Barbara Coil Faulkner

Barbara Coil Faulkner, 55, of Blacksburg, Va., and formerly of Los Angeles, Calif., died peacefully on Friday, January 16, 2009, at her mother's home after a long illness. She was born on November 14, 1953 to Cerrie Coil and the late Emory Coil. She is survived by her husband, Gavin Faulkner; mother, Cerrie Coil; son, Robin Faulkner; daughter, Eilyn Coil-Silver; brother, Don Coil, of Stockholm, Sweden; sister, Janet and her husband, Greg Ensign, of Seattle, Wash.; mother and father-in-law, Jean and Roy Faulkner, Edinburgh, Scotland; and aunts, Charlotte Beamer, of Blacksburg, and Louise and husband, Redding Thompson, of Nashua, N.H. A memorial service will be conducted 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2009, at Blacksburg Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Susan Verbrugge and the Rev. Charles Taylor officiating. The family asks that you consider a memorial donation to the Community Foundation of the NRV, P.O. Box 6009, Christiansburg, Va. 24068 or St. Jude Children's Hospital, www.stjude.org. The family would like to thank the staff at Carilion Hospice, especially nurse, Pam.