Hugh Clay Garst

Male 1937 - 2007  (70 years)


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  • Name Hugh Clay Garst 
    Born 17 Aug 1937  Roanoke Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Virginia, Births, 1864-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
      Name: Hugh Clay Garst
      Birth Date: 17 Aug 1937
      Birth Place: Roanoke Co. VA
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Dec 2007  Roanoke Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
      Name: Hugh Clay Garst
      Death Date: 24 Dec 2007
      Death Place: Roanoke Co. VA
    Buried Sherwood Memorial Park, Salem, Roanoke Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • CENSUS RECORDS

      Name: Hugh C Garst
      Age: 2
      Estimated birth year: abt 1938
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Marital Status: Single
      Relation to Head of House: Son
      Home in 1940: Salem, Roanoke, Virginia
      Street: State Highway Route 311-Hanging Rock
      House Number: Continued
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Claude D Garst 36
      Dollie M Garst 25
      Hugh C Garst 2

      OBITUARY

      Roanoke Times; 27 Dec 2007

      Hugh Clay Garst, 70, of Salem, passed away on Monday, December 24, 2007 from prostate cancer. He was predeceased by an infant son, Victor Clay Garst and his parents, Claude Defoist Garst and Dollie Mae Wood Garst.

      Hugh received his Geology Degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and his Masters in Business Administration from Radford University. Hugh was a certified professional Geologist in the states of Virginia, California, and North Carolina. He worked as an Engineering Geologist for Hayes, Seay, Mattern, and Mattern for 38 years.

      Prior to these accomplishments, Hugh graduated from Ferrum Junior College, where he was a member of the Ferrum Panther Basketball Team, lettering twice. He worked at General Electric as a tool room machinist while going to night school. After retirement, he worked for HSM&M as a consultant. Hugh was a member of the Lakeland Masonic Lodge # 190, the American Legion, Trout Unlimited and was a life long tennis player, ranked as high as 5th in the State of Virginia for the 60 year old age division. He was listed in Outstanding Men of America in 1968 and 1969, a member of Northview United Methodist Church, serving on the Administrative Board, and a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

      Surviving are his wife of 48 years, Charlotte Anne Jewell Garst; a son, Clay Alexander Garst and wife, Margaret Daigle Garst, of Raleigh, North Carolina; two grandchildren, Tessa Ann Garst and Anna Rose Garst. Also surviving are his brother, Michael L. Garst; sisters, Connie Garst Nichols, Sandra Garst Hunter and husband, George, all of Roanoke; aunt, Frances H. Kondratiuk; cousins, Helen Garst Taylor, Suzanne Hannabass, Danny Hannabass, June T. Dennis, and Edward Trent; and numerous nieces and nephews.

      In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorials be made to Ferrum College Office of Development, Hank Norton Athletic Center, P.O. Box 1000, Ferrum, Va. 24088, Northview United Methodist Church, 521 Ridecrest Drive, Roanoke, va. 24019, or St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 42 East main Street, Salem, Va. 24153.

      Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 29, 2007, at Northview United Methodist Church by the Rev. Bart Weakley and the Rev. R. Bradley Laycock. Interment with Masonic Grave Rites will follow in Sherwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Simpson Funeral Home 5160 Peters Creek Road, 366-0707.
    Person ID I31945  Master File
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2015 

    Family Charlotte Ann Jewell,   b. 25 Jan 1938, Montgomery Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 18 Dec 1959  Roanoke, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
      Name: Charlotte Anne Jewell
      Gender: Female
      Race: White
      Age: 21
      Birth Date: abt 1938
      Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1959
      Marriage Place: Roanoke, Virginia
      Registration Place: Roanoke, Virginia
      Father: Jackson Edwin Jewell
      Mother: Margaret Katherine Hartman
      Spouse: Hugh Clay Garst
      Spouse Gender: Male
      Spouse Race: White
      Spouse Age: 22
      Spouse Father: Claude Defoist Garst
      Spouse Mother: Dolly Mae Wood
    Children 
     1. Victor Clay Garst,   b. 12 Jul 1969, Roanoke Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1969, Roanoke Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +2. Clay Alexander Garst
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F13407  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart