Vernis Carl Mullins
Nov 24, 2013
Vernis Carl Mullins, 62, of Newport and formerly of Castlewood, departed this life Sunday afternoon, November 24, 2013 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Castlewood, Russell Co., VA on February 4, 1951, he was a son of the late Jason and Bonnie Keith Mullins. He had followed the construction business as a mason for most of...
Stephen Theron Meredith
Nov 23, 2013
Stephen Theron Meredith, 57, of Bear Spring Road, Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday morning, November 23, 2013 at his home in the care of his family and Carilion Hospice after a short illness. Born in Giles County on November 19, 1956, he was a son of Betty Jean Martin Meredith of Pearisburg and the late Teddy Theron Meredith. He...
Wanda Jean Jones
Nov 20, 2013
Wanda Jean Jones, 74, of Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Born in Pembroke, on December 31, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Noel EJ and Nora Lafon Williams. She was retired from Food Service at Virginia Tech and was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ...
Irene Ballard Dunford
Nov 18, 2013
Irene Ballard Dunford, 89, of Pearisburg, departed this life for the joys of her heavenly home, Monday, November 18, 2013 while in the care of Riverview Nursing Home at Rich Creek, VA. Born in Tennessee on July 2, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Smith and Thelma Ballard. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister,...
Ruth Ida Havens
Nov 18, 2013
Ruth Ida Havens, 89, of Curve Road, Pearisburg, departed this life Monday morning, November 18, 2013 at Kelly's Home Care in Glen Lyn. Born in Rocky Gap on February 7, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Roy Alvie and Louisa Jane Hounshell Neal. She was a retiree from the Celanese Plant with over 39 years of service....
Gwendolyn Elaine Dalton
Nov 17, 2013
Gwendolyn Elaine Dalton, 70, formerly of Narrows, departed this life Sunday evening, November 17, 2013 at Sentara and Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge. Born in Giles County on June 29, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Ira and Helen Blankenship Chambers. She had been employed in the civil service of the U S Government.
She leaves...
Luther Calloway Phillips, Jr
Nov 16, 2013
Luther Calloway Phillips, Jr. (better known as Bumper) 38, of Brickyard Road, Pembroke, departed this life Saturday evening, November 16, 2013 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg after a long illness. Born in Chicago, Illinois on January 16, 1975, he was a son of the late Luther Sr. and Bonnie Sue Justice Phillips. He had made his home for...
Madeline Williams Hall
Nov 4, 2013
Madeline Williams Hall, 91, of Pembroke, departed this life Monday evening, November 4, 2013 at Retreat Hospital in Richmond. Born in Richlands, June 30, 1922, she was a daughter of the late George Kemper and Ercel Sykes Williams. She was a lifetime resident of Giles County, a devoted member of Pembroke First United Methodist Church, and former Deputy to...
Norma Thomas Gillispie
Nov 2, 2013
Norma Thomas Gillispie, 90, of Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday morning, November 2, 2013 at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek. Born in Chatam, VA on May 31, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Annie Amos Thomas. Norma was a talented artist, musician, and business woman helping her husband operate Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg....
Eunice Mae Thorne
Nov 2, 2013
Eunice Mae Thorne, 82, of Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday afternoon, November 2, 2013 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Giles County on February 19, 1931 she was a daughter of the late Ernest Lee and Pansy French Lucas. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Lawrence Thorne, her brother Charles...
Horace Browdy Hite
Nov 1, 2013
Horace Browdy (Butch) Hite, 63, of Pembroke, departed this life Friday afternoon, November 1, 2013 at his home after a long illness. Born in Narrows on June 26, 1950 he was a son of Virgie Daniels Hite Hare of Pearisburg, and the late Frank Hite. Butch was a veteran of the U S Marine Corps, Viet Nam Era, a...
Pauline Elizabeth Lafon
Oct 31, 2013
Pauline Elizabeth "Libby" Lafon, 88, of the Hoges Chapel Community, Pembroke, departed this life Thursday afternoon, October 31, 2013 at her home on Liberty Lane. Born on "the Phlegar Place" in Giles County on March 19, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Hubbard and Frances Basham Janney. She was a member of Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church...
Ellis Franklin Minnick
Oct 30, 2013
Ellis Franklin Minnick, 78, of Pulaski and formerly of Burton, in Giles County, departed this life Wednesday morning, October 30, 2013 at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek after a long illness. Born at Eggleston on June 19, 1935, he was a son of the late Emmitt Franklin and Ruby Harless Minnick. For over eighteen years he was employed...
David Eugene Egan
Oct 24, 2013
David Eugene Egan, 70, of Staffordsville, departed this life Wednesday afternoon, October 24, 2013 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Radford after a long illness. Born in Boston, MA on January 26, 1943 he was a son of the late William Blaze Egan, Sr. and Amelia Bates Cartmel Egan Schlemmer and step-son of the late Warren Schlemmer....
Mildred Lorene Stephens
Oct 20, 2013
Mildred Lorene Stephens, 82, of Green Valley Road, Eggleston, departed this life Sunday morning, October 20, 2013 in Christiansburg. Mildred was living in the home of her granddaughter Sarah and Phillip Hylton and children in Christiansburg. "We are so proud that she was with family in her last days and knew she was loved and cherished." She was born...
Jerry Glenn Dowdy
Oct 17, 2013
Jerry Glenn Dowdy, 59, of the Maybrook Community, Pembroke, departed this life at home, Thursday afternoon, October 17, 2013 in the loving care of his sisters and hospice. Born in Giles County on May 26, 1954 he was a son of the late William Marshall and Rosetta Breeding Dowdy. He was also preceded in death by his brothers Howard...
Margarita Maria Ferro
Oct 13, 2013
Margarita Marie Ferro, 66, (who liked to be called "Rita") of Rocky Sink Road, Newport, VA, departed this life Sunday morning, October 13, 2013 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg, VA. Born in Thessalonica, Greece on July 2, 1947 she was a daughter of the late Rodney and Katina Kalathaki Landrum. She had a deep and abiding faith...
Mary Douglas Mccroskey
Oct 10, 2013
Mary Douglas McCroskey, 87, of Monroe St., Pearisburg, departed this life Thursday morning, October 10, 2013 at Giles Community Hospital after a long illness. Born in Pearisburg on August 23, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Nannie Warden Musselman. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Herman J. McCroskey.
She leaves...
Arthur Lee Wilson, Jr. (Aj)
Sep 29, 2013
Arthur Lee Wilson, Jr. (AJ), 78, of Hoges Chapel, Pembroke departed this life Sunday morning, September 29, 2013 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke after a lengthy illness. AJ was born on July 8, 1935 in Giles County, a son of the late Arthur Lee, Sr.(Ott) and Pearl Collins Wilson. He was retired from Virginia Tech and had...
Mary Estelle Falls
Sep 23, 2013
Mary Estelle Falls, 82, of Eggleston, departed this life Monday evening, September 23, 2013 in Carillion Giles Memorial Hospital, Pearisburg. Born in Giles County on January 11, 1931 she was a daughter of the late Russell Landon and Myrtle Mae Collins Williams. Estelle was a lifelong member of Eggleston Methodist Church in Eggleston. She was preceded in death by...
