Charles Thomas Vanhook

April 26, 1947 - September 7, 2012

York, SC Charles Thomas Vanhook, 65, of 3011 Vanhook Drive, York, SC, died Friday (September 7, 2012) at Carolinas Medical Center, Pineville, NC. Charles spend the first part of his life in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. He was the son of the late W.Z. Vanhook and Easter Tate Vanhook. He graduated from Powell Valley High School and from East Tennessee State University. He worked for the Virginia Division of Mined Land Reclamation. Charles had been a dedicated member, deacon and member of the choir at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Big Stone Gap, and he was an active member in the Big Stone Gap Lion's Club. He is survived by his son, Charles Thomas Clements (Gerri) and four grandchildren of Prior Lake, MN; sister, Linda Vanhook Carter (Conrad) of Albemarle, NC; brothers, William Z. Vanhook, Jr. (Patsy) of York, SC and Robert Joseph Vanhook (Susan) of Suffolk, VA; and a sister-in-law Ann Vanhook (wife of the late Marvin Vanhook) of Kingsport, TN. The family will receive friends from 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m. on Monday (Sept. 10, 2012 at Holding Funeral Home (17 E. 3rd St., N.) in Big Stone Gap, VA. The funeral service will begin at 2:00 pm on Monday in the funeral home chapel with The Rev. Mike Jones, pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church, will be officiating. Burial will follow at Powell Valley Memorial Gardens in Big Stone Gap, VA. To view the obituary online and sign the guest registry, please visit www.holdingfuneralhome.com. Holding Funeral Home is honored to serve the Vanhook family.