Huffman, Marshall Vernon

Marshall Vernon Huffman, 64, of Pembroke, departed this life Thursday morning, December 4, 2008, at Giles Memorial Hospital, in Pearisburg, after a long illness.

Born in Giles County on December 7, 1943, he was a son of the late Ralph E. and Mildred Kent Huffman. He was retired from the Celanese Plant, at Narrows, in the Air Conditioning Dept. and was a veteran of the United States Army, Vietnam War, a service of which he was always proud. Marshall was a faithful member of Riverview Baptist Church, in Ripplemead.

He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Dianne Harless Huffman; his son, Marshall V. Huffman Jr., of Blacksburg; his daughter, Michele H. Yeary, of Roanoke; his stepsons, Todd Harless and Teresa, of Ripplemead, and Aaron Harless, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; and his step grandchildren, Brittany Nicole Harless and Brandon Todd Harless; his brothers-in law and sisters-in-law, Jimmy and Joann Harless, of Ripplemead, Kitty and Frankie Frazier, of Pearisburg, Donna and Ferlie Perkins, of Pearisburg, and Gary Harless, of Ripplemead.

Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in Riverview Baptist Church, in Ripplemead, with Pastor Shahn Wilburn and Pastor Eddie Kendall officiating. Burial will follow in Birchlawn Burial Park, in Pearisburg, with Military Graveside Rites by the VFW and American Legion Posts of Giles County. The family will receive friends at the Kendall Funeral Home, 605 Snidow St., Pembroke, Va., Saturday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.

Online condolences may be sent by visiting kendallfuneralhome.com.