Watha Caudill Rice
Elder Watha Caudill Rice, 91, of Peterstown, WV, departed this life for his heavenly home Friday afternoon at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek, VA. Born in the Clendennin Community of Giles County on September 21, 1919 he was a son of the late Henry Cecil and Nellie Janney Rice and step-son of the late Bertha Lawson Rice. Watha...
Buck Hendrickson
BUCK HENDRICKSON
1948 - 2017
The man, The myth, The legend.men wanted to be him, and women wanted to be with him.
Buck Hendrickson's story began March 11, 1948. His earthly journey ended on November 19, 2017. He received an invitation to join those who had gone before him, his father, R B,...
Neda Jean Collins Meadows
Neda Jean Collins Meadows, 58, of Rich Creek, went to be with Our Lord Tuesday morning March 1, 2011 at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg after a long illness. Born in Giles County on February 10, 1953, she was a daughter of the late Daniel Corbett and Gerthie Snider Collins. She was retired from The Celanese Plant at Narrows...
Margaret Elizabeth Phlegar
Margaret Elizabeth Phlegar, 97, of Mt. Lake Avenue in Pearisburg, quietly departed this life Tuesday evening at her home. Born in Washington, DC on June 15, 1913 she was a daughter of the late George Luther and Jeanette Ashton Rolls Phlegar. A graduate of Radford State Teacher College, she was a dedicated educator first at Pembroke High School and...
Nedra Frazier Huffman
Nedra Frazier Huffman, age 89, slipped peacefully away from this earth on February 7, 2019. She was born in Giles County, Virginia, on April 26, 1929, the fifth of nine children born to William McKinley Frazier, Sr. and Janie Cunningham Frazier. She was married for 52 years to Grover Watson (Doug) Huffman until his death in 1998. They lived...
Oscar Douglas
Oscar Douglas, 65, of Cattle Creek Path in Elliston departed this life Sunday morning at his home in the loving care of his family and Carilion Hospice. He was born in Columbia, SC on March 28, 1950 a son of the late Luther and Portia Hornsby Douglas. He took care of maintenance at the mobile home park where he...
Ressie Brown Thomas
Ressie Brown Thomas, 96, of Narrows, VA passed away on Friday, February 1,2019.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Everett; parents, Luther and Emily Fisher; and brothers Orsbin and Harold Fisher.
Survivors include her son Roger and wife Cheryl; 3 sisters Hulda Snider, Hazel (Jack) Lipes, and Frances Lafon; one brother, Dallas (Sarah)...
Mary Sue Conley
Mary Sue Conley, 83, of Pembroke, embraced by her children, family, and in the presence of heavenly angels, departed this earth on Monday morning, July 26, 2005 from Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Kimballton on November 8, 1921 she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Tishie Kirk Lucas. She was preceded in death by her...
Gary Franklin Thornhill
GARY FRANKLIN THORNHILL, 68, of Buchanan Street, Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday,March 25, 2017 at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice. Born in Pearisburg on October 31, 1948, he was a son of the late Paul Clifford "Dick" and Gertrude Beatrice Perkins Thornhill. Gary was a devoted member of Riverview Baptist Church in Ripplemead,...
Mary Elizabeth Jones Echols
Mary Elizabeth Jones Echols, 97, of Happy Hollow Road, Newport left for her heavenly home from Heritage Hall (Riverview) Nursing Home, in Rich Creek, Monday, October 27, 2014. Born in lower Sinking Creek Valley on March 14, 1917, she was the daughter of Martin Peck Jones and Nellie Lou Dowdy. Mary was preceded in death by her husband of...
John Claude Williams, Jr.
John Claude (Cloyd) Williams, Jr., 87, of Pembroke, VA went to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on October 22, 2008. He enjoyed the happy reflections consequent upon a well-spent life and passed away with the hope of a glorious immortality.
He was preceded in death by his wife Edna Louise Atkins Williams of a...
Eugene Joseph Lucado
Eugene Joseph Lucado, 81, of the Burton Community, Pearisburg, departed this life for his heavenly home Thursday afternoon at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg after a long illness. Born in McCoy on March 8, 1928, he was a son of the late William Andrew and Frances Dorothy Fain Lucado. He was a veteran of the U S Navy, WW...
