Virginia Reed Hilton
Nov 6, 2015
Virginia Reed Hilton, 93, of Big Stony Creek Road, Ripplemead, departed this life Friday evening, November 6, 2015 at her home in the loving care of her family. Born at Kerns not far from her home on August 28, 1922 she was a daughter of the late Ira Garman, and Cannie Sue Mitchem Reed. She was a life-long member...
Robert Glen Bracken
Nov 4, 2015
Robert Glen Bracken, 87, of Pembroke departed this life Wednesday morning, November 4, 2015 in the care of Heritage Hall at Rich Creek. Born in Sissonsville, WV on February 4, 1928 he was a son of the late Rev. Robert Thompson and Augusta Hemmings Bracken. He was a graduate of Peterstown High School, 1947 and retired as loading foreman...
Inez Gay Vaught
Nov 1, 2015
Inez Gay Vaught, 95, of Virginia Ave, Pembroke departed this life for her heavenly home, Sunday afternoon, November 1, 2015 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Floyd County on October 19, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Wyatt Lynch and Maude Akers Duncan. She was a graduate of Willis High School in Floyd Co....
Robert Roy Austin
Oct 28, 2015
Robert Roy "Bobby" Austin, 84, of Dublin, departed this life Wednesday morning, October 28, 2015 at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice. Born in Ripplemead on May 8, 1931, he was a son of the late Charles William and Nannie Mae Haskett Austin. He was retired from the Lynchburg Foundry in Radford and was...
Sylvia Ann Broughman
Oct 27, 2015
Sylvia Ann Broughman, 73, of North Monroe St., Pearisburg, departed this life Tuesday afternoon, October 27, 2015 at her home in the loving care of her family and hospice. Born in Welch, WV on April 10, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Roscoe and Margaret McPherson Brown. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sisters...
Gary Wayne Butler
Oct 26, 2015
Gary Wayne Butler, 70, of Snidow Ferry Road, Pembroke, departed this life Monday morning, October 26, 2015, at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Mercer County, West Virginia on February 13, 1945 he was a son of the late Hubert Alexander and Manola Ruth Long Butler. Gary was retired from the Celanese Plant at Narrows, had completed...
Homer Eugene Tinnell
Oct 25, 2015
Homer Eugene Tinnell, 72, of Ripplemead (Goldbond), departed this life Sunday, October 25, 2015 at his home. Born in Augusta County, Virginia on July 10, 1943, he was a son of the late Paige Everett and Frances Elnora Baber Tinnell. He was a dry wall construction contractor and finisher.
He is survived by his daughter Frances Ann...
Jesse James Whittaker
Oct 25, 2015
Jesse James Whittaker, 69, of Campmeeting Road, Pearisburg, departed this life Sunday evening, October 25, 2015 at Pulaski Health and Rehab in Pulaski after a long illness. Born on Guinea Mountain, Pearisburg on May 24, 1946, he was a son of the late Roy Estil, Sr. and Josephine Criner Whittaker. He was a graduate of Giles High School 1964,...
Marie Antoinette "Nettie" Wilson
Oct 22, 2015
Marie Antoinette "Nettie" Wilson, 75, of Pearisburg, departed this life Thursday morning, October 22, 2015 in the care of Heritage Hall in Rich Creek. Born in Pearisburg on May 8, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Elsie Mae Sadler Gautier. She was also preceded in death by her beloved husband Robert Fulton Wilson and her...
Linda Sue Collins
Oct 19, 2015
Linda Sue Collins, 57, of Lane St., Pearisburg, departed this life Monday, October 19, 2015 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center at Radford after a long illness. Born in Giles County on July 29, 1958, she was a daughter of Thelma Lang Collins of Pembroke and the late Douglas Minor Collins, Sr. She was also preceded in death...
Brian Thomas Parris
Oct 17, 2015
Brian Thomas Parris, 50, of Wolf Street, Narrows, departed this life Saturday morning, October 17, 2015, as the result of injuries in an automobile accident. Born on July 7, 1965 in San Antonio, Texas he was a son of Gary Parris and the late Catherine Trammell Parris. He was a member of Riverview Baptist Church in Ripplemead, and was...
Helen Holdren
Oct 9, 2015
Helen Holdren, 83, of Newport departed this life Friday afternoon, October 9, 2015 at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem. She was born in Merrimac on June 26, 1932, a daughter of the late Christopher and Ada Huff Peele. She was a member of Oakview Christian Church of the Spruce Run Community and a 4-H Leader for many years. She...
Gregory Seth Simpson
Oct 4, 2015
Gregory Seth Simpson, 26, of Narrows and Carrollton, KY, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2015 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Carrollton, KY. He was born in Montgomery County on February 27, 1989, graduated from Narrows High School 2007, and was employed as a supervisor at North American Steel Co. in Carrollton, KY. His fiancé, Beth Tuttle,...
Mary Eunice Sexton
Oct 2, 2015
Mary Eunice Sexton, 82, of Sexton Lane, Newport, departed this life Friday morning, October 2, 2015 at her home in the care of her loving family and Carilion Hospice. She was born in Maybrook, Giles County, on August 14, 1933, a daughter of the late James Luther and Mary Ellen Lang Cumbee. She was a beloved Christian wife, mother...
Carson Leroy Martin
Sep 30, 2015
Carson Leroy Martin, 73, of Hiwassee and formerly of Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday evening, September 30, 2015, at Pulaski Health and Rehab in Pulaski after a long illness due to strokes. Born in Pembroke on November 26, 1941, he was a son of the late Luther and Lyda Young O'Dell Martin. He was an accomplished horseman, was employed...
Thelma Marie Lucado
Sep 28, 2015
Thelma Marie Lucado of Lucado Hollow Road, Pearisburg (Burton) departed this life for her heavenly home Monday, September 28, 2015 at her home. Born in Copper Hill, TN on September 22, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Frederick Jewell and Liza Jane Houghest Anderson. Thelma was a woman of faith and principles, a devout Pentecostal Christian (attended...
June Whicker Russell
Sep 26, 2015
June Whicker Russell, 82, a resident of Warm Hearth in Blacksburg, VA, previously of Charlottesville, VA and originally from Kannapolis, NC, completed her life and headed for a new adventure on September 26, 2015, at the home of her daughter in Newport.
June was always full of life, love and kindness. Her early years as an educator...
Mary Lou Piper
Sep 25, 2015
Mary Lou Piper, 87, of Pembroke and formerly of Marion, Ohio departed this life Friday evening, September 25, 2015 at Country View Assisted Living in Peterstown, WV. Born in Lincoln ,Arkansas
On August 24, 1928, she was a daughter of the late John (Toshua) and Myrtle Miller Bean. She was preceded in death by her husband Bill...
Daisy Virginia Pennington
Sep 25, 2015
Daisy Virginia Pennington, 84, of Witt Road, Pearisburg, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015 at Pulaski Health and Rehab Center in Pulaski. Born on February 14, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Lelia Meadows Stanwitz. She was a member of Riverview Baptist Church in Ripplemead and was a breast cancer survivor. Most of her life...
Juanita Walton Blanche Wilburn
Sep 22, 2015
Juanita Walton Blanche Wilburn, 80, of Ripplemead (Gold Bond), departed this life Tuesday morning, September 22, 2015, at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg, Born in Louisa County, Virginia on May 5, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Hunter and Aurelia Walton Harper. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Frederick John Wilburn (Jim)....
