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...
Ruby Norris Hall
Dec 16, 2012
Ruby Norris Hall, 85, of Radford, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2012 at the New River Valley Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Coolidge Hall. She was a member of the Fairlawn Presbyterian Church. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Calvin Wayne and Angie M. Hall of Fairlawn; a daughter and son-in-law, Bobbie Jean and...
John Phillip Colby
Dec 12, 2012
John Phillip Colby, 68, died Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at his home in Radford, Virginia. He was born October 15, 1944 in Atlanta, GA the son of the late John Byron and Melody Keith Colby. He grew up with his sister, Sidney Lynne Colby, in the Houston, TX area, graduating from Memorial High School in Spring Branch, TX and studying...
Garry Joseph Ratcliffe
Dec 11, 2012
Garry Joseph Ratcliffe, 54, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at his home in Christiansburg. He was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church and retired from Montgomery County Schools Maintenance Department. He was preceded in death by his parents, Garland Joseph and Betty Jean Lawson Ratcliffe, his daughter, Lisa Jeannette Hall Ratcliffe, and a niece, Amber Nicole Ratcliffe....
Ellen Ruth Brophy
Dec 11, 2012
Ellen Ruth Brophy, 94, formerly of Louisville, KY, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012. She was born in Bagdad to the late Bowen Barnes and Susan Elizabeth Singleton Barnes. She was preceded in death by her husband Edward Risque Brophy. Graveside services will be held Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 1:00 pm at the Highland Memory Gardens in Mt. Washington,...
