The Roanoke Times New River Obituaries Published on Wednesday, December 20, 2000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- BAKER, Laura Mae Showalter, 85, of Radford, went to be with the Lord Monday, December 18, 2000. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Nathaniel P. and Callie T. Showalter. Surviving are a son, Randall L. Baker, Christiansburg; a daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Dan Shields, Va. Beach; a brother and sister-in-law, Willie O. and Wilma Showalter, Galax; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; five stepgreat-grandchildren; one nephew; and five great-nieces. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 21, 2000 at the Radford Church of Christ with Mr. Larry Phillips officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 20, 2000 at the DeVilbiss Funeral Home, Radford. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- CECIL, Jason David, (JD), 71, of 3318 Lead Mine Road, Snowville, died Monday morning, December 18, 2000, at his home. He was born November 4, 1929, in Snowville, the son of the late James R. and Bertha Thornton Cecil. He served in the U.S. Army during the occupation of Japan and later in the U.S. Air Force in Texas. After his military service, Mr. Cecil worked for many years for Greyhound of Roanoke while living in Salem. Later he farmed in the Snowville area fulfilling his dream of living and working near his childhood home. He was an avid ourdoorsman and gardener. Mr. Cecil attended the Valley Christian Ministries of Snowville. Surviving are his wife of fifty years, Louise Dunagan Cecil of Snowville; daughter, Debra Cecil Cobb and her husband, Judge W. Allen Cobb, Jr., of Wilmington, N.C.; son, Michael David Cecil of Roanoke; daughter, Linda Cecil Ward and her husband, Dr. John T. Ward of Laurence Harbor, N.J.; three sisters and one brother, Anna Cecil Justice and her husband, Rush of Pulaski, Robert B. Cecil and his wife, Arlene of Christiansburg, Betty Cecil Blankenship of Pulaski, and Brenda Cecil Edmonds and her husband, Roy of Snowville; and he had many nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and nephews. The family will receive visitors at Stevens Funeral Home, 815 Randolph Avenue, Pulaski, on Wednesday, December 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel by Chaplain Joseph McAfee and the Rev. Curtis Ratcliffe. Burial will follow at the Cecil's Chapel Cemetery, Cecil's Chapel Road, Snowville. Memorials can be made to Carilion Hospice Services New River Valley, 111 West Main Street, Christiansburg, Va. 24073. The family expresses many thanks to the Carilion Hospice nurses and the private duty nurses who assisted in Mr. Cecil's care and comfort at his home. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home of Pulaski. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- COMBS, Billy E., 58, of Christiansburg, died Saturday, December 16, 2000. Funeral services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Simpson-Tharp Funeral Home, 366-0707. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- DOWDY, Virginia Saunders, 76, of Pembroke, died Tuesday, December 19,2000. Arrangements by Kendall Funeral Home. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- FISHER, Franklin Boyd, 62, of Pearisburg, died Tuesday, December 19, 2000. Arrangements by Kendall Funeral Home, Pembroke. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- HOOVER, William E. Sr., (Pete), 72, of Radford, passed away Monday, December 18, 2000, at his home. He was retired from the Lynchburg Foundry, Jerry Hurt Construction, and Sowers Paving Co. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen P. Hoover; three sons and daughters-in-law, Barry and Sandy Ousley of Roanoke, William E. Hoover, Jr. and Akiko Hoover, of Oxnard, Calif., and Maynard and Gloria Hoover of Blacksburg; one sister, Pansy Whitlock of Radford; four grandchildren, Doug Ousley, Grant Hoover, Christopher Hoover, and Michelle Trainer; special friends, Danny and Marie Sowers. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 21, 2000, at 11 a.m. at the Mullins Funeral Home in Radford with Pastor Glennard Quesenberry officiating. Interment will follow in West View Cemetery in Radford. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the American Cancer Society or New River Valley Hospice. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 20, 2000, at the Mullins Funeral Home in Radford. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- KEEFE, Gregory Kevin, 45, of Blacksburg, transitioned this life on Tuesday, December 19, 2000. He was formerly of Hebron, Connecticut. He was preceded in death by his father, Dennis Keefe; brother, Brian Keefe; sister, Kathleen Keefe Fritz. Gregory is survived by his mother, Joan Keefe of Sutton, Vermont; his brother, Matthew Keefe of Springfield, Massachusetts; his daughter, Jacqueline Keefe of Blacksburg; two sons, Andrew Keefe of Hawaii, Adam Keefe of Michigan; and his fiancZe, Susanna Elizabeth Winn of Blacksburg. Gregory was employed as a chef for many years and was recently employed at the Homeplace Restaurant in Catawba. He was an accomplished guitarist and leaves behind a wonderful legacy in music. A private memorial service will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Blacksburg. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- KEEFE, Gregory Kevin, of Blacksburg, passed away Monday, December 18, 2000. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Arrangements by Simpson-Tharp Funeral Home & Cremation Center. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- MILES, Clemie Essie, 93, of Christiansburg, died Sunday, December 17, 2000. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today in the Horne Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Otuce P. Huffman officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Cemetery. Arrangements by Horne Funeral Service. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- MOYER, Albert Earl, (Bert), 55, of Blacksburg, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2000. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday at Blacksburg Presbyterian Church. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- OWENS, Hazel Juanita Carnal, 92, of 1305 Greenbriar Ave., Pulaski, passed away early Tuesday morning, December 19, 2000 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born December 29, 1907 in Allisonia, Va.,, she was the daughter of the late David Samuel Carnal and Thursie Elizabeth Moore Carnal. Her husband, Chesney Martin Owens, five brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. Surviving are her daughters and son, Judy and Jim Rumford, Roanoke, Marta and David Breedlove, Pulaski, Frank and Jennifer Owens, Eagle Rock; grandchildren, David Breedlove, Jr., Rebecca Keesee, Catherine Susewind, Benjamin Breedlove, Dr. Ingle Owens Schnars, Jennifer Perfater and Susan Keith; great-grandchildren, Heather Guin, Hilly Guin, Michelle Keesee and A. J. Keith. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Bower Funeral Chapel, Pulaski, with the Rev. Joy Sylvester-Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at the Thornspring Cemetery, Pulaski. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at Bower Funeral Home, Pulaski. Bower Funeral Chapel, Pulaski, is handling arrangements. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- SHELTON, Resha Buckner, 87, of Snowville, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2000. She was a retired seamstress with Kenrose Manufacturing. She was preceded in death by her parents, Pierce and Daisy East Buckner, her husband, Willie R. Shelton, a grandson, Clint Shelton, two brothers, Cleve and Sherman Buckner and a sister, Pearl Smith. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Cecil and Janet Shelton of Snowville; a daughter and son-in-law, Earnestine "Pinky" and Robert Dayton of Vinton; one brother, Buryl Schaffer Buckner of Christiansburg; four sisters, Kathlene Dishon of Hiwassee, Bertha Crane of Dublin, Alice Ratcliffe of Lebanon, Penn. and Claudine Tolliver of Bel Air, Md.; three grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 21, 2000 at 2 p.m. at the Mullins Funeral Home in Radford, with the Rev. Neil Wood officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Memory Gardens in Dublin. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mullins Funeral Home in Radford. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- SYKORA, James Jr., 75, of Willis, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2000. Arrangements by Maberry Funeral Home, Floyd. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WALDRON, Brenda June, 58, of 300 Hale Street in Pearisburg, died Monday afternoon, December 18, 2000 in Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Giles County on November 28, 1942 she was a daughter of Constance Lucas Davidson of Pearisburg and the late Raymond L. Sanders, Sr. June was employed with the Town of Blacksburg Transportation Department and attended Faith Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church in Pearisburg. She was preceded in death by a son, Robert Dean Waldron, and a brother, Raymond L. Sanders, Jr. Surviving are her husband, Herlin Waldron; a son and daughter-in-law, Gregory Scott and Diane Waldron of Arlington, Texas; a granddaughter, Natalie Waldron of Arlington, Texas; her mother; two sisters, Melody Brink of Buena Vista, Va., and Joy McDaniel of Great Falls, Montana. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Kendall Funeral Home in Pembroke with Pastor Eric Pennington and Pastor Eddie Kendall officiating. Burial will follow in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ADKINS, Ronald D., 53, of Largo, Fla. and formerly of Christiansburg, died Thursday, December 14, 2000. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. today in the Horne Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Buford Linkous officiating. Entombment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Horne Funeral Service in Christiansburg. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Tami P. 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