Joyce Testerman
May 21, 2013
Joyce Testerman passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. She was a lifelong member of Fairview Methodist Church in Childress and retired from the fire department at the Radford Army Ammunitions Plant. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hobart Lonnie Roop and Stella Reynolds Roop Lawrence, her uncle, Manuel Reynolds, and sister,...
William "Bill" Milton Hannah
May 21, 2013
William Milton (Bill) Hannah, 67, of Radford, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Bill was born June 26, 1945, to the late Ted and Genevieve "JB" Martin Hannah of Radford. He was a graduate of Radford High School and Virginia Tech. He was an avid sports fan, with Virginia Tech as his favorite team to...
Eula Gladys Harris Phillips
May 21, 2013
Eula Gladys Harris Phillips, 96, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at her daughter's home in Radford. She was a member of the Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clifton Howry and Maude Duncan Harris, her husband, Joyce Fitzhugh Phillips, and a son, Lynn Richard Phillips. She is survived by four children and...
Robert Evans Orcutt
May 20, 2013
Robert Evans Orcutt, 66, of Pulaski, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013. He was a member of Community Christian Church. He was born in Charleston, WVa the son of the late Aubrey and Helen Monroe Orcutt. Survivors include his wife Carolyn Sayers Orcutt; stepson and his wife, Timothy Mark and Casey Delph; step granddaughters Kelsey Lee Ann and Samantha Nicole...
Willard "Deacon" Graham Jones
May 17, 2013
Willard Graham (Deacon) Jones, 75, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013 at his home in Dublin surrounded by his family. Deacon was a member of Dublin Christian Church and was a master electrician retiring from Lynchburg Foundry with 32 years of service. He also proudly served in the U. S. Marine Corp. He was born in Wytheville the son of...
Elizabeth Lancaster Phillips
May 15, 2013
Elizabeth Lancaster Phillips, 84, of Radford, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2013. She was a member of Fairlawn Presbyterian Church and was retired from the business office at St. Alban's Hospital with 47 years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman L. Phillips, her parents, Benjamin H. and Rosetta S. Lancaster, three brothers and three sisters....
Julia Ann Simpkins Brightwell
May 10, 2013
Julia Ann Simpkins Brightwell, 59, of Radford, passed away Friday, May 10, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lemon Benny and Christaleen Viers Simpkins; four brothers and two sisters. She is survived by her best friend and life partner, Randy H. Phillips; daughter and her friend, Elizabeth Jane Brightwell and John Click of Fairlawn; sons, Kenneth Dwayne...
Everette Lawrence Wampler
May 9, 2013
Everette Lawrence Wampler, 81, of Springfield, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013 in INOVA Fairfax Hospital. He was born in West Virginia, the son of the late Ira Lawrence and Garnie Hess Wampler. He was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force and a retired electrical engineer. Survivors include his wife, Bette Williams Wampler of Radford; his children and...
Joyce Ann Cottle Lambert
May 6, 2013
Spanishburg- "God saw you getting tired when a cure was not to be. So He wrapped His arms around you and whispered, come to me". Joyce Ann Cottle Lambert, 73, of Spanishburg, went to meet her Lord and Savior Monday, May 6, 2013 at Cozy Home Haven in Radford, VA. Born July 22, 1939, in Spanishburg, WV, where she was...
Irvin Williard Perdue
Apr 27, 2013
Irvin Willard Perdue, 78, of Wilmington, NC, formerly of Radford, passed away Saturday, April 27, 2013. He was born in Montgomery County, Virginia to Charlie James and Ola Howery Perdue. And was a U. S. Army veteran and retired from Roanoke Electric Steel. He was a member of Americal Legion #129 - Carolina Beach. Preceding him in death were his...
Cleveland Lee Duncan, Jr.
Apr 22, 2013
Cleveland Lee Duncan, Jr., 65, of Dublin, passed away Monday, April 22, 2013. He was retired from Volvo with 31 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents Cleveland Lee Sr., and June Shaffer Duncan, and sister, Cynthia Jean Belcher. He is survived by his loving wife, Violet Geneva Duncan of Dublin; sons and daughter-in-law, Brian and...
Eleanor Kay Kessinger
Apr 21, 2013
Eleanor Kay Kessinger, loaned to us all by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, returned to His loving arms Sunday, April 21, 2013. She was born March 12, 1948 in Peterstown, WVa to Daris Lawrence and Ruby Buckland Lawrence who preceded her in death along with her husband of 26 years, Bobby Wayne Kessinger, sister Carol Driscoll and brother Billy...
Anna Derosa Foster
Apr 15, 2013
Anna Augusta DeRosa Foster, 84, of Pulaski, passed away Monday, April 15, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Henry Foster. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, John and Julie Foster of Pulaski; daughter and son-in-law, Lynda and Larry Akers of Draper; grandson, Zachary Foster; lifelong friend, Barbara Freeman; and special friend Pat Duncan. A memorial service...
Alfred "Gene" Eugene Eastridge
Apr 12, 2013
Alfred Eugene "Gene" Eastridge, Jr. born and raised in Danville, passed away quietly at his home in Dublin on Friday, April 12, 2013. Gene graduated from Averett College in 1969, worked as a teacher, realtor, salesman and art broker, and retired from Echostar in 2012. He is preceded in death by his parents Alfred Eugene Eastridge and Ruth Thomas Hawkins....
George Early Page, Jr.
Apr 10, 2013
George Early Page, Jr., 58, of Parrott, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Early, Sr. and Lucille Boswell Page. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann Page; a son, Reggie Lee Page of Belspring; daughters and their friend, Marie Page "Pickle" and Scotty Porath of Parrott and Rebecca Lucille Page...
Charles Richard Keister
Apr 9, 2013
Charles Richard Keister, 71, of Christiansburg, went home to be with the Lord, His Savior, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. He was a member of Fairlawn Church of God and a U. S. Army veteran having served during the Vietnam Era. He was best known as "Charlie" at NAPA Auto Parts. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harvey Lewis...
Ernest Aaron Morris
Apr 7, 2013
Ernest Aaron Morris, 72, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013 at his home in Radford surrounded by his family. He was born in Newbern the son of the late T.B. and Lula Jennings Morris. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Patricia McPeak, and brothers, T. J. and Trent Morris. Survivors include his wife, Lois Riddle Morris; son,...
Diana Lee Dunnigan Turman
Apr 5, 2013
Diana Lee Dunnigan Turman passed away on Friday, April 5, 2013 at her home in Dublin. She was born October 22, 1939 in Pulaski the daughter of the late Raymond Lee and Mary Frances Howard Dunnigan. On September 4, 1960 at Allisonia United Methodist Church in Allisonia, Pulaski County, she married the love of her life, her husband Robert Lee...
Hugh Evans Shanklin
Apr 4, 2013
Hugh Evans Shanklin, 83, of Hiwassee, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2013. He was a veteran of both the U. S. Army and the U. S. Air Force and retired from Hercules. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roscoe and Ruby Shelburne Shanklin, sister, Elizabeth Hopkins, and brother, James V. Shanklin. He is survived by his loving and...
Mary Vernell Brown
Apr 3, 2013
Mary Vernell Brown, of Radford, wife of the late George. G. Brown, went home to be with the Lord quietly on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Survivors include step-daughters, Helen (Andrew) Lewis of Richmond and Geraldine Mack of Washington, DC, and a host of other family and friends. A service celebrating Vernell's life will be held at 3:00 pm on Saturday,...
