Diane Elizabeth Saunders
Dec 17, 2018
Diane Elizabeth Saunders, 72, of Commissary Hill, Pembroke, departed this life Monday morning, December 17, 2018 at her home. Born in Christiansburg on April 7, 1947, she was a daughter of the late Linwood Victor and Lucille Ford Stewart. She was a graduate of the Christiansburg Institute, had worked in the Job Corps, and was a member of the...
Rachel Helena Collins Ballard
Dec 15, 2018
Rachel Helena (Collins) Ballard, 98, of Pearisburg passed into everlasting life on December 15, 2018 at the home of her youngest son, Richard, in High Point, NC. Born January 25, 1920 in Pembroke, VA, she was the daughter of the late Omar Maxwell Collins and Lama Virginia (Hilton)Collins, and step-daughter of Hessie Jane (Harris) Collins, and wife of the...
Sandra Kay Watkins
Dec 5, 2018
Sandra Kay Watkins, 64, of Starlite Drive, Christiansburg departed this life Wednesday afternoon, December 5, 2018 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born in Columbus, Ohio on April 6, 1954 she was a daughter of the late Bobby Lee and Shirley Shrader Smith. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Bobby Smith.
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Justine Linda Austin White
Dec 4, 2018
Justine Linda Austin White, 76, of Pearisburg, departed this life Tuesday morning, December 4, 2018 in the care of Heritage Hall Rich Creek. Born in Pearisburg on August 30, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Charles Lee and Thelma Rice Austin. She was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter Tammy Lynn Akers, her brother George...
Chester Jefferson Tabor
Dec 1, 2018
Chester Jefferson Tabor, 83, of Mountain Drive, Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday morning, December 1, 2018 at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice. Born in Giles County on February 11, 1935, he was a son of the late William Meadow and Emma Jane Rock Tabor. Chester was retired from A P Green Lime Co...
Mary Virginia Britts Santolla
Nov 30, 2018
Mary Virginia Britts Santolla, 88, of the Hoges Chapel Community at Pembroke, departed this life Friday morning, November 30, 2018 at her home in the loving care of her family and hospice. Born in Radford on April 4, 1930 she was a daughter of the late Frank Emmett and Margaret Lyn White Britts. She had been employed with several...
Clayton Leon Carbaugh
Nov 28, 2018
Clayton Leon Carbaugh, 69, of Blacksburg and Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville after suffering a stroke on Tuesday. He was born in St Elizabeth Hospital in Pearisburg on March 23, 1949, a son of the late Fred William and Pauline Vaught Carbaugh of Eggleston. He was retired from VTES and...
Bradley Mitchell Merrix
Nov 25, 2018
Bradley Mitchell Merrix, infant son of Michael Steven and Kaitlin Marie Freeman Merrix of Pearisburg came into and left this world on Sunday, November 25, 2018 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg. He is also the brother of Braxton Steven and Brodi Elijah Merrix of the home ;the paternal grandson of Melinda and Melvin Merrix of Pembroke; and the...
Michael Harold Jennelle
Nov 20, 2018
Michael Harold Jennelle, 66, of French St. in Pearisburg, VA departed this life Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at his home. Born in Pearisburg on January 13, 1952, he was a son of Elizabeth Williams Johnston of Pearisburg and the late Harold E Jennelle. Mike was a veteran of the U S Army and served as a medic for two...
Ida Frances Meredith Blevins
Nov 14, 2018
Ida Frances Meredith Blevins
Frances Meredith Blevins, 94, of Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday morning, November 14, 2018 in the care of Commonwealth Senior Living and Intrepid Hospice in Christiansburg, VA. Born in Pembroke, VA on April 7, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Ward and Gertrude Jones Meredith. She attended Pembroke First United Methodist...
Ruby Christine Brown
Nov 13, 2018
Ruby Christine Brown, 95, of Laurel Street, Ripplemead, VA, departed this life Tuesday morning, November 13, 2018 at her home in the loving care of her family. Born at Goodwins Ferry in Giles County on September 9, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Marion and Edna Virginia Sartin Hodge. She was preceded in death by her...
Oneeda Bussey Browning
Nov 12, 2018
Oneeda Bussey Browning, 77 of Pembroke, Virginia departed this life early Monday morning, November 12, 2018, after a long and courageous battle with lung disease. She was born on November 5, 1941 in Lebanon, VA. She spent many years in Salem, VA where she proudly raised her family, worked as a Nursing Assistant at Lewis Gale Hospital, and spent...
Henry Lee Stafford
Nov 9, 2018
Henry Lee Stafford, 53, of Elliston and formerly of Giles County departed this life Friday evening, November 9, 2018 in the loving care of his family and Carilion Hospice. He was born in Pearisburg on May 23, 1965. Henry was a 1983 graduate of Giles High School, was a supervisor at Yokohoma Tire Co in Salem, grew up in...
Clyde Dewey Ratcliff
Nov 7, 2018
Clyde Dewey Ratcliff, 74, of Dennis Street, Pearisburg, departed this life Wednesday afternoon, November 7, 2018, in the loving care of his family and Carilion Hospice after a hard-fought battle with cancer and other illnesses. Born in Pearisburg on April 9, 1944, he was a son of the late William Franklin and Lula Myrtle Martin Ratcliff.. Clyde was a...
Carolyn Hope Humphreys
Nov 6, 2018
Carolyn Hope Humphreys, 73, of Glen Lyn, VA departed this life Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at her home. Born in Glen Lyn on January 3, 1945, she was a daughter of the late Charles Albert and Icey Mildred Harmon Meadows. She had been employed for over twenty years as a cashier at Wal-Mart in Pearisburg, VA. She was the...
Howard Barnheart Shue
Nov 5, 2018
Howard Barnheart Shue, 64, of Pembroke, departed this life at his home, Monday morning, November 5, 2018. Born in Marfrance, Greenbrier Co., WV on May 19, 1954, he was a son of the late Allie Ashby Shue and Arthena Louise Gibson Shue. He had been employed as a carpenter in the construction business. He was preceded in death by...
Jim Glenn Heath
Nov 2, 2018
In loving memory of Jim Glenn Heath, 72, of Blacksburg who died peacefully at his home November 2, 2018 with his beloved family by his side. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Jim never met a stranger, he will be missed by many. He was preceded in death by his mother Vera Mitchell, father William S Buchanan,...
William Brickhouse Acra, Sr.
Nov 1, 2018
William Brickhouse Acra, Sr., 78, of Blacksburg, VA departed this life Thursday, November 1, 2018 at home in the loving care of family. Born in Portsmouth, VA on May 29, 1940, he was a son of the late Thomas Hawkins, Sr. and Elizabeth Norma Stephenson Acra. He was a veteran of the US Marine Reserves, a retired sheet metal...
Jason Robert Cahill
Oct 31, 2018
Jason Robert Cahill, 34, of Lynwood Ave., Pearisburg, VA departed this life Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at UVA Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. He was born on October 3, 1984 in Hagerstown, Maryland. Jason was employed with Wal-Mart in Pearisburg where his quick smile and friendly manner gained him many friends. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents...
Sarah Jane Dennis-Mitchem
Oct 31, 2018
It is with great sadness that the family of Sarah Jane Dennis-Mitchem of Pembroke, Virginia announces her passing at her home on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at the age of 70. Sarah lived her life serving her family as a homemaker and enjoyed raising chickens. Many of the residents of Doe Creek Road ate fresh chicken eggs for many...
