Robert Ramsey Smith, Jr.
Mar 23, 2008
Robert Ramsey Smith, Jr. age 78 of Radford, passed away Sunday, March 23, 2008 at the New River Valley Medical Center. He was the owner and operator of Radio Station WKEX in Blacksburg for 13 years. He especially enjoyed broadcasting ball games and remote broadcasts where he enjoyed meeting the public. He was in radio for 55 years. He was...
Lula J. Allen
Mar 22, 2008
Lula J. Allen, 85 of Radford, went to her heavenly home on March 22, 2008. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Mary Lewis of Joplin, MO; a daughter and son-in-law, Betty Sue and Johnny Gillman of Radford; two sisters, Donna Freeze and Shirley Gelhaus, both of Rockford, IL; a nephew Michael Gilhaus of Texas; a niece, Patty Lynn...
Douglas Michael Miller
Mar 19, 2008
Douglas Michael Miller, 33, left this earth Wednesday, March 19, 2008. An automobile accident 16 years ago left him unable to walk on this earth but he is now walking the streets of gold with Jesus in Heaven. He was a former supervisor for the VT Math Emporium. Survivors include his mother Medarae Sutphin of Dublin; his father Fredric Neil...
Herman Floyd Howell
Mar 19, 2008
Herman Floyd Howell, 94 of Dublin passed away, Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Highland Ridge Nursing & Rehab. He was born in Sparta, Tenn. on October 13, 1913 to the late John Douglas and Lillie Ann Tallant Howell. He was also preceded in death by five brothers Delbert, William (Bill), Haston, Richard and James, and three sisters, Etta Post, Ina...
Willie Andrew Beverly
Mar 18, 2008
Willie Andrew Beverly, 71, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at his home in Dublin. He was preceded in death by his parents Howard and Betsy Beverly, and his first wife Joyce Beverly. Survivors include his wife Betty Haire; two daughters Terry Beverly and Tammy Beverly; a son and his wife, Michael and Ashley Haire; a grandson James Patterson; two...
Troy Duncan
Mar 17, 2008
Troy Duncan, 89, of Radford, passed away Monday, March 17, 2008, at the New River Valley Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, William C. and Mattie Young Duncan; his wife, Margaret T. Duncan; and a daughter, Loretta Gay White. He was a retired farmer and was a veteran of the United States Army. Survivors include four...
June Loraine Showalter
Mar 17, 2008
June Loraine Showalter, 79, passed away Monday, March 17, 2008 in Brandon Oaks Nursing and Rehab in Roanoke. She was a member of the Radford Christian Church. She was born June 28, 1928 in Leesburg the daughter of the late W. N. and Lura Malinda Showalter. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers Donald and William N....
Ida Mae Akers Hall
Mar 14, 2008
Ida Mae Hall, 68 of Dublin, passed away Friday, March 14, 2008. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend who will be greatly missed by all who new her. She was a former employee of Klopman Mills in Dublin. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church in Dublin. She was preceded in death by her parents...
Ella Mae Bolen Bishop
Mar 14, 2008
Ella Mae Bishop, our Mother, Grandmother and Great-grandmother, 86, of Radford, passed away Friday, March 14, 2008, at her home. A long time resident of the New River Valley, Ella also spent some time cruising around our great country and at one milestone in her life spent a great deal of her retirement in sunny Florida before returning to Radford....
Elton Grant O'Berry, Sr.
Mar 10, 2008
Elton Grant OBerry, Sr., 63 of Christiansburg, passed away Monday, March 10, 2008 at the New River Valley Medical Center. He was a retired employee of the Lynchburg Foundry. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Kelly and Nancy Ellen Crewes OBerry. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Sarah Ellen and John Ramsey of Pulaski; two sons, Elton...
Joseph Thomas Slomka, Iii
Mar 8, 2008
Joseph Thomas Slomka III, 26 of Dublin, passed away unexpectedly Saturday March 8, 2008 at his home. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Harvey Randall Bane. He was a member of the Radford Worship Center. Survivors include his mother and fiance; Lisa B Slomka and Buck Ratliff, Dublin; father and wife, Joseph Thomas, Jr. and Pamela Slomka,...
Christina June Hatcher
Mar 4, 2008
Christina June Hatcher, 89 of Fairlawn, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2008 in Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born June 13, 1918 in Matoaka, WV to Oran Doan Epling and Laura Brady Wyatt Epling. She was an active member as one of Jehovahs Witnesses in Radford for 61 years. She was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years...
Gary Lee Thomas
Mar 4, 2008
Gary Lee Thomas, 71 of Christiansburg, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2008. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and a veteran of the U. S. Air Force. He retired from the City of Radford Police Department after 30 years of service. Survivors include his wife, Drema B. Thomas of Christiansburg; a son and daughter-in-law, Gary Lee II...
James "Jimbo" Garfield Manns, Jr.
Mar 3, 2008
James Garfield Jimbo Manns, Jr., 76, passed away Monday, March 3, 2008 at his home in Pulaski. He was retired from Lynchburg Foundry. Additionally, Jims exceptional skills as a builder and contractor were provided to countless community businesses and families. He was born November 30, 1931 in Radford the son of the late James Garfield Sr. and Hattie Austin Manns....
Robert Kenneth Bussey
Mar 3, 2008
Robert Bobby Kenneth Bussey, 73 of Dublin, passed away Monday, March 3, 2008. He retired from Radford University where he worked for 44 years doing masonry and plastering. He attended the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents and a daughter, Donna Bussey. Survivors include his wife Carolyn Mitchell Bussey of Dublin; four daughters Barbara...
Howard Douglas Hill
Mar 2, 2008
Howard Douglas Buck Hill, 71, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2008 at his home in Christiansburg. He was a US Army veteran and retired from Virginia Tech after 31 years in the printing department. He was preceded in death by his parents Earnest J. and Nellie Pannell Hill, and a sister Doris Smith. Survivors include his wife Patty Proco Hill...
Vergie Atkins Moore
Mar 2, 2008
Vergie Pierce Atkins Moore, 88 of Belspring, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2008. Survivors include two sons and daughter-in-law, Edward and Patricia Moore and Wayne Moore; a granddaughter; sister Ancy Mullins; and three special nieces and their husbands Sandy and Jim Hagman, Joyce and George Starling and Jeannie and Roger Lesone. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 6, 2008...
Quinton Ray Marshall
Mar 1, 2008
Quinton Ray Marshall , 85 of Radford, passed away suddenly on the Marshall Tree Farm on Saturday, March 1, 2008 surrounded by nature which he loved and enjoyed all his life. He was a member and Deacon of the Fairlawn Presbyterian Church. In 1943 he enlisted in the Army and served under General Pattons command in the 567th Army Anti-Aircraft...
Lila Phillips Laxton
Feb 29, 2008
Lila Phillips Laxton, 94, of Riceville, TN formally of Dublin, passed away on February 29, 2008. She was preceded in death by her parents, Grover Lee and Laura Alice Montgomery Phillips and her husband William Burl Laxton. Survivors include two daughters and son-in-law, Nancy L. and John Jones of Riceville, TN and Marie Shields of Newbern; six grandchildren James Shields,...
Mary Freeman Franklin
Feb 26, 2008
Mary Freeman Franklin, 89 of Radford, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2008 in Pulaski Health and Rehab. She was a member of the West Radford Church of God. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Geoffrey Franklin, Sr., a son Bobby, and granddaughter Tonya Hampton. Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law Janice M. and Don Akers of Radford,...
