Edward Earl Dowell, Jr.
Feb 9, 2013
Edward Earl Dowell, Jr. of Beller St., Narrows, departed this life Saturday morning, February 9, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke after a long illness. Born in Chesapeake, VA on November 11, 1953, he was a son of Edward Sr. and Shirley Lee Dowell of Chesapeake. He had been employed as a boiler maker.
He leaves...
June Marie Stade
Feb 8, 2013
" I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will award me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing!" Holy Bible, II Timothy...
Reva May Gusler
Jan 29, 2013
Reva May Gusler, 80, of Cloverdale and formerly of Fincastle, departed this life Tuesday evening, January 29, 2013 in the care of Salem Health and Rehab., Salem. Born in Roanoke on February 17, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Bill and Nellie Duncan Ramsey. A beloved homemaker and mother, she was preceded in death by her husband...
Jacob Ray Roe
Jan 26, 2013
Holy Bible, II Timothy: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day - and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing."...
Ambler White Webb, Jr.
Jan 26, 2013
Ambler White "AW" Webb, Jr., 73, of New Castle, departed this life Saturday morning, January 26, 2013 in the care of Heritage Hall and Good Samaritan Hospice in Blacksburg. Born in Roanoke on December 17, 1939, he was a son of the late Ambler W. Sr. and Lillian Christine Sublett Webb. AW was a 1962 VPI graduate with his...
Phyllis Marie Cumbee
Jan 24, 2013
Phyllis Marie Cumbee, 65, of Cascade Drive, Pembroke departed this life Thursday morning, January 24, 2013 as the result of an auto accident. Born in Giles County on July 16, 1947 she was a daughter of the late Frank and Gertrude Young Gillespie. Phyllis was retired from the Celanese Plant at Narrows with 33 yrs. service, attended The Church...
Buford Brown Meredith
Jan 23, 2013
Buford Brown Meredith, 78, of Newport, departed this life Wednesday evening, January 23, 2013 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Medical Center in Blacksburg. Born on June 13, 1934 he was a son of the late Phillip and Frances Merrix Meredith. He had just completed fifty years service with Virginia Tech Athletic Department. He was preceded in death by his parents, his...
Ruby J. Albert
Jan 22, 2013
Ruby J. Albert, 89, of Pataskala, Ohio and formerly of West Virginia departed this life Tuesday morning, January 22, 2013 at her home in the devoted care of her family. Born in Princewick, Raleigh County, WV on February 11, 1923, she was a daughter of the late George and Wanona Lilly Albert. She grew up on Tallery Mountain in...
Larry Wayne Sadler
Jan 20, 2013
Larry Wayne Sadler, 57, of Rich Creek, VA went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. He was born in Pearisburg on March 20, 1955 and preceded in death by his parents Paul Caudill and Margaret Gray Farewell Sadler. Larry was retired from the Giles County School System with...
Hubert Clinton Davis
Jan 9, 2013
Hubert Clinton Davis, 96, of Ripplemead, departed this life Wednesday morning, January 9, 2013 in the care of Riverview Healthcare in Rich Creek. Born in Max Meadows, VA on April 5, 1916 he was a son of the late Andy William and Mary Parcell Davis and spent most of his life on the family farm in the Clendennin Community....
Robert Lee Whittaker
Jan 9, 2013
Robert Lee Whittaker, 73, of Dublin and formerly of Pembroke, departed this life Monday morning, January 9, 2013 at Lewis-Gale Pulaski Hospital in Pulaski. Born in Pembroke on March 26, 1939 he was a son of the late Raymond Jesse and Mary Elizabeth Lang Whittaker.
He leaves to cherish his memory his wife Bertha Ann Snider Whittaker;...
Helen Perkins Saunders
Jan 9, 2013
Helen Perkins Saunders, 75, of Narrows, Virginia went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. She was born in Bland, Virginia on May 26, 1937 to the late Montague Swanson and Minnie Ethel Radford. She was a member of Woodland Street Baptist Church and also attended Riverview Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by two...
Donald Lee Wimmer
Jan 8, 2013
Donald Lee Wimmer, 57, of Churchill Road, Eggleston, departed this life Tuesday evening, January 8, 2013 at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Pearisburg on July 21, 1955 he was a son of the late Robert L. and Mable Jane Akers Wimmer. "Donnie" was employed as a meat cutter with Wades Supermarkets in Pearisburg and Dublin, was a...
Wanda Pauline Williams
Dec 31, 2012
Wanda Pauline Williams, 77, of Virginia Heights, Pearisburg, departed this life Monday evening, December 31, 2012 at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem. Born in Trigg on February 4, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Leonard and Julie Ann Gusler Robertson. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Edwin D. (Judge) Williams, her brothers Byrd,...
William Allen Hamlin, Sr.
Dec 28, 2012
William Allen Hamlin, Sr. ,60, of Pulaski and formerly of Narrows, departed this life Friday morning December 28, 2012 at the Salem Veterans Administration Medical Center in Salem. He was born in Pearisburg on December 10, 1952 and graduated from Narrows High School and completed one year of college. Before being disabled he was employed as a boiler mechanic...
Larry Brown Higginbotham
Dec 22, 2012
Larry Brown Higginbotham, 65, of Newport, VA departed this life Saturday evening, December 22, 2012. Born in Christiansburg on March 28, 1947 he was a son of the late John Lynne and Dorothy Lee Lucas Higginbotham. Larry was a 1965 Graduate of Giles High School, a graduate of VPI, and retired from The U S Department of the Army...
Mary Snow Lucas Ross
Dec 21, 2012
Mary Snow Lucas Ross, 93, of Newport, departed this life Friday morning, December 21, 2012 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Medical Center in Blacksburg. Born at her family home in Newport on January 12, 1919 she was a daughter of the late Harvey Samuel and Mintie Lafon Lucas. She was a beloved Mother, Grandmother, Sister and Friend who was affectionately called...
Ethel Banie Dowdy
Dec 15, 2012
Ethel Banie Dowdy, 87, of Guinea Mt. Road, Eggleston, departed this life Saturday morning December 15, 2012, at her home in the care of Carilion Hospice and her family members John, Kathy, Allen, and Cody. Born at Sugar Run, Giles County, on March 31, 1925 she was a daughter of the late John Arnold and Ethel Morris Stanley. Banie...
Deborah Lynn Faw
Dec 13, 2012
Deborah Lynn Faw, 58, of Wilderness Road, Dublin, VA, departed this life Thursday evening, December 13, 2012 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital. Born in Columbus, Ohio on July 27, 1954, she was a daughter of the late Jay Coffey and Jean Forrest Vance, and step-daughter of the late Lawrence Vance. She was preceded in death by a son Barry Lee...
Betty Joyce Pangborn
Dec 12, 2012
Betty Joyce Pangborn, 81, of Gale Road, Pearisburg, departed this life quietly at her home Wednesday morning, December 12, 2012. Born in Giles County on July 24, 1931 she was a daughter of the late Walter Harve (Bud) and Leila Poff Link. She was preceded in death by a brother Stewart Link and a sister Judy L. Breen.
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