LINKOUS, RIBBLE MORRIS, age 74 of Christiansburg, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
An employee of General Motors for five years, he was then employed for over forty-eight years as a Barber with Modern Barber Shop in Blacksburg. Mr. Linkous enjoyed farming, body and mechanic work on automobiles, as well as being a lay speaker at church.
Son of the late Robert M. And Leathie Linkous he was preceded in death by his brother Troy Linkous.
He is survived by he wife Nancy Linkous; children and their spouses, Douglas Linkous, Dempsie and Kathy Linkous, David and Shirley Linkous, Doris and Barry Sheppard , Daryl and Stephanie Linkous; brothers, sisters and spouses, Herbert and Betty Linkous, Barbara Ann Barnett, Mitchell and Lois Linkous, Nadine and Rev. Phillip Martin ; 15 grandchildren, `6 great grandchildren and 2 great great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Tuesday, Jan. 11, from 6 until 8 pm at the Horne Funeral Service, Christiansburg. Funeral services will be 2 pm Wednesday, Jan. 12th at the Merrimac Pentecostal Holiness Church conducted by Rev. Phillip Martin and Rev. Jerry Sloss with interment in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.