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John Edgar Martin, Jr.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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...

William "Billy" Darrell King

William "Billy" Darrell King

Nov 13, 2010

William Billy Darrell King, 54, of Parrott, passed away Saturday, November 13, 2010. Survivors include his wife of 33 years, Ann Lilly King of Parrott; sons Benjamin Ryan King and William Dustin King, both of Parrott; daughter and son-in-law, Amber Dawn and Gary Wayne Page, Jr. of Fairlawn; mother and stepfather, Colleen and Jim Richardson of Pulaski; grandchildren Jaemon Ryan...

Sherwood Lincoln Prescott

Sherwood Lincoln Prescott

Nov 12, 2010

Sherwood Lincoln Prescott, 82, passed away Friday, November 12, 2010 at his home in Radford. He was retired from Clover Creamery with 38 years of service. He was preceded in death by two children, Brenda Stevens and Danny Prescott; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and his former wife, Margaret S. Prescott. Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Lois Bowman Prescott...

Ronald Lee Hamblin

Ronald Lee Hamblin

Nov 11, 2010

Ronald Lee Ronnie Hamblin 61 of Dublin passed away Thursday Nov. 11, 2010 at Pulaski Community Hospital. He was a member of St. Judes Catholic Church and was a retired Lieutenant with the Dublin Police Dept. with over 26 years of service, and was a member of the F.O.P. a lifetime member of the Pulaski County Lifesaving Crew, the Pulaski...

Sadie Akers Turpin

Sadie Akers Turpin

Nov 7, 2010

Sadie Akers Turpin, 92, passed away Sunday, November 7, 2010 at her home in Radford. She was a member of the Tower of Refuge Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband George Edward Turpin. Survivors include her daughter Sharon Diane Turpin of Arlington; brother and sister-in-law Charles and Betty Akers of Pulaski; sister...

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