Kenneth Ward Blankenship
Jun 18, 2017
Kenneth Ward Blankenship "Mitch"; Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother and Pastor, departed this life Sunday morning, June 18, 2017 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born in Giles County on May 3, 1951, he was a son of the late Arby Jackson and Mary Louise Hare Blankenship. He was employed as a pipe-fitter for the Celanese Plant...
Ernest Paul Blankenship
Jun 17, 2017
Paul (Ernest Paul) Blankenship,Jr., 87, of River Bend Road, Rich Creek departed this life Saturday evening, June 17, 2017 at his home in the loving care of his family. Born in Giles County on November 27, 1929 he was a son of the late Ernest Paul Blankenship, Sr and Carrie Evelyn Ratcliffe Blankenship. He was self-employed as a scrapper...
Ida Elizabeth Roberts
Jun 15, 2017
Ida Elizabeth Roberts, 94, of Pembroke and formerly of Dinwiddie County departed this life Thursday morning, June 15, 2017 in the care of Heritage Hall in Rich Creek. Born in Halifax County on January 9, 1923 she was a daughter of the late John Gordon and Mary Louise Coleman Snead. She had attended Smithdale-Massey College, was employed at the...
Bonnie Louise Broadwell
Jun 14, 2017
Bonnie Louise Broadwell "Beanie", 72, of Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday, June 14, 2017 in the care of Heritage Hall in Rich Creek. Born in Newport on September 13, 1944, she was a daughter of the late Hugh "Bill" and Virginia Dowdy Broadwell. A graduate of Giles High School she had been employed at Electro Tec. Magic Mart, RAAP,...
Clarence Thomas Mabry
Jun 12, 2017
CLARENCE THOMAS MABRY, 86, of Cascade Drive in Pembroke, departed this life for his heavenly home, Monday morning, June 12, 2017 at his home in the loving care of his family. "Tom" was born in Pulaski County on February 27, 1931, a son of the late Clarence and Mary Agnes Tickle Mabry. He was employed for many years as...
Tracie Ellen Steele
Jun 10, 2017
Tracie Ellen Steele, 44, of Lawndale Drive in Pearisburg departed this life Saturday, June 10, 2017 at home in the loving care of her family. Born in Pearisburg on February 27, 1973 she was a daughter of Charles Edmond Steele and Patricia Hopkins Price. Tracie was a people person with many friends, she enjoyed traveling and would take off...
Dorine Kast Merrix
Jun 5, 2017
Dorine Kast Merrix, 72 of Pearisburg, departed this life Monday evening, June 5, 2017 in the care of Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Borne in Pembroke on June 3, 1945 she was a daughter of Odie and Ada Hilton Kast. She was retired from the Celanese Plant at Narrows and had been employed at several fast-food restaurants and...
Robert Allen Echols
Jun 3, 2017
Robert Allen Echols, 70, of Roanoke and formerly of Pembroke, departed this life Saturday evening, June 3, 2017 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital after a long series of illnesses. Born on March 5, 1947, he was a son of the late Robert Floyd Echols and Helen Williams Echols Cuffel. He had been employed as a Real Estate Salesman.
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David Eugene Nuckols
Jun 2, 2017
David E. Nuckols, age 76 of Dublin, died Friday mid day, June 2, 2017 at Lewis Gale Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. He was born on July 29, 1940 in Wythe, Virginia. He is the son of the late Claude and Hazel Nuckols. He is survived by his loving wife Shirley A. Nuckols of Dublin; and his "baby girl"...
Jarrod Scott Clark
May 31, 2017
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of their beloved son and brother, Jarrod Scott Clark, 33, of Pearisburg, VA, He was born on August 11, 1983, and departed this life on May 31, 2017. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, JoAnn Darnell, Uncle Scott Darnell, Paternal grandfather Randall Clark.
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Jean Cecelia Miller
May 24, 2017
Jean Cecelia Miller, 90, of Athens, WV and formerly of Pembroke, VA departed this life Wednesday evening, May 24, 2017 in the care of Princeton Health and Rehab in Princeton. Born in Woodside, New York on November 14, 1926 she was a daughter of the late Edward and Rose Martin Friend. She was a devoted homemaker and Christian of...
Richard Eugene Griggs
May 22, 2017
RICHARD EUGENE GRIGGS, 75, of Church St., Rich Creek departed this life Monday morning, May 22, 2017 in the peace of his own home and in the loving care of his family and hospice. He was born on March 22, 1942 in Pearisburg a son of the late James Emmett and Zella Edna Caudle Griggs. Richard had worn many...
Wanda Gail Sanders
May 14, 2017
WANDA GAIL SANDERS, 62. of Cascade Drive in Pembroke, departed this life Sunday evening, May 14, 2017 at Friendship Health Care Center in Roanoke. Born in Pearisburg on August 20, 1954 she was a daughter of the late Charles Roland and Gladys Bailey Carbaugh. Before her disability she had been employed in retail sales and restaurants as cook and...
Kayla Elizabeth Albert
May 12, 2017
KAYLA ELIZABETH ALBERT, 28, of Maybrook Road, Newport, departed this life Friday morning, May 12, 2017 peacefully asleep at her home. She was born in Princeton, WV, on October 5, 1988. Kayla was preceded in death by her step-father, Tracy Martin and her adoptive father R B Hendrickson. She was a member of the Newport Rescue Squad Auxiliary.
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Robert Jeffery Bonds
May 4, 2017
Robert Jeffrey Bonds, 47, resident of Pool, WV and formerly of Narrows, VA, passed away on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Ruby Memorial Hospital WVU, Morgantown, WV. Jeff was born in Giles County on June 18, 1969. He was preceded in death by his mother Helen Lambert Bonds. He was an all around amazing, kind hearted, and generous man...
Penny Sue Saunders
May 1, 2017
Penny Sue Saunders, 66, of Rich Creek, departed this life Monday, May 1, 2017 in the care of Heritage Hall Rich Creek. Born in Pearisburg on February 23, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Henderson Alfred and Edna Mae Weeks Alley. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband David Saunders, her brother William Alfred...
R B Hendrickson
Apr 29, 2017
R B Hendrickson, 91, of Pembroke departed this life Saturday morning, April 29, 2017.at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg in the loving care of his daughters and the medical staff. He was born on January 8, 1926 a son of the late Dorsey Zed and Maggie Rose Hendrickson Sesler and after his mothers death was adopted by his grandparents,...
Jimmy Raymond Woods
Apr 22, 2017
Jimmy Raymond Woods, 78 of Roanoke, departed this life Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Berkshire Health and Rehabilitation Center in Vinton. Born in Martinsville on July 20, 1938, he was a son of the late Raymond Edgar and Ruth Head Woods. He had been employed as a custodian and later as a stocker in the Kroger Warehouse in Salem....
Donald Frank Ricker
Apr 14, 2017
DONALD FRANK RICKER, 82, Wilderness Drive, Pembroke, departed this life Good Friday morning, April 14, 2017 at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice. Born in Boston, MA on August 30, 1934, he was a son of the late Karl P. and Ruth Cutler Ricker. He was a First Lieutenant in the U S Army...
Janet Faye Dean
Apr 13, 2017
JANET FAYE DEAN, 80, of Givens Lane in Blacksburg, departed this life Thursday morning, April 13, 2017 at her home in the care of Medi Hospice. Born at Newport on August 12, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Mike M. and Carrie Price Breen. She was proud to have been an RN and served at Bedford Hospital,...
