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Margaret Roseberry Lawton

Margaret Roseberry Lawton

Aug 2, 2006

Margaret Elizabeth Roseberry Lawton, 91, passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at her home in Radford. She was a Charter Member of the Fairlawn Presbyterian Church and was retired from Corning. She was born July 28, 1915, the daughter of the late Charles Wesley and Elizabeth Sutton Roseberry. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter R. Lawton, and...

Ralph Gordon Mills

Ralph Gordon Mills

Jul 27, 2006

Ralph Gordon Mills, 79 of Radford passed away Thursday, July 27, 2006 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his parents James and Mabel Dudley Mills; one brother, Williams Dennis Mills; three sisters, Virginia Hubble, Dorothy Ratcliffe and Katie Mills. Survivors include one sister, Mary Opal Ritter of Radford; seven nephews, Harry Hubble of Radford; Michael Hubble...

Doris June Covey Bakaitis Turner

Doris June Covey Bakaitis Turner

Jul 22, 2006

?Doris Jane Covey Bakaitis Turner, 78 of Dublin, passed away Saturday, July 22, 2006. She was preceded in death by her parents Ernest Fred and Annie Lee Elkins Covey, two husbands, Peter Bakaitis and William Oliver Turner, and two sons, Paul Bakaitis and Jeff Bakaitis. Survivors include three daughters, Pamela Hatcher of Pulaski; Lee Ann Grubb of Christiansburg; Susan Marie...

Minnie Harris Adams Fitting

Minnie Harris Adams Fitting

Jul 21, 2006

Minnie Mickey Harris Adams Fitting, 93 of Radford, passed away Friday, July 21, 2006. She was a member of Grace Episcopal Church in Radford and a member of Friends Forever also Radford Historical Society. She was a veteran Stationed in Norman, Oklahoma were she trained Nurses for departure to the South Pacific in WWII she was also a School Teacher...

Robin Elaine Dillow Webb

Robin Elaine Dillow Webb

Jul 20, 2006

Robin Elaine Dillow Webb, 49 of Dublin, passed away Thursday, July 20, 2006 at University of Virginia Medical Center. She was a member of the Dublin Christian Church and a Pharmacy Technician at Kroger in Christiansburg. She was preceded in death by her father Joseph E. Dillow and a son Derek Whitesell. Survivors include her husband, John Webb of Dublin;...

Stuart David Wampler

Stuart David Wampler

Jul 17, 2006

Stuart David Wampler, 87 of Fairlawn, passed away Monday, July 17, 2006 at his home. He was a Member of the Fairlawn Presbyterian Church for over 50 years. He was born and raised in Russell County by his late parents Clarence A. and Martha Janie Johnson Wampler, also preceded in death by his wife of 58 years Edith Mattie Allen...

Ellen Delores Wilson Ratcliffe

Ellen Delores Wilson Ratcliffe

Jul 17, 2006

Ellen Delores Wilson Ratcliffe, 75 of Christiansburg. She was preceded in death by her parents Stanley and Ella Burton Wilson, husband, Frank Jackson Ratcliffe, two brothers, Lloyd and Robert Wilson, and a sister Beulah Kirtner. Survivors include two brothers Audrey R. Wilson of Radford; Barry R. Wilson of Dublin; five sisters, Iva W. McCoy of Hopewell; June Gallimore of Blacksburg;...

Linda Susan Killen Albert

Linda Susan Killen Albert

Jul 16, 2006

Linda Susan Albert 53 of Hampstead, NC, passed away Sunday July 16, 2006 at UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill. She formerly attended Stafford Hill Pentecostal Holiness Church in Pulaski. She was preceded in death by her father Monroe Killen and a daughter Carrie Anne Albert. Survivors include her husband, Arvin F. Butch Albert of Hampstead, NC; a son Brian M. Albert...

Jess Willard Vaughn

Jess Willard Vaughn

Jun 27, 2006

Jess Willard Vaughn, 90, passed away Monday, June 26, 2006 at his home in Radford. He was a member of the Radford Worship Center and a U. S. Army Air Corp veteran having served during WWII. He worked for many years in retail sales at Leggetts and Garretts in Radford. He was born June 23, 1916, the son of the...

Ellis Melvin Goodman

Ellis Melvin Goodman

Jun 23, 2006

Ellis Homz Melvin Goodman, 60 of Dublin, passed away Friday, June 23, 2006 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father Charlie Hugh Goodman. He was a Manager of Wilco/Hess service station in Fairlawn. Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Doris Davis Goodman of Dublin; daughter, Sharron Waddell of Fairlawn; son Michael Ellis Goodman...

Virginia Tinley Harrison

Virginia Tinley Harrison

Jun 16, 2006

Virginia Elizabeth Jones Tinley Harrison, 79 of Radford, passed away Friday, June 16, 2006. Survivors include her husband, Charles H. Harrison of Radford; three sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Doris Tinley of Radford, Richard L. and Diane Tinley of Minnesota, and James E. and Linda Tinley of Radford; three grandchildren, Crystal Ewell, Brandy Graham and Julianne Tinley; two great-grandchildren, Amber...

Friel Allen Sutphin

Friel Allen Sutphin

Jun 15, 2006

Friel Allen Sutphin, 79 of Radford, was called to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 15, 2006 and to join his wife of 52 years, Lavenia Lucille Lester Sutphin who preceded him in death on April 7, 2006. He was born in Floyd County on March 20, 1927 the son of the late Thomas Grayden and Minnie Pearl Akers...

Mabel Snyder Thompson

Mabel Snyder Thompson

Jun 13, 2006

Mabel Snyder Thompson, 84, a lifelong resident of her home in Belspring, passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2006. She was retired as Postmaster at the Belspring Post Office and a member of the Fairlawn Baptist Church. She was a Past Worthy Matron of the Va. May Chapter Order of the Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her husband,...

George Edward Shaw

George Edward Shaw

Jun 10, 2006

George Edward Shaw, 78, of Radford, passed away at his residence on Saturday, June 10, 2006 surrounded by the love of his family. He was born September 26, 1927 in Jewell Ridge, a son of the late Earl Shaw and Lucille Rhodes Shaw. He was a U. S. Army veteran having served during WWII. He retired from Lynchburg Foundry after...

William Jack Dehart

William Jack Dehart

Jun 7, 2006

William Jack Dehart, 80 of Radford, passed away Wednesday, June 07, 2006. He was a U. S. Army veteran having served during WWII. Survivors include his wife, Virginia Dehart of Radford; a son and daughter-in-law, William Jack, Jr. and Rhoda Dehart of Elizabeth City, NC; a daughter, Hazel Williams of Portsmouth; one granddaughter and her husband, Carrie and Robert Long...

Allen Luther Plaster

Allen Luther Plaster

Jun 7, 2006

Allen Plaster, 84 of Christiansburg, went to receive his reward in Heaven on June 7, 2006. He was a member of the Parrott Church of God and retired from the Lynchburg Foundry with 36 years of service. He was a U. S. Army veteran having served during WWII. He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather and a great friend...

Joseph "Mutt" Aster Franklin

Joseph "Mutt" Aster Franklin

Jun 6, 2006

Joseph Aster Mutt Franklin, 87 of Radford, passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2006. He was a member of the Radford Pentecostal Holiness Church and retired from Hercules with 33 years of service. He was preceded in death by his wife, Essie Franklin, his parents, William Robert and Emma Hall Franklin, a sister, Katherine Elizabeth Franklin, and six brothers, Henry Elmer...

Patricia Bryant Kesling

Patricia Bryant Kesling

Jun 2, 2006

Patricia Bryant P.K. Kesling, 70, of Radford, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, June 02, 2006. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert L. and Earlmah Irene Bryant, sister, Nancy Lee and a nephew, Keith Midkiff. Pat graduated from Radford High School in 1953. She received her Nursing Degree from Lynchburg General Hospital. She began...

John Thomas Lyons

John Thomas Lyons

May 27, 2006

John Thomas Lyons, 20, passed away Saturday, May 27, 2006. He attended Morgans Chapel United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Gerald Joseph Lyons. Survivors include his mother, Connie Kirtner Lyons of Dublin; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Deanna and Brian Williams of Christiansburg, and Melody and Tom Marick of North Carolina; and his godparents, Sam and...

Byrd William Richardson, Sr.

Byrd William Richardson, Sr.

May 27, 2006

Byrd William Richardson, Sr., 77, passed away Saturday, May 27, 2006 at his home in Dublin. He was retired from Corning. He was a U. S. Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, Byrd and Maudie Phillips Richardson, and his wife, Martha Gilbert Richardson. Survivors include four sons, Byrd Richardson, Jr., and Eddie Brown, both of Dublin,...

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