Junior Elwood Chisom

Junior Elwood Chisom, 80, of Vinton, Va., passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. He was a member of Bonsack Baptist Church and retired from Singer Furniture. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and a life member of VFW Post #4522 and American Legion Post #80. He was preceded in death by brothers, John and Paul Chisom; sisters and spouses, Gipsy and Ernest Hogan, Gracie and Julius Simmons, and Dorothy and Eugene Martin; and son-in-law, Arlin O. Goad. Survivors are wife, Phyllis Siler Chisom; daughter, Laura Goad, of Hillsville, Va.; son and wife, Elwood "Woody" and Cathy Chisom, of Roanoke, Va.; granddaughters, Laurin and Daniellle Goad; stepgranddaughter, Jaime Harrington; stepgrandson and spouse, Matthew and Nicol Hunter; stepgreatgrandchildren, Kyle and Cassandra Harrington, and Sarah Hunter; sister and husband, Bessie and Osborne Smelser, of Hardy, Va.; and numerous nieces and nephews and their families. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. on Friday, January 23, 2009, from Oakey's Vinton Chapel with the Rev. Scott Finley officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery with Military Honors by the United States Army. The family suggests memorials be made to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #4522, 117 E. Lee Avenue, Vinton, Va. 24179. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at Oakey's Vinton Chapel, 540-982-2221.