Charles Ralph Price
Mar 6, 2012
Charles Ralph Price, 97, of Radford, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012. He was a U. S. Army veteran having served in France and Germany during WWII. He and his wife owned and operated several restaurants in the Radford area. He was preceded in death by his wife Zula Harris Price. Survivors include his daughter, Carolyn Wolf of Hilton Head,...
Elverta "Gee Gee" Ward Akers
Mar 5, 2012
Elverta Ward (Gee Gee) Akers; born on January 3, 1931 departed this world on March 5, 2012 to be reunited with her parents James G. Ward and Nora C. Ward, and her brothers and sisters who made the journey earlier. She leaves behind her four children and their spouses to celebrate her life, James Butch Akers and wife Sue, Allen...
Lavada "Peggy" Christina Leonard
Mar 4, 2012
Lovada Christina Peggy Leonard, 80, of Radford, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2012. She was a member of the West Radford Church of God. Survivors include her sisters and brother-in-law, Mitzi and Ronald Bain and Jeanette Ratcliffe, all of Radford, and Elizabeth Mangano of St. Bernard, LA; brothers and sisters-in-law, Clarence, Jr., and Ann Sheets of Hiwassee, Jimmy and Lois...
Robert Anthony Lowman
Feb 29, 2012
Robert Anthony Lowman, born in Radford, Virginia, on March 6, 1925, to Katharine Giesen Lowman and Henry Harris Lowman, died at his home on February 29, 2012. While serving as chief bugler in the Radford Drum and Bugle Corp as a preteen, his love of music was born. After graduating from Radford High School he served in the United States...
George Marion, Jr.
Feb 26, 2012
George Marion, Jr., 81, of Dublin, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2012. He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Joann Douglas Marion. He was a U. S. Marine having served during the Korean Conflict. He was owner and operator of Pepper Grocery in Fairlawn for many years and spent his later years as a motorcycle mechanic. Survivors include...
Clinton "Kojak" Lynn Gallimore
Feb 23, 2012
Clinton Lynn Kojak Gallimore, 53, of Hiwassee, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2012. Survivors include his mother and step-father, Ethelene and Leo Crandall of Pulaski; son, Joshua Gallimore of Dublin; brother, Gene Gallimore; and half-brother and sister-in-law, Rickie and Angela Crandall of Pulaski. Funeral services will be held Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the Mullins Funeral Home...
Pauline Farris Saunders
Feb 20, 2012
Pauline Saunders, 94, of Dublin, VA passed away February 20th at 3:00 a.m. She was born May 17th, 1917 in Bluefield, VA to the late Henry Allen Farris and Minerva Perry Farris. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles H. Saunders, Sr., a sister, OLeta Farris Taylor, brother Henry A. Farris, Jr., two sons, Charles H. Saunders,...
Mark Anthony Foster
Feb 18, 2012
Mark Anthony Foster, 39, of Radford, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2012. Survivors include his daughters, Kasandra and Ally Foster; parents, James E. and Eunice B. Foster; brother and his wife, Phillip and Ginny Foster; nephew, Andrew Foster; and sister, Jennifer (Ginger) Foster and Wayne Cox, all of Radford. A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 25, 2012 at...
Larry Dean Gravley
Feb 18, 2012
Larry Dean Gravley, Sr., 64, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2012 at his home in Radford. He was the son of the late Bernard Webb and Virginia Ellen Boyd Gravley and was retired from Lynchburg Foundry. Survivors include his wife, Darlene W. Gravley; son and daughter-in-law, Larry Dean, Jr. and Jessica R. Gravley of Dublin; daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara Gale...
Lois Harless Stafford
Feb 17, 2012
Lois Harless Stafford, 76, of Fairlawn, entered her new eternal home on Friday, February 17, 2012, and was told by her Savior Well done, my good and faithful servant. She was born in Giles County, Virginia on July 2, 1935 to the late Clarence and Hazel Weiss Harless. She was also preceded in death by four brothers; Cecil Harless, James...
Carl Junior Thompson
Feb 9, 2012
Carl Junior Thompson, 74, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2012. He was predeceased by his father and mother, Crawford C. and Lydia C. Thompson, his father and mother-in-law, Hubert and Dot Duncan, four brothers and four sisters. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Arleen Duncan Thompson; daughters and son-in-law, Donna and Darrell Early of Charlestown, WV, and...
Jo Ann Enochs Brown
Feb 8, 2012
Jo Ann Enochs Brown, 62, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at her home in Radford. She was an Associate Professor at Radford University. She was born January 9, 1950 in Tennessee, the daughter of the late Joseph Robertson JR Enochs, Jr. and Dorothy Ann Sanders Enochs. Jo Ann and her late husband Cecil J. Brown had what they called...
Addie Snell Slaughter
Feb 7, 2012
Addie Snell Slaughter, 90, of Radford, passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at Leewood Health Care Center in Annadale. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elbert L. Slaughter, daughter, Carol Moseley, two sons, Charles Wesley Armstrong and Frederick Douglas Armstrong, and her parents, Haynes and Etta Snell. Survivors include two daughters and son-in-law, Rita and Curtis Tolliver, and...
Joseph Matthew Bebko
Feb 7, 2012
Joseph M. Bebko, formerly of Erie, Pennsylvania, died February 7, 2012 in Christiansburg. Joseph was preceded in death by his wife Marie Irene Conn Bebko. He is survived by two sons, Ronald of Erie, PA and Donald of Christiansburg; seven grandchildren and several great grandchildren. A memorial service for friends and family will be planned at a later date. The...
Carl "Poppy" Edward Ratcliffe
Feb 6, 2012
Heavens Gates opened and Carl Ratcliffe Poppy entered there on Monday, February 6, 2012. He will at last not have the pain and suffering he endured here on earth. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Kaufman, TX. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Virgie Yearout Ratcliffe; his son, Barry (Lauri) Ratcliffe of Kaufman,...
Lewis Gordon Young
Feb 1, 2012
Lewis Gordon Young, 67 of Radford, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2012. He was a U. S. Marine having served during the Vietnam War. He was employed at RAAP and Va. Tech and was a member of the Snowville Christian Church. Survivors include his wife Judy R. Young of Radford; son and daughter-in-law, Danny and Mitzi Young of Snowville; daughters...
Paulita Sutphin Updegrove
Jan 29, 2012
Paulita Sutphin Updegrove, 83, formerly of Fairlawn, died on January 29, 2012 at the University of VA Medical Center. She was born July 2, 1928 in Carroll County to James Commodore and Lelia Weddle Sutphin. Paulita worked for Kenrose Manufacturing and Russell Apparel until her retirement and had many good friends in the New River Valley and in the Charlottesville...
Anne Peterson Chrisman
Jan 26, 2012
Anne Peterson Chrisman, 88, of Radford, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2012. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and a retired telephone operator with 35 years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, James Crockett Chrisman on November 9, 2009. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Craig and Anne Chrisman of...
Elsie Kennedy Vines
Jan 23, 2012
Elsie Kennedy Vines, 97, of Belspring went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 23, 2012. She was a member of the New Life Harvest Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Lee Vines, Sr., her parents, Marion F. and Linnie Jane Horn Kennedy, three brothers and two sisters. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Frank...
Halsey Laurence Rogers
Jan 18, 2012
Halsey Laurence Rogers, 82, of Dublin, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at the Beacon Place Hospice in Greensboro, NC. He was a retired minister and missionary for the International Pentecostal Holiness Church for over 56 years. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Margaret Bishop Rogers, two brothers and spouses, Joe and Harriet Rogers, Troutville, VA, and Doyle and...
