Charles W. Aleshire, 66


Charles William Aleshire, 66, of 928 Valleyburg Road, Luray, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Aleshire was born Feb. 22, 1940, in Luray and was the son of Frances Elizabeth Painter Aleshire of Luray and the late Ashby Franklin Aleshire.

He served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He worked for A&P for 42 years and was a butcher. He was a member of the Luray Moose No. 1413 and American Legion Post No. 166.

On Dec. 18, 1972, he married Nancy F. Good Aleshire; she survives in Luray.

Also surviving are two sons, Chris Charles Aleshire and Jason Franklin Aleshire, both of Stanley; a stepson, Roger Lee Louderback of Harrisonburg, and four grandchildren.

The Rev. Charles J. Comer will conduct the funeral 11 a.m. Saturday at the Bradley Funeral Home in Luray. Burial with graveside military honors by Comer-Jones Post No. 621 will be in Beahm’s Chapel Cemetery in Luray.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.