Photo courtesy of Serenity Funeral Home and Cremation Services - Roanoke
Roanoke, Virginia
Sep 14, 1946 – May 2, 2024
Nathaniel Cornelius Fields Jr., age 77, departed this life on May 2, 2024 in Roanoke, Virginia. He was born in Emory, Virginia and raised in Chilhowie, Virginia. Nate graduated from Carnegie School in Marion, Virginia and attended ETSU in Johnson City, Tennessee, majoring in psychology. He was a Vietnam veteran serving in the U.S. Army. His hobbies included cooking, making things from wood and gardening. He was a fabulous cook and enjoyed time spent in the kitchen with his wife, Melissa. He loved to encourage others and give words of wisdom and knowledge to many.
He is preceded in death by his parents Nathaniel C. Fields Sr. and Anna C. Foster Smith; two brothers, Henry Fields and George Fields; six sisters, Pauline Lampkins; Sarah Ervin; Annie Wright; Beatrice Cannaday; Gertrude Wright and Helen Howard; and a grandson, Christopher Laws.
He is survived by his wife, Melissa Curtis; sons, Nathaniel Fields III (Marchelle), Stephen Fields; daughters, Michelle Reisler and Tonya Simpson (Jeff); stepdaughter, Crystal Dillard; bonus grandson, Kam’Ron Dillard;* stepson, Matthew Curtis; sister, Margaret Helwig, and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. He will be missed by family and friends.
A Memorial service will be held, May 26, 2024 at 1:00 pm at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 13429 Indian Run Rd., Glade Springs, VA. Arrangements by Serenity Funeral Home & Cremations.
Read MoreNate you will truly be missed. All of us at Bryansteens (your work) enjoyed our time together. We will miss your great sense of humor and knowledge. Heaven will be a better place with you there and we look forward the day we get to see you again with your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. God bless you and your family our brother !
Paul Hylton
May 12, 2024 | Roanoke, VA | Friend
Have knowing Nate since elementary school miss you
Fred Watkins
May 12, 2024 | Washington, DC | Friend
Nate it’s hard to believe that I had just talked to you on the phone and now you are gone I will never forget the time we talked by the fence for hours about life and the advice you would give me, I want to tell you how much I respected you and looked at you as a father figure I’m gonna miss you looking over the bushes and hollering at me thank you for being a good neighbor and a true friend
Eric Burch
May 11, 2024 | Roanoke, VA
Strike up the band, assemble the choir
Another soldier's coming home
Another warrior hears the call
He's waited for so long
He'll battle no more
He's won his wars
Make sure Heaven's table
Has room for at least one more
Sing a welcome song
Another soldier's coming home
Rest in Peace, Nat.
Carolyn Carter-Howard
May 11, 2024 | Washington DC, DC | Family
Offering our deepest condolences during this difficult time.
Serenity Funeral Home
May 10, 2024 | Roanoke, VA
