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Emma Gordon Cales
Dec 8, 2007
Emma Mae Gordon Cales, 85 of Radford, passed on Saturday, December 8, 2007. She is preceded in death by her parents, Fred Dewey Gordon and Dessie Lester Duncan, Husband James Garnett Cales Jr. and a brother, Kenneth William Gordon, nephew, Kenny William Gordon. Survivors include three nieces, Connie Quesenberry of Indian Valley; Loretta Phillips of Cambria; Ruby Gordon of Indian...
Marvin Darrell Tickle
Dec 5, 2007
Marvin Darrell Tickle age 65 of Wytheville, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2007. He was a member of the Wytheville Community Church. Survivors include his wife Gaynell Whitt Tickle of Wytheville; two sons and daughters-in-law; Ricky and Loretta Tickle of Radford and Billy and Sharon Tickle of Elmirage, Arizona; grandchild, Ricky Tickle, Jr.; two brothers, Fred Tickle of Radford and...
Lee Junior Lawrence
Dec 4, 2007
Lee Junior Lawrence, 80 of Salem, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 4, 2007. He was a member of the Salem Church of God and was an electrician with Graham White Manufacturing Co. for over 20 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Gertrude Tinley Lawrence, two sisters and four brothers. Survivors include...
Patsy Eloye Meade
Dec 3, 2007
Patsy Eloye Meade, 70 of Radford, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 3, 2007. She was a member of the Faith Bible Class and employed at Walmart in Christiansburg. She is the daughter of the late Elmo and Edna Munsey Jarrett. She is preceded in death by her parents and a sister, JoAnn Evans. Survivors include a...
Lillian May Fields
Nov 27, 2007
Lillian May Fields, 84 of Narrows, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007 at Pulaski Community Hospital. She was a daughter of the late David Crockett and Hallie Skeens Fields. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Narrows. Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law Hazel and Herman Young of Radford; five nephews and their spouses, Steve and Bonnie...
Jonas Nakutis
Nov 21, 2007
Jonas Nakutis, 65 of Radford, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2007. He was preceded in death by his parents, Feliksas and Olga Yacaviciute Nakutis. He was also a U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by two sisters and brother-in-law, Regina Howard of Radford and Aleksandra and Gerald Jedrzejak of Mountain Home Arkansas; five nieces and nephews; and six great nieces...
Millard Edward Hackney
Nov 12, 2007
Millard Edward Hackney, 88 formerly of Spotsylvania, passed away Monday, November 12, 2007 in Fairlawn, VA. He was a former member of the Spotsylvania Church of God and a U. S. Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his wife Edith Virginia Hackney and a son Gerald Hackney. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law Larry Thomas, Sr. and Kay...
Julia Elizabeth Howell Francis
Nov 10, 2007
Julia Elizabeth Howell Francis, 88 of Radford, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, November 10, 2007. She was preceded in death by her parents Elbert Eden and Bertha Ollie Burnop Howell, and her husband Edward Earl Francis, Sr. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Edward E. and Anita S. Francis, Jr. of Shelby, NC; daughter and son-in-law, Jacqueline and Keith...
Leona Wright Hobbs
Nov 6, 2007
Leona Kate Wright Hobbs, 79 of Pulaski, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2007 in the New River Valley Medical Center. She was born July 10, 1928 the daughter of the late Sherman Earl and Hattie Hinkley Wright. Survivors include her husband Harison W. Hobbs of Pulaski; a daughter and son-in-law Diana and David Bell of Carlisle, PA; a son and...
Cora Farley Bradley
Oct 31, 2007
Cora Mae Farley Bradley died at her home Wednesday, October 31, 2007 of heart failure due to Parkinsons Disease. She was preceded in death by her youngest son Jonathan Zane Chew Brandley. She is survived in death by her loving husband of 70 years plus, Othar M. Bradley; five blood children Ramona Faye Kaplan of Dublin, Wynona Gaye Slemp and...
Ada Blanche Harless Skeens
Oct 29, 2007
Ada Blanche Harless Skeens, of Bluffton, SC, and formerly Radford, VA, passed away on October 29, 2007. Mrs. Skeens was born in Waiteville, WV, on November 18, 1918. She graduated from New Castle High School in 1936 and went to work at Celenese in Narrows, VA. There she met and, on June 23 1943, married Richard Ward Skeens of Narrows,...
Pearl Mann Whitt
Oct 26, 2007
Pearl Mann Whitt, 92 of Radford, passed away Friday, October 26, 2007 at the New River Valley Medical Center. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Radford and was retired from Burlington Industries with 36 years of service. She was born June 20, 1915 in Chilhowie, the daughter of the late John William and Dora Leona Taylor...
Herman Young Buckner
Oct 25, 2007
Herman Wayne Buckner, 62 of Radford, passed away Thursday, October 25, 2007. He was preceded in death by his father, James Buckner, a brother, Daniel Buckner and both sets of grandparents. Survivors include his wife, Rachel Buckner of Radford; mother, Lula Sloan Harden of Princeton, WVA; four brothers and sisters-in-law, Junior and Rita Buckner of Bland, Robert and Geraldine Buckner...
Lucille Young Rupe
Oct 21, 2007
Lucille Leslie Young Rupe, 85 of Dublin, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2007. She was a member of Mt. View United Methodist Church. She was born February 16, 1922 the daughter of the late Nathaniel Henry and Ollie Shelton Young. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Bascomb Rupe. Survivors include two daughters and son-in-law, Peggy and Cadle...
Joseph William Higginbotham
Oct 18, 2007
Joseph William Higginbotham, 49 of Dublin, passed away Thursday, October 18, 2007 after a long battle with cancer. He was a member of the Richlands First Christian Disciples of Christ Church and previously worked at Consolidated Coal as a supply clerk. He was born June 26, 1958 in Tazewell Co. the son of Joseph Moore and Dorothy Cartmill Higginbotham. Survivors...
William Columbus Ratcliffe, Iii
Oct 15, 2007
William Columbus W.C. Ratcliffe, III, 69 of Radford, passed away Monday, October 15, 2007 at the Veterans Hospital in Salem. He was retired from the city of Radford and a U. S. Army veteran. Survivors include his wife Jeanette T. Ratcliffe of Radford; son and daughter-in-law, William C. and Tammy M. Ratcliffe, IV of Radford; their son, Robert J. Ratcliffe...
Lillian Marie Phillips
Oct 13, 2007
Lillian Marie Phillips, 82 of Radford, passed away Saturday, October 13, 2007. She was a retired cafeteria worker with Radford University. Survivors include a nephew and his wife, John P. and Sarah Burkett of Pulaski. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at the Mullins Funeral Home in Radford. Interment will follow in the Highland...
James Dawson Weikel
Oct 13, 2007
James Dawson Weikel, 77 of Radford, passed away Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Covington on August 6, 1930 the son of the late Oswald L. and Nancy S. Weikel. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Thomas and Ira Lee and his sister, Nancy. He served his country in the US...
James "Jimmy" Arnole Smith
Oct 12, 2007
James Arnold Smith, 60 of Dublin, passed away Friday, October 12, 2007. He was a U.S. Army Veteran having served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970 with 25th Infantry Division and in Desert Shield/Storm from 1990 to 1991 with 1033 Transportation Company from Gate City, Virginia. He was preceded in death by his parents James and Ruby Smith and two...
Genola Fern Podvojski
Oct 12, 2007
Genola Fern Podvojski, 85 of Radford, passed away Friday, October 12, 2007. She was born January 9, 1922 in Campton, KY the daughter of the late Ezekiel Preston and Chloe Maude Chrisman Hobbs. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Don and Linda Turpin of Detroit, MI; a daughter and son-in-law, Rita and Dennis Stephens of Radford; a brother and sister-in-law,...
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