Sylvia Irene Medley Miller
May 26, 2015
Sylvia Irene Medley Miller, 84, of Pearisburg, departed this life Tuesday morning, May 26, 2015 in the care of Heritage Hall in Rich Creek after an illness of several months. Born in Bellepointe, WV on February 28, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Eva Pearl Forren Allen and William Perry Allen. She was retired from the PA...
Dianna Lyn Kinder
May 25, 2015
Dianna Lyn Kinder, 55, of Craig Creek Road, Blacksburg, departed this life Monday morning, May 25, 2015 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg. Born at Ft. Lee, Virginia on February 19, 1960, she was a daughter of Shirley Miller Kinder and the late William Kinder, Sr. She was employed with Virginia Tech and a member of Castle Rock Baptist...
Ella Mae Rakes
May 22, 2015
Ella Mae Rakes "Sissie Baby", 61, of Pembroke departed this life at her home Friday morning, May 22, 2015. Born in Giles County on February 10, 1954, she was a daughter of the late Odie Sr. and Ada Hilton Kast. She was also preceded in death by her brother Odie Kast, Jr. and her sisters Elizabeth Teass, Bernice Kast,...
James Robert Price
May 21, 2015
James Robert Price, 89, of Newport, departed this life Thursday morning, May 21, 2015 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center. Born in Newport ( in the same homeplace where he continued to live) on October 15, 1925, he was a son of the late Arthur Strobel and Mary Fringer Price. James was an integral part of the Newport...
James Franklin Cardwell, Jr.
May 17, 2015
James Franklin Cardwell, Jr., 60, formerly of Narrows, was reunited with his parents, the late Jim and Phyllis Cardwell, on May 17, 2015. Jimmy was a 1972 graduate of Narrows High School. He has been a resident of Arizona for the past 31 years. He was a devout member of his church that he served and loved. He was...
Tracy Lee Martin
May 15, 2015
Tracy Lee Martin, 52, of Carpenter Lane, Pembroke, departed this life Friday afternoon, May 15, 2015 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Born in Pearisburg, on August 12, 1962, he was a son of Wilma Stacy Martin of Pembroke and the late Marion Dempsey Martin. Tracy learned the carpenter trade from his Dad...
Brad O'Keefe Bayless
May 15, 2015
Brad O'Keefe Bayless, 46,of Pinehurst, NC and formerly of Giles County, unexpectedly passed away Friday evening, May 15, 2015. Born February 17, 1969 in Gainesville, Florida to Roy & Patricia Bayless, the second of three children. Brad grew up in Pearisburg, VA, but remained a true blue Florida Gators fan. Brad attended high school at Giles High in Pearisburg,...
Linda Ratcliff Abrams
May 12, 2015
Linda Ratcliff Abrams, 69, of Pfafftown, NC, passed away on May 12, 2015, due to complications after chemotherapy related to recent Breast Cancer diagnosis.
The visitation and funeral services will be Sunday, May 17, 2015, at Kendall Funeral Home in Pembroke, VA, with Eddie Kendall of Bethel Chapel officiating. Visitation will be held at 12-2 pm with...
Emma Louise Bowers
May 6, 2015
Emma Louise Bowles Bowers, 76, of Hopkins St. in Narrows, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg after a long illness. Born in Ohley, WV on March 12, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Wamon William and Emma Mae Kirk Bowles. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband...
Walter Macleatus Mills
May 4, 2015
Walter Macleatus Mills "Mac", 64, of Christiansburg, departed this life Monday afternoon, May 4, 2015. He was born in Pearisburg, VA on March 29, 1951 a son of the late Walter Caudill Mills and Essie Beatrice Gilmore Mills. He had been employed as an electrician and auto mechanic before his disability. Mac was preceded in death by his parents...
James Douglas "Frog" Collins, Sr.
May 4, 2015
James Douglas "Frog" Collins, Sr., 74, of Pembroke, departed this life Monday morning, May 4, 2015 in Lewis Gale Hospital Salem. He was born in Pembroke on April 20, 1941, a son of the late Marcus Chapman and Lucille Martha Williams Collins. Jimmy was a member of Pembroke Christian Church, and a graduate of 1959, Pembroke Corncutters.
...
Walter Macleatus Mills
May 4, 2015
Walter Macleatus Mills "Mac", 64, of Tranquility Via in Christiansburg, departed this life Monday afternoon, May 4, 2015 at his home that he shared with his long-time friend Audrey Long. He was born in Pearisburg, VA on March 29, 1951 a son of the late Walter Caudill Mills and Essie Beatrice Gilmore Mills. He had been employed as an...
Jackie Ballard Houston
Apr 29, 2015
Jackie Ballard Houston, 64, of Pearisburg, departed this life Wednesday morning, April 29, 2015 in the care of hospice after his battle with laryngeal cancer at the home of his friends, Elinda and Donald Elliott. He was born in Mullens, WV on February 19, 1951 a son of the late Thomas James Franklin Houston and Ethel Hamby Houston. He...
Andrew Thomas Lafon
Apr 28, 2015
Andrew Thomas Lafon "Tom", 85, of Newport (Craig County) departed this life Tuesday afternoon, April 28, 2015 in Blacksburg in the care of hospice and loved ones. Born in Pembroke on July 5, 1929, he was a son of the late Elliott Garfield and Ada Link Lafon. He grew up in the spiritual nourishing of the Pembroke Christian Church,...
Hazel Mae Bowles
Apr 27, 2015
Hazel Mae Bowles, 80, of Dennis Street in Pearisburg, and formerly of Elliston, with God's Grace, departed this life for her heavenly home, Monday morning, April 27, 2015 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on May 5, 1934, in Pearisburg, a daughter of the late Mattie Hypes Mosburg and Eugene Mosburg of Pearisburg. Hazel...
Roy Alfred Fletcher
Apr 26, 2015
Roy Alfred Fletcher,78, of Narrows, departed this life Sunday afternoon, April 26, 2015 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg, after a lifetime of hard work and dedication to his family and customers. He operated Fletchers Coal Yard in Narrows for over fifty years serving Giles County and the surrounding communities. He was a faithful member of Bethel Chapel...
Barbara Estella Deweese
Apr 24, 2015
Barbara Estella Moser Deweese, 63, of Roanoke, a loving wife and mother and very proud grandmother, departed this life Friday morning, April 24, 2015, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Born in Pearisburg, on July 11, 1951 she was a daughter of the late Alton and Ruby Rye Moser of Pembroke. She was a member of Oakland Baptist...
Bobby Junior Martin
Apr 23, 2015
Bobby Junior Martin, age 82, of Kimballton in Giles County, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, April 23, 2015, at his home with his loving, devoted, caring daughter, Rebecca Rudd by his side. Bobby remained humoristic and whimsical until he went to his Heavenly home to be with Jesus. He was a veteran of the US Army, Korean War and...
Mary Lois Chapman
Apr 16, 2015
Mary Lois Chapman, 72, of Cascade Drive in Pembroke, departed this life Thursday morning, April 16, 2015 peacefully at her home. She was born on December 17, 1942 at Pearisburg, a daughter of the late Randolph Hoston and Marie King Hoston Saunders. She was a retired Coning Dept. employee of Celanese, and a graduate of Bluff City High School....
James Irvin Johnson, Sr.
Apr 16, 2015
James Irvin Johnson, Sr., 88, of Pearisburg, departed this life Thursday evening, April 16, 2015 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Appalachia, Virginia on December 3l, 1926 he was a son of the late William Earl and Lydia Ellen Davidson Johnson. He had been a member of Faith Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church in Pearisburg, was a...
