Dean, Sharon Price

Sharon Elaine Price Dean, 54, of Price Lane in Newport, Va., departed this life on Tuesday morning, December 2, 2008, after a hard fought battle with cancer at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Giles County on January 2, 1954, she is a daughter of Eva Huffman Price of Newport and the late Daniel Fisher Price.

She was a member of Mt. Mission Church near Blacksburg and was preceded in death by a daughter, Shanna Leigh Williams. She leaves to cherish her memory her devoted husband of 20 years, Marlon Clayton Dean; her mother, Eva H. Price; her daughters, Krista Elaine Williams and her fiance, Tommy Howell, Kayla Evonne Dean, Lesley Marlaina Jakupctzyk and Chris Jakupctzyk, Christy Gail Bertoldi and Timothy Bertoldi, Angela Renee Dean and Sam Lanzoni; her brothers and sisters, Patricia and Wayne Dowdy, Marcie and Leonard Bishop, Jerry and Anita Price, Steve and Shelia Price, Mike and Mary Dean, Allen and Becky Dean; her grandchildren, Hayley Nichole Howell, Briana Nicole Bertoldi, Morgan Renee Bertoldi, Alexis Catherine Bertoldi, Amber Danielle Dalia; her great-grandson, Cohen Bryan Dalia; and her 11 nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. on Friday, December 5, 2008, in the Kendall Funeral Home at 605 Snidow St. in Pembroke with Pastor Ira Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Newport Cemetery at Newport. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday evening, December 4, 2008, from 6 to 8 p.m.

The family would like to express their profound gratitude to Mt. Mission Church Family, Dr. Harry McCoy, and the Second Floor Nursing Staff at Montgomery Regional Hospital for the care and love given during Sharon’s illness.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting kendallfuneralhome.com.