Van Hemert, Charles Clifford

Charles Clifford Van Hemert, 82, of Pearisburg, Va., went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 5, 2011, at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Mr. Van Hemert was born on December 18, 1928, in Olney, Texas, and was a son of the late Lyndred and Sarah Malissa Young. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Willena Joyce Nichols. Mr. Van Hemert was a veteran of the United States Air Force, a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pearisburg, and formerly a counselor of the UMYF. He is survived by his wife, Betty Ann Thompson Van Hemert, of Pearisburg; one daughter, Jana Lynn V. Brotherton and her husband, James, of High Point, N.C.; two sons, John L. Van Hemert and his wife, Iva Jean, of Pearisburg, and Charles Clifford Van Hemert Jr. and his wife, Dawn, of Columbus, Ohio; two brothers, Franklin Austin Van Hemert and Lyndred Edward Van Hemert; four sisters, Rose Etta Sutton, Sarah Jane Drennan, Violet Bernice Vincent, and Nancy Ruth Jowers; and seven grandchildren. Funeral Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 12, 2011, at the First United Methodist Church with Dr. Brad Scott officiating. Burial will follow in the Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Dublin, Va. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at the Givens Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 1101 Valleyview Dr., Pearisburg, Va. 24134. Arrangements by Givens Funeral Home, Pearisburg, Va., 540-921-1650.