Gearhart, Christine Haynes

Goldie Christine (Chris) Haynes Gearhart, 64, of Pulaski, Va., formerly of Lerona, W.Va., died peacefully early Wednesday morning, July 30, 2014 at Lewis Gale Hospital in Salem, Va. Born June 26, 1950, in Princeton, she was the daughter of the late Bud Haynes and Ruby Lawson Haynes Wall and her biological mother, Marie Waller.

Chris attended Princeton High School and was a graduate of Trap Hill High School in Beckley class of 1968. She was a licensed cosmetologist. For more than 28 years, Chris was a devoted and dedicated employee for Princeton Community Hospital, having retired as the secretary for the Emergency Room Department.

Chris was a faithful member of Burke Memorial Baptist Church on Thorn Street in Princeton. After her retirement, Chris and Charles loved to travel. One of her most memorable trips was to Hawaii. At the drop of a hat, she was ready to go and see this beautiful country, whether by land or sea. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sons, Charles D. Gearhart Jr. and David Kevin Gearhart, along with her sister, Shirley Lewis. She will be lovingly remembered by her devoted husband of 47 years, Charles Gearhart; her two loving daughters, Rhonda Kay Walls and husband Terry of Ruckersville, Va., and Amy Lynn Weaver and husband Russell Steven of Roanoke, Va.; four grandchildren, Kailey, Karsen, Kinsley and Kambri; great-grandchild, Addyson, all of whom she loved dearly; one sister, Linda Waller Ballenger of Falls Church, Va.

On Saturday, August 2, 2014, at 3 p.m, we will celebrate the life of Chris Gearhart from the Burns Wornal Chapel of the Memorial Funeral Directory on the Athens Road in Princeton with Pastors Kevin Belcher and Charles Drake officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. Friends may visit with the family on Saturday from 1 p.m. until the service hour at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be shared via www.memorialfd.com. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Memorial Gifts of love can be made to Mercer County Bible in Schools, P.O. Box 543, Bluefield, WV 24701. The Gearhart family is being served by the Memorial Funeral Directory & Cremation Center on the Athens Road in Princeton.