Della Lojean Brooks Pridemore, age 89, of Rural Retreat, VA passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017. She was born in Rural Retreat, VA on December 22, 1927 the daughter of the late Robert Tye Lyons and Lola Ethel Wright Lyons.  Della was a member of the Crockett Tabernacle Church and was preceded in death by her first husband, Maynard Brooks, her second husband, Paul J. Pridemore, Sr.; daughter, Patricia Brooks; sons, Gary Brooks, Robert Brooks, Jeff Brooks; grandchildren, Patricia Pridemore, Sherry Hensley; also several brothers and sisters.

She is survived by daughters, Linda Cline of Wytheville, VA, Joyce Copenhaver of Aberdeen, MD, Debbie Dalling of Indian Mound, TN; sons, Tommy Brooks, Ricky Brooks both of Max Meadows, VA, David Brooks of Rural Retreat, Ronnie Brooks of Wytheville; step-daughters, Treasie Probert, Pauline Gordon both of Wytheville; step-sons, James Pridemore, Paul J. (PJ) Pridemore, Jr. both of Wytheville, Grover Pridemore of Wythe County; several grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Crockett Tabernacle Church with Rev. Richard Collins and Rev. Tommy Addison officiating.  Interment will follow in the Mountain View Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 12 Noon until service time.  Flowers will be appreciated or memorials may be made to the Crockett Tabernacle Church, PO Box 173, Wytheville, VA  24382.

Arrangements by Lindsey Funeral Home, Rural Retreat, VA.  Online condolences may be made to the family at:  www.highlandfuneralservice.com