Ronald Lee Rader
July 14, 2012
Ronald L. Rader, 71 of Troutville passed away Saturday July 14, 2012. Services are private. Arrangements by Flora Funeral Service and Cremation Center, Rocky Mount/ Smith Mountain Lake.
Joan E. Ingram
July 11, 2012
Joan E. Ingram, age 69 of Wirtz passed away Wednesday, July 11, 2012. She was a member of Halesford Baptist Church. Born August 6, 1942 a daughter of the late Henry W. and Lottie B. Ingram, she was also preceded in death by her son, Gregory W. Storie; brother, Henry D. Ingram; and granddaughter, Kaycie Storie. Surviving are her children,...
Virginia B. Wigington
July 10, 2012
Virginia B. Wigington, age 92 of Rocky Mount died Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Born July 24, 1919 a daughter of the late, Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Wigington; she was also preceded in death by three brothers, Eugene, Parker and William Wigington; sister, Winifred Wigington; two sisters-in-law, Bessie Prillaman Wigington and Helen McGhee Wigington; nephew, Harry G. and wife Martha Wigington...
John Lennox Echternach, Jr.
July 2, 2012
Dr. John Lennox Echternach Jr., 54, of Boones Mill, passed away on Monday, July 2nd after sustaining a head injury from a falling tree during the windstorm last Friday. John, a volunteer firefighter and EMT with the Boones Mill Volunteer Fire Department, was responding to a Fire/EMS call and attempting to help a motorist trapped in a vehicle when he...
Eugene Sigmon
July 1, 2012
Eugene Sigmon, age 79 of Callaway died Sunday morning, July 1, 20l2 at his home surrounded by his family. He faithfully attended Woodlawn Baptist Church since 1976 where he was also a member. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in Germany 1953-l955. Eugene enjoyed a lifetime of hunting and fishing. He retired from Martin Processing and...
James Cecil Furrow
July 1, 2012
James Cecil Furrow, 69 of Boones Mill passed away Sunday, July 1, 2012. He was born April 29, 1943 and preceded in death by his father, Cecil Furrow. Surviving are his mother, Ardella Furrow; children, Michelle Furrow, Randy Furrow (Tina), Jeffery Furrow (Melissa), Joshua Furrow (Christina) and Joanna Furrow, P.J.; grandchildren, Seth, Michelle, Jaiden, Camron, Colton and Haylee; brothers and...
Hazel Lee St. Jacques
June 30, 2012
Hazel Lee Reynolds St. Jacques age 87 of Wirtz, formerly of Monroe County, WVA passed away Saturday, June 30, 20l2 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born May l7, l925 a daughter of the late John and Oma Miller Reynolds. Hazel and her late husband Robert owned and operated a dairy farm and were school bus drivers...
Richard Ray Rush
June 30, 2012
Richard Ray Rush age 64 of Hardy, Va. passed away Saturday June 30, 2012. He was preceded in death by his parents William Earl Rush and Pauline Collins Rush; brother, Jim Rush; brother-in-law, Eural Jones; sister-in-law, Arlene Rush. Surviving are his brothers, Dick Rush, Frank Rush(Nellie) and Don Rush; a sister, Doris Jones; two nieces, Esther Dickerson and Linda Thompson;...
Elsie J. Neal
June 27, 2012
Elsie J. Neal, age 82 of Martinsville passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 27, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ollie Neal; and granddaughter, Katarina Stone. Surviving are her daughter, Trudy Stone (Roger); son, Richard Neal; sister, Trudy Hollandsworth (Steve); two grandchildren, Christina Moore (Bobby) and Willie Stone; two great-grandchildren, Dakota Moore and Hunter Stone. Memorial services will...
Betty Jane Corvin
June 26, 2012
Betty Jane Corvin, age 75 of Ferrum died Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Betty was born in Banner Elk, North Carolina on August 4, 1936 to James and Ethel Stout. She spent her childhood in their small home on Buck Mountain near Elk Park, Tennessee. Her father died when she was 13 years old and she was reared, along with two...
Gregory Daryl Chaney
June 20, 2012
Gregory Daryl Chaney “Side Kick”, age 39 of Ferrum died suddenly due to a heart attack Wednesday, June 20, 20l2. He was preceded in death by his father, Roosevelt Chaney; brother, Roosevelt Junior Chaney; and sister, Teresa Chaney. Surviving are his mother, Margaret Griffith Chaney; son, Brandon Lee Chaney, sister, Margie Angle (Gene); brothers, Todd Chaney (Renee), Barry Chaney (Donna);...
Ollie Farmer Mcmillan
June 19, 2012
Ollie “Tennie” Farmer McMillan, age 83 of Henry passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2012. She was a loving mother and wife. A member of Providence Baptist Church, she was active in the WMU. Born March 22, 1929, she was a daughter of 18 children born to the late Thomas and Sarah Spencer Farmer. Also preceding her in death were her...
J. Hollace Bowman
June 14, 2012
James Hollace Bowman, 102, of Rocky Mount, Va. passed away at his home on June 14, 2012. Hollace was born March 10, 1910, to the late Dorus Isaac and Rosa Allie Bowman and was a lifelong resident of Franklin County. He was also preceded in death by a brother Ralph Isaac Bowman; his wife of 55 years, Myra Laprade Bowman;...
Galen Benjamin Brubaker
June 12, 2012
Galen Benjamin Brubaker, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, June 12th in Roanoke Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his family and by God’s love. He is survived by his wife, Ruby Jamison Brubaker and his daughters and/or their families. They include Janette Brubaker Matthews and husband David, grandsons Bryan, Justin and granddaughter Kristi; Gay Brubaker Jamison (deceased) and husband Charles, grandsons...
George Allen Wright Ii
June 11, 2012
George Allen “Butch” Wright II, age 39 of Rocky Mount died Monday, June 11, 2012. Surviving are his wife, Letha Mishelle Wright; son, Dylan Ray Wright and his mother, Lyneese Wright; step-daughter, Kati Lynn Yopp (Brian Belcher); granddaughter, Jacklyne Nichole Belcher; sister, Brandi Curry (Charlie); brother-in-law, Jessie Oliver (Stephanie); niece, Katarina Curry; nephew, Brayden Oliver; mother, Tarina Kay Mullins (Harry);...
Denny Keith Young, Jr.
June 10, 2012
Denny Keith Young, Jr. (DJ) 26 of Ferrum passed away June 10, 2012 at home from a brain tumor. He was born November 3, 1985. He is survived by his fiancé, Amber Sloan; mother and father, Jeanie Martin and Denny Young; brother, Ben Young (Samantha); sister, Stella Young (Warren); maternal grandparents, Nancy Sink and Richard Martin; special friends, Scott and...
Douglas Wayne Furrow
June 10, 2012
Douglas Wayne Furrow, 69 went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, June 10, 2012. He was preceded in death by his son Richard Anthony Lynch; father A.C. Furrow; mother, Elizabeth Furrow; brothers, Albert and Roy Furrow; sister, Joyce Matthews. Left behind thanking God for 39 loving years are his wife Judy; his sisters, Agnes Thacker and Helen Johnson;...
Anna Laprade Stanley
June 10, 2012
Anna Laprade Stanley, age 93, of Rocky Mount VA went to be with the Lord on June 9, 2012. She was born in Franklin County VA daughter of the late Joel Levi Laprade and Bessie Ann Peters Laprade. She was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Roy A. Stanley; grandson, Michael Dean Guilliams; son-in-law, Johnny Hodges; sister,...
Calvin Neil Smith
June 6, 2012
Calvin Neil Smith, age 41 went to fish on the Big Pond Wednesday, June 6, 2012. He was born May 11, 1971. Neil was passionate about many things, but none any more than hunting, fishing and the great outdoors. Surviving are his parents, Bonnie and Calvin Smith; sister and brother-in-law, Martha and Jeff Holloway; two treasured nephews, Cory and Cole...
Myrtle Cundiff Carter
June 2, 2012
Myrtle Cundiff Carter, age 83, of Rocky Mount passed away Saturday June 2, 2012. She was born August 9, 1928 a daughter of the late William Thomas and Mattie Brooks Cundiff and was also preceded in death by her son Buford Allen Carter, brother Billy Cundiff and brother-in-law Ben Hunt. Surviving are her daughter Theresa Millard of Rocky Mount, sons...