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In Loving Memory of
Howard Sam Pyles
Pyles, Howard Sam, 88 of Pearisburg, passed from his earthly home to
his heavenly home on Monday, October 15, 2007 at the home of his beloved
niece Faye and Ray Strickland at
Mt. Airy
,
NC
after a long illness with cancer. Sam
was born on December 10, 1918 in
Giles County
,
VA
and was a son of the late Julious and Etta Higgs Pyles.
Besides his parents his was preceded in death by his wife and
mother of his children, Marjorie Lafon Pyles, his stepson Bobby Croy, his
second wife, Evelyn B. Pyles and several brothers and sisters.
Sam was an Army veteran of WWII and had retired from the
Birchlawn
Burial
Park
. He is survived by two sons
and a daughter-in-law, Howard & Nancy Pyles, Jr. and Danny Pyles all
of Pearisburg, one daughter,
Phyllis Jennings of Pulaski, one stepson, Carrol Croy of Pembroke, six
step-daughters Lulu Mae and Dr. Tom Long of Man, WV., Beulah Chang of
Maryland, Betty and Don Thomas of Pembroke, JoAnn Lindsey of Dublin,
Catherine Croy, Mary Jane and Don Guynn of Narrows, Daughter-in-law,
Geraldine Croy of Dublin, two grandsons, Danny Pyles, Jr., and Dennis
Pyles of Pearisburg, several step grandchildren, a special niece and
caregiver Fay & Ray Strickland of Mt Airy and several nieces &
nephews. Funeral services will
be conducted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 2:00pm at the
Christ
Fellowship
Church
in Pearisburg with the Rev Greg Cox officiating with burial following in
the
Birchlawn
Burial
Park
in Pearisburg. The family will
receive friends at Christ Fellowship Church in Pearisburg on Tuesday evening from 6 –8 pm.
The VFW and American Legion will present the flag at the gravesite.
Online condolences can be sent to the family at
givensfuneralhome.com,
If you would like to send your
condolences to the family via Givens Funeral Home, simply sign the Memorial
Guestbook by clicking the link. Your condolences will be printed
out and given to the family.
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