Current Obituaries

Earl Ellsworth Fetters

April 4, 1928 - December 19, 2020

Earl Ellsworth Fetters, 92, of Roanoke, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, December 19, 2020.  He was born on April 4, 1928 in Ruffs Dale, …

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Douglas H. Morse

June 23, 1924 - December 19, 2020

Douglas H. Morse passes away on December 19, 2020. Arrangements are through Bassett Funeral Service.

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Roger Martin

- December 19, 2020

Roger Lee Martin, 71, of Bassett, passed away, Saturday, December 19, 2020 at his home.  He was born in McDowell County, West Virginia on October 3, 1949 to the late …

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Heavenly Jean Harris

- December 19, 2020

Heavenly Jean Harris, 47, of Bassett, Virginia, passed away December 19, 2020 at her home. She was born September 7, 1973. She attended Henry County Public Schools and was a …

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Mark Anthony Rakestraw

September 27, 1961 - December 19, 2020

Mark Anthony Rakestraw, 59, of Collinsville, Virginia passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020, at VCU in Richmond, Virginia. He was born September 27, 1961, in Reidsville, North Carolina to the …

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Collinsville, Wright Funeral Service & Crematory

Paul Samuel "Sam" Tressel

July 18, 1947 - December 19, 2020

“A peaceable man, and lover of music. A devoted and loving son, father and brother” Jane Tressel Paul Samuel (Sam). Tressel, Jr. has passed peacefully in Roanoke, VA, December 19, …

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Bartholomew "Bart" John Starkey

- December 19, 2020

Bartholomew “Bart” John Starkey, 89, of Westlake, VA, passed from this life Saturday, December 19, 2020, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. Bart was born November 26, …

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Westlake, Burch Messier

Mary Ann Witt Spangler

October 17, 1932 - December 19, 2020

Mary Ann Witt Spangler, 88 of Bedford passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020 at her residence.  She was born on Monday, October 17, 1932 in Wyoming, WV, a daughter of …

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Bedford, Updike Funeral Home & Cremation Service

Eula Mae Pennington Wells

December 21, 1944 - December 19, 2020

Eula Mae Pennington Wells of Bedford, VA started her new life in Heaven as she stepped into Glory Land on December 19, 2020. She was born on December 21, 1944 …

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Bedford, Updike Funeral Home & Cremation Service

Emma Marie Chambers Bryant

February 5, 1942 - December 19, 2020

Emma Marie Chambers Bryant, 78, of Buchanan, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020. The family is in the care of Botetourt Funeral Home in Buchanan.

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Buchanan, Botetourt Funeral Home

Alfred Timothy "Tim" Duff

May 13, 1958 - December 19, 2020

Alfred Timothy “Tim” Duff, 62, of Rustburg, died Saturday, December 19, 2020 in Lynchburg General Hospital.  He was born on May 13, 1958 a son of the late James Preston …

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Rustburg, Burch Messier

Catherine "Katie" Enderline Furrow

February 6, 1927 - December 19, 2020

Catherine (Katie) Enderline Furrow, age 93, of Roanoke County, VA., went home to be with her Lord and Savior on December 19, 2020.  She was born in Portage, PA., on …

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Roanoke County, Lotz Funeral Home – Salem

Beverly Jean Murch

October 4, 1957 - December 19, 2020

Beverly Jean Murch was born October 11, 1957 in Canandaigua, New York. She died December 19, 2020 in Lynchburg, Virginia, in the arms of her husband, surrounded by her children …

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Lynchburg, Robinson Funeral Home

Peggy Lucille White Aust

April 24, 1926 - December 19, 2020

Peggy Lucille White Aust, 94, of Pulaski, VA wa born April 24, 1926 and passed away December 19, 2020. She is now with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She …

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Randall Wayne Woolwine

June 9, 1950 - December 18, 2020

Randall Wayne Woolwine, age 70 of Pulaski passed away Friday, December 18, 2020 at the Charleston Medical Center (Charleston, WV). Born June 9, 1950 in Roanoke he was the son …

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Pulaski, Bower Funeral Chapels

Robert Melvin Rumley

January 29, 1968 - December 18, 2020

Robert Melvin Rumley, 52, of Fieldale, Virginia, passed away Friday, December 18 at Sovah Hospital. He was born January 29, 1968, in Martinsville, Virginia to the late Robert Wray and …

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Bassett, Wright Funeral Service & Crematory

John Daniel Woody

November 7, 1939 - December 18, 2020

John Daniel “Catfish” Woody, 81, of Oakville Road, Gladstone died Friday, December 18, 2020, at Southside Hospital. Born in Lynchburg, Va., on November 7, 1939, he was a son of …

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Gladstone, Robinson Funeral Home

Steven Carlyle Conner

October 6, 1952 - December 18, 2020

Steven Carlyle Conner, 68, of Salem, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Friday, December 18, 2020. He was born in Roanoke, a son of the late …

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Salem, John M. Oakey & Son

James Edward Greer

April 22, 1965 - December 18, 2020

James Edward Greer 55, of Bassett passed away on Friday, December 18, 2020 at his home.  Born in Virginia on April 22, 1965 the son of the late James G. …

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Bassett, Bassett Funeral Service

Karan Lovelyn Hartman

October 5, 1955 - December 18, 2020

Karan L. Hartman, 65, of Thaxton, Virginia went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 18, 2020. Karan is preceded in death by her husband; James Hartman, parents; James …

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Thaxton, Lotz Funeral Home – Roanoke City

Patrick Michael Kelly

September 30, 1950 - December 18, 2020

Patrick Michael Kelly, 70 of Altavista, passed away Friday, December 18, 2020. He was born on Saturday, September 30, 1950 in Buffalo, NY, a son of the late Conner H. …

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Altavista, Updike Funeral Home & Cremation Service

Martha Fay Whitlock Gunter

April 22, 1940 - December 17, 2020

Martha Fay Whitlock Gunter, 80, passed away at her home in Fairlawn on Thursday, December 17, 2020. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence and Daisy Whitlock. Survivors …

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Fairlawn, Mullins Funeral Home

Blanche McConchie Andrews

September 9, 1923 - December 17, 2020

Blanche McConchie Andrews, 97, of Evington, VA went to be with her Lord Thursday, December 17, 2020 at Oakwood Manor. She was born in Appomattox, Va. September 9, 1923. Blanche …

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Evington, Burch Messier

Jerald Joseph Schaefer

- December 17, 2020

Jerald J. Schaefer, 95, of Salem, passed away, Thursday, December 17, 2020. Jerry was in the US Navy during WWII, aboard a destroyer and worked on the bridge with navigation. …

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Salem, Simpson Funeral Home & Crematory

Ellen Nichols Mitchell

March 12, 1934 - December 17, 2020

Ellen Nichols Mitchell, 86, of Huddleston passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020. She was born on Monday, March 12, 1934 in Bedford County, a daughter of the late John Roy …

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Lynch Station, Updike Funeral Home & Cremation Service

Daryl Stephone Dalton

January 22, 1962 - December 17, 2020

Daryl Dalton, 58, of Martinsville, Virginia passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020. The funeral will be Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at 1:00 P.M at Wright Funeral Service Chapel with Rev. …

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Martinsville, Wright Funeral Service & Crematory

William Grover (Billy) Barbour

November 6, 1931 - December 17, 2020

William Grover (Billy) Barbour, age 89, of Glade Hill, VA passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020. He was born November 6, 1931 in Callaway, VA. The son of the late …

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Glade Hill, Conner-Bowman Funeral Home

John Earl Grubb

- December 17, 2020

John E. Grubb, 93, husband of Lillian M. Grubb, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020. He was born in Hershey, PA and was the son of the late Tilman …

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Roanoke, Simpson Funeral Home & Crematory

Walter Harvey "Butch" Skelton

January 7, 1947 - December 17, 2020

Walter “Butch” Skelton, 73, of Salem, VA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 17, 2020, at his home. He was born on Tuesday, January 7, 1947, to the late Jack …

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Bevelyn Thomas Prillaman

January 14, 1927 - December 17, 2020

Bevelyne Thomas Prillaman, 93, of Callaway, daughter of Oscar and Averette Thomas passed away on Thursday, December 17. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Prillaman; children Tommy …

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Callaway, Conner-Bowman Funeral Home

Marcel Flavin "Mars" Ranger

May 9, 1923 - December 17, 2020

Marcel Flavin “Mars” Ranger, age 97 passed away peacefully December 17, 2020 in Lynchburg, Virginia due to the Covid Virus.  He was born May 9, 1923 to Roaul and Hortense …

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Lynchburg, Burch Messier

David Leonard Black

September 28, 1941 - December 17, 2020

David Leonard Black, age 79 of Pulaski passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020 at the Lewis-Gale Hospital-Pulaski. Born September 28, 1941 in West Virginia he was the son of the late Mose …

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Pulaski, Bower Funeral Chapels

Brenda Lucille Webster

April 2, 1957 - December 17, 2020

Brenda Lucille Webster, 63, of Thaxton, Virginia went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 17, 2020.

Brenda is preceded in death by her parents; Hobart “Frankie” and Virginia Hayes, …

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Thaxton, Lotz Funeral Home – Roanoke City

Billie Ann Nuckles

June 27, 1952 - December 17, 2020

Billie Ann Nuckles, 68, of Mountain Valley, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020. Billie was born June 27, 1952 in Martinsville, Virginia to William Bernard Belcher and Patricia Faucette Wright. …

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Mountain Valley, Wright Funeral Service & Crematory

Irauna'j Arama't Brown

July 7, 2010 - December 17, 2020

Irauna’j Arama’t Brown, 10 of Roanoke passed from this life into eternal life on Thursday December 17, 2020. Irauna’j was born July 7, 2010. His sparking gray eyes and contagious …

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Lucy Stokes

November 2, 1955 - December 17, 2020

Lucy Mae Stokes, 65, of Martinsville, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at SOVAH Health of Martinsville. She was born November 2, 1955, in Danville, Virginia, to the …

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Martinsville, Wright Funeral Service & Crematory

Clara Taylor

December 11, 1938 - December 17, 2020

Clara Taylor passed away on December 17, 2020. Arrangements are through Conner-Bowman Funeral Home.

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Rocky Mount, Conner-Bowman Funeral Home

John Sadler, Jr.

July 5, 1935 - December 17, 2020

JOHN EDWARD SADLER, JR. John Edward Sadler, Jr., 85, of Pulaski, VA died Thursday, December 17, 2020. A private graveside service will be held Saturday, May 8, 2021 in Oakwood …

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Dwayne Marvin Altizer

- December 16, 2020

Dwayne M. Altizer, 58, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at his home. He was born in Roanoke County and was the son of the late Raymond W. Altizer …

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James Daniel York

January 11, 1949 - December 16, 2020

James Daniel York, 71, of Ridgeway, Virginia passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at SOVAH Health of Martinsville. He was born January 11, 1949 in Galax, Virginia to the late …

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Ridgeway, Wright Funeral Service & Crematory

Sharon Diane Hiatt Perdue

November 21, 1957 - December 16, 2020

Sharon Diane Hiatt Perdue, 63, of Collinsville, Virginia passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at her home. She was born November 21, 1957 in Martinsville, Virginia to Mary Collen Vaughan …

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Collinsville, Wright Funeral Service & Crematory

James Ray Eubank, Jr.

June 22, 1942 - December 16, 2020

James Ray Eubank Jr. passed away on December 16, 2020. The family is under the care of Conner- Bowman Funeral Home.

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Rocky Mount, Conner-Bowman Funeral Home

Burley R. Hooker

December 4, 1934 - December 16, 2020

Burley R. Hooker, 86, of Bassett, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at his home.. He was born in Stokes County, NC on December 4, 1934 to the late …

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Bassett, Bassett Funeral Service

Mary Katheryn Cooper Clark Byrd

March 23, 1944 - December 16, 2020

Mary Katheryn Cooper Clark Byrd, age 76 of Pulaski passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born March 23, 1944 in Richmond she was the daughter …

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Pulaski, Bower Funeral Chapels

Carson L. Compton

June 29, 1926 - December 16, 2020

Carson L. Compton, of Pulaski, VA, husband of Ilene Cannaday Compton, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at home at the age of 94. Born in Floyd County Virginia, …

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