WOODYARD, Emory Covington Jr.

Emory Covington Woodyard, Jr., 74, of the Poplar Hill Community, Pearisburg, passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at his home.

He was born at White Gate, Va. on March 4, 1932 and is the son of the late Emory Covington and May Bell French Woodyard. He is survived by his wife, Jean White Woodyard; one son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Libby Woodyard, Pearisburg; two daughters and son-in-law, Barbara Ann Woodyard, Pearisburg; Martha Lynne and Jerry Miller, Tappahannock, Va.; one sister and brother-in-law, Helen and Leonard Knode, Salem; six grandchildren, Justin Dean Miller, Anthony Wayne Woodyard, Thomas Michael Woodyard, Rachelle Lafon, Alisha Lafon, Brian Lafon.

Funeral Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home in White Gate with the Rev. Billy Akers and the Rev. Mike Hall officiating. Burial will be in the Walkers Creek Cemetery, White Gate.

Visitation will be at the funeral home Thursday after 2 p.m. and the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.