WV. A member of First Baptist Church of Narrows at...

Aug 20, 2006

Robert Lorn Alexander, 82, of Hilcrest Dr. in Pearisburg, departed this life to go home to rest on Sunday August 20, 2006 at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Robert was born to the late Bill and Gladys Wells Alexander on August 13, 1924 in Pearisburg, where he spent most of his childhood. He was a WW II Veteran of...

Aug 17, 2006

Mary Jane Hackney, 87, of Riverside Dr. in Rich Creek, passed from this life at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, VA Thursday morning August 17, 2006. Born in Mercer County, WV on February 11, 1919 she was a daughter of the late Joseph Coon and Shannie Smith Thomas. She was retired from the Maiden Form Plant in Princeton, was...

Aug 15, 2006

Woneda "Midge" Ruth Kessinger, 94, of Pearisburg passed from this life Tuesday evening August 15, 2006 in a Radford hospital. Born in Mercer County, West Virginia on February 24, 1912, she was a daughter of the late El and Myrtle Goodwin Meredith. She was retired from the Celanese Celco Plant at Narrows and was preceded in death by her...

Aug 14, 2006

Cleveland Carter, 94, of Goldbond on Big Stony Creek in Giles Co. passed away Monday August 14, 2006 at Highland Ridge Rehab Center in Dublin, VA. Born on November 2, 1911, at Kerns on Big Stony Creek, he was a son of the late Charlie Floyd and Anna Farley Carter. He was a retired miner with the National Gypsum...

Aug 11, 2006

Robert Lee Meredith, 75, of Sinking Creek Road in Pembroke died Friday morning August 11, 2006 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital after a fall at his home in July. Born in Giles County on August 7, 1931 he was a son of the late Snow and Ocie Woods Meredith. He was a skilled stone mason and was handy in all...

Aug 2, 2006

Lillian Luella Ratcliff, 81, of Ford Lane in Pembroke departed this life Wednesday morning August 2, 2006 at her home. Born in Premier, WV on January 11, 1925 she was a daughter of the late Charlie Francis and Edith Lee Lucas Mahaffey. She was a Certified Nursing Assistant devoted to her patients in the home health care field and...

Jul 30, 2006

Melvin Ernest Leslie, 95, of Pearisburg departed this life Sunday evening July 30, 2006 at Highland Ridge Health Center in Dublin. Born in Roanoke City on December 15, 1910 he was a son of the late Joseph Oscar and Nettie Mae Gibson Leslie. Melvin was employed at the Celanese Celco Plant in Narrows from 1941 until his retirement, and...

Jul 26, 2006

Jessie Willard "Peanut" Wilson, Jr., 51, of Pearisburg died Wednesday July 26, 2006 at Medcenter One Hospital in Bismarck , North Dakota. He was born in Giles County on December 10, 1954 and earned his living as a painter. He was preceded in death by his father Jessie W. Wilson, Sr. and a brother Douglas "Porkey" Wilson. He leaves...

Jul 25, 2006

Donald Wayne Myers, 55, of Fairview St. in Christiansburg died Tuesday July 25, 2006 at his home. He was born in Giles County on April 15, 1951, was retired from Federal Mogul and was a graduate of Giles High School. He was preceded in death by his father William Haven Myers, Sr. and step-father Marion Bryant.

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Jul 25, 2006

Lutishia "Tish" Evelene Hartwell of Wildwood Drive in Pearisburg departed this life Tuesday evening July 25, 2006 at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Johnston City, TN on March 13, 1934 she was a daughter of the late Newton Price and Besse LaRue Gibson. A beloved wife, mother, and grandmother she was a devoted member of the VFW...

Jul 24, 2006

Minor Chapman Tawney, 73, of Pembroke died Monday July 24, 2006 at his home in the Hoges Chapel Community. Born in Giles County on July 14, 1933 he was a son of the late Daugherty Tawney and Evelyn Meredith Tawney Martin and step-son of the late Rob Martin. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

Jul 24, 2006

Joseph Luther Gilmer, 20, of Fleeman St. in Pearisburg died Monday July 24, 2006 in a fishing accident on Wolf Creek in Giles County. He was born in Henrico County, Virginia on April 22, 1986. "Joey" was employed as a banquet server at Mt. Lake Hotel and was a 2004 graduate of Giles High School. He was preceded in...

Jul 22, 2006

Barbara Jane Williams Tawney, 72, of Pembroke died Saturday July 22, 2006 at her home in the Hoges Chapel Community. Born in Giles County on October 12, 1933 she was a daughter of the late Donald Williams and Evelyn Lucas Williams Rumburg. A beloved mother and grandmother she was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

Jul 14, 2006

Greta Louise Fitzgerald Griffith, 74, of Clendennin Road at Narrows, died Friday morning July 14, 2006 at Pulaski Community Hospital in Pulaski after a long illness. Born in Narrows on April 2, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Patrick Parnell and Sadie Blackburn Fitzgerald. A beloved mother and neighbor she was preceded in death by her husband...

Jul 12, 2006

Harry Dwayne Gautier, 42 of Stock Pen Mountain Road, Narrows departed this life Wednesday July 12, 2006 at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 24, 1962 he was the son of Harry Green and Madeline Blankenship Gautier. He was employed by the Celanese Corporation in Narrows with 17 years of faithful service.

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Jul 7, 2006

Thelma Louise Dowdy, 63, of Mt. Lake and Heritage Acres in Blacksburg, departed this life Friday morning July 7, 2006 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Giles Co. on August 15, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Burtle Thaw and Mary Agnes Williams Songer. She had been employed as a cook in several restaurants and...