Cruise, Myron Payne

Myron Payne Cruise, 51, of Lucas Road, Newport, Va., departed this life Monday morning, January 31, 2011, at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Pearisburg on March 15, 1959, he was a son of Virginia Whittaker Cruise and the late Albert Payne Cruise. He was a graduate of Giles High School and was employed with Volvo in Dublin. He was preceded in death by his father and his brother Robin Cruise. Myron leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Susan Gaither Cruise, of Newport; his mother Virginia Whittaker Cruise, of Newport; his maternal grandmother, Dessie H. Whittaker, of Newport; his son, Edward Slaubaugh and wife, Melissa, of Parsons, W.Va.; his daughters and sons-in-law, Amber C. and John Thompson, of Pearisburg, Darinda and Neil Mersing, of Aurora, W.Va., Ashley C. and James McGuire, of Pearisburg, and Sally Slaubaugh, of Newport; and his nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, at 2 p.m. in the Kendall Funeral Home, 605 Snidow St., Pembroke with burial following in the Lucas Family Cemetery at Newport. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.kendallfuneralhome.com.