Martha Ann Foster Gearheart

Martha Ann Foster Gearheart, age 56, of Copper Hill went to be with the Lord Thursday night, August 2, 2012. She was born September 18, 1955. She was preceded in death by her father, Harold Foster and her step father, Elvin G. Hess. She has faithfully served her family as a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, grandmother and relative. She loved the Lord and her life was about serving the Lord. Her purpose in doing anything, was to do for others. Surviving are her husband, Steven Gearheart of Copper Hill; three children, Israel Grissom and his wife, Virginia of Boones Mill, Angel Hall and her husband, Jayme of Erie, PA, Jesse Gearheart and his wife, Samantha of Copper Hill; her mother, Frances F. Hess ; seven grandchildren, Tanner, Jared, Jarah, Jeremy, Travis, Samantha and one on the way; two great grandchildren, Ethan and Elyssa; two brothers, Danny Foster and wife, Rise of Roanoke, Wayne Foster and wife, Helen of Vinton; mother-in-law, Ruth Gearheart; three sisters-in-law, Lynn Downey, Peggy Chitwood, Brenda Gibson. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 A.M. Monday at Conner Bowman Funeral Home with Pastor Warren Singleton officiating. Interment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Sunday night from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Arrangements by Conner Bowman Funeral Home, 62 Virginia Market Place Drive, Rocky Mount, VA (540) 344 5151