Corbin Kenneth Hess

Corbin Kenneth Hess LEBANON, Va. Mr. Corbin Kenneth Hess, age 77, of the River Mountain Road section, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010, in an Abingdon, Va., hospital. Born Jan. 7, 1933, in Lebanon, he was a son of the late Judson Reuben and Mary Elzena Hess. A lifelong resident of the area, he attended Mountain Valley Baptist Church and was an United States Army veteran, having served from 1953-1955. He had formerly been employed in road construction and at Lebanon Apparel. He was a member of the American Legion No. 208 of Lebanon, DAV Chapter No. 57 of Abingdon, and the National Association of Atomic Veterans. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Florine Stump, Gladys Hess, and Ruby Wells; three brothers, Clifford Hess, Carl Hess, and Harold Hess; his father-in-law, Howard Junior Robinette; and brother-in-law, Junior Byrd. Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Mary Robinette Hess, of the home; one daughter, Sharon Cardwell and husband, Harold, of Bristol Tennessee; one son, Barry Hess, of the home; one sister, Mildred Dye and husband, Jeff, of Lebanon; mother-in-law, Gladys Robinette of Swords Creek, Va.; two special nieces, Destiny Meadows and Hannah Meadows; and several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. James Hall, the Rev. Mike Justice, the Rev. Billy Vandyke, and the Rev. Sam Reynolds officiating. Interment will follow in Ketron Memorial Gardens at Lebanon, Virginia. Military honors will be conducted by American Legion No. 208 of Lebanon. Pallbearers will be Garnet Dye, Brad Meadows, Mark Helton, Randy Byrd, Noah Byrd, and Harold Cardwell. Honorary pallbearers will be John Robinette, Howard Robinette, Frank Robinette, Roy Robinette, Ed Robinette, Grat Dye, and Gary Dye. Friends may call at the Honaker Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Sunday and Monday, where an evening service will be conducted at 7 p.m. both evenings. Online condolences may be made at www.honakerfuneralhome.net