Obituary Listing

Feb 24, 2018

David Lee Mullins, 78, of Crickett Lane in Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday morning, February 24, 2018 in Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Narrows on August 18, 1939 he was a son of the late David Lacy and Margaret Hale Mullins. He had been employed as an accomplished house painter. David was preceded in death by...

Feb 21, 2018

Linda Jacques Mitchell, 76, of Narrows, went to be with the Lord on February 21st, 2018. She was born on February 20, 1942 in Salem, Massachusetts to the late William Thomas Jacques and the late Ethel Cordts-Jacques Robinson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers Edward S Gwin, John A Gwin, and Robert...

Feb 21, 2018

George Westbrook Patterson, 72, of Christiansburg, departed this life Thursday, February 21, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. Born in Maryville, TN on February 22, 1946 he was a son of the late Lake Edward and Veone Westbrook Patterson. He had earned his BS from The University of Tennessee and his MS from The University of...

Feb 17, 2018

Nichole Christine Smith, 38, of Pembroke, VA, departed this life on February 17th, 2018 in Roanoke, VA, to be reunited with her Lord and Savior. Nichole was born on December 24th, 1979 to Danny and Sharon Jones. She was raised in Pearisburg, VA, where she attended Giles High School. She continued her education at Wytheville Community College, receiving a...

Feb 15, 2018

Terry Lynn Reiss, 61, of Caroline Lane, Pembroke, departed this life Thursday evening, February 15, 2018 at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg after a short battle with cancer. Born in Richmond on September 19, 1956, she was a daughter of the late Mack Osaley and Geraldine Hartley Johnson. She was a Christian confessing her faith at the Church of...

Feb 12, 2018

Roy Lee Martin, 75, of Pembroke departed this life Monday morning, February 12, 2018 at his home. Born in Giles County on August 25, 1942, he was a son of the late Roy Glen and Leuna Neice Martin. Roy was a graduate of Pembroke High School (class of 1960 Corncutters), a long time member of Riverview Baptist Church; and...

Feb 11, 2018

Walter Steven Davis, Sr., 68, of Riverbend Lane, Pembroke, VA, departed this life Sunday morning, February 11, 2018, at his home. Born in Bluefield, WV on February 27, 1949, he was a son of the late Basil C. and Edith Fields "Brownie" Davis. Steve joined the Giles County Life Saving and Rescue Squad when he was fifteen years old...

Feb 9, 2018

Thomas Clegg Lang "Herby", age 72, of 508 Tyler Avenue, Pearisburg, VA departed this life Friday February 9, 2018 at his home. Born on November 14, 1945, he was a son of the late Edgar and Alma Elmore Lang of Pearisburg. Thomas was retired from the Giles County School Board with 35 years service. He also served four years...

Feb 8, 2018

Roger Ervin Staton, of Roanoke and formerly of Craig County departed this life Thursday, February 8, 2018 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born in Manassas, VA on July 10 he was a son of the late James Nathamiel and Avis Elizabeth Lawson Staton. He had been employed as a painter and construction worker at VPI and for...

Feb 8, 2018

Iva Lee Colley, 88, of Market Road in Narrows, departed this life Thursday afternoon, February 8, 2018 at Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, VA. Born in New Hall, WV on June 14, 1929 she was a daughter of the late Burley Edward Cawley and and Ethel Davis Cawley Blankenship. She had been employed at RAAP, was a graduate of...

Feb 7, 2018

Wayne R. Bircher, 87, of Blacksburg, VA and former resident of Carrollton, Ohio died Wednesday, February 7, 2018 in Blacksburg, VA. Born in Canton, Ohio on May 31, 1930 he was a son of the late Emil and Bernice Myers Bircher. He was also preceded in death by his beloved wife Donna Shetler Bircher.

Surviving are his...

Feb 6, 2018

Roma Roberta Collins, 89, of Pembroke, departed this life Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem. Born in Pembroke on January 24, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Grover Glenn Snidow and Margaret Ann Givens Snidow. She was a lifetime member of Pembroke First United Methodist Church; a graduate of Pembroke High School (The...

Feb 1, 2018

David Glenn Shrader, 45,of Blankenship Mt Rd in Narrows departed this life Thursday evening, February 1, 2018 in Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem. Born in Blacksburg on October 16, 1972, he was the son of Glenn M and Sharon Rader Shrader of Narrows. He was a member of the 1990 graduating class at Narrows High School (The Green Waves)...

Jan 30, 2018

Jimmy Lee Myers "Yogi", 76, of Big Stony Creek in Giles County departed this life Tuesday morning, January 30, 2018 at Heritage Hall in Rich Creek. Born in Craig County on November 5, 1941, he was a son of the late Levi Everett and Irene Annabelle Kanode Myers. He had been employed as warehouse manager for Virginia Mt Housing,...

Jan 29, 2018

Roland Edward Hudson, 73, of Pearisburg departed this life Monday, January 29, 2018 at his home on Sunny Ridge. Born in Giles County on May 10, 1944, he was a son of the late Arthur Ellis and Dovie Pauline Albert Hudson. He was a retired floor finisher. Roland was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters Jean White...

Jan 23, 2018

James Brackett McGuire, 75, of Narrows, departed this life Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice. Born in Pembroke on May 7, 1942, he was a son of the late John and Rebecca Cox McGuire. He was a member of The Church of God, and was retired from RAAP with...

Jan 18, 2018

Lewis Edward Martin (Louie), 79, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 18, 2018. Louie was born in Covington, Virginia on April 12, 1938. He was the son of the late Malcolm and Florence Martin. He was also preceded in death by a brother Billy (Muscles) Martin and a sister Betty Ann Martin.

Louie...

Jan 17, 2018

Lewis Dale Collins, 88, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at Carilion Giles Community Hospital. Dale was born March 25, 1929, to the late James Frank and Edna Eunice Collins of Pembroke. He is survived by his beloved wife of 66 years, Roma Snidow Collins, of Pembroke and was a devoted father to two children, Dale Steven...

Jan 11, 2018

Vicki Marie Johnston, 66, of Cumberland Gap Road, New Castle, departed this life at her home Thursday morning, January 11, 2018. Born in Christiansburg on August 26, 1951 she was a daughter of the late Andrew Thomas Lafon and Anna Kyle Saunders Lafon. She was for many years a practicing CNA and was a graduate of Blacksburg High School,...

Jan 10, 2018

Rachael Ellen Cumbee, 90, of the Maybrook Community at Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday afternoon, January 10, 2018 at her home in the loving care of her family and Carilion Hospice. Born on August 24, 1927 in Pembroke, she was a daughter of the late Elijah Luther Paul Smith and Nina Ellen Meredith Smith. She, with her husband, operated...