Slusser, Wanda Kirby

Wanda Kirby Slusser, 87, of Blacksburg, died Friday, February 8, 2008, at Montgomery Regional Hospital.

She was born in Elk Knob, W.Va., on December 9, 1920, to the late Theodore Herbert and Sadie Boone Williams; and was also preceded in death by her loving daughter, Betty K. Lucas; and recently her husband, Paul L. Slusser. Wanda retired from the Blacksburg Police Department in April 1988 after 18 years of service.

She is survived by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Patrick and Peggy Price and their three children, Jacob, Hannah and Sadie, all of Blacksburg, Dania and Kirk Ayers and their son, Wesley, all of Christiansburg, Shane and Jennifer Lucas and their daughter, Haylee, all of Christiansburg; son-in-law, Tom Lucas, of Christiansburg; niece, Audrey and her husband, Don Evans, and their three children, Tina, Leena and Matthew, all of Richmond; one son and daughter-in-law, James Ronald and Margaret Kirby, of Wayside, W.Va., and their children, Victor Kirby and Juanita Rhodes and their spouses and three great-grandchildren, Dalton Kirby, Jade Rhodes and Harley Rhodes. Wanda is also survived by many loving friends.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, February 11, 2008, in the McCoy Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jimmie Lee Price officiating. Interment will follow in the Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Christiansburg. Friends may call any time Sunday, February 10, 2008, and the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday evening at McCoy Funeral Home, 150 Country Club Drive, Blacksburg, Va.