James "Bob" Robert Myers

June 11, 1939 - January 22, 2025

JAMES ROBERT MYERS, 85, of Bland, VA, passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at Bland County Nursing and Rehab. He was born June 11, 1939 in Bland, VA, the son of the late Millard & Jessie White Myers. 

Bob retired from the Virginia Department of Corrections, having served as a Maintenance Supervisor at the Goochland Facility for many years. He was an outdoorsman who was a proud member of the NRA and the Turkey Federation.

Bob proudly served in the United States Army and was a member of the American Legion. 

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Millard Ellis (“Huckleberry”) & Jessie Mae White Myers and all of his siblings, George & Nancy Myers, Rev. William Myers, Richard Myers, D.A. & Debi Myers, Raymond Myers, Nina & Roy Saunders, Gaye & Clifford Burton, Loretta & Paige Welsh, Faye & Robert Burton and Julia & Wayne Acors. 

Left to cherish his memory are his sisters-in-law, Dessie Myers, Brenda Myers and Jane Myers; his special nephew and caregiver, Mark Myers and several nieces, nephews, cousins and special friends.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 2:00 P.M. at the Bastian Church of God with Pastor Cliff Bowman and Pastor Omar Burns officiating. Burial will follow in the Myers Family Cemetery with military rites provided by the land American Legion Post #20 and the Bland VFW Post #7969. The family will receive friends at the church from 12:00 P.M, until service time, 2:00 P.M.

The Myers family is in the care of A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home, White Gate, avestandsons.com, (540) 921-2985.