Elbert Wimmer

WIMMER, ELBERT WINSTON

Elbert Winston Wimmer, age 83, of Pilot, VA passed away Saturday, June 30, 2007 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mr. Wimmer was a lifelong farmer in the Huffville community of Floyd County. He was a WW II Army Veteran, having served in the China, Burma-India Operations. He was preceded in death by his wife, Irene McNeil Wimmer, a son, J.E. Wimmer; sister, Marie Wimmer and brothers, Lamer, Harless and Wesley Wimmer. His surviving family includes his daughter , Margaret Gearhart and her husband, Larry; son, Cline Wimmer and wife, Diane; grandchildren, Melissa Collins and husband, Neil, Chad Gearhart, Stacy Mann and husband, James, Jennifer Wimmer; great grandchildren, Torri Bower and Evan Mann; step grandchildren, B.J. Chafin and wife, Connie, Matthew Chafin; step great grandchildren, Drew Chafin and Caileigh Chafin; sisters, Daphne McNeil, Lois Epperly and Dorothy Meredith and husband, Lewis, brother, Ray Wimmer and wife, Marie June. The family suggest that in lieu of flowers memorials be made to the Huffville United Methodist Church Building Fund or the Huffville Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Stan Clower, 1246 Huffville Road, Pilot, VA 24138. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 Monday, July 2nd, at the Horne Funeral Home, Christiansburg, VA. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 3rd, at the Huffville United Methodist Church, Floyd County, conducted by Pastor Dan Walker, Rev. Richard H. Horne and Rev. Leon Alley. Interment will follow in the Huffville Cemetery.