Obituaries
Peggy Porterfield
Nov 26, 2013
Peggy Ann Porterfield died at English Meadows in Christiansburg, VA on November 26, 2013. Peggy was born in Vicker, VA. She graduated from Radford College with a 2 year degree in Business Administration. She was secretary to the Dean of Engineering at Virginia Tech for 35 years. She remained dedicated to Virginia Tech for the remainder of her life. Peggy...
Jackie Gallimore
Nov 25, 2013
Jackie Sue Gallimore (Nanny), 62 of Christiansburg, passed away on Monday, November 25, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward Lane and Dorothy Ann Shumaker; son, Jacky Lane Woolwine; and sister, Frances Ann Berry. She is survived by her husband, Walter Alvin Gallimore; sons, Roger Dale Woolwine, Jr. and Billy Joe Woolwine; daughters, Sandy Jean Pope and...
Frances Bowyer
Nov 25, 2013
Frances Roop Bowyer, 89 of Christiansburg, passed away on November 25, 2013. She was born on January 22, 1924, to the late Walter and Cynthia Roop. Cynthia passed away when Frances was young. She was raised afterward by the late Ada Midkiff and Mary Parrish. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ray Allen Bowyer; great-grandchild, Christopher Lawrence;...
Mary Smith
Nov 24, 2013
Mary Ann Smith, 75, of Christiansburg, passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents, “Nat” and Lester Mae Watts; and two brothers, Robert E. Watts and Charles K. Watts. She is survived by her husband, Robert L. Smith of Christiansburg; son, Lynwood Bailey of Henderson, NC; daughter, Sharon Herriges of West Bend, WI;...
Hazel Rouse
Nov 23, 2013
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary. Hazel Yearout Rouse, 89, of Christiansburg, passed away on November 23, 2013. She was born July 20, 1924 to the late Charles B. & Lula (Sweeney) Yearout. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, Frank E. Rouse Jr.;...
Amanda Watkins
Nov 21, 2013
Amanda Dawn Watkins, 26, of Evington and formerly of Christiansburg, passed away November 21, 2013. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Charles Wiley. She is survived by her children, Nathaniel Ray Bocock and Madison Riley Watkins; mother and father, Diane and Donald Westmoreland; brothers, Jeremy Shane Watkins and Lucas Dakota Westmoreland; sister, Teresa Jewel Owen; grandmother, Betty Wiley;...
James Jones
Nov 20, 2013
James (Jim) W. Jones, Jr., 78, of Riner, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013. He was born in Hampton, Virginia, to the late James W. Jones Sr. (who died in the battle of The Bulge in WW II); and to the late Gladys Snelling Jones of Hampton. He was also preceded in death by a granddaughter, Brittany Jones. He is survived...
Otto Epperly
Nov 19, 2013
Otto Ray Epperly (Pluto), 90, of Christiansburg, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2013, in Lewis Gale Montgomery Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father, Ray Epperly; his mother, Florence Cummings; his half-brothers, Sidney Miles, Winston Cummings, Jimmy Cummings, and Wayne Cummings. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Irene; daughter, Francine Helms (Barry); granddaughters, Linda Acker (Justin) of...
Earnestine Cecil
Nov 17, 2013
In loving memory of our beloved daughter, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Earnestine Lane Cecil, 71 of Christiansburg, born October 30, 1942 and passed away November 17, 2013. She was preceded in death by her father, Earnest L. Lane; brother, Jerry D. Lane; husband, Paul Cecil; daughter, Belinda McBride; grandson, Joshua Boley; and ex-husband, Robert McBride. She is survived by her...
Mary Miller
Nov 14, 2013
Mary H. Miller, 85 of Christiansburg, went to be with her Lord on November 14, 2013. Born in Panther, WV, she was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Bertha Lester Hagy; husband, James Miller; three brothers; and three sisters. She is survived by two daughters, Pat Stallard and husband Glen, and Sandy Lovern and husband Tony; son, Tim...
Walter Kingrea
Nov 10, 2013
Walter Howard Kingrea, age 79, formerly of Pilot, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on November 10, 2013. Born in Christiansburg, Virginia on July 21, 1934, he lived most of his life near and around the Roanoke area and later moved to Tennessee to be closer to his children. He was the son of the late Hosea and Alma Kingrea....
James Roberts
Nov 8, 2013
James E. “Jimmy” Roberts, 69 of Christiansburg, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2013, due to injuries sustained from a motor vehicle accident. Jimmy was preceded in death by his parents, Howard and Annie Jennelle Roberts; his wife, Donna Proco Roberts; grandson, William Edward Roberts, Jr.; and brothers, Richard Roberts and Junior Roberts. He is survived by his children, William...
Gertrude Harkrader
Nov 8, 2013
Gertrude D. Harkrader, 86, of Christiansburg, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2013. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Radford Hammit O'Neil; second husband, Fred Harkrader; parents, Glen Dixon and Dolly Woods Dixon; brothers and sisters, Mammie Rice, Deal Kimbler, Garnet Dixon, Jerry Dixon, and Essie Walters; grandson, Gerald (Chris) O'Neil; and step-son, Don Harkrader. She is...
Ronnie Hodges
Nov 6, 2013
Ronnie Alfred Hodges, SGM United States Army Ret., 71, of Christiansburg, and formerly of Woodbridge, VA, passed away on Wednesday, November 6th, 2013 at Duke Raleigh Hospital in North Carolina. He was born October 22, 1942 in Mississippi to the late Euna Hazel Fuller and Reuben Elbon Hodges. He was also predeceased by his siblings, Elaine Hodges Dunn, Roland Hodges,...
Pamela Mohr
Nov 5, 2013
Pamela Pridham Mohr, 63 of Christiansburg, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parentes and a sister. Surviving are a sister, Jan Mohr, of Mobjack, VA. Services will be private.
Robert Long
Nov 3, 2013
Robert William Long, 79 of Radford, joined our heavenly Father on Sunday, November 3, 2013. Robert was a hard worker, loving husband and great father. He was preceded in death by his parents, Margaret Laura Hodge and Winston Long; brothers, Everett Lee and Earl Long. He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Beverley Long; daughters, Debra Parks and...
Mary Smith
Nov 2, 2013
Mary Ann (Slemp) Smith, of Melrose, MA, passed away peacefully with her husband at her side, on Saturday morning, November 2, 2013 at Genesis Westford House in Westford, MA. She was 82 years old. A resident of Melrose, MA of 47 years, Mary Ann was born in Jacksonville, Florida on December 10, 1930, daughter of the late Howard and Thelma...
Eloise Kitts
Nov 2, 2013
Eloise Kincaid Kitts, 79, of Christiansburg passed away on Saturday, November 02, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents, Buster & Gay Kincaid; sister, Christine Wirt and father of her children, Huston W. Kitts, Sr. She is survived by her son, Huston W. Kitts, Jr. of Midlothian; daughter & son-in-law, Dianna Kitts Mathers and husband, John of Christiansburg;...
Charles Saunders
Nov 2, 2013
SAUNDERS, Charles (Phil), 78 of Christiansburg, passed away November 1, 2013. He was Anna’s good-looking husband for 56 years, a longtime member of the Christiansburg Church of the Brethren and R.S.V.P., and retired from the Roanoke Times after 33 years. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Mable and Henry Saunders, Ashland, VA; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Mary...
Michael Barker
Oct 30, 2013
Michael Wayne Barker Sr, 55, of Riner, died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, October 30, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cline & Zelva Barker. He is survived by his wife, Betty Barker; daughter & son-in-law, Michelle & David Kingrea; son, Michael Wayne Barker, Jr; sisters & brothers-in-law, Jo Ann & Don Huffman, Linda & Donnie...
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