Obituary Listing

May 1, 2018

Ruby Eileen Epperly, 87, of Painter School Road, Pembroke, departed this life Tuesday morning, May 1, 2018 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born in Pembroke on June 9, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Kyle and Bessie Willis Robertson. A beloved mother and homemaker she was a long-time member of Castle Rock Baptist Church...

Apr 29, 2018

Rickie Allen Manning, 63, of Mill Road, Pembroke, departed this life, Sunday evening, April 29, 2018 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Pearisburg on June 16, 1954, he was a son of the late Charles Taylor and Annie Kate Lucas Manning. Rickie had been employed as a machinist with Maco Tools, was a 1972 graduate of...

Apr 28, 2018

Carolee Bowles Madero, 84, of Pearisburg, and lately of Kingsport, TN departed this life to slip into the arms of Jesus at her home, Saturday evening, April 28, 2018 surrounded by her loving and caring family. Born in Narrows, on March 15, 1934 she was a daughter of the late Robert W. and Ida Clark Bowles who waited to...

Apr 18, 2018

Ethel Ann Perkins, 74, of Pearisburg, departed this life Wednesday, April 18, 2018 in the care of Heritage Hall Rich Creek and her loving family. Born in Tazewell County on December 13, l943, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Savannah Asbury Carter. A beloved homemaker, she was a Christian of the Pentecostal Faith, and preceded in...

Apr 17, 2018

Teresa Anne Showalter, 62, of Ripplemead, departed this life Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in Charlottesville, VA. Born in Bluefield, WV on January 11, 1956 she was a daughter of Phyllis Eaves Thompson and the late John R. Fisher. She was a skilled and compassionate RN employed with UVA Health Care System, having earned her MSN in nursing. Teresa was...

Apr 16, 2018

Jeanette Sue Croy, 60, of Rich Creek, departed this life Monday evening, April 16, 2018, at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem after a long illness. Born in Pearisburg on July 1, 1957, she was a daughter of James D. "Bill" and Shelby Jean Brogan Vaught of Rich Creek. She attended River View Baptist Church in Ripplemead for many years...

Apr 14, 2018

Grover Alvin Meadows, Sr., 69, of Rich Creek, departed this life Saturday evening, April 14, 2018 at his home. Born in Glen Lyn on October 8, 1948, he was a son of the late Charlie Herbert and Icey Harman Meadows. Alvin had been employed as an ironworker. He was preceded in death by his parents, his beloved wife Neda...

Apr 12, 2018

Donna Sue Shepherd, 62, of Staffordsville, departed this life Thursday evening, April 12, 2018 at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem. Born in Christiansburg on May 13, 1955 she was a daughter of the late Roy and Alice Ridpath Turpin. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Merrill, Alton, and Roger and her sister Katherine.

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Apr 10, 2018

"Jack" Claude McKinley Dowdy, 90, of Newport, departed this life Tuesday morning, April 10, 2018 at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice. Born in Pembroke on April 15, 1927, he was a son of the late Bert and Lizzie Williams Dowdy. He was a man of the outdoors, a carpenter, who enjoyed hunting and...

Apr 2, 2018

Betty Maedel Woodyard, 89, of Curve Road, Pearisburg, departed this life Monday afternoon, April 2, 2018 at Heritage Hall Rehab and Health in Rich Creek. Born on August 26, 1928, in Baltimore, MD, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence and Julia Ehrman Matthews. Betty was a devoted Christian who so much enjoyed entering into the worship services...

Mar 28, 2018

William Arthur Uzmack, 70, of Longview Circle, Narrows, VA, departed this life Wednesday morning, March 28, 2018 at his home. Born in Springdale, PA on September 9, 1947 he was a son of the late William Uzmack and Anamary Maxine Jewart. He was proud to have served in the US Army as a Med-evac Helicopter Pilot (two terms in...

Mar 26, 2018

Steven Wayne Farley, 56, of Curve Road, Pearisburg, departed this life Monday morning, March 26, 2018 at his home. Born in Lexington, NC on April 8, 1961 he was a son of Nancy Nunn Farley and the late James Leroy Farley. He was proud to have served in the U S Coast Guard, had been employed as a machinist...

Mar 25, 2018

55, of Sam Robinson Drive in Pembroke, departed this life Sunday morning, March 25, 2018 at her home. Born in Pearisburg on July 3, 1962 she was a daughter of the late William Lee and Mabel Frances Lang Neice. She was also preceded in death by a sister Connie Jean Neice. Clara was a beloved member of Olean Church...

Mar 22, 2018

Timothy Elbert Stewart, Jr., 56, of Porter St., Narrows, VA, departed this life Thursday evening, March 22, 2018 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA. Born in Pearisburg on October 16, 1961, he was a son of the late Herman Elbert and Edna Louise Brown Stewart. He had been employed as an electrician with Simmons Construction Co. and a...

Mar 15, 2018

Edna Marie Mullins, 84, of Warner St., Narrows, departed this life Thursday morning, March 15, 2018 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Pearisburg on January 17, 1934 she was a daughter of the late George Dewey and Minnie Lotas Keffer Pyles. She was a beloved homemaker and seamstress, a member of North Narrows Tabernacle where she...

Mar 14, 2018

Charles Todd Carbaugh, 52 of Pembroke, and formerly of Eggleston departed this life Wednesday morning, March 14, 2018 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born in Pearisburg on September 21, 1965, he was a son of the late Fred Lynwood "Woody" Carbaugh and Patricia Gusler Carbaugh "Patsy" of Eggleston. He was a 1983 graduate of Giles High School,...

Mar 13, 2018

Mary Eloise Troutt, 84, formerly of Pearisburg, departed this life Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at Highland Ridge Health and Rehab in Dublin. Born in Giles County on July 23, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Arthur Roscoe and Alice Trump Kingrea. She was also preceded in death by her husband "Bud" Douglas M Troutt, her sister Rev...

Mar 11, 2018

Maria Teresa Cooney, 82, of New Zion Road, Pembroke, VA departed this life at her home Sunday morning, March 11, 2018. Born in San Diego, CA on September 19, 1935, she was a daughter of the late John and Maria Regenstine Martins. She was a member of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Pearisburg, was retired from USF&G Insurance...

Mar 6, 2018

Everette Malcolm Martin, 82, of Curve Road, Pearisburg, departed this life on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 surrounded by his loving family. Everette was born in Paint Bank, VA on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1936, a son of the late Malcolm and Florence Dunbar Martin. He was preceded in death by two brothers Billy "Muscles" Martin and Lewis Edward "Louie"...

Mar 4, 2018

Elizabeth Louise Kaczor, 100, of Pembroke, departed this life Sunday morning, March 4, 2018 at Kroontje Health Center in Blacksburg. Born in Yukon, PA on May 9, 1917 she was a daughter of the late Antonio and Angelica Valmassoni Barnabo. She lived in Warren, Ohio most of her life then moved to Pembroke to live with her daughter. "Betty"...