Salem Virginia Mae (Hilliard) Cannon (fka Floyd) 95, of Salem, died at 5:45 AM Monday, December 17, 2012 at Essex of Salem # 1. She was born on August 17, 1917 in Salem, the daughter of the late Walter Sr. and Ella (Brown) Hilliard. She retired in 1981 as a Dietician at the Salem Community Hospital Dietary Department after 20 years. She had also worked at Hendricks Candy and the Atlantic and Pacific (A&P) Grocery Store. Virginia has also lived in Florida and Kentucky. She was a long time member of the Holy Trinity English Lutheran Church and active in the sowing circle of the church. A member of the Salem Eastern Stars and Salem Senior Citizens. She is survived by her children, Crail William (wife Catherine) Floyd of Mansfield, Thomas Walter (wife Donna) Floyd of Palm Bay, Fla., John Wendell (wife Alice) Floyd, David Wayne Floyd and Sarah Lynn Kleinman all of Salem, thirteen grandchildren and 12 great grand children. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her second husband Donald Cannon in 1979, her siblings, Ester Matilda Libert, Bertha Maggie Greenamyer, Carl Hilliard, Perry Walter Hilliard Sr., William Joshua Hilliard, Warren Lewis Hilliard, and Walter Hilliard Jr., Services will be held on Thursday, 2 PM at the Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen and Sons Funeral Home with Pastor Connie Sassinella officiating. The burial will follow in Grandview Cemetery. A time of visitation will be observed from noon to 2 PM on Thursday at the funeral home. You can sign the guest book and view the obituary at apgreenisenfh.com