Erma Guilliams Custer

Erma Guilliams Custer 73, of Callaway, passed through the gates of heaven on January 26, 2013, having not awakened from complications from a brain aneurysm suffered on Dec. 23rd. She was born on March 28th, 1939. She was preceded in death by her parents, T.L.(John) Guilliams and Minnie Nichols Guilliams; her sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ann Guilliams Webb and Henry Webb; and brother-in-law, Glenn Randleman. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Danny Custer; son, Keith Custer and girlfriend, Debbie Shouse, both of Roanoke, daughter, Sherri Custer, Callaway, five grandchildren, 2nd Lt. Clinton Custer and wife, Kristin, Ft. Sill, Ok., Chelsea Custer, Vienna, Mitch Custer, Roanoke, special granddaughter Jami Leigh Stanley, Callaway, and Dylan Stanley, Callaway, one great grandson, Alexander Lee Custer, Ft. Sill, Ok., two sisters, Nancy Bradley, Rocky Mount, and Barbara Randleman, Winston Salem, N.C. , along with a host of nieces and nephews.
Erma worked at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital for almost fifty years. She was a lifelong member of St. Peters in the Mountains Episcopal Church where she served in many capacities including church organist for more years than anyone can remember. Her Sunday morning loaf of bread and famous pound cake will be sorely missed. Erma was a lover of any sport played with a ball and was especially fond of Duke Basketball, Redskins football and Dodgers baseball. She enjoyed her children’s and grandchildren’s sports and hardly ever missed a game, cheering their teams and razzing the referees. She will be missed by all.
The family would like to give special thanks for the care Erma received from the Neurotrauma Intensive Care Unit staff at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and also the Carilion Clinic Hospice staff, especially Kitty Ruby and Karen Tosh.
Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 2, 2013 at St. Peters Church, Callaway, with the Rev. John Heck officiating. Interment will be private before the service at the Church Columbarium.
Friends can visit with family immediately following the service at a reception at The Phoebe Needles Center. In lieu of flowers the family suggests you consider a donation in Erma’s name to either The Phoebe Needles Center or St. Peters Episcopal Church endowment fund, at 65 Rock Ridge Rd.Callaway, Va. 24067. Arrangements by Flora Funeral Service and Cremation Center, Rocky Mount.