Billy Ray Rorrer
Mar 1, 2009
Billy Ray Rorrer, Sr., 59, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2009 at his home. He was preceded in death by his father Troy Tipton Rorrer and two brothers Oakley Wayne and Lloyd Douglas Rorrer. Survivors include wife, Monique Rorrer of Pilot; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Ray and Emily Wu-Rorrer of Falls Church; Curtis Rorrer of Wytheville; daughter and son-in-law,...
Goldie Lawson Bolden
Feb 25, 2009
Goldie Lawson Bolden, 86, passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at her home in Radford. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and retired clerk from the Radford Medicine Shoppe. She was preceded in death by her husband Bill Bolden. Survivors include two sons Robert D. Bolden of Yorktown, and Randy D. Bolden of Gainesville; five grandchildren and six...
Elyria "Tillie" Christian Jackson
Feb 22, 2009
Elyria Tillie Christian Jackson, 85, passed away Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Kroontje Health Center in Blacksburg. She was a retired LPN from Retreat Hospital in Richmond from 1974 until 1988 and was a Red Cross volunteer during WWII. She was a member of Branchs Baptist Church in Richmond where she was a member of the choir. Over the...
Marita Kast Turman Whitlock
Feb 20, 2009
Marita Kast Turman Whitlock, 57, passed away Friday, February 20, at her home in Christiansburg. She was a member of the Tower of Refuge Church in Dublin. Survivors include her husband, James E. Whitlock, Christiansburg; daughter, Valerie Richards, Floyd; son, Scott Turman, Radford; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Curtis and Linda Kast, Christiansburg and Glenn and Cheryl Kast, Riner; five sisters...
Opal Bishop Sutphin
Feb 13, 2009
Opal Bishop Sutphin, age 89 of Radford passed away Friday February 13, 2009 at the New River Valley Medical Center. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Radford. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roba D. Sutphin and her parents, John Wesley and Mary Keith Bishop. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Allen and Mary Lou...
Max Shelor
Feb 9, 2009
Max Shelor, 93, passed away Monday, February 9, 2009 at his home in Radford. He was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy where he taught Sunday school for over 20 years. He was a retired supervisor at Lynchburg Foundry with 44 years of service. He was an avid hunter and woodworker. Survivors include his wife of 70...
Kenneth Eugene Wilson, Sr.
Feb 6, 2009
Kenneth Eugene Wilson, Sr., 65, of Radford, passed away Friday, February 6, 2009. He was a fireman with the City of Radford and retired from Industrial Drives where he worked in receiving. He was a member of the Henry Clay Masonic Lodge #280 A.F.& A.M. Survivors include his wife, Pat M. Wilson of Radford; his children Kenneth E. Wilson, Jr....
Helen Margaret Mcnew Wood
Feb 5, 2009
Helen Margaret McNew Wood, 82, of Radford, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2009. She was born in Welch, WV, the daughter of the late Clarence E. and Mary Elizabeth Ridenger McNew. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert Bunyan Wood. Survivors include two sons, Van E. Wood and Philip M. Wood; 6 grandchildren Gilbert Wood, Prencie Wood, Helen...
Velma Mabry Akers
Feb 5, 2009
Velma Mabry Akers, 85, of Radford, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2009 at the Salem Health & Rehab. She was a charter member of Gethsemane Baptist Church and active in the Friendship Circle and Pioneer Group. She was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years George Heath Akers. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Sonya and Pat Regan...
James Maston Tabor
Feb 4, 2009
James Maston Tabor, 61, of Pulaski, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2009. Survivors include his wife, Sharon McPeak Tabor of Pulaski; a daughter and son-in-law, Daris and William Branscome of Pulaski; a son, James Anthony Tabor of Pulaski; a brother, Larry Malan Tabor of Pulaski; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Phyllis and Paul Gallimore of Pulaski and Joyce and Thomas Winebarger...
Anne Carmel Showalter
Jan 29, 2009
Anne Carmel Showalter, 101, died January 29, 2009 at the Wheatland Hills Retirement Center in Radford where she had resided for a number of years. She was born August 3, 1907 to the late Edward Thomas and Alice May (Mackie) Cummins Showalter of Snowville. She was also preceded in death by three brothers Julian, Wendall and Cyril; and six sisters...
Nell Bishop Beasley
Jan 29, 2009
Nell Hutton Beasley, 83, of Plum Creek, died Thursday after a valiant battle with heart disease. She was a long-time member of Bethel United Methodist Church, an avid social planner and participant at the Radford meetings of the NRV Agency on Agings nutrition site, an RSVP volunteer and Jeff Gordons and Frank Beamers No. 1 fan. She was preceded in...
Charles Jackson Bishop
Jan 21, 2009
Charles Jackson Bishop, 39, of Hiwassee, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2009. He was preceded in death by his father, Edward Buster Jackson Bishop, brother Eddie Ray Bishop, and his sister, Angela Bishop Huff. Survivors include his wife Shelia W. Bishop of Hiwassee; two children Adam Ryan Bishop and Mikayla Dawn Bishop; his mother Edith B. Bishop of Radford; maternal...
Robert Larry Morris
Jan 20, 2009
Robert Larry Morris, age 54, passed away at his home on January 20, 2009. He was preceded in death by his parents Robert Bob Lee and Mellie Sue Quesenberry Morris. He is survived by his two sisters, Jackie Sue Perdue of Riner; Sherry Long of Dublin; two uncles, Dave Morris of Radford; Doug Morris of Dublin. Memorial services will be...
Bobby Dean Kirtner
Jan 19, 2009
Bobby Dean Kirtner, 68, passed away Monday, Januaury 19, 2009 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his father James Kirtner Sr. Survivors include his mother, Mae Lovern Kirtner of Radford; two sisters, Betty Carden of Radford; Patsy Cummings of Liberty, NC; brother James Kirtner Jr. of Jacksonville, NC. Funeral services will be held...
Curtis Anthony Alley, Sr.
Jan 16, 2009
Curtis Anthony Alley, Sr., 57, of Winchester formerly of Radford, passed away Friday, January 16, 2009. Survivors include his wife Rhonda Murdock Alley of Winchester; two sons and daughters-in-law, Curtis A., Jr. and Jessica Alley of Fairlawn, and Jason W. and Mercedes Alley of Richmond; and four grandchildren, Norborne, Matilda, Saera Lin and Greyson; an adopted daughter, Brydan Alley of...
Eloise Graham Turner
Jan 15, 2009
Eloise Graham Turner, 94, of Radford, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2009 at the Richfield Recovery and Care Center in Salem. She was born in Radford on March 6, 1914, the daughter of the late Joseph Grant and Vivian Luvenia Hall Graham. Eloise was a member and past Regent of the General William Campbell Chapter of the DAR, a member...
Vivian Pauline Cregar Hensley
Jan 11, 2009
Vivian Pauline Cregar Hensley, age 90, beloved grandmother and great-grandmother went to be with her Lord on January 11, 2009. Vivian was born November 22, 1918, in Crockett, VA. With her husband Paul she made her home in Radford and later South Hill, retiring from many years of service at Brodnax Mills. When her husband and son began clock collecting,...
Thomas Kent Adams, Sr.
Jan 7, 2009
Thomas Kent T. K. Adams, Sr. passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2009. He was born November 5, 1933 in the small farming community of Whitethorne, VA, the son of the late Richard Putnam and Julia Roope Adams. T. K. attended Virginia Tech, where he received a degree in Dairy Science. After serving in the U. S. Army in Korea, he...
Glendon Earl Bentley, Sr.
Jan 2, 2009
Glendon Earl Bentley, Sr., 76, of Radford, VA, passed away Friday, January 2, 2009 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center. Mr. Bentley served in the US Army and was also a Life Member of the VFW Post #776 and the American Legion. He was a retired mechanic from Dick Price Ford and was employed at Advance Auto. He was...
