Lucas, Ola Hilton

Ola Hilton (Derock) Lucas, 88, of Cascade Drive in Pembroke, Va., departed this life Monday morning, April 27, 2009, at Heritage Hall Health Care in Blacksburg after a long illness. Born in Pembroke on April 12, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Sam Bowen and Louise Neal Nelson.

Ola was a member of Calvary Christian Church in Pembroke and was retired from the Celanese Plant at Narrows.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Lester V. Hilton and James Billy Lucas; two brothers, Arkal and Eugene Nelson; two sisters, Eva Martin Boles and China Mann; and a daughter-in-law, Janice Bell Hilton.

She leaves to cherish her memory her son, Garry Russell Hilton, of Pembroke; her granddaughter, Dee Ann Meredith, of Pembroke; her great-granddaughters, Hillary and husband, Dustin Lucas, of Pembroke, and Whitney Meredith, of Pembroke; a dear friend, Frances Rouse, of Parrott; and Dale Meredith, the father of her greatgrandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, in the Kendall Funeral Home at 605 Snidow St. in Pembroke with her Pastor David Kessinger and Pastor Eddie Kendall officiating. Burial will follow in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday evening, April 28, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that contributions be made to The Pembroke Volunteer Fire Department.

The family would like to thank the staff at Heritage Hall Health Care for the excellent care given Ola during her stay there.

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