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....
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...
