Avis Evangeline Detamore
Feb 27, 2016
AVIS EVANGELINE DETAMORE, 81, of Cascade Drive, Pembroke, departed this life Saturday morning, February 27, 2016, at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem. Born in Pembroke on June 27, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Tom and Nellie Lucas Gillispie. Avis was preceded in death by her daughter, Donna D. Stuart; her sisters Maxine McGuire, Nannie Gillispie, Irene...
"Totsie" Harriet Louise Stevers
Feb 23, 2016
"TOTSIE" HARRIET LOUISE STEVERS, 79, of Rocky Sink Road, Newport, departed this life, Tuesday morning, February 23, 2016 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Born at Quarry in Smyth County, Virginia on October 19, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Roy and Lucy Virginia Barnes Sessor. She was a beloved homemaker, wife, mother and grandmother...
Elizabeth Faye Rice
Feb 17, 2016
ELIZABETH FAYE RICE, 56, of College St. in Narrows, departed this life Wednesday morning, February 17, 2016 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Born in Pearisburg on September 28, 1959, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Margaret King Rice. She was proud of being a CNA and had a soft heart for everyone. She was...
Beatrice Ann Warner
Feb 16, 2016
BEATRICE ANN WARNER, 74, of Croft Road, Pembroke, departed this life Tuesday morning, February 16, 2016 at her home in the care of her family and hospice. Born and raised in the coal fields of Virginia and West Virginia on May 15, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Henry Lambert and Ruth Young Lambert Collins and step-daughter...
Phyllis Ann Gilmer Conley
Feb 12, 2016
PHYLLIS ANN CONLEY, 70, of Blacksburg and formerly of Pembroke, departed this life Friday evening, February 12, 2016 at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem. Born on November 14, 1945, she was a daughter of the late Eugene Hoge and Evelyn Booth Gilmer. She was a graduate of Giles High School and was retired from RAAP. She was preceded...
Sophrona Grace Bowman
Feb 12, 2016
SOPHRONA GRACE BOWMAN, 90, of Curve Road, Pearisburg, departed this life Friday evening, February 12, 2016 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Caretta, West Virginia on October 19, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Fitzhugh Lee and Irene Gordon Fleming. She was a graduate of Big Creek High School in War, WV in 1943,...
Frances Lorine Lafon
Feb 6, 2016
Frances Lorine Lafon, 88, of Newport, departed this life Saturday morning, February 6, 2016 at Heritage Hall Rich Creek. Born in Marion on March 21, 1927, a daughter of the late Hiram Edward and Ida Belle Brown Sexton. She was a beloved wife, mother and homemaker "a good looker and a good cooker" her husband always said. Frances, better...
Joyce Michelle Carbaugh "Shelly"
Feb 6, 2016
Joyce Michelle Carbaugh (Shelly), 46, of Link Circle, Newport, departed this life Saturday, February 6, 2016 at her home. Born in Pearisburg on September 19, 1969, she was a daughter of Kay Meadows Carbaugh and the late Robert C. (Bobby) Carbaugh. She was a graduate of Giles High School.
She is survived by her mother Kay Meadows...
Etta Mae Johnston
Feb 5, 2016
Etta Mae Johnston, 65, of Eggleston Road, Eggleston, departed this life Friday morning, February 5, 2016 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Bath County on July 29, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Raymond Alvis and Margaret Dolly Shepherd Ryder. Etta was a devoted homemaker and mother, a 1971 graduate of Giles High School, and...
Steve Edward Wilson
Jan 28, 2016
Steve Edward Wilson, 68, of 232 Hidden Meadow Drive, Pearisburg, departed this life Thursday morning, January 28, 2016 at his home in the love and care of his family and hospice. Born in Pearisburg on June 5, 1947, he was a son of the late Homer and Estie Fletcher Wilson. Steve was a 1965 Graduate of Giles High School,...
Denise Lorraine Defibaugh
Jan 25, 2016
Denise Lorraine Defibaugh, 54, of Poplar Street in Narrows, departed this life Monday afternoon, January 25, 2016, in the care of her family and hospice. Born in Giles County on November 19, 1961, she was a daughter of the late Donald Sr. and Mary Lou Viars Davis. She had been employed at the Celanese Plant at Narrows and Moog...
William Martin Brown
Jan 25, 2016
William Martin Brown "Bill", of Apple Drive, Pearisburg, departed this life Monday evening, January 25, 2016 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg after a long illness. He was a long-time member and Deacon at Riverview Baptist Church in Ripplemead and was employed as a welder at Fairchild. Bill was preceded in death by his parents Frank L. and...
William Mckinley Knight
Jan 20, 2016
WILLIAM McKINLEY KNIGHT, 57, of Rich Creek, departed this life Wednesday evening, January 20, 2016 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center at Radford after a long illness. Born in Rock Camp, WV on May 2, 1958, he was a son of the late Alfred Roscoe and Verda Green Knight. He had been employed as a steward at the...
Vernie Eveline Mullins
Jan 17, 2016
Vernie Eveline Mullins, 79, of Riverside Avenue, Narrows, departed this life Sunday morning, January 17, 2016 at her home in the care and love of her family and hospice. Born in Pike County, Kentucky on December 28, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Fairbanks and Macy Blankenship Hurley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Burns...
Mary Sue Huffman
Jan 15, 2016
Mary Sue Huffman, 70, of Sunny Ridge, Pearisburg, departed this life Friday morning, January 15, 2016, at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem after a long illness. Born in Giles County on September 15, 1945, she was a daughter of the late Roy W. and Gertrude Snider Merrix. She was preceded in death by an infant son, and her sisters...
Russell Beverly White
Jan 8, 2016
"RB" Russell Beverly White, Jr., 68, of Pembroke, departed this life Friday evening, January 8, 2016 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Pearisburg on March 16, 1947, he was a son of the late R B Sr. and Mary Dowdy White. R B was 1965 graduate of Giles High School, had worked as a security guard...
Russell Beverly White, Jr.
Jan 8, 2016
"RB" Russell Beverly White, Jr., 68, of Pembroke, departed this life Friday evening, January 8, 2016 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Pearisburg on March 16, 1947, he was a son of the late R B Sr. and Mary Dowdy White. R B was 1965 graduate of Giles High School, had worked as a security guard...
Todd Edward Smith
Jan 7, 2016
Todd Edward Smith, 51, of Hillcrest Dr.,Bluefield, VA, departed this life Thursday evening, January 7, 2016 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA after a short illness. Born in Petersburg, VA on October 30, 1964, he was a son of Louise Clark Williams and the late Charles Edward Smith. Todd was a 1982 graduate of Giles High School,...
Margaret Jeanette Kanode
Jan 6, 2016
Margaret Jeanette Kanode, 88, of Abbey Court, Dublin, departed this life Wednesday evening, January 6, 2016 at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem. Born in Giles County on March 18, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Henry Buchanan and Lula Bell Carper Gusler. She had been employed at both Pulaski Furniture and Coleman Furniture Co. in Pulaski....
Frank Patterson Fisher, Iii
Jan 2, 2016
Frank Patterson Fisher, III (Butch), 69, of Bridge St., Ripplemead, peacefully departed this life Saturday morning, January 2, 2016 at his home. Born in Pearisburg on October 27, 1946, he was a son of the late Frank Sr. and Lena Snider Fisher. Butch was a long-time member of Riverview Baptist Church in Ripplemead and was retired from the Celanese...
