Virginia Lee (John) Peters
Jul 3, 2012
Virginia Lee (John) Peters, 77, of Pearisburg, departed this life Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg. Born in Pearisburg, on December 28, 1934, he was a son of the late Sidney Levi and Nora Ellen Conley Peters. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers Sidney Levi Peters, JR., Robert...
Margie Mae Williams Martin Ferrel
Jul 2, 2012
Margie Mae Williams Martin Ferrel, 88, of Pembroke, died Monday July 2, 2012 at Riverview Nursing Home, Rich Creek. Born in Hoges Chapel, Virginia Giles County on November 23, 1923, she was a daughter of the late John Bill and Janie Mae Smith Williams. She was a beloved, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother. Margie was a long time and devoted member...
Gary Dean Stafford
Jun 27, 2012
Gary Dean Stafford, 73, of the Trigg Community, Pearisburg, VA departed this life Wednesday morning, June 27, 2012 at UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville. Born at Trigg on August 19, 1938, he was a son of the late Martin L. and Glenna Johnston Stafford. He graduated for Eggleston High School in 1956, served in the U S Air Force,...
Steven Earl Davis
Jun 27, 2012
Steven Earl Davis, 57, of Newport, departed this life Friday evening, June 27, 2012, in the care of Bland Health and Rehab at Bastian, VA. Born in Gary Indiana on July 17, 1954 he was a son of the late Donald Joseph and Sarah Belle Owskey Davis. Steven was a carpenter by trade before he was disabled.
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Dolan Rader
Jun 26, 2012
Dolan Rader, 86, of Blue Grass Trail, in Newport, departed this life Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at Heritage Hall Health and Rehab Center in Blacksburg. Born in Pembroke on March 20, 1926, he was a son of the late Bruce and Mary Magdalene Wood Rader. Dolan was a member of the Newport-Mt Olivet United Methodist Church in Newport (where...
John Daniel Williams
Jun 24, 2012
John Daniel "Danny" Williams, 84, of Pembroke and Pulaski, departed this life Sunday morning, June 24, 2012 at his home on Jennings Road. Born in Chattaroy, WV on April 14, 1928, he was a son of the late John Broadie and Sadie Lucas Williams. Danny gave over twenty years of his life in service to his country in the...
Curtis Muncy Caldwell
Jun 17, 2012
Curtis Muncy Caldwell, 85, of Cabot Drive, Pearisburg, departed this life Sunday evening, June 17, 2012 at his home in the loving care of his family and hospice. Born in Kimballton on October 11, 1926, he was a son of the late Clarence and Margaret Johnston Caldwell. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Pearisburg, a...
Donald Clay Sadler
Jun 16, 2012
Donald Clay Sadler, 78, of Virginia Heights Road, Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday morning, June 16, 2012 at Pulaski Health and Rehab Center in Pulaski. Born in Giles County on May 5, 1934, he was a son of the late Sarah Virginia Sadler Farewell and step-son of the late Harry Farewell. For over thirty-eight years he was employed at...
Julia Madeline Martin
Jun 11, 2012
Julia Madeline Meredith Martin, 85, of Pembroke passed away on June 11, 2012. She was born on October 18, 1926 in Goodwin's Ferry, VA, a daughter of the late Albert Meredith and Iona Tempest Vaught Meredith. She was lovingly known as "Matsy" to her siblings. Madeline married William Donald Martin of Pembroke in 1947 and lived in Pearisburg, VA....
John Ephriam Thompson
Jun 10, 2012
John Ephriam Thompson, 90, of Pearisburg, died Sunday morning, June 10, 2012 at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek. Born in Bane, Giles County on August 3, 1921, he was a son of the late Fred Cunningham Thompson, Sr. and Molly Jane Woodyard Thompson. He was a member of the 1940 graduating class at Pearisburg High School (the first...
Clifford Irving Fitzsimmons
Jun 10, 2012
Clifford Irving Fitzsimmons, of Blacksburg, and formerly of Fairfax, Va., died eight days short of his 87th birthday on June 10, 2012, with members of his family by his side. The son of the late Ferne Scofield Gembol and Clifford Glenor Fitzsimmons, Cliff was born and raised in Columbus, Neb. After graduating from Kramer High School, Class of 1943,...
James Michael Combs
Jun 9, 2012
James Michael Combs, 40, of Kerr Lane, Eggleston departed this life Saturday, June 9, 2012 at his home after a battle with cancer. Born in Pearisburg on June 1, 1972, he is the son of Ronald A. Combs of Pembroke and Dorothy Whittaker Vault and step-son of Mark Vaught of Eggleston. He was a graduate of Giles High School...
Viola Pearl Jamison
Jun 5, 2012
Viola Pearl Jamison, 88, of McKeesport, PA, and Radford, VA, died Tuesday June 5, 2012 at her home in the loving care of her family. Born in McKeesport on September 13, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Elizabeth Sharkey Matejcic. She was a beloved homemaker, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother who loved her domestic skills of cooking,...
Helen Loraine Johnson
Jun 4, 2012
Helen Loraine Alvis Johnson, 92, of Pearisburg and a resident lately of River View Nursing Home in Rich Creek died Monday evening, June 4, 2012 at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Giles County on September 22, 1919, she was a daughter of the late Everett Ransom and Eulalia Powell Alvis of Narrows. She was a devoted member...
Lillian L. Breeden
May 28, 2012
Lillian L. Breeden, 98, went home to be with the Lord at the residence of her son at 165 Red Cedar Lane, Bluefield, WV (she was a former resident at 155 Palisades Drive, Eggleston, VA) on Monday morning, May 28, 2012. She was a member of Eggleston United Methodist Church for over fifty years. She was a loving wife,...
Emma Lucas Williams
May 22, 2012
Emma Lucas Williams, 96, of Pearisburg, formerly of Pembroke, passed away May 22, 2012. She was a daughter of the late William C. and Birdanna C. Lucas. She was preceded in death by her husband Rudolph B Williams, son-in-law R. G. Akers, daughters-in-law Patricia G. Williams and Sue D. Williams, three sisters Claudine L. Albert, Mary L. McCoy, and...
Reba Sue Carter
May 18, 2012
Reba Sue Carter, 80, of Pearl Street, Pearisburg, departed this life Friday evening, May 18, 2012 at her home after a long illness. Born in Eggleston on July 19, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Luther F. and Maggie Sue Riggs Martin. Reba was a devoted Christian, having been a member of the Pearisburg Church of God...
Sandra White Frye
May 16, 2012
Sandra White Frye, 51, of Curve Road, Pearisburg, departed this life Wednesday May 16, 2012 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born in Giles County on July 11, 1960 she was a daughter of the late Farley Kilmer (Mack) and Virginia Vivian McCoy White. She loved her music and sunflowers and doted on her son with all...
Julie Cumbee Bailey
May 15, 2012
Julie Cumbee Bailey, 84, of Pembroke departed this life Tuesday morning, May 15, 2012 in the loving care of her family at her daughter's home. Born on May 27, 1927 in Giles County, she was a daughter of the late Kemper Cumbee and Willie Lucas Cumbee. She was preceded in death by her husband Mervin Bailey, her brothers Howard,...
Laura Etta Beck
May 14, 2012
Laura Etta Milton Beck, 102 years old, of 111 Johnson Avenue, Pembroke, VA, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg, VA. She was the last member of her immediate family, being a daughter of the late John Albert and Nannie Rose Slash Milton. She was a retired domestic having worked for many prominent families in...
