Nelson Alvin Mills
Oct 3, 2012
Nelson Alvin Mills, 86, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at his home in Fairlawn after a long battle with cancer. Born June 5, 1926 to Frank Lee Mills and Virgie Burke Mills, he was the oldest of 8 children. Nelson was a skilled sheet metal worker for 33 years at the Hercules Sheet Metal Shop at The Radford Army...
Virginia Ellis Setzer
Oct 2, 2012
Virginia Ellis Setzer, 71, passed away on October 2 after a long illness. She was predeceased by her parents Paul and Virginia Smyer Setzer of Shelby, NC. Ellis graduated from Shelby High School and Appalachian State University. After working in housing there, she became the east area manager of residence halls at the University of Tennessee in the late seventies...
Brent Oran Warden
Oct 1, 2012
Brent Oran Warden, 70, of Radford, passed away Monday, October 1, 2012. He was a member of the Radford Wesleyan Church and was a plumber. Survivors include sons, Brent Oran Warden, Jr. and wife Christina of Churchville, Shawn Warden of Wytheville, and Chris Warden of Radford; daughters Penny Warden of Radford and Mary Warden of Orlando, FL; sister Phyllis McGuire...
Edith Akers Sutphin
Oct 1, 2012
Edith Akers Sutphin, 87, of Radford, passed away Monday, October 1, 2012. She was a weaver at New River Industries for 40 years and was Past Matron of the VA May Chapter Order of the Eastern Star. She was a master quilter who quilted with the ladies at Carter Street UMC every Tuesday morning. She was preceded in death by...
James Lee Bailey
Sep 30, 2012
James Lee Bailey, 87, of Beechgrove, TN, formerly of Pulaski, passed away Sunday, September 30, 2012. He retired from Hercules with 36 years of service and was a member of Fairlawn Presbyterian Church. He was a U. S. Air Force veteran having served during WWII and a member of VFW Post #776 in Radford. Survivors include his wife Ruth M....
Stephen "Reno" Harrison Bane
Sep 27, 2012
Stephen "Reno" Harrison Bane, 50, of Parrott, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2012. He was preceded in death by his parents George H. and Mildred Sumler Bane and sister Wanda Kay Johns. Survivors include his wife, Juanita H. Bane; brothers and sisters-in-law, Anthony W. "Tony" and Becky Bane of Parrott and Leslie D. and Robin Bane of Christiansburg; and nephews...
Madalon Rodgers Vaughn
Sep 27, 2012
Madalon Rodgers Vaughn, 91, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2012 at her home in Radford. She was manager for the RU Bookstore for 34 years and a member of the Radford Worship Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jess Willard Vaughn and a grandson, Adam Vaughn Craighead. Survivors include her children Sandy V. Craighead of Radford, and...
Rev. Samuel Franklin
Sep 26, 2012
Rev. Artie Samuel "Rev. Sam" Franklin, 104, of Radford, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 26, 2012. He served his Lord for many years and was a member of the Radford Worship Center. He retired from the Lynchburg Foundry. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary McCraw Franklin and sons Bill and Jerry Franklin....
Cecil Gene Nelson
Sep 20, 2012
Cecil Gene Nelson, 69, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2012 at his home in Barren Springs. He retired from Lynchburg Foundry in 1990. He loved living in the country and raising and rescuing animals. He was preceded in death by his mother Nina B. Nelson, and brothers John W., Thomas D. and James Nelson. Survivors include his wife Deloris Shanklin...
Homer Price Coble
Sep 19, 2012
Homer Price Coble, 79, of Radford, passed away Wednesday, September 19. 2012. He was a member of New Life Harvest Church and a U. S. Army veteran having served during the Korean Conflict. He was preceded in death by his parents William Sherman and Jennie Lou Snavely Coble, sisters, Francis Crowder, Artie May Hurst, Julia Mabry, Mary Lou Quesenberry, and...
Joseph Bernard Gillenwater
Sep 15, 2012
Joseph (Joe) Bernard Gillenwater, 80, of Greensboro, NC, formerly of Fairlawn, passed away Saturday, September 15, 2012 at home in Greensboro, NC. He was born on November 27, 1931 to the late William Harve and Dora Mae Gills Gillenwater, in McComas, WV. Mr. Gillenwater was retired from Klopman Mills in Dublin, VA where he operated and managed the plant Commissary...
Blanche Lester Richards
Sep 13, 2012
Blanche Lester Richards, 100, of Radford, passed away Thursday, September 13, 2012 at Wheatland Hills Retirement Center where she had lived for the past 10 years. Blanche was born March 5, 1912, and was the daughter of the late Floyd and Bettie Lester. She was a cherished wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who will be deeply missed by her family...
James "Mike" Michael Piper, Jr.
Sep 9, 2012
James M. (Mike) Piper passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 9, 2012 at the Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Radford, Virginia. He is predeceased by his bride of 62 years, Virginia Lee Piper, and leaves behind his children: Michael Piper of Frostburg, Maryland; Patty Piper Yaeger and Scott of Blue Springs, Missouri; Greg and Maricca Handy Piper of...
Lea Carnell Myers
Sep 6, 2012
Lea Myers, (Momma Lea), 71, of Painter's Woods, Draper, passed away Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. She is survived by her beloved husband of 42 years, Joseph W. Myers; daughter and son-in-law, Laura Michelle and Lee Dalton of Dublin; sons, Jeffrey Dean Allison of Dublin, James Theodore Allison of Allisonia; and son and daughter-in-law, Anthony William and Robin Allison of Draper....
Annie Mae Lester Bower
Sep 4, 2012
Annie Mae Lester Bower, 91, of Christiansburg went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 4, 2012. Preceding her in death was her loving husband, George Junior Bower; her parents, John Francis Lester and Ella Mae Lester of Copper Valley; two sisters, Lela Marshall and Ruby Harris, both of Radford; and four brothers, Davis Lester, Ray Lester, and Elvin...
Wendell "Red" Heath Ritter, Jr.
Sep 1, 2012
Wendell Heath "Red" Ritter, Jr., 75, of Belspring, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, September 1, 2012. He was a U. S. Army veteran and retired from RAAP with 31 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wendell and Mary Nester Ritter, an infant son, Richard Alvin Ritter, and siblings, Robert, Arvil, John, Wallace,...
Douglas Eugene Ayers, Sr.
Aug 28, 2012
Douglas Eugene Ayers, Sr., 61, of Dublin, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2012. He was retired from the U. S. Army. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Lee and Gethal Moles Ayers. Survivors include his wife Debra Underwood Ayers of Dublin; son and daughter-in-law Douglas Eugene, Jr. and Stephanie Ayers of Wytheville; daughter and son-in-law Heather Ayers...
Dolores Orzada Cale
Aug 27, 2012
Dolores (Orzada) Cale, 93, a long-time resident of Radford, passed away on August 27, 2012 in Manhattan, Kansas after an extended illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Edward E Cale of Radford, and by a brother, Thomas J. Orzada, Jr., and her parents, Thomas J. Orzada and Angela P. (Kazmierczak) Orzada, all of Chicago. Born in...
Naomi Smith
Aug 25, 2012
Naomi Smith, 91, of Charlottesville formerly of Radford, affectionately known as "the Hat Lady", passed away Saturday, August 25, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband Velmer Smith, sons Richard Lee and Rush J. Smith, and daughter Frances Ann Newman. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law Arnold and Ingrid Smith of Charleston, WVa; and daughters and son-in-law La Donna...
Herman Cleo Thomas
Aug 24, 2012
Herman Cleo Thomas, 98, of Radford, died August 24, 2012 at his residence. He was born December 30, 1913 a son of the late Joel E. and Lonnie Rakes Thomas of Franklin County. He was preceded in death by his first wife Helen Holmes Marshall who died in 1977. Herman was a retired businessman and keen investor. He was the...
