Floyd Franklin Gilmer
Mar 19, 2019
Floyd Franklin Gilmer, 78, of Roanoke and formerly of Guinea Mt. in Giles County, departed this life Tuesday morning, March 19, 2019 in Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born in Giles County on February 13, 1941, he was a son of the late Floyd Elbert and Mildred Gay Long Gilmer. Floyd had been employed as warehouse supervisor...
Benny Lee Huffman
Mar 19, 2019
Benny Lee Huffman, 65, of Newport, VA, departed this life Tuesday evening, March 19, 2019 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born in Craig County on October 29, 1953, he was a son of the late Fred G. and Thelma Huffman. He was a graduate of Giles High School Class of 1971, was retired from the Celanese...
Mark Timothy Burnette
Mar 15, 2019
Mark Timothy Burnette, 56, of Pulaski, VA departed this life Friday, March 15, 2019 at his home. Born in Pulaski on October 1, 1962 he was a son of Donald Burnette and Lyda Farmer Hinkle. He was a roofer by trade.
He leaves to cherish his memory his son Brandon Burnette and fiancé Teddi Salyer of Pulaski;...
Shirley Louise Atkins
Mar 15, 2019
Shirley Louise Atkins, 79, of Doe Creek, Pembroke, VA, and formerly of Fredericksburg, departed this life Friday morning, March 15, 2019 in the care of Heritage Hall Health Care in Rich Creek, VA. Born in Eggleston, VA on August 24, 1939, she was a daughter of the late John J. and Lucille Lafon Albert. She had been employed as...
James Randolph Johnston "Randy"
Mar 13, 2019
James Randolph Johnston "Randy", 62, of Bertons Crossing, Eggleston, VA, departed this life Wednesday evening, March 13, 2019 at his home. Born in Pearisburg on November 12, 1956, he was a son of the late Paul and Geneva Bell Minnick Johnston. Randy was a skilled auto mechanic, a veteran of the US Army, a faithful member of The Eggleston...
Deborah Lynn Tawney
Mar 11, 2019
Deborah Lynn Tawney, 64 of Pembroke, departed this life Monday, March 11, 2019, at her home in Maybrook, Virginia under the care of her family, hospice, and beloved caregiver. Born on August 5, 1954, she was a daughter of the late Spencer and Thelma Dunn. She had been employed at Federal Mogul in factory production. She was preceded in...
Annie Mae Cox
Mar 6, 2019
Annie Mae Cox, 74, of Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday afternoon, March 6, 2019, at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Radford on October 19, 1944, she was a daughter of the late Robert Glen and Louise Melinda Ross Cox. She had been employed as a quality inspector at Federal Mogul. She was preceded in death by...
Lisa Dawn Hughes
Mar 4, 2019
Lisa Dawn Hughes, 47, of Pembroke, departed this life Monday afternoon, March 4, 2019 at her home after battling cancer. Born in Pearisburg on March 2, 1972, she was a daughter of Georgia Cumbee Hughes of Pembroke and the late Berman Hughes. Lisa had been employed as a store manager for Goodwill Industries. She was a 1990 graduate of...
Edward Dow Fleshman
Mar 3, 2019
Edward Dow Fleshman, 75, of Wolf St. in Narrows, VA departed this life Sunday morning, March 3, 2019 at his home in the loving care of his family. Born in Giles County on June 22, 1943, he was a son of the late Roy Hunter and Nannie Catherine Buckland Fleshman. "Eddie" was a veteran of the U S Army...
Joyce Ann Gillispie
Mar 2, 2019
Joyce Ann Gillispie, 74, of Pembroke, departed this life Saturday morning, March 2, 2019 at her home. Born in Pearisburg on October 23, 1944 she was a daughter of the late Millard and Lula Griggs Janney. She was a 1964 graduate of Giles High School and had been employed as a retail clllerk in pharmacies and jewelry stores. She...
Virginia Irene Burton Cole
Mar 1, 2019
Virginia Irene Cole, 75, of Pulaski County, departed this life Friday morning, March 1, 2019 at her home. Born in Giles County on April 3, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Early and Ida Palmer Burton. She had been employed as a receptionist in a medical office; and was a member of Riverview Baptist Church in Ripplemead....
Martha Susanne Dehart
Feb 26, 2019
Martha Susanne DeHart, age 63, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly into eternal peace at her beloved homeplace in Ripplemead, VA on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. She was the daughter of the late G.C. and Martha Santolla DeHart. She leaves behind her brother, Michael DeHart of Big Stony Creek, and sisters Cathy DeHart and Lawrence Stevens of Blacksburg and Mary...
Margaret Ann Blevins
Feb 26, 2019
Margaret Ann Blevins, 92, formerly of Pembroke and lately of Blacksburg, departed this life Tuesday morning, February 26, 2019 in the care of Showalter Health Care in Blacksburg. Born in Akron, Ohio on May 10, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Rudolph and Adna Margaret Hanson Frantz. She was a Baptist by faith (member of Castle Rock...
Jerry Wayne Hixon
Feb 25, 2019
Jerry Wayne Hixon, 66, of Pembroke, departed this life Monday morning, February 25, 2019 at his home. Born in Montgomery County, VA on January 11, 1953, he was a son of the late William Warren and Melvie Virginia McGuire Hixon. He was employed as a sheet metal worker with Local 100. He was preceded in death by his parents,...
Darrell Andrew "Andy" Wilson
Feb 24, 2019
" I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
Darrell Andrew "Andy" Wilson, 50, of Ripplemead, Va departed this life Sunday, February 24, 2019 surrounded by his loving family, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Alexandria, Va on June 25, 1968. He was a son...
Marvin Lee Moser
Feb 21, 2019
Marvin Lee Moser, 59, of Hardy, VA departed this life Thursday morning, February 21, 2019 at his home after a long illness. Born in Pearisburg, VA on February 28, 1959, he was a son of the late Alton Lee Moser and Loretta Walkup Moser Howell of Hardy. He was employed as a skilled carpenter. He was preceded in death...
Emma Eloise Mccroskey
Feb 19, 2019
Emma Eloise McCroskey, 88, formerly of Pearisburg and now of Covington, departed this life Tuesday, February 19, 2019, in the care of Brian Center Alleghany in Low Moor. Born in Pearisburg on August 15, 1930 she was a daughter of the late Hayden and Ida Smith Doyle. Emma was the owner-operator of Ritsches Dry Cleaners and Laundry Mat in...
Donnie Lee Stewart
Feb 18, 2019
Donnie Lee Stewart, 74, of Eggleston Road, Pembroke, VA, departed this life Monday evening, February 18, 2019 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born on April 9, 1944 in Sunright, TN, he was a son of the late Jess and Delia Davidson Stewart. Don was a proud trucker and veteran of the U S Army. He was preceded...
Robert Estil Hale, Jr.
Feb 16, 2019
Robert Estil Hale, Jr., 69, of Pembroke, VA, departed this life Saturday morning, February 16, 2019, at his home in the care of his loving family and hospice. Born in Pearisburg on January 16, 1950, he was a son of the late Robert Sr. and Mary Katherine Neice Hale. He was a veteran of the US Navy, Vietnam Era,...
Lillian Margaret Perkins
Feb 14, 2019
Lillian Margaret Perkins, 93, of Pearisburg, departed this life Thursday morning, February 14, 2019 in the care of Heritage Hall in Rich Creek, VA. Born on November 4, 1925 in Narrows, she was a daughter of the late Dewey Shannon and Agnes Chewning Reynolds. She attended Mt. View United Methodist Church and was retired from thirty-one years of nursing...
