Young, Robert Homer (Buck)

Robert Homer (Buck) Young, 76, of Cascade Drive, Pembroke, departed this life on Sunday evening, April 17, 2011, at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Pembroke on December 28, 1934, he was a son of the late Togo and Violet Marie Neice Young. Buck was retired from the National Gypsum Lime Plant at Goldbond and was a faithful attendant at Bethel Chapel in Clendennin. He was preceded in death by his parents; his beloved wife, Dorothy McGuire Martin Young; his brother, Jay Young; and his sisters, Gladys Hilton, Lois Young, Margaret Snider, and “Bill” Corina Griggs. He leaves to cherish his memory his brother, John Young, of Pembroke; his stepchildren, Rhondy and his wife ,Margene Martin, of Placitos, N.M., Wanda and her husband, Sam Brumfield, of Pembroke; his sister-in-law, Rita Young, of Pembroke; his brother-in-law, Donald Griggs, of Pearisburg; and his good friend, Marcia Osborne, of Pembroke. Funeral Services will be conducted on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at 7 p.m. in the Kendall Funeral Home, 605 Snidow St., Pembroke with Pastor Eddie Kendall officiating. Burial will be in the Fillinger Cemetery at Pembroke at 11 a.m. on Wednesday morning, April 20, 2011. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 until 7 p.m. before the services. Online condolences may be sent by visiting kendallfuneralhome.com.