Elmo (Rush) Alderman, Jr., 64 of Hillsville, passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at his home. Mr. Alderman was born in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Elmo Rush Alderman, Sr. and Margaret Martin Alderman.

Survivors include sisters and brothers-in-law, Mildred and Frank Weddle and Cynthia Dawn and Lonnie Anders; brother and sister-in-law, Robert Gail and Kathy Alderman; five nieces & nephews, Marie Phillips and husband, Kenn, Virginia Perez and husband, Brad, Autumn Fuller and husband, Matthew, Lonnie Anders, Jr. and wife, Sabrina, and Laura Anders; and seven great nieces and nephews, Grady Fuller, Daron Phillips, Marcus Phillips, Kamden Phillips, Jaxon Phillips, Braden Anders, and Naomi Anders.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel at 2:00 PM with Pastor Ernie Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Clontz Alderman Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the Hillsville V.F.W. Grover King Post 1115. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday, February 11, 2017 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM. Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel is serving the family.