Victor White Graham
Aug 15, 2008
Victor White Graham, 87, of Radford, passed away Friday, August 15, 2008. He was a retired and well known farmer from the Snowville area. He was a member of the Snowville Baptist Church and was instrumental in helping build the church in the 1950s. He was preceded in death by his parents Jessie Davis and Doshie Meredith Graham and three...
Robert Lee Lorton
Aug 14, 2008
Robert Lee Bob Lorton, 68, of Dublin, went to be with the Lord Thursday, August 14, 2008. He was an employee of Mar-Ball. He was a retiree of Inland Motors with 31 years of service and a former employee of Pulaski Corrections Unit. He was a Life member of Pulaski County Life Saving Crew and Radford Fire and Rescue. He...
Dr. George Charalambos Tarasidis
Aug 14, 2008
Dr. George Charalambos Tarasidis, 79, of Radford, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2008, in his home with loved ones. He was born in Yalta, Russia on December 4, 1928, to the late Charalambos and Theopisti Tarasidis. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bess Matzganis Tarasidis. He served the Radford and surrounding communities faithfully as a surgeon for 37...
Mary Ingles Barton Bullard
Aug 9, 2008
Mary Ingles Barton Bullard, 93, of Radford, passed away Saturday, August 9, 2008. She was the daughter of the late Laura Ingles and David Cloyd Barton. She was preceded in death by her husband Rear Admiral George C. Bullard and during WWII she survived the bombing of Pearl Harbor while he was at sea. While living there she was in...
Joseph "J. D. " Davis Harman
Aug 5, 2008
Joseph Davis J.D. Harman, 80, of Radford, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2008. He was retired Clerk of Circuit Court for the City of Radford, a realtor with Bondurant Realty for 25 years and a lifetime member of Grove United Methodist Church. He was a U. S. Marine having served during WWII. Survivors include his loving wife of 57 years,...
Samuel Laird Harman
Aug 2, 2008
Samuel Laird Harman, 84, died Saturday, August 2, 2008. He was a WWII veteran having served in the U. S. Army Air Corps, 9th Squadron, 7th Bombardment group, stationed primarily in India. He held a Bachelor of Law degree from Washington and Lee University, and a Master of Arts Degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
James Edward Thompson
Aug 1, 2008
James Thompson, 74 of Dublin, passed away Friday August 1, 2008. He was a retired Fighter Pilot for the US Air Force. He was preceded in death by his parents Everette and Elizabeth Thompson. Survivors include his wife of 53 years Lucille Thompson of Dublin; daughter and son-in-law Debbie and Denny Sowers of Blue Ridge, VA; son, James Thompson, Jr....
William "Bill" Garking Ritenour
Jul 26, 2008
William Bill Garking Ritenour, 84, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2008 at his home in Radford. He was a U. S. Army veteran having served during WWII. He was a plumber by trade but loved gardening and spent many hours reading and learning interesting facts that he loved sharing with his many friends in the Radford community. He was born...
Rachel Howell Cox
Jul 26, 2008
Rachel Howell Cox, 91 of Pilot, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2008 at Skyline Manor in Floyd. She was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy in Radford. She was born May 9, 1917 in Radford the daughter of the late Walter Bolden and Grace Myers Howell. She was preceded in death by her husband Troy Franklin Cox...
Pauline Gardner Quesenberry
Jul 26, 2008
Pauline Gardner Quesenberry, 81 of Christiansburg, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2008 at her home. She was a member of Rockford United Methodist Church in Radford and a retired employee of the VEC in Radford with over 32 years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband, William David Quesenberry and by a son Michael Quesenberry. Survivors include...
Robert Lee Arney
Jul 18, 2008
Robert Lee Arney, 86, of Radford, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 18, 2008. He was preceded in death by his loving wife Nellie Arney in 2005. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law Peggy and Leslie Dishon of Christiansburg and Linda and Roger Graves of Roanoke; a son and daughter-in-law Donald Lee and Cherry Arney of...
Sidney Samuel Herman
Jul 18, 2008
Sidney Samuel Herman, 77 of Blacksburg, passed away Friday, July 18, 2008. A memorial fund in memory of Sidney Herman has been set up at the Mayo Clinic for cancer research. Gifts can be made to the Mayo Clinic Cancer Research Program, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905. Checks should be made payable to Mayo Clinic and designated for...
Joseph Eyman Stutzman
Jul 18, 2008
Joseph Eyman Stutzman, 62 of Dublin formally of Floyd, passed away Friday, July 18, 2008. He was a Master Sergeant in the Untied States Marine Corp having served from 1970 thru 1976 and a former Chef having retired in 2003. He was a member of the Rohrsville Mennonite Church in Rohrsville, PA. He was a beloved Husband, Father and outdoors...
George Ellsworth Aker
Jul 15, 2008
George Ellsworth Aker, 83, passed away at his home in Radford on Tuesday, July 15, 2008. He was a WWII veteran having served in the U. S. Navy. He was a graduate of Virginia Tech and retired in 1987 from the VA State Health Dept. after 33 years of service. He was preceded in death by his wives Grace Moody...
Charles Edward Ratcliffe
Jul 13, 2008
Charles Edward Ratcliffe, 84 of Radford, passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2008. He was a WWII veteran having served in the U. S. Army. He was preceded in death by his parents Jesse Ratcliffe and Mae A. Tipton, and three brothers Rev. Carl, Coeve and Darrell Ratcliffe. He attended Bains Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survivors include his wife, Ocie...
George Burke Taylor
Jul 5, 2008
George Burke Taylor, 91 of Radford, passed away on Saturday, July 5, 2008. He was born in Russell County to the late Richard and Mary Taylor. He worked many years in the coal mines at Dante, VA and was a retired carpenter. He is preceded in death by his first wife Glenna Milton Taylor and two sons Ronnie and George...
Theodore Winfred Bess
Jul 4, 2008
Theodore Winfred (Ted) Bess, 80, of Radford, passed away Friday, July 4, 2008. He was former owner of Ted's Market for over 40 years and still working at Radford Auto Auction, where he worked for over 15 years. Ted was one of Radford's former Mayors, serving from 1978 to 1980 and on Radford's City Council for over eight years. He...
Allen Raymond Akers
Jul 2, 2008
Raymond called and asked Alberta for a date on Wednesday evening, July 2, 2008. She said yes, so he left to meet her at 5 p.m. that afternoon. They planned to go for a walk on the streets of gold and then go to have dinner at the banquet table. They were having such a great time, that he's not...
John "Buddy" Edlow Vest, Jr.
Jun 28, 2008
John E. Buddy Vest, Jr., 88, passed away Saturday, June 28, 2008 at his home in Radford. He was a member of Grove United Methodist Church and was a retired employee of Hercules with 33 years of service. Survivors include his wife Johanna C. Vest; son and daughter-in-law, John E. Jack and Nancy E. Vest of Sand Springs, OK; two...
Lavonne Doris Rosenberg
Jun 25, 2008
LaVonne Doris Rosenberg, 83 of Blacksburg, VA passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2008. She was retired from the Dept. of the Navy as an administrative assistant after 37 years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband Sidney Rosenberg, a brother Gene M. Fisher and a great-grandson, Lucas Sutphin. She was a member of the Daughters of the...
