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Ada Marie Pruitt Hamilton
Mar 16, 2009
Ada Marie Pruitt Hamilton, 66 of Radford, passed away Monday, March 16, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband Houston Albert Hamilton. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Kellie Sue and Keith Smith and Jennifer J. J. and James Sullivan, all of Radford; son and daughter-in-law, Daniel and Ashley Hamilton of Lenoir, NC; three grandchildren Brandon, Meredith and...
James Ronald Beaver
Mar 16, 2009
James Ronald Beaver, 75 of Dublin, passed away Monday, March 16, 2009. He was the owner and pharmacist at the Dublin Pharmacy in Dublin. He was preceded in death by his wife of 48 years, Tracy Bernadine Beaver. Survivors include two sons and daughter-in-law, Mark and Gail Beaver of Christiansburg, and Greg Beaver of Dublin; a sister and brother-in-law Beverly...
Brenda Tolbert King
Mar 11, 2009
Brenda Tolbert King, 46, of Radford, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 after a courageous battle with cervical cancer. Brenda was born Feb. 22, 1963. Brenda was a teacher and basketball coach at Hidden Valley High School and previously at Pulaski County High School and Radford High School. Teaching, coaching and her children...
George Lee Morgan
Mar 9, 2009
George Lee Morgan, 68, passed away Monday, March 9, 2009 at his home in Radford. He was a graduate of Virginia Tech and an inspector with the Virginia Dept. of Agriculture. Survivors include his wife, Doris Daugherty Morgan of Radford; a daughter and son-in-law, Holly and Kenneth Mackey of Oviedo, FL; a brother Frank Martin of Sebastian, FL. Memorial services...
Linda Marie Collins
Mar 6, 2009
Linda Marie Collins, 53, of Radford, passed away Friday, March 6, 2009. She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church. She was preceded in death by her father James Francis Wheeler. Survivors include her husband Richard Collins; a son Shaun Jenks; two grandchildren Hunter and Hailey Jenks; mother and step-father, Evalene and Earl Irwin; brother and sister-in-law, Ronald and Irene...
Robert Clayton Price
Mar 3, 2009
Robert Clayton Price, 73, of Hillsville, Va., and formerly of Pembroke, Va., passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Bob was born on February 22,1936, son of the late William and Ersie Price. He was also preceded in death by a son, William David Price. Bob was a graduate of Concord College and The University of Tennessee Graduate School. He...
Marie Wimer Graham
Mar 2, 2009
Marie Wimer Graham, 77, of Harrisonburg, formerly of Christiansburg, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 2, 2009. She attended the Peoples Baptist Church in Harrisonburg and Bible Holiness Church in Christiansburg. She was preceded in death by her parents Edward B. and Ollie Wimer, her husband of 48 years, Gordon Graham, a sister and brother-in-law, Annie and...
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...
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