Margaret Edna Kelly Roberson
Jan 6, 2011
Margaret Edna Kelly Roberson died Thursday, January 6, 2011 at her home in Radford. She was a courageous and active woman whose life was filled with the love of friends and family. The daughter of Edna and Jeff Kelly, Marge was born on December 8, 1926 in Clinchburg, Virginia. She had two brothers, John Davis and William Edgar Kelly. She...
Mary Mcpeak Burleson
Jan 4, 2011
Mary Ellen McPeak Burleson, 73, of Pembroke, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at her daughters home in Radford. She was retired from Wolverine Gasket. Survivors include her special companion of 33 years, Larry Williams of Pembroke; four sons, Harley Peanut Burleson, Wayne Burleson and David Burleson, all of Pembroke, and Russell Burleson of Radford; two daughters, Laura Cissy Moore...
Bertha Adith Phillips
Jan 2, 2011
Bertha Adith Phillips age 94, died Sunday morning January 2, 2011 at her home. She was born in Pulaski County December 5, 1916 to the late H. J. Phillips and Ida Vivian Cox Phillips. She worked for Burlington Mills for over forty years. She was devoted to her family. At the age of 17 she helped her mother care for...
Velva Margaret Akers Long
Dec 23, 2010
Velva Margaret Long, 82, of Radford, passed away Thursday, December 23, 2010. She was born in Floyd County on September 12, 1928 the daughter of the late Kyle and Nora Phillips Akers. She was preceded in death by her parents, son-in-law Jeffrey Worrell, two sisters and three brothers. Survivors include her husband of 58 years, Warren Harrison Weasel Long; daughter...
John Edgar Martin, Jr.
Dec 22, 2010
John Edgar Martin, Jr., 77, of Radford, passed away Wednesday, December 22, 2010. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church and a retired truck driver. He served in the U. S. Air Force and was a member of Henry Clay Masonic Lodge #280 AF & AM. He was preceded in death by his parents. John Edgar, Sr. and Noblin...
Mari Emily Peddle
Dec 20, 2010
Mari Emily Peddle, 76, of Pulaski, VA went home to be with the Lord on Monday, December 20, 2010. She attended Pulaski Presbyterian Church and was a retired Registered Nurse, Psychiatric Certified. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, Mari is survived by her four children, Jeffrey M. Pellerin and his wife Shelly, Dana R. Pellerin, Sheri M. Pellerin and Cathy L. Dunn...
Marvin Andrew Ratcliffe, Jr.
Dec 18, 2010
Marvin Andrew Ratcliffe, Jr., 82, of Radford, passed away Saturday, December 18, 2010. He was a member of Rockford United Methodist Church and retired from Radford Army Ammunitions Plant. He served his country in the U. S. Air Force. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Jane Cales Ratcliffe, his brother John M. Ratcliffe and his sister Annie...
Kathleen Mccallister Haga
Dec 17, 2010
Kathleen McCallister Haga, 87, of Dublin, and formally of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away on December 17, 2010 after a brief illness. Kathleen was born on November 1, 1923. She married Walter Blair Haga on April 29, 1941. Kathleen was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and homemaker. She was an active member of Oakwood Baptist Church in Charleston, WVa. Kathleen...
Robert "Bob" Carl Saunders
Dec 17, 2010
Robert Bob Carl Saunders, 83, of Radford, passed away Friday, December 17, 2010. He was a member of Carter Street United Methodist Church and a U.S. Army veteran having served during WWII. He retired from Radford Army Ammunition Plant with 40 years of service. He was preceded in death by his wife Doris Cress Saunders and daughter Sherry Ellen Saunders...
Nell Strawn Daugherty
Dec 16, 2010
Nell Strawn Daugherty, 91, of Radford, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2010. She was a member of Dublin United Methodist Church. She was born June 26, 1919, the daughter of the late James Byron and Sadie Godfrey Strawn. She was preceded in death by her husband John Tipton JT Daugherty. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Ronald E. and Ann...
Frederick Elkins Covey
Dec 15, 2010
Frederick Elkins Covey, 92, died peacefully Tuesday morning December 15, in West Hartford, Connecticut, following a brief illness. Born and raised in Radford, the son of Ernest Fred and Anna Lee Elkins Covey, he lived 90 years there, spending the last two years in Avon, CT with his daughter. Fred proudly served his country in the US Navy during World...
Rev. Thornton Harding Turpin
Dec 10, 2010
Rev. Thornton Harding Turpin, 90, of Radford, passed away Friday, December 10, 2010 in Elizabethton, TN. He was a member of the East Radford Church of God, the Ministerial Association and Radford VFW Post #776. He was retired from Lynchburg Foundry with 30 years of service, a Church of God minister for many years and was a WWII veteran. He...
Royal Marion Bond
Dec 4, 2010
Royal Marion Bond, 93, of Radford, passed away Saturday, December 4, 2010. He was retired chief operator at Hercules with 32 years of service. He was an active member of First Baptist Church and Past Master of Va. May Masonic Lodge #38 A.F. & A.M. He was preceded in death by his first wife of 56 years, Julia Mae Lawson...
Carl Gilbert Quesenberry
Dec 1, 2010
Carl Gilbert Quesenberry, 77, of Radford, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2010. He was a U. S. Army veteran having served during the Korean Conflict and retired supervisor with Jefferson Mills. He was preceded in death by his parents Aaron Sylvan and Nebraska White Quesenberry, a brother Elgene Quesenberry, a sister Bonnie L. Duncan, and his former wife Helen Mullins...
Carolyn Louise Saddler
Nov 30, 2010
Carolyn Louise Saddler, 75, of Radford, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband Raymond Benjamin Saddler and son Raymond B. Saddler, Jr. Survivors include her son Jeffrey Saddler of Christiansburg; three daughters and sons-in-law, Debbie and Dan Gray of Christiansburg, Cheryl and Garry Rakes of Front Royal, and Cathy and Kenny Dunn of...
John Aldridge Stowers
Nov 30, 2010
John Aldridge Stowers, 68, of Dublin, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2010. He was born December 9, 1941 in Leesburg and was the son of the late Claude and Ellen Kirkpatrick Stowers. He graduated from Loudoun County High School in Leesburg. John Stowers was a member of the Loudoun County Planning Commission for 12 years, through the late 1970s and...
Dorothy Mae Graham Simpson
Nov 21, 2010
Dorothy Mae Graham Simpson, 87, of Radford, passed away Sunday, November 21, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband Winford William Simpson. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Sandy and Youssef Joe Abdelbary of Christiansburg and Zelda and William Vaughn of Radford; brother and sister-in-law, Leonard Lee and Merita Graham of Radford; grandchildren Greg Byrd, Ricky Byrd and...
Nancy Lee Duncan Ridpath
Nov 15, 2010
Nancy Lee Duncan Ridpath, 76, of Radford, passed away Monday, November 15, 2010. She was a member of Cornersview Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Lee and Mammie Spence Duncan, a brother, David Duncan, grandson Christopher, and two great grandchildren. Survivors include her husband of 57 years, Grover Evans Ridpath of Radford; six daughters...
Eugene Harlow Dickerson, Sr.
Nov 15, 2010
Eugene Harlow Dickerson, Sr., 85, of Christiansburg, passed away Monday, November 15, 2010. He was preceded in death by his son Eugene H. Dickerson, Jr. Survivors include his wife Alice Alls Dickerson; daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Tommy Walters of Floyd; daughter-in-law, Karen Dickerson of Christiansburg; three grandchildren and their spouses and four great-grandchildren. As per his request there will...
Carter Lee Effler
Nov 13, 2010
Carter Lee Effler, 68, of Radford, passed away Saturday, November 13, 2010. He was born October 9, 1942 in Charleston, WVa the son of the late George Washington and Louise Bowling Effler. He was an active member of Central United Methodist Church and ran New River Clinical Lab for over 32 years. Carter served the citizens of Radford in many...
