Obituary Listing

Nov 20, 2015

Harry David Williams, 92, of Chestnut Street in Pearisburg, departed this life to be with his Savior Friday, November 20, 2015 at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice. Harry was born at Kerns on Big Stoney Creek, June 28, 1923, a son of the late John C. and Grace Snider Williams. He was a...

Nov 12, 2015

Makayla Lynne Wright, 18, of Rose Road, Newport, departed this life Thursday morning, November 12, 2015, at Pembroke from trauma sustained in a tragic fall from a cliff. She was born on April 20, 1997 in Blacksburg, was a 2015 graduate of Giles High School and Tech Center where she was active in the Spartan Cheerleading Squad, was a...

Nov 9, 2015

Virgil Garland Wheeler,71, of Crystal Lane, Narrows, departed this life at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice Monday evening, November 9, 2015. Born on the Wheeler Homeplace on Wolf Creek on October 20, 1944 he was a son of the late Egbert Terrell and Ethel Lee Wilburn Wheeler. He was a timberman, a farmer...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...