CHARLES RONALD “RON” FLEMING, 66 years old of the Little Prater section of Grundy , Virginia , passed away Saturday, September 27, 2008 at the Heritage Hall Nursing Home following an extended illness.  Born in Buchanan County , he was the son of the late Cubert C. and Opal Mae Vanover Fleming.  He was a U. S. Army veteran where he served in Turkey , Arizona and Alaska .  While serving in the army, he received a Letter of Appreciation for providing communications Electronics Services in support of Exercise Timber Line.  After his service in the army, he resided in Defiance, Ohio where he was employed as a machine operator for Johns Manville Corporation and then relocated to the Grundy area in l989 and was last employed as a Security Guard for Cumberland Security and Investigation.  He was a member of the Grundy Church of Christ.

Mr. Fleming is survived by his wife Pam Grindstaff Fleming of Grundy , Va, 4 Sisters: Carol Blankenship and her husband Ernest, Vansant, Va, Sharon Ratliff and husband Don, Bristol , TN, Pam Fleming, Newport News , VA, Donna Fleming, Richlands, VA, 5 Brothers: Ricky Fleming and his wife Mary, Pigeon Forge, TN, Steve Fleming and his wife Elizabeth, Bristol , VA, Tim Fleming and his wife Sue, Abingdon , VA, Randy Fleming and his wife Phyllis, Pounding Mill, VA, Mark Fleming, Bristol , VA  

He is also survived by his Father-in-Law – J. C. Grindstaff of Grundy , VA ; Brother-in-Law – Tommy and his wife Yvonne Grindstaff of Oakwood , VA ; and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. Fleming was preceded in death by his Mother-in-Law – Nannie Grindstaff and one Sister-in-Law – Terri Grindstaff Stacy.

Funeral services for CHARLES RONALD (RON) FLEMING will be conducted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 1:00 P.M. at the Grundy Church of Christ with Evg. Dennis Wimmer and Evg. William L. Neeley officiating with burial to follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill , VA

Friends may call at the Grundy Church of Christ after 6:00 P.M. Monday with services at 7:00 P.M.

Active Pallbearers: Doug Yates, Sam Hylton, Danny Belcher, Billy Joe Carter, Troy Viers and Gene Belcher.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. Clint Sutherland, Nurses, C.N.A.’s and Staff of Heritage Hall Nursing Home, Tommy Grindstaff, Dr. Madeline Harrison, Hon. Keary R. Williams, Hon. Nicholas E. Persin, Hon. Patrick R. Johnson, Roger Lee and Grundy Church of Christ Men’s Sunday School Class.

Full Military Rites will be conducted at the cemetery by members of the John Ratliff Post # 164 of the American Legion.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.grundyfuneralhome.com.

Grundy Funeral Home of Grundy, Virginia is in charge of all arrangements.