Edwin Eugene Lafon
Feb 21, 2015
Edwin Eugene Lafon, 70, of Newport (Clover Hollow) departed this life Saturday morning, February 21, 2015 at his home. Born in Pearisburg on March 8, 1944, he was a son of Frances Sexton Lafon of Newport and the late Berlin Eugene Lafon. He was retired from Huff Oil Co., in Pulaski.
He leaves to cherish his memory...
Barbara Vida Elizabeth Green
Feb 21, 2015
Barbara Vida Elizabeth Green, 80, of Sunnyridge, Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday evening, February 21, 2015, in the care of Heritage Hall in Rich Creek. Born in Pearisburg on March 18, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Estil and Jessie Pyles Moye. She was a beloved homemaker, wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by...
Helen Sarah Kast
Feb 20, 2015
Helen Sarah Kast, 100, of Narrows (Clendennin) departed this life Friday morning, February 20, 2015 at the home of her daughter in Salem. She was born in Kerns (Goldbond) on January 11, 1915 a daughter of the late Charlie Floyd and Anna Farley Carter. Helen was the oldest member of Bethel Chapel in Clendennin having been a part of...
John Reginald Smith
Feb 19, 2015
John Reginald Smith, 71, of Hoges Chapel, Pembroke, departed this life Thursday morning, February 19, 2015 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Born in Hoges Store on February 1, 1944 he was a son of the late Morrell John David Smith and Lillian Gertrude Williams Smith. "John R" was a retired miner from National Gypsum Co. at Goldbond,...
Clara Bernice Mccoy
Feb 17, 2015
Clara Bernice McCoy, 94, of Spruce Run, Newport, departed this life Tuesday morning, February 17, 2015 at Heritage Hall Health Care in Blacksburg. Born at Goodwins Ferry, Giles County, on January 2, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Kenneth Keith and Inis May Kirk Vaught. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ira Kent...
Olga Elsie Blankenship
Feb 16, 2015
Olga Elsie Blankenship, 97, of Ripplemead, departed this life Monday morning, February 16, 2015 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Willowton, WV on July 7, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Benjamine Harrison and China Rose Davis Holdren. She was a member of Riverview Baptist Church at Ripplemead and enjoyed the SALT activities of...
Theressa Diane Fisher
Feb 14, 2015
Theresa Diane Fisher "Teri" ,48, of Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday, February 14, 2015 in Greensboro, NC. Born in Pearisburg on May 4, 1966 she was a daughter of the late Sherman Fisher and Bobbie Ann Viars Mullins. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Huck Hudson, Greg Fisher, and Wayne Fisher.
She leaves...
Hilda Frances Fletcher
Feb 13, 2015
Hilda Frances Fletcher, 81, of Ripplemead, departed this life Friday afternoon, February 13, 2015 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA after a short illness. Born in Narrows on November 18, 1933 she was a daughter of the late Sidney Cover and Jennie Woodyard Lamb. She had been employed at the Celanese Plant and operated Fletchers Trailer Court,...
Myrtle Sue Snider
Feb 9, 2015
Myrtle Sue Snider, 76, of Wilson Lane, Pearisburg, departed this life Monday afternoon, February 9, 2015 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center at Radford. Born in Pearisburg on February 20, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Paul Phlegar and Beulah Gay Morris Wilson. She was preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband Amos Lee...
Tracey Allen Clifton
Jan 29, 2015
Tracey Allen Clifton, 62, of French St., Pearisburg, departed this life Thursday evening, January 29, 2015, at his home in the love and care of his family and hospice. Tracey have fought a brave and courageous battle with cancer. He was a 1972 graduate of Giles High School, was retired from Virginia Tech, and had later worked at Magic...
Mildred Josephine Lafon
Jan 23, 2015
Mildred Josephine Lafon (Jo), 78, of Pearisburg, departed this life Friday morning, January 23, 2015 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Giles County on October 14, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Ray Henry Snider and Lorraine Sanders Lamb. Jo was a member of First United Methodist Church in Pearisburg and had worked at...
William Frank Davis
Jan 23, 2015
William Frank Davis, 49, of Pulaski, departed this life Friday morning, January 23, 2015 at his home. Born in Giles County on July 8, 1965, he was a son of the late James William and Ethel Wickline Davis, and a graduate of Giles High School. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Patricia D. Klaes and...
Tabitha Marie Wilkerson
Jan 22, 2015
Tabitha Marie Wilkerson, 41, of Ingram St., Pearisburg, departed this life Thursday evening, January 22, 2015 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA after putting up a good fight against lung cancer. Born in West Union, Ohio on June 19, 1973, she was a daughter of the late Stephen Kelch and Sandra Darnell Greenfeather. She had been employed...
Bernice Elaine Martin
Jan 15, 2015
Bernice Elaine Stiff Martin, of the Maybrook and Newport communities of Giles County, passed away in the early morning hours of January 15, 2015 at the Radford Rehabilitation Center. Her 96th birthday was to have been on February 18th. She was a painter of nature scenes, especially of birds, played guitar and a number of musical instruments, and was...
William David Conley
Jan 12, 2015
William David Conley, 46, of Pearisburg, departed this life Monday morning, January 12, 2015 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Pearisburg on March 22, 1968 he was a son of Dorothy Lee Harless Conley of Alderson, WV and the late Charles Earl Conley. He had been employed at Wal-Mart and Federal Mogul.
He leaves...
Alvin Carr Fletcher
Jan 12, 2015
Alvin Carr Fletcher, 83, formerly of Narrows, died Monday, January 12, 2015, in Tampa, Florida after a long illness. Born in Narrows on April 24, 1931, he was a son of the late Franklin Madison and Maryann Hypes Fletcher. He was a retired twenty year veteran of the U S Army, Viet Nam Era, and was retired from the...
Robert Nelson Robinette
Jan 8, 2015
Robert Nelson Robinette, 68, of Eggleston Road, Pembroke, departed this life Thursday evening, January 8, 2015 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Salem. Born in Salem on June 14, 1946, he was a son of the late Jefferson Monroe Robinette and Doris Katherine Kellner Robinette. "Bobby" was a member of Riverview Baptist Church in Ripplemead, was a veteran...
Steven Thomas Mcmahan
Jan 6, 2015
Steven Thomas McMahan of Blacksburg, VA , age 63, lived life to the fullest. He joined his friends and loved ones in heaven on Tuesday, Jan 6, 2015 after a brief illness. He was born to the late Walter and Elva Britts McMahan of Pembroke, VA on May 23, 1951. He was also preceded in death by his brother,...
Clyde Leslie Saunders
Jan 4, 2015
Clyde Leslie Saunders, 83, of Staffordsville, departed this life for his Heavenly home on Sunday morning, January 4, 2015, at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice. Born in Logan, WVA, on December 7, 1931, he was the son of the late Luther and Bertie Lou Eppling Saunders. Clyde had been employed at RAAP in...
Amy Sue Thornhill
Dec 31, 2014
Amy Sue Thornhill, 46, of Pearisburg, departed this life Wednesday morning, December 31, 2014 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg after a valiant battle with cancer. Born in Pearisburg on November 11, 1968, she was a daughter of Roy W. and Shirley Merrix Thornhill of Pearisburg. Amy was an avid Giles Spartan fan, a Virginia Tech fan and...
