Mabe, Charles Grady

Charles Grady Mabe, 57, of Blacksburg, passed from this life Friday evening, February 26, 2010, at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Pearisburg on June 17, 1952, he was a son of the late Carl and Ollie Poston Mabe. He was a graduate of Giles High School and had been employed with English Construction Co. and at Virginia Tech. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Carl M. Mabe and Allen L. Mabe. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Kimberly Guynn Mabe; his daughter, Tina Cumbee, of Pembroke; and her children, Katlyn Smith and Makenzie Woolwine; his stepson and wife, Patrick and Robin Branch; and son, Nicholas Branch, of Beckley, W.Va.; his stepdaughter, Jessica Branch, of Shawsville; his sisters, Rhoda M. Hutchison, of Newport and Shirley M. Hale, of Pembroke. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Kendall Funeral Home, 605 Snidow St., Pembroke with burial following in the Fillinger Cemetery at Pembroke. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Online condolences may be sent by visiting kendall funeralhome.com.