Charles Lincoln Marchant

Marchant Charles Lincoln Marchant, 77, husband of Frances Marie (Brown) Marchant, of 401 Linden Drive, Staunton, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 in Augusta Health in Fishersville. He was born March 2, 1932 in Smyth County, a son of the late John Edward and Carrie Mae (Dean) Marchant. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force and the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville as a purchasing officer. He was a member of the Staunton-Augusta VFW Post 2216 and a member of Ridgeview Baptist Church for 42 years. He will be remembered by his only granddaughter, Madison, for his funny sense humor. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Jerry E. Marchant and Joseph L. Marchant. Surviving in addition to his wife, to whom he married on June 4, 1954, are two sons, Bill Marchant of Ohio and Brandon Marchant of Staunton; a daughter, C. Marie Chance of Montebello; a daughter-in-law, Carrie Marchant of Johnson City, Tenn.; a brother and sister-in law, John Marchant and his wife, Linda, of Charlotte, N.C.; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Norma Hart and her husband, Bill, and Shelby Powell and her husband, Robert, all of Marion; five grandchildren, David, Channing and Madison Marchant, David and Brian Wrenn; two great-grandchildren, Mason and Montana Wrenn, and a number of nieces and nephews. All services will be private. Condolences to the family may be expressed online at www.coffmanfuneralhome.net It is suggested that those desiring make memorial contributions to the Ridgeview Baptist Church, 124 Ridgeview Drive, Stuarts Draft, VA 24477. Coffman Funeral Home and Crematory, 230 Frontier Drive, is in charge of his arrangements.