James Edward Dillon

Entered into eternal rest on the afternoon of October 22, 2009, James Edward Dillon, widower of Frances Anna Basham Dillon, resident of Johns Island, S.C., and lifelong resident of Roanoke, Va. The relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral services Monday morning, October 26, 2009, at 11 a.m. in J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., West Ashley Chapel with Military Honors. Committal Services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Roanoke, Va. The family will receive friends at Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel, 3360 Glenn McConnell Pkwy., Sunday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. Family request that donations may be sent to Hospice of Charleston Foundation, 676 Wando Park Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, S.C. 29464 and/or The American Legion, Post 147, 968 Folly Road, S.C. 29414. Mr. Dillon was born August 22, 1916, in Winthrop, Ark., son of the late George E. and Mattie Mannings Dillon. He was a World War II Army veteran and was a retired Mental Health Technician with the Veteran's Administration in Salem, Va. Mr. Dillon was also a member of the American Legion. He was a loving, caring, and devoted father and husband. He will be deeply and sadly missed by all who knew and loved him. Surviving are his daughter, Margaret and husband, Greg Nelson, of Johns Island; and a son, Timothy Dillon, of Rocky Mount, Va. Mr. Dillon was predeceased by a son, Michael James Dillon; a grandson, Anthony Francis Gerdts; and three sisters, Lucy Sweeney, Bertha Smith, Robbie Dillon; three brothers, Willie Dillon, Jack Dillon and Carl Dillon, all formerly of the Roanoke community. A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jhenrystuhr.com.