Jeanette M. Hamill

Jeanette M. Hamill, 67, of Roanoke, went to be with the Lord August 22, 2008. She was the daughter of John Henry and Rubye Shupe Martin, born May 5, 1941, at Chilhowie, Va. She succumbed from complications of autoimmune disorders. Jeanette graduated from Washington Technical Institute, in Abingdon, and worked as a legal secretary, in Marion, until she married Willard on May 25, 1968. She worked as a secretary, in Roanoke, until 1970 when Bill was born and then became a homemaker. She was a wonderful wife and mother. Jeanette enjoyed growing plants and flowers and caring for several hundred daylilies until her arthritic condition became too painful. She enjoyed assisting in farming and marketing of Christmas trees at the Hamill Christmas Tree Farm for many years. She was a member of the Blue Ridge Area Daylily Society, the Roanoke Chapter National Railway Historical Society, and the Studebaker Drivers Club. The family would like to thank all the medical personnel that treated her and especially the wonderful people in the Carilion Cardiac Care Unit for the care and comfort offered. Surviving are her husband, Willard Dearing Hamill; sons, Willard (Bill) Martin Hamill and John Allen Hamill, Roanoke; sister, Beulah McClure and husband, George, Chilhowie; brother, Bill Martin and wife, Janie, Chilhowie; brother, Charles Everette Martin, Chilhowie; sister, Joan St. John and husband, Paul, of Beckley, West Virginia; sister, Louise Martin, Chilhowie and sister, Shirley Owens, Chilhowie; and several nieces and one nephew. Please send memorials to Grosses Creek Baptist Church at 250 Flatwood Acres Road, Chilhowie, Va., 24319 and Vinton Baptist Church, Food Pantry Fund, P.O. Box 306, Vinton, Va. 24179. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, August 25, 2008, at Oakey's Vinton Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Bill Booth officiating. Interment to follow in Mountain View Cemetery. in Vinton. The family will receive friends Sunday, August 24, 2008, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. at Oakey's Vinton Chapel, 540-982-2221.