George Escar Prescott

George Escar Prescott, 87, of Christiansburg, Va., died Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Bland, Va. on April 6, 1922 to the late Leslie Alfred and Elsie Katherine Burton Prescott. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Genevieve Prescott, two sons Steve and Reggie Prescott, two sisters and two brothers. George was a longtime Blacksburg resident before moving to Christiansburg, and was a retiree of the State of Virginia Correctional Institute. He was also a veteran of World War II having served in the United States Army. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Carol P. and Gene Loye, of Greensboro, N.C.; a daughter-in-law, Faith M. Prescott, Kilmarnock, Va.; two grandsons, Chris Cowles and wife, Kristin and their daughters, Ava and Lydia, Michael Cowles, all of Greensboro, N.C.; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Sherwood and Lois Prescott, of Fairlawn, Luke and Lois Prescott, of Dublin, Va. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 11 a.m. in the McCoy Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Sloss officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Christiansburg. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at McCoy Funeral Home, 150 Country Club Drive, SW, Blacksburg.