Bobby Luther Cumbee
Jan 31, 2014
Bobby Luther Cumbee, 66, of the Maybrook Community, Pembroke, departed this life Friday morning, January 31, 2014 at his home. Born in Maybrook on August 23, 1947, he was a son of the late William Homer and Elsie Mae Dowdy Cumbee. He was a stone mason by trade, proud of all the work he had done on the Virginia...
Donald Lee Waldron, Sr.
Jan 30, 2014
Donald Lee Waldron, Sr., of Peterstown, WV and formerly of Narrows, departed this life Thursday evening, January 30, 2014 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Pearisburg on February 23, 1948, he was a son of the late Donald Eugene and Virginia Frances Busic Waldron. Donald was retired from the U S Army with the rank of...
William Thomas Santolla, Sr.
Jan 30, 2014
William Thomas Santolla, Sr. "Billy", 89, of the Hoges Chapel Community at Pembroke departed this life Thursday morning, January 30, 2014 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg after a long illness. Born in Pocahontas on August 8, 1924, he was a son of the late Angelo and Martha Lewis Santolla. He had been employed as a sheet metal...
Connie Jean Neice
Jan 19, 2014
Connie Jean Neice, 54, of Fairlawn, and formerly of Pembroke, departed this life Sunday morning, January 19, 2014 at her home. Born in Pearisburg on August 19, 1959, she was a daughter of the late William Lee and Mabel Frances Lang Neice. She had been employed as a cook at Hardee's, and enjoyed fishing and the out doors.
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Elston Ronald Vaught, Jr.
Jan 15, 2014
Elston Ronald Vaught, Jr. "Ronnie", 73, of Pearis Road, Pearisburg, departed this life Wednesday morning, January 15, 2014 at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice after a short illness. Born on Spruce Run at Newport, on September 17, 1940, he was a son of the late Rev. Elston R. Sr. and Irene Smith Vaught....
William Bryant Meredith
Jan 13, 2014
William Bryant "Billy" Meredith, 82, of Doe Creek Road, Pembroke, departed this life Monday evening, January 13, 2014 at his home. Born on April 28, 1931 at Spruce Run, Newport, he was a son of the late Phillip M. and Ellie Mae Caldwell Meredith and step-son of the late Frances Merrix Meredith. He was retired from the RAAP at...
Ella Gertrude Terry
Jan 11, 2014
Ella Gertrude Terry, 89, of Hilltop Road, Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday evening, January 11, 2014 at her home in the loving care of her family and hospice. Born in the Clover Hollow section of Newport on March 3, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Luther and Maggie Sue Riggs Martin. She was retired from the Coning...
Janice Darlene Hayes
Jan 10, 2014
Janice Darlene Hayes, 64, of Narrows, departed this life Friday morning, January 10, 2014 at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg after a long illness. Born in Narrows on October 17, 1949, she was a daughter of Ethel Parcell Hare of Staffordsville and the late Robert Hare. She was preceded in death by her father, her sister Reba Hare and...
Charles Edward Fields
Jan 8, 2014
Charles Edward Fields, 71, of Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday morning, January 8, 2014 at Lewis-Gale Pulaski Hospital in Pulaski. Born at North Holston in Smyth Co. on June 10, 1942, he was a son of Pearl Vanhoozier Fields of Pembroke and the late Waverly "Dooley" Fields. He had been baptized and attended Riverview Baptist Church in Ripplemead, was...
James Edward Bailey
Jan 8, 2014
James Edward "Jimmy" Bailey, 65, of Doe Creek Road, Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday, January 8, 2014 while cutting wood, a job and place enjoyed. Born in Giles County on August 27, 1948, he was a son of the late James and Ella Sarver Bailey. Jimmy was a carpenter by trade and enjoyed the outdoors, wood gathering, hunting and...
Ruth Virginia Ratcliffe
Dec 27, 2013
Ruth Virginia Ratcliffe, 93, of Rich Creek and formerly of Pembroke, departed this life Friday evening, December 27, 2013 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Glen Lyn on May 2, 1920 she was a daughter of the late James Henry and Nettie Ann Mullins Reed. Ruth was a 1941 graduate of Glen Lyn High School; was...
Mary Williams Dowdy
Dec 22, 2013
Mary Williams Dowdy, 89, of Pembroke, departed this life Sunday evening December 22, 2013 in the care of Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek. Born in Giles County on July 10, 1924 she was a daughter of the late Chapman L. and Maude Sarver Williams. She was a member of Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church at Hoges Chapel, was...
Joseph Chapman Huffman
Dec 20, 2013
Joseph Chapman Huffman, 93, of Westview St., Narrows, departed this life Friday morning, December 20, 2013. Born on June 3, 1920 in Craig County, he was a son of the late Ana and Gillie Hypes Huffman. He was retired from Instrumentation at the Celanese Plant at Narrows with 42 yrs. service and was a veteran of the U S...
Donald Ray Cumbee
Dec 17, 2013
Donald Ray Cumbee, 53, of Knob Mt. Rd., Pembroke departed this life Tuesday morning, December 17, 2013 at his home. Born in Christiansburg on January 21, 1960, he was a son of the late Richard Lee and Frances Mae Conley Cumbee. He was a mechanic with Affordable Tractors in Dublin. Donald was preceded in death by his parents and...
William Charles Stowers
Dec 17, 2013
William Charles Stowers, 82, of Pembroke, departed this life Tuesday morning, December 17, 2013 at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem. Born in Bland County on September 2, 1931, he was a son of the late Ross Stowers, Sr. and Anna Kate Ramsey Stowers. He was a veteran of the U S Army, Korean War and a member of American...
James Edward French
Dec 16, 2013
James Edward French, 74, of Christiansburg, departed this life Monday morning, December 16, 2013 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Giles County on August 30, 1939, he was a son of the late Homer Clayton French and Mamie French Bowles, and grew up in the Wolf Creek-Narrows area of the county. He had been employed with Poly-Scientific...
Geneva Spicer Frazier
Dec 10, 2013
Geneva Spicer Frazier, 68, of Brickyard Road, Pembroke, departed this life Tuesday morning, December 10, at her home in the loving care of her family and Carilion Hospice. Born in Narrows on September 1, 1945 she was a daughter of the late Cover and Ethal Mae Whittaker Spicer. She was retired from Pulaski Furniture and was preceded in death...
Aaron Granville Litchford, "Hank"
Dec 4, 2013
"Hank" Aaron Granville Litchford, 52, of Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday morning, December 4, 2013 at his home on the New River in the peace of his sleep. Born on August 31, 1961 in Christiansburg, he was a son of the late Robert Edward and Dorothalene Rader Litchford. He had been employed as a machinist at Grede. He was...
George Filex Fisher
Dec 4, 2013
George Filex Fisher, "Squirrel", 73, of the Guinea Mountain Community, Pearisburg, departed this life Wednesday morning, December 4, 2013 in the care of Riverview Nursing Home at Rich Creek. Born in Pearisburg on October 9, 1940 he was a son of the late Virgil Andrew and Muriel Claudine Akers Fisher. He was retired from labor in the construction industry....
Daniel Michael Trivett, Jr.
Nov 26, 2013
Daniel Michael Trivett, Sr., age 61, of Lane St. in the Bluff City Community of Pearisburg, departed this life Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at his home. Born in Sussex County, New Jersey on January 5, 1952, he was a son of the late William James Sr. and Catherine Augustus Trivett. He had been employed at general labor in manufacturing....
