Debra Jean Wheeler
Dec 5, 2014
Debra Jean Wheeler, 56, of Radford, departed this life Friday morning, December 5, 2014 at the home of a friend in Blacksburg. Born in Pulaski on August 2, 1958, she was a daughter of Joyce Price of Ironto and the late Obie Wheeler. She was preceded in death by her father, her daughter Brandy Cressell, and her sister Lisa...
Evangeline Sutphin Tickle
Dec 4, 2014
Evangeline Sutphin Tickle, 89, of Pleasant Hill Lane in Pembroke departed this life for her heavenly home, Thursday morning, December 4, 2014 in the care of Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born at Laurel Fork in Carroll County on April 19, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Willie and Emma Lake Kathleen Ashley Sutphin. She was a...
Clarence Edward Higgs, Sr.
Dec 1, 2014
Clarence Edward Higgs, 73, of Cabot Drive, Pearisburg, departed this life Monday morning, December 1, 2014 at his home. Born in Pearisburg on June 24, 1941, he was a son of the late James Harvey and Nellie Griggs Higgs. Clarence was a veteran of the U S Army, retired from RAAP with over 38 yrs. service and was a...
Thomas Edmond Hamblin
Nov 25, 2014
Thomas Edmond Hamblin (Tommy), 49, of Pembroke, departed this life at his home, Tuesday, November 25, 2014. Born in Salisbury, MD on March 6, 1965 he was a son of John L. Hamblin of Pembroke and Jacqueline Angell Hamblin of Pearisburg. He had been employed as a photographer and more recently in elder care.
He leaves to...
Delorous Rader Porterfield
Nov 23, 2014
She lived by her motto, "One Day At A Time"
Delorous Rader Porterfield, 80, of Newport, departed this life Sunday evening, November 23, 2014 at the home of her son in Blacksburg. Born in Pembroke on September 27, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Bruce and Maggie Wood Rader. Delorous was gifted with an angelic...
Johnny Ruben Meredith, Jr.
Nov 21, 2014
Johnny Ruben Meredith, Jr., 54, of Narrows, departed this life Friday afternoon, November 21, 2014, at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg after a long illness. Born in Pearisburg, on May 31, 1960, he was a son of John Sr. and Judy Johnston Meredith of Narrows. He was a member of the Class of 1978 at Narrows High School, had...
Matthew Francis Komelski
Nov 19, 2014
Matthew Francis Komelski, 74, of Narrows, departed this life Wednesday morning, November 19, 2014, at the home of his daughter in Roanoke in the loving care of his family and hospice. Born in Luzerne, PA on November 17, 1940, he was a son of the late Mateusz and Victoria Czakroskie Komelski. He was a devout member of Holy Family...
Fred Cunningham Thompson, Jr. (Jack)
Nov 16, 2014
Fred Cunningham Thompson, Jr. (Jack), 95, of Pearisburg, departed this life Sunday afternoon, November 16, 2014, at Friendship Health and Rehab. In Roanoke. Born in Staffordsville on February 21, 1919 he was a son of the late Fred C. Sr. and Mollie Jane Woodyard Thompson. He was retired from the American Can Company as a lithographer. He was preceded...
Betty Jane Williams
Nov 14, 2014
Betty Jane Williams, 82, of Hoges Chapel, Pembroke, departed this life Friday morning, November 14, 2014 at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Goodwin's Ferry on September 2, 1932 she was a daughter of the late Albert Eugene and Violet Thornhill Duncan. She had been employed as a retail clerk earlier in life but majored in being a...
Alice Louise Kast
Nov 12, 2014
Alice Louise Kast, 91, of the Clendennin Community, Narrows, departed this life at her home, in the loving care of her family, about noon, Wednesday, November 12, 2014. She was born in Princeton, WV on April 15, 1923, a daughter of the late Robert Cloyd Lafon and Birdie Mae Baird Lafon. She spent her early childhood in Waiteville, WV...
Patsy Ann Spicer
Nov 12, 2014
Patsy Ann Spicer, of Curve Road, Pearisburg, departed this life Wednesday evening, November 12, 2014, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Born in Pulaski on December 24, 1946, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Gladys Sexton Henley. Patsy was a caregiver of the aged and expressed her Christian Faith as a member of Faith Temple Pentecostal...
Sheila Darlene Clemons
Oct 26, 2014
Sheila Darlene Clemons, 43, of Brickyard Road, Pembroke, departed this life Sunday afternoon, October 26, 2014 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Born in Cook County, Illinois on June 26, 1971, she was a daughter of the late Luther Calloway, Sr. and Bonnie Sue Justice Phillips. She had been employed at Virginia Tech and Hawthorne Suites in Blacksburg....
Cecil Earl Porterfield
Oct 26, 2014
Cecil Earl Porterfield, 70, of Mt. Lake Road, Newport departed this life Sunday evening, October 26, 2014 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital, in Blacksburg.
On Sunday, October 26, 2014 the world lost a true and honest man. Cecil was a collector - he collected rocks, arrowheads, Civil War artifacts, old tools, books, and especially friends. He loved history...
James Edward Ratcliff
Oct 25, 2014
James Edward Ratcliff, Sr., 71, of Collins Ave. in Pembroke, departed this life Saturday, October 25, 2014 at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice. Born in Pembroke on January 5, 1943, he was a son of the late William and Lillian Dowdy Ratcliff. He was preceded in death by a brother, Millard Ratcliff.
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Clyde Randolph Perdue
Oct 23, 2014
Clyde Ranolph Perdue, 68, of Maybrook Community, Pembroke, departed this life Thursday morning, October 23, 2014 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg after a long illness. Born in Christiansburg on November 28, 1945 he was a son of the late Houston Thomas and Margie Morehead Perdue. Clyde was a veteran of the U S Army, retired for the United...
Virginia Elizabeth Oakes
Oct 22, 2014
Virginia Elizabeth Oakes, 46, of Christiansburg and formerly of Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday morning, October 22, 2014, at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg after a short illness. Born in Pearisburg on September 2, 1968, she was a daughter of Mollie Parks Saunders and James Mills. She was employed as a chief operator at RAAP in Radford, was a...
Paul Edward Thornhill
Oct 16, 2014
Paul Edward Thornhill "Bud", 79, of Pembroke, departed this life Thursday evening, October 16, 2014 at Heritage Hall in Rich Creek after a long illness. Born in Pearisburg on October 23, 1934, he was a son of the late Paul C. and Gertrude Perkins Thornhill. He was retired from the Celanese Plant at Narrows, and had previously worked at...
Alfred Lee Manning, Jr.
Oct 16, 2014
Alfred Lee Manning, Jr. "Jimmy", 59, of Olean Road, Ripplemead, departed this life Thursday evening, October 16, 2014, at his home. Born in Pearisburg on March 31, 1955, he was a son of the late Alfred Sr. and Irene Lucas Manning. He was a 1975 graduate of Giles High School, and operated Mannings Grocery in Goldbond.
He...
Roy Monroe Blankenship, Jr.
Oct 16, 2014
Roy Monroe Blankenship, Jr., 67, of Hiwassee and formerly of Narrows departed this life Thursday morning, October 16, 2014 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born in Pipestem, WV on August 25, 1947, he was a son of Geneva Hill Blankenship of Narrows and the late Roy M. Blankenship, Sr. He was raised in the nurture of Bethel Chapel Church and...
Barbara Meredith Raines
Oct 14, 2014
Barbara Meredith Raines,75, formerly of Pembroke, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt peacefully passed away October 14, 2014 after an unexpected illness. She was born April 6, 1939 in Pearsiburg, VA. to Aubrey and Lucy Meredith. She married her high school sweetheart, William Raines on September 10, 1957, later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. She was...
