William Lee Long
Apr 21, 2014
William Lee Long, 87, of Greenbrier Ridge Lane, Newport, departed this life Monday morning, April 21, 2014 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg after a short illness. Born in Goodwins Ferry on February 7, 1927, he was a son of the late Charles French and Ethel Sarah Lytton Long. He was a veteran of the U S Army WWII;...
Lois Maxine Breeding
Apr 19, 2014
Lois Maxine Breeding, 70, of Snidow St., Pembroke, departed this life Saturday morning, April 19, 2014 at Lewis-Gales Medical Center in Salem after a short illness. Born in Giles County, Virginia on March 16, 1944, she was a daughter of the late Edwin L. and Mattie Sue Eppling Songer of the Mt. Lake Community. She was a devoted mother...
Neal Junior Kinder
Apr 18, 2014
Neal Junior Kinder, 76, of Curve Road, Pearisburg, departed this life Friday morning, April 18, 2014 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA after a short illness. Born in Pike County, Kentucky on April 17, 1938, he was a son of the late Oliver and Ethel Ramey Kinder. Most of his adult life he had been employed as a...
Imogene Brock
Apr 8, 2014
Imogene Brock, 86, of Peakview Dr., Pembroke and formerly of Troutville, departed this life, Friday afternoon, April 18, 2o14 after an extended illness. Born in Harlan County, KY on April 25, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Avrie Jackson Short. She was retired from the molding department at Electro-Tec in Blacksburg. She was preceded in...
Delancie Wayne Caldwell
Apr 1, 2014
Delancie Wayne Caldwell, 71, of Christiansburg and formerly of Newport departed this life Tuesday evening, April 1, 2014 at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice. Born in Newport on July 6, 1942, he was a son of the late Johnnie Helsabeck and Reba Lake Caldwell. He had been employed as a design engineer at...
William Robert Higgs
Mar 31, 2014
William Robert "Willie" Higgs, 76, of N Main St, Pearisburg, departed this life Monday morning, March 31, 2014 at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg after a long illness. Born in Giles County on August 25, 1937, he was a son of the late James Harvey and Nellie Griggs Higgs. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Harvey...
Doris Jane Epperly
Mar 29, 2014
Doris Jane Epperly, 75, of Peck St. in Pembroke, departed this life Saturday March 29, 2014 at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg following an automobile accident. Born in Giles County on October 10, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Carl Lynn and Nancy Elizabeth (Dump) Albert Jones. She was a beloved homemaker and mother to her own...
Margaret Virginia Seymour
Mar 29, 2014
Margaret Virginia Seymour, 95, of Pembroke, departed this life Saturday afternoon, March 29, 2014 at Radford Health and Rehab Center in the care and presence of her devoted and loving family. Born in Charlotte, NC on October 11, 1918, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Douglas and Maude Virginia Collins McNeely. Margaret, by anybody's standard was a...
Sheryl Lynne Lafon
Mar 27, 2014
Sheryl Lynne Parr Lafon, age 59, originally from Maybrook a community of Pembroke, VA, died March 27th, 2014 at Heritage Hall Rich Creek in Rich Creek, VA. Born in Pearisburg, VA on April 20, 1954, she was a daughter of the late Frazier R. and Sadie E. Tawney Parr. She had resided in Roanoke, VA since 2007, but considered...
Dessie Frances Whittaker
Mar 25, 2014
Dessie Frances Whittaker, 100, of Pearisburg, departed this life in the care of Heritage Hall Rich Creek, Tuesday evening March 25, 2014. Born in Bluff City in Giles County on October 15, 1913, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Carthy Smith Hollins. A beloved homemaker and caregiver to her family, she was a member of The...
Ann Meredith Britts
Mar 24, 2014
Ann Meredith Britts, 53, formerly of Pembroke and a resident of Fairview Adult Home in Dublin, departed this life Monday evening, March 24, 2014 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Radford. She was born in Christiansburg on November 12, 1960. She was preceded in death by her father Jerry Meredith Britts and her brother Mark Britts.
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Beulah May Kerr
Mar 24, 2014
Beulah May (Boots) Kerr, 87, of Pearisburg, departed this life Monday evening, March 24, 2014 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Pulaski on January 27, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Roby and Lula Dalton Jones. Boots was member of the First United Methodist Church in Pearisburg, was retired from the Celanese Plant at...
Junior Edward Whittaker
Mar 22, 2014
Junior Edward "BoBo" Whittaker, 66, of Maddy Dr. Blacksburg, and formerly of Pembroke, departed this life Saturday March 22, 2014 at Lewis Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Giles County on September 21, 1947, he was a son of the late Raymond Jessie and Mary Elizabeth Lang Whittaker. He was also preceded in death by his brother Robert...
Edna Kathleen Langford
Mar 22, 2014
Edna Kathleen Langford of Pembroke and Christiansburg, departed this life quietly in her sleep Saturday morning, March 22, 2014, at her home in Christiansburg. Born in the Kire Community of Giles County on July 14, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Hobert and Ethel Dowdy Lafon. A beloved wife, mother and homemaker, she was preceded in death...
Arnold Lee Carbaugh, Sr.
Mar 18, 2014
Arnold Lee Carbaugh, Sr., 72, of Narrows, departed this life Tuesday morning March 18, 2014 at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice. Born on January 8, 1942 in Eggleston, he was a son of the late Robert Oakley and Rosie Kanode Carbaugh. He was retired from the Celanese Plant at Narrows with 36 years...
Mildred Lois Martin
Mar 18, 2014
Mildred Lois Martin, 79, of Durham, NC and formerly of Montgomery Co. departed this life Tuesday evening, March 18, 2014 in the care of Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. Born in Montgomery Co. on September 26, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Hettie Burke Flinchum. She was retired from the credit department at Duke Hospital....
Natalie Ann (Tillie Ann) Lucas
Mar 18, 2014
Tillie Ann Price Lucas, 82, of Newport, passed away on March 18, 2014 at her home in the loving care of her family. Born Natalie Ann Price on January 24, 1932, she was the youngest and last surviving child of William Charlton and Mary Ann (Molly) Price. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband in...
Sandra Gail Smith
Mar 15, 2014
Sandra Gail "Sam" Smith, 58, of Mt. Lake Road, Newport, departed this life Saturday evening March 15, 2014 at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Christiansburg on May 28, 1955, she was a daughter of the late Paul Gilmer Cumbee and Lucille Conley Cumbee Martin. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Jerry Wayne Smith,...
Audrey Virginia Woods
Mar 10, 2014
Audrey Virginia Woods, 92, of Christiansburg, departed this life Monday evening, March 10, 2014, in the care of Heritage Hall Blacksburg. Born in Kire in Giles County on August 27, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Leonard Jackson and Mary Blanche Martin Lafon. She spoke often of her childhood as "special" and treasured the memory of her...
James Wallace Akers, Jr.
Mar 10, 2014
James Wallace Akers, Jr. (Pete, Jaybird, JW, Jay), 55, of Roanoke and formerly of Narrows, departed this life Monday morning, March 10, 2014 at UVA Hospital in Charlottesville after a dramatic and faith filled battle with lymphoma. Jay, beloved brother of his siblings, closed his eyes on this world of suffering and went to be with Jesus. He had...
