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In Loving Memory of
William Harvey Niday, Jr.
NIDAY, Jr., WILLIAM
HARVEY 74 of Ripplemead, VA went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October
10, 2007 at Virginia Veterans Care Center in Roanoke, VA where he had been
a resident since suffering a massive stroke in September 2004.
Harve was born on October 29, 1932 in
Ripplemead
,
VA
and was a son of the late William Harvey Niday, Sr. and Berta Anderson
Niday. Besides his parents, he
was preceded in death by one sister, Martha Carr and one brother-in-law,
Robert Doty. Today a busy man
has found peace and rest. Harve,
the unofficial Mayor of Ripplemead, was a lifelong resident of this
friendly village in
Giles County
,
VA.
Harve graduated from
Pearisburg
High School
and attended Emory and
Henry
College
. He was on active duty in the
United States Army from 1953 to 1955, then served in the Army Reserve
until 1992 attaining the rank of Sergeant Major. Harve was retired from
the C & P Telephone Co. For many years he was an active private pilot
and a member of the Civil Air Patrol and the Military Affiliate Radio
System (MARS). He served on
the
Giles
County
and the Virginia State Planning Commissions.
He was an accomplished electrician, carpenter, plumber and
radioman. He is survived by,
two sons, W.H. Niday, III of Ripplemead, Keith Niday and wife Dana and son
Ian Austin of Bland, VA., adopted daughter, Stephanie Carroll and husband
Lynn of Salem, VA., three sisters, Janice and husband Robert Tate of
Mechanicsville, Carol Doty of Medford, Oregon and Faith Briggs and husband
Richard of Ripplemead and J.M.
Carr, Martha Carr, MD, Barbara Hicken, John Ivan Doty, William Plummer and
Sarah Plummer nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at
11:00 am at Givens Funeral Chapel in Pearisburg with the Pastor Tommy
Barnes officiating with burial following in the
Birchlawn
Burial
Park
in Pearisburg. The family will
receive friends at the Givens Funeral Home in Pearisburg, Friday evening
from 6 – 9 pm. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that
contributions may be made to the
Edgewood
United
Methodist
Church
,
206 Magnolia Drive
,
Ripplemead
,
VA
24150
. Full military services will
be conducted at the cemetery by VFW Post # 600 and American Legion Post
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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