Obituaries

Basil Sampson
B: 1931-06-07
D: 2024-03-14
View Details
Sampson, Basil
Teresa Swaim
B: 1950-12-19
D: 2024-03-14
View Details
Swaim, Teresa
Karen Kimberlin Harmon
B: 1957-12-30
D: 2024-03-13
View Details
Harmon, Karen Kimberlin
Arnold Sparks
B: 1949-02-10
D: 2024-03-09
View Details
Sparks, Arnold
Harry Alston
B: 1935-06-24
D: 2024-03-07
View Details
Alston, Harry
John Heath
B: 1940-04-17
D: 2024-03-05
View Details
Heath, John
Kristie Hayslett
B: 1980-11-23
D: 2024-03-03
View Details
Hayslett, Kristie
Sylvia Jean Terry
B: 1939-06-16
D: 2024-02-28
View Details
Terry, Sylvia Jean
Raymond Fischer
B: 1948-06-04
D: 2024-02-27
View Details
Fischer, Raymond
Edgar Vaughn
B: 1947-03-10
D: 2024-02-17
View Details
Vaughn, Edgar
Helen Gardner Deisher-Fox
B: 1947-04-06
D: 2024-02-15
View Details
Deisher-Fox, Helen Gardner
Shirley Dodd
B: 1936-03-30
D: 2024-02-09
View Details
Dodd, Shirley
Scott Herald
B: 1989-08-12
D: 2024-02-09
View Details
Herald, Scott
James (Pibb) Hall
B: 1963-03-14
D: 2024-02-08
View Details
Hall, James (Pibb)
Ralph Lee Howell
B: 1977-02-04
D: 2024-02-06
View Details
Howell, Ralph Lee
Barbara Krimm Norvell
B: 1937-10-21
D: 2024-02-05
View Details
Norvell, Barbara Krimm
Denise Taggart
B: 1957-02-26
D: 2024-02-05
View Details
Taggart, Denise
Ronald Douglas Entsminger
B: 1945-08-30
D: 2024-02-05
View Details
Entsminger, Ronald Douglas
Douglas Showers
B: 1949-07-13
D: 2024-01-31
View Details
Showers, Douglas
Mitchell Todd McClung
B: 1961-08-26
D: 2024-01-29
View Details
McClung, Mitchell Todd
Norma Matheney Swearengin
B: 1941-10-18
D: 2024-01-27
View Details
Swearengin, Norma Matheney

Search

Use the form above to find your loved one. You can search using the name of your loved one, or any family name for current or past services entrusted to our firm.

Click here to view all obituaries
Search Obituaries
405 Alleghany Street
PO Box 12
Clifton Forge, VA 24422
Phone: (540) 862-4157
Fax: (540) 862-5723

Immediate Need

If you have immediate need of our services, we're available for you 24 hours a day.

Obituaries & Tributes

It is not always possible to pay respects in person, so we hope that this small token will help.

Seeking Guidance: Grief Counseling

The 1969 publication of what was to become a landmark book, On Death and Dying, written by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross changed the way we looked at grief. She described five stage of grieving: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance–stages which became the foundation of our understanding of the experience of grief for decades.

But later research has shown that we cope with grief not in linear or cyclical stages, but in a back-and-forth process which moves between the experience of sadness, anger, yearning, or crying; and the experience of feeling joy or contentment. This is almost a “safety valve”, giving the bereaved a period of rest in dealing with their grief.

Grief is, you see, work. And it seems the body intuitively knows that such hard work requires periods of rest.  This natural back-and-forth process helps us to achieve the four essential tasks in grieving:

1. To accept the reality of the loss

2. To work through to the pain of grief

3. To adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing

4. To emotionally relocate the deceased and move on with life

But what if you get stuck? Perhaps you can’t accept this new reality; or maybe working through the pain of grief is wearing you down. That’s when a qualified grief counselor can help.

We are pleased to provide bereavement services for the families we serve. In addition, we have many community-based resources we can recommend to you. For more information, please feel free to ask us at the funeral home, or contact us here.