Alice Catherine Black Bond
Nov 19, 2019
Alice Catherine Black Bond, 88, of New River, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2019. She was a member of New Mount Olive United Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. She was retired from Radford University where she was a supervisor in housekeeping. She was preceded in death by her parents, Garland and Sallie Black; husband, Odell Bond;...
Jacob Clifford Mize
Nov 18, 2019
Jacob Clifford Mize, 79, of Blacksburg, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019. He was retired from Harveys Chevrolet where he worked in the body shop. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jacob and Ada Virginia Mize; and two brothers, Rex and Don. Survivors include the love of his life for 41 years, Margaret "Bunny" Walker of Blacksburg; sons,...
Elizabeth Ann Dawson Campbell
Nov 16, 2019
Elizabeth Ann Dawson Campbell, 76, of Floyd, went to Heaven to be with Jesus and her beloved sweetheart, Carson, on Saturday, November 16, 2019. She was retired from Radford University and was a member of Auburn Baptist Church where she served many faithful years as pianist. Anne loved golf, playing and singing gospel music, her husband and sweetheart Carson and...
Randel Darell Lanham, Jr.
Nov 16, 2019
Randel Darell Lanham, Jr., 70, passed away Saturday, November 16, 2019 at his home in Dublin, Va. He was a U. S. Army veteran having served during the Vietnam War where he received a Purple Heart. He was preceded in death by his father, Randel Darell Lanham, Sr. Survivors include his son, Jason Mueller; his mother, Patricia Brooks; sister, Sheila...
Alice Weaver Akers
Nov 13, 2019
Alice W. Akers, 83, of Dublin, passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2019. She retired from Carilion St. Albans after 40 years of service. Alice was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Louise Weaver; her husband, Clinton Buford Akers; and her brothers, Bob, Bill and Joe Weaver. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Bo Jones of...
Peggy Hornsby Cirelli
Nov 13, 2019
Peggy Hornsby Cirelli, 90, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at her home in Radford. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jackson McKinley Hornsby and Gertrude Wright Hornsby; and her sister, Dorothy Martin. Survivors include her daughters, Pamela and Leslie Cirelli, both of Tybee Island, Ga.; grandson, Joshua (Rachel) Atkinson...
Juergen Gerlach
Nov 11, 2019
Juergen Gerlach, Mathematics Professor Emeritus from Radford University, passed away Monday night in his home in Radford. Born July 22, 1950 in Oranienburg, Germany, Juergen came to the U.S. in 1980 to get his Ph.D. at Oregon State University. In 1986, he married Karen Anderson Gerlach in Columbia, Missouri and then took a teaching position at Radford University where he...
William Gernon Wall, Ii
Nov 11, 2019
William Gernon Wall, II, 81, of Radford, passed away Monday, November 11, 2019. Bill graduated from Radford High School in 1956 and from Virginia Tech in 1959. He retired from the Department of Defense in 1995 after 33 years of service. Bill was the oldest active living member of the Radford Kiwanis Club and was also a member of the...
Hazel Fields Young
Nov 10, 2019
Hazel Fields Young of Radford, Va. passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2019. Hazel was retired from Radford Community Hospital where she used her gift, as a Registered Nurse, to serve the community she loved. She was preceded in death by her parents, David and Hallie Fields; her sisters, Lorene "Brownie" Davis and Lillian Fields; and her loving husband, Herman...
Marianne Elizabeth Ryplansky
Nov 10, 2019
Marianne Elizabeth Ryplansky passed away at her home on November 10, 2019 at the age of 94. She was born in Munich, Germany on September 18, 1925. During the terrible times of World War II, Marianne met her husband, Anatol, who studied to become a physician. He was not a native speaker of German, so Marianne translated his medical textbooks...
Vera Hall Lytton
Nov 10, 2019
Vera Hall Lytton, 94, of Radford, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2019. She was a devoted mother, grandmother and great grandmother and a member of St. Judes Catholic Church. She was a retired sales representative for Miracle Ear and also managed Plaza Cinema Theatre in Fairlawn until 1990. She was preceded in death by her parents, Vance and Nancy Hall;...
Roy Robert Griffitts
Nov 9, 2019
Roy Griffitts, 80, of Radford, died November 9, 2019, after a long illness. He retired in 1995 from R. J. Reynolds after 33 years of service as an area sales representative calling on retailers throughout the New River Valley, Giles and Carroll Counties. Roy was a member of the Radford Host Lions Club where he served as president in 1978...
Janice Osborne Snell
Nov 9, 2019
Janice Osborne Snell, 74, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2019 at her home in Radford. She was preceded in death by her parents, John George and Eudora Cregger Osborne; her loving husband, Allen Thomas Snell; and a son, Brian Jones. Survivors include her brother and sister-in-law, Jeffrey and Peggy Osborne; two nieces, Wendy Osborne and Belinda Davis (George); nephew and...
Teresa Paige Gray
Nov 6, 2019
Teresa Paige Gray, 67, went home to be with her Savior on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at her home in Dublin. She was preceded in death by her parents, mother and stepfather, Hazel "Penny" Ramsey and Earl Richard Ramsey and father, Zane Gray; and sister, Caroline Elaine Ramsey. Survivors include her son, Brian Boyd Rodman of Dublin and friend, Pam...
Geneva Ann Jones Collier
Nov 3, 2019
Geneva Ann Jones Collier, 77, passed away at her home in Dublin on Sunday, November 3, 2019. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Mary Jones. Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Manuel Collier; son, Steven Todd Collier of Roanoke; daughter and son-in-law, Amy and Scott Morgan of Roanoke; brother, Howard Eugene Jones of Max Meadows;...
Calvin Vermont Rummell
Nov 2, 2019
Calvin Vermont Rummell, 84, of Radford, passed away Saturday, November 2, 2019. He was retired from the Radford Pipe Shop (Foundry) and he helped his son with Rummell Construction for 10 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Olen and Hester Rummell. Survivors include his sons, Tommy Rummell of Radford, and Ken (Sherry) Rummell of Lordstown, Ohio; grandchildren,...
Norma Carole Smith
Nov 2, 2019
Norma Carole Henline Smith, 76, of Dublin, passed away Saturday, November 2, 2019. She was a U. S. Navy veteran and a retired medical transcriber. She was preceded in death by her parents, Troy and Pauline Henline. Survivors include her husband, Leonard Lee Smith of Dublin; sister, Patty Riddle of Kingsport, Tenn.; nephews, Dean (Amber) Leach, Tim Leach and Mike...
Peggy Ann Overstreet Woodrum
Oct 31, 2019
Peggy Ann Overstreet Woodrum, 80, of Radford, passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2019. She was retired from Burlington Industries. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jessee and Lura Overstreet; sisters, Freda Hamblin and Patsy Graves; and brothers, Bobby and Leon Overstreet. Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Pete Woodrum of Radford; daughter, Punkin (Charlie) Meeks of...
James "Jimmy" Warren Cook
Oct 28, 2019
James Warren "Jimmy" Cook, 75, of Pulaski, formally of Draper, passed away on Monday, October 28, 2019. He is preceded in death by his parents, Bill and Lizzie Cook; brother, Jack of Draper; and also a sister and brother-in-law, Louise and Benny Frazier of Wytheville. Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 57 years, Janie Midkiff Cook; son,...
Pamela Kaye Blankenship
Oct 28, 2019
Pamela Kaye Blankenship, 56, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Pulaski on Monday, October 28, 2019. She was preceded in death by her father, John Samuel Wall; and brother, David Wall. Survivors include her sons, Johnny (Miranda) Melton, Charles Melton and Jamie Melton; mother and step father, Gladys (Marc) White; sister, Gladys Ann Tallent; brothers, Jeff and Anthony Wall;...
