Martin, Roger Lee

Roger Lee Martin, 61, of Doe Creek Road in Pembroke, departed this life Thursday afternoon, December 20, 2007 at UVA Hospital in Charlottesville, Va.

Born in Pearisburg on October 15, 1946, he was a son of the late Dick Slater and Mabel Kellison Martin. He was a graduate of Giles High School, a veteran of the United States Army, Vietnam Era, and retired from Celanese Celco Plant at Narrows.

He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Mavis Tawney Martin; sons and daughters-in-law, Shawn and Amy Martin of Roanoke and Scott and Melissa Martin of Salem; a brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Marie Kast Martin of Salem; a sister and brother-in-law, Phyllis and Hobart Dunn of Stuarts Draft, Va.; seven grandchildren, Emma, India, Eden, Cederic, Skyler, Xelynea and Trever.

Funeral services will be conducted Sunday evening at 6 p.m. in The Kendall Funeral Home at 605 Snidow St. in Pembroke. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday evening two hours before the services 4 to 6 p.m. A private burial in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg will be conducted after Christmas. Online condolences may be sent by visiting kendallfuneralhome. com.