Hixon, Cynthia Eaton (Cindy)

Cynthia Joann (Cindy) Hixon, 53, of Riverview St., Pembroke, departed this life on Tuesday morning, September 4, 2012, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Born in Tacoma, Wash., on August 1, 1959, she was a daughter of Ernest “Doug” and JoAnn Meredith Eaton, of Ripplemead. For over 36 years she had been employed as an Executive Secretary in the Animal and Poultry Sciences Department at Virginia Tech. She was a 1977 graduate of Giles High School. She leaves to cherish her memory her parents; her husband, Jerry W. Hixon; her son, William D. “Will” Hixon, of Pembroke; her daughter, Cassandra N. Hughes, of Pembroke; her grandchildren, Desirai Lynn Hughes and Aubbrie Grace Hughes; her sister and brother-in-law, Tammy and Jerry Roach, of Pearisburg; her stepdaughters, Bobbie Joe Stanifur, of Blacksburg, and Rebecca Stanley, of Radford; and her five step grandchildren. Funeral Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 7, 2012, in the Kendall Funeral Home, 605 Snidow St., Pembroke with burial following in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday evening, September 6, 2012, from 6 until 8 p.m. Online condolences may be sent to kendallfuneralhome.com.