Joyce Hopkins Bain
Jan 12, 2013
Joyce Hopkins Bain, 78, of Pulaski, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013. She was a member of Church of God by Faith and a retired hairdresser. She was preceded in death by her husband Grover Bain, father, Eugene Hopkins, mother, Hazel Akers Hopkins, and grandson, James Michael Mabry, Jr. Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Samuel Cox of Pulaski,...
John Gordon Moss
Jan 11, 2013
John Gordon "Jack" Moss, on Friday, January 11, 2013, died peacefully in his Waynesboro home surrounded by his family. Jack was a 1954 graduate of Georgia Tech with a degree in Chemical Engineering. After two years of service as a 1st Lieutenant in the U. S. Army, he attended MIT and received his Masters of Chemical Engineering. Jack settled his...
Garland "Neuner" Lee Collins, Jr.
Jan 10, 2013
Garland Lee "Neuner" Collins, Jr., 54, of Riner, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013. He was employed by Yokohoma Tire. He was preceded in death by his parents, Garland Lee, Sr., and Louise Cox Collins. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Whitt Collins; son and daughter-in-law, Greg and Autumn DeHart of Pulaski; daughter and son-in-law, Ashley C. and Robert Rogers of...
Cynthia Gale Posey
Jan 8, 2013
Cynthia Gale Posey, 47, of Riner, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at her home in Riner. She was preceded in death by her parents, Don Edgar and Betty Neal Posey. Survivors include an aunt Mary Neal "Poochie" Rossi of Riner; cousins, Cara Wheeler of Wendell, NC and Ernie Posey of Delta, PA; and numerous cousins and friends. Services will...
Brooklyn Mae Graves
Jan 8, 2013
Brooklyn Mae Graves, 6 months, precious angel of Donnie and Kristen Graves, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013 in the arms of her mother. Brooklyn was born on June 15, 2012 at the Univ. of Virginia Medical Center where she stayed until Dec. 18 2012. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandmother, Linda Graves, her paternal great grandmother,...
Robert Douglas Swing, Jr.
Jan 6, 2013
Robert Douglas Swing, Jr., 66, of Radford, passed away January 6 2013. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in Radford, a U.S. Navy veteran and a respiratory therapist. He proudly served respiratory patients in Virginia Beach and the New River Valley for more than 40 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert D. Swing, Sr....
Leon Robinson
Jan 6, 2013
Leon Robinson, 88, of Radford, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2013 at the VA Veterans Care Center in Roanoke. He was a member of the Radford Worship Center, retired vehicle mechanic at Radford University and was the former owner and operator of Robinsons Phillips 66 in East Radford for several years and then moved to West Radford in 1973. He...
Harold Lee Starling
Jan 4, 2013
Harold Lee Starling, age 64, of Pulaski passed away on Friday, January 4, 2013 at the New River Valley Medical Center. He was a retired Road Supervisor with Yates Construction Co. He was a member of the Pulaski Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. He was born at White Store, NC on September 30, 1948. He was preceded in death by...
Wesley Thomas Lyons
Jan 3, 2013
Wesley Thomas Lyons, 52, of Dublin, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2013. He was a local carpenter and mason. He was preceded in death by his wife, Judy Dalton Lyons. Survivors include his mother, Edna Hicks Lyons; father, Glen Irven Lyons, Sr.; brothers and sister-in-law, Glen and Shari Lyons, and Randy Lyons; sisters and brother-in-law, Greta and Donald Dowdy, and...
Alta Joyce Mccoy
Jan 2, 2013
Alta Joyce McCoy, 76, passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at her home in Dublin. She was a U. S. Army veteran and was preceded in death by her husband, Max Myer McCoy. Survivors include her son, Scott McCoy of Dublin; daughters Lois Kanode of Pulaski, Charlene Snyder of South Point, OH, Dawn Oliver of Pulaski, Teresa Fredrick of Fountain...
Virgil Irving Lilly
Jan 1, 2013
Virgil Irving Lilly, of Fairlawn, born December 23, 1919, died January 1, 2013 at the age of 93. Born in Dayton, Virginia, he was the second son of Malcolm Gordon Lilly and Lucy Garriett Leake Lilly one of seven children. In 1936, at the age of 17, he joined one of Virginia's 17 CCC camps. While in the Civilian Conservation...
Charles Preston Osborne
Dec 31, 2012
Charles Preston Osborne, 83, of Dublin, passed away Monday, December 31, 2012. He was born October 17, 1929 in Galax the son of the late Roscoe Barron and Dorothy Lucille Cool Osborne. He served in the U. S. Air Force. He served as Deputy Sheriff in Summit County, Ohio, sold real estate, painted houses, worked in the food business and...
Ruby Mae Combs Lyons
Dec 28, 2012
Ruby Mae Combs Lyons, 79, of Dublin, passed away Friday evening, December 28, 2012, surrounded by her family. She was born in Bluefield, WVa the daughter of the late William Harrison and Ollie Cornellias Combs. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Ruby was very proud to be a devout Christian and a charter member of Gethsemane...
Madge Evelyn Graham
Dec 28, 2012
Madge Evelyn Graham, 87, of Radford, passed away Friday, December 28, 2012. She was the youngest and last surviving child of the late Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Graham. Madge was predeceased by brothers: Everette Graham and Thomas Graham and sisters, Lillian Moore, Christine Fulks, Frances Poff and Mary Altic Lurie; nephews, Jimmy Moore and Kenny Altic; and niece, Sally...
Eunice Snider Rudisill
Dec 27, 2012
Eunice Snider Rudisill, 89, of Radford, passed away Thursday, December 27, 2012. She was born April 4, 1923, daughter of the late Luther G. and Mamie (Lee) Snider. She married her late husband, Julian W. Rudisill, on January 22, 1942. They live in Fairlawn until Julian's work took them to different locations - Hinton, WVa, Bassett, VA, Carthage, IL, and...
Edward Evans Cousins
Dec 26, 2012
Edward Evans Cousins passed away December 26th at his home at the age of 77. Born in Washington DC in 1935 to Muriel Barley and Edward Evans Cousins Sr., he graduated from Martinsburg High School in West Virginia and learned the plumbing business from his father. Ed was a pilot and enjoyed scuba diving. As a young man, he played...
Diane Weber Giles
Dec 25, 2012
Diane Weber Giles, 69, passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at her home in Parrott. Survivors include her son Billy Giles of Parrott; two daughters Robyn and Apryl Giles, both of Parrott; her life partner, Lonnie Nester; four grandchildren, Christopher Giles, Amber Hall, Ashlyn Shrewsbury and Misty Mabe; seven great-grandchildren, Destiny Giles, Emilee Sifford, Mason Giles, Brayden Sifford, Caleb Warden,...
Silas Norwood Cox
Dec 23, 2012
Silas Norwood Cox, 85 of Christiansburg passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was a member of Rockford United Methodist Church and was a retired welder for N&W Railroad with over 36 years of service and was a veteran of the US Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents, Silas C. and Leuemma Keister...
Bobby Lee Hall
Dec 21, 2012
Bobby Lee Hall, 65, of Blacksburg, passed away Friday, December 21, 2012. Survivors include his mother, Nellie R. Hall of Shawsville; sister Edna Jones of Old Towne, Fl; and niece, Rebecca Jones of Shawsville. Graveside services will be held Sunday, December 23, 2012 at 11:00 am at the Highland Memory Gardens in Dublin. The family will receive friends prior to...
Joseph Moore Higginbotham
Dec 18, 2012
Joseph Moore Higginbotham, (The Turkey Man), age 96, of Dublin formerly of Richlands, peacefully went to Heaven on Wednesday, December 18, 2012. He was a life-long member of Richlands First Christian Church and lived a devoted Christian life. He graduated from Bluefield Business College and was a WWII Air Force Veteran. He was an enthusiastic business man. He never met...
