Kimrey, Melanie Johnston

Melanie Ann Johnston Kimrey, 62, of Riner, died Thursday, February 7, 2013, at her home. Melanie was born in Eugene, Ore. on June 11, 1950, to Lowell and Ruth Johnston.

Melanie is survived by her father, Lowell Johnston and wife Sandy, of Mt. Home, Ark.; daughters and sons-in-law, Heather and Jared Bryson, of Christiansburg, Tara Walsh Wollman and Robert Wollman, of New Haven, Mich., Tonya and Donnie Van Patter, of Ferndale, Ark.; sons, Jason Deapen, of Roseburg, Ore., Brian Walsh and Donald Kimrey, both of Phoenix, Ariz.; brothers and sister-in-law, Wayne and Tammy Johnston, of Barstow, Calif., Timothy Hickman, of Redlands, Calif., Jeff Hickman, of Tucson, Ariz.; grandchildren, Christopher, Hannah, Sophia, Alyssa, Seth, Mia, Zachary and Christopher.

Graveside services will be conducted Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 11 a.m. at the Memorial Gardens of New River Valley. “Following the service, family and friends will be received at the home of Heather and Jared Bryson”. The family request no flowers please. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home Blacksburg.