ERNEST LEE MCLAUGHLIN

November 7, 2016

Ernest Lee McLaughlin, 75, of Collinsville, VA, formerly of the War area, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2016 in Hospice Home of Rockingham Co. Born May 10, 1941 in Eckman he was the son of the late Edward McLaughlin and Doshie Herndon McLaughlin. He was a former foreman in a furniture factory. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three brothers, Howard, Vernon and Clifford McLaughlin; and three sisters, Clydie Atwell, Frances Wishnevsky, and Ethel Estep. Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Anna Blankenship McLaughlin of Collinsville, VA; a son, Ernie McLaughlin of Bassett, VA.; two daughters, Pamela Hunley of Bassett, VA. and Shannon Nopala of Collinsville, VA.; a sister, Betty Payne of War; and two grandchildren Deanna Nopala and Marco Nopala. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Yukon # 2 Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Rev. Lacy Griffith and Mary Boyd officiating. Burial will follow in Estep Cemetery, Slate Creek, Raysal. Friends may call at the church Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. The Douglas Mortuary of Welch and War is serving the family.