Obituary Listing

Dec 29, 2018

"Mart", Martin P Farrier, IV, of Clover Hollow Road, Newport, departed this life Saturday evening, December 29, 2018 at Heritage Hall Rich Creek Rehab Facility. Born in Blacksburg on May 22, 1977, he was a son of Martin P Farrier, III and the late Sally Allen Farrier. He was a graduate of Giles High School, a farmer by trade...

Dec 26, 2018

William Ira Copeland "Bill", 85, of Pearisburg, departed this life Wednesday evening, December 26, 2018 at his home in the care of his devoted family and hospice. Born at Rock Camp, WV on April 5, 1933, he was a son of the late Albert L Sr. and Leona Thompson Copeland. He had been employed for 33 years as a...

Dec 22, 2018

Donald Wayne Lane, 69, of Cascade Drive, Pembroke, departed this life Saturday morning, December 22, 2018 in the care of Heritage Hall Blacksburg and his family. Born in Pulaski on October 10, 1949, he was a son of the late Luther Samual and Eleanor Marie Smith Lane. Donald was a carpenter by trade. He was preceded in death by...

Dec 21, 2018

Jessica Lee Loux, 26, of Pembroke died Friday, December 21, 2018 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident near her home. She was born in Richmond, VA on September 28, 1992, and was employed with Wells Fargo as a phone banker.

She is survived by her mother Robyn Pagano Winter of Fredericksburg, VA; her father Robert Winter...

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...

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...

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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...