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In Loving Memory of
James Arthur Bales
BALES,
JAMES ARTHUR, 90 of
Pearisburg
,
VA.
passed away Sunday morning, April 27, 2008 at
Friendship
Health
Care
Center
in
Roanoke
,
VA.
Mr. Bales was born on October 22, 1917 in Pearisburg and was a son
of the late Charles Morgan Bales and Nannie Susan Morris Bales.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Mary
B. Morris, three brothers, Charles M. Bales, Jr., Samuel H. Bales and
Tommy L. Bales.
Mr. Bales was a life long member of the Christ Episcopal Church in
Pearisburg where he served on the Board of Trustees,
served as Treasurer, Financial Secretary and Jr. Warden.
He was Army Veteran of WWII serving as a Sgt. in the 36th
Division
in combat intelligence and was wounded in
San Pedro
,
Italy
.
He was a member and past president of the Pearisburg Kiwanis Club,
member of the Giles County Historical Society, served on the Board of
Directors and was Chairman of the Johnston House Restoration Committee.
He is survived by his wife Mary Snidow Bales of Pearisburg, one
son, James Glenn Bales and wife Jennifer Speight of
Lynchburg
, one daughter, Bonnie Lee Bales Fairbrother and husband Matthew of Burke,
VA., and two brothers, Ivan G. Bales and wife Norma of Pearisburg and
Graham C. Bales of
Lindside
,
WV
.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 2:00
pm at the Christ Episcopal Church in Pearisburg with the Rev. Harmon Smith
officiating with burial following in the
Birchlawn
Burial
Park
in Pearisburg.
The family will receive friends at the Givens Funeral Home Monday
evening from 6 – 8 pm.
Online condolence 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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