Obituary Listing

Mar 26, 2016

ERIA ALTON SMITH "STINKEY", 74, of Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday morning, March 26, 2016, at his home. Born in Giles County on February 10, 1942 he was a son of the late Eria A. and Lilly Hare Smith. He was retired from RAAP with over 30 years service, loved the farm work on his land, and especially liked...

Mar 19, 2016

HENRY WILEY STEVERS, 90, of Pembroke departed this life Saturday morning, March 19, 2016, at Lewis Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Pembroke on April 4, 1925, he was a son of the late John Dexter and Pricey Link Stevers. He was retired from the National Gypsum Co. at Goldbond, was a U S Army veteran of WW...

Mar 16, 2016

SYBIL MARIE CARR, 66, of Cliffview St. Eggleston, departed this life Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Mississippi on May 31, 1949, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Lee and Vadow Vonniece Tucker Pinion. She trained for nursing, was a lover of all things bright and beautiful and had worked...

Mar 6, 2016

DORSIE EUGENE KESSINGER, 86, of Snidertown Road, Ripplemead, departed this life Sunday morning, March 6, 2016, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Salem, VA. Born on October 21, 1929, at Interior (Giles County), he was a son of the late Floyd C. and Carry McPherson Kessinger. He was retired from Virginia Garage in Pearisburg as an auto mechanic...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...