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Margaret Eldred
Jun 27, 2013
Margaret “Mickey” Belchee Eldred, 90, went to be with the Lord Thursday, June 27, 2013. She was known as “Nonnie” to her children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Mrs. Eldred was born in Bramwell, WV, graduated high school in Welch and attended Concord College. Married in 1946, Mickey and Everett lived in Richmond before retiring at Claytor Lake in the Snowville...
Rita Makhoul
Jun 18, 2013
Rita Counts Makhoul, 50, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at her home in West Palm Beach FL. She was born on November 4, 1962 at Radford Community Hospital. Rita graduated from Pulaski County High School in 1981. She graduated from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree and MBA. She was a...
Douglas Graham
Jun 17, 2013
Douglas Allen Graham, 65, of Blacksburg, passed away on Monday, June 17, 2013. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Dawn and Mike Baker; son, Joe Graham; step-children, Doris, Mike, and Mark Correll; sister and brother-in-law, Colleen and Franklin Shephard; brothers and sisters-in-law, Jerry and Ennis Graham, and John and Barbara Graham; special friend, Renee Chandler; and four grandchildren,...
Bradley Crawford
Jun 16, 2013
Bradley Eugene Crawford, 62, of Christiansburg, passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2013. He was born on January 8, 1951, to the late Norman and Opal Crawford. He served in the U.S. Army as A Sgt. in the Vietnam War. Brad was also a member of the Patriot Guard. He worked as a mechanic at Shelor and later ran Brad’s...
Irene Vaughn
Jun 14, 2013
Irene Troutt Vaughn, 57, of Christiansburg, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2013. Jerry and Irene owned the Christiansburg Cab Service. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Alice Troutt. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Vaughn; children, Crystal Davidson and husband Christopher, and Amy Ford and husband Carl, all of Christiansburg; five grandchildren; step-children, Pamela...
George Gray
Jun 10, 2013
George Alexander Gray, 92, of Shawsville, passed away on Monday, June 10, 2013, at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital. He was born on April 16, 1921, in Armagh, Northern Ireland, the son of the late William G. and Margaret Allen Gray, and immigrated in 1923 with his family to Long Island, NY, where he grew up. He received his B.S. in Civil...
James Eanes
Jun 9, 2013
James Harold Eanes, 70, of Christiansburg, passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Harless and Bernice Clower Eanes. He is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Rincey Spradlin Eanes of Christiansburg; daughter Cynthia A. Eanes of Christiansburg; son and daughter-in-law, William H. and Cindy L. Eanes of Radford; grandchildren,...
Charles Chamberlain
Jun 9, 2013
Charles R. “Chuck” Chamberlain III, 55 of Barren Springs, VA, formerly of Christiansburg, VA, passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Louisville, KY, as the result of an automobile accident. Chuck was born on August 3, 1957 in Christiansburg, VA. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles R. “Charlie” Chamberlain, Jr.; his grandparents, Charles R. “Ralph” and...
Herbert Gillespie
Jun 7, 2013
On June 7, 2013, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend Herbert Preston Gillespie, of Radford, went to his heavenly home. He was born on March 5, 1929, to the late Bertie and William Gillespie. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Phyllis Meredith, Joyce Bowen, and Janet Meredith; brothers, Harold Gillespie, William “Garfield” Gillespie, and James Gillespie. He...
Merie Hill
Jun 7, 2013
Merie Dell Wright Hill, 86, of Christiansburg, VA, went to be with the Lord on June 7, 2013, after a lengthy struggle with her health. The daughter of William Bennett Wright and Myrtle Ogden Wright, Merie Dell was born on June 17, 1926, in Lovingston, VA, and graduated from Lovingston High School. After working for nine years as a secretary...
Richard Burke, Jr.
Jun 5, 2013
Richard F. Burke, Jr. (Tiny), 60, of Shawsville, formerly of Salem, passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents; paternal and maternal grandparents; a sister; and several cousins. He is survived by his girlfriend, Marna Akers; son, Jeff Burke; daughter, Sarah Burke; sister, Katie Moushigan & husband Rich; niece, Kate Walker; nephew, Burke...
Opal Jones
Jun 5, 2013
Opal Matherly Jones, 85 of Christiansburg completed her beautiful Earthly journey and began her life in Heaven on June 5, 2013. Opal was a treasured family Matriarch, a magnificent mother, steadfast wife and a cherished friend to so many. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church for more than 50 years and attended Lake Baldwin Church in...
Brenda Thomas
Jun 2, 2013
Brenda Bartlett Thomas, 70, of Pulaski, passed away on Sunday, June 2, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward & Ilene Smith Bartlett. She is survived by her son, Charlie Jackson Turner III of Pulaski; brothers, Douglas Bartlett and Larry Bartlett, both of Pulaski; sister, Mary Ellen Fuller, of TN; and ex-husband & special friend, Monte Thomas....
William Hickling, Jr.
Jun 1, 2013
William Clark Hickling, Jr., 88, of Christiansburg and formerly of Fletcher, North Carolina passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at his son's home in Christiansburg, VA. He was born in Moose Lake, Minnesota. He lived on his parents' farm through the Great Depression with many days of drought and dust bowls. After graduating from high school, Bill received an...
Bonnie Epperly
Jun 1, 2013
Bonnie N. Epperly, 71, of Christiansburg passed away at her home on June 1, 2013. She was a member of Harbor of Hope Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Epperly was preceded in death by her parents, George & Ruby Neice; sisters, Lida Williams, Leuna Martin, Mary Kast, Annie Sanders and Carmen Elmore; and brothers, Billy Neice, Albert Neice and Buddy Neice....
Verree Donathan
May 29, 2013
Verree 'Reta' Marie Donathan, 78, of Shawsville, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sam Donathan; parents, Spracher R. Smith and Ella Sue Williams Smith; and brothers, Everette Smith, Booker Smith, Tommy Smith, and 2 infant brothers, Gilmer and Ras. She is survived by her children, Lori and George Miller, Tim and...
Bobby Nunley
May 28, 2013
Bobby Ray Nunley, 68, of Christiansburg, passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. He was preceded in death by his father, William Nunley. He is survived by his daughters, Mikel Bracken and Rebecca Moon; mother, Ethel Nunley of Radford; 3 grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Linda Nunley of Christiansburg, Johnny Nunley of Brazil, Brenda Kittinger of Riner, and Ronnie Nunley of...
Betty Nelson
May 25, 2013
Betty Marie Walters Nelson, 76, of Christiansburg, passed away on Saturday, May 25, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents, Helen Sarver Walters & Clarence Lee Walters; son, Kenneth John Nelson; grandson, John Patrick Jenkins; sister & brother-in-law, Juanita Walters Linkous and Bobby Linkous; brothers-in-law, Irwin R. ‘Mac’ McLain and Lloyd J. Main. She is survived by her...
ElFreeda Duncan
May 25, 2013
ElFreeda McNiel Duncan, 82, of Christiansburg, VA and of Florida, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 25, 2013. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Samuel and Eugenia Whitenack McNiel; as well as siblings, Glenna Manning, Luetta Gregory, Marian Lancaster, and Samuel McNiel. She is survived by her loving husband of 62 years,...
Donna Taylor
May 23, 2013
Donna L. Taylor, 53 of Christiansburg, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 23, 2013. She was preceded in death by her father, Millard Taylor. She is survived by her mother, Jane Taylor; sisters, Pat & Ron Nolen, Shirley Groseclose, Karen & John McCoy, and Mary Taylor & Gary Brewer; nieces and nephews, Kastina & Alan Rowell, Jessica...
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