DUNIGAN, Bertha Lee

Bertha Lee Dunigan, 80, of Church Avenue in Pearisburg passed from this life on Friday afternoon February 3, 2006 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center at Radford.

Born in Bland County on March 29, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Wiley Mason and Beulah Lambert Stowers. She was a beloved homemaker, wife, mother and grandmother; a graduate of Rocky Gap High School; and a member of Castle Rock Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Betty Jean Dunigan Hammons Snider.

She leaves to cherish her memory her devoted husband, Clifford L. Dunigan to whom she would have been married 60 years on June 1; a son, William C. (Butch) Dunigan of Pearisburg; a daughter, Linda Sue Rhodes of Pearisburg; three grandchildren Regina Lynn Harless, Anthony Blake Hammons, Donnie Dewayne Rhodes; two great-grandchildren Kaitlynn Jean Marie Harless and Ethan Mark Harless.

Funeral services will be conducted Monday, February 6, 2006 at 2 p.m., in the Kendall Funeral Home at 605 Snidow St., in Pembroke with the Rev. Philip Moran officiating. Burial will follow in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made in Bertha’s memory to the Pearisburg Volunteer Fire Department Building Fund. Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.kendallfuneralhome.com.