Garland Douglas Francisco Sr.
Dec 3, 2019
Garland Douglas Francisco, 82, of Salem, Va., came to be with the Lord our God on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. Garland attended several different Church of The Brethren churches in the Roanoke Valley and truly loved God's Earth and natures beauty. He loved...
Gordon William Jarvis
Dec 2, 2019
Gordon William Jarvis, 94, of Salem, Va., passed away on Monday, December 2, 2019, in Bland, Va. He was born on Monday, June 19, 1925, to the late Bernie and Lillie Ruble Jarvis in Paint Bank, Va. Mr. Jarvis served in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the USS Franklin CV-13. After his time in the Navy, he...
James Adrian Richards
Dec 1, 2019
James Adrian Richards, 92, of Salem, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at his home. He was born on May 11, 1927 in Roanoke, Va. to the late James M. and Ethelene Bowers Richards. James, as many others in his generation, enlisted and faithfully served his country in the United States Army Air Corps Reserves at the age of...
Kim Marie Dempsey
Dec 1, 2019
This is not your ordinary , because my sister was not your ordinary person. Kim Marie Barry Dempsey, born October 11, 1970, in Newport News, Virginia to Beverly Getsi and Tom Barry, had the heart of an angel. Growing up with Kim as my older sister was like growing up with my own personal cheerleader. Not in a loud and...
John Wallace Ferguson Jr.
Nov 30, 2019
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Wesley Junior Combs
Nov 30, 2019
Wesley Junior Combs, 72, of Elliston, Va. passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at Lewis Gale Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born on December 19, 1946 to the late Wesley B. and Ivory Montgomery Combs in Anawalt, W. Va. Following graduation from Andrew Lewis high school in 1965, he was drafted in the U.S. Army where he would faithfully...
Judith May Arnold
Nov 29, 2019
Judith May Arnold, 77, of Salem, Virginia, went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 29, 2019, at her residence. Judith is remembered for being a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She loved her family wholeheartedly and unconditionally. Judith is also remembered for being a strong-willed individual. She will be deeply missed by all who knew...
Ruth Davis Guthrie
Nov 28, 2019
On Thursday November 28, 2019 Ruth Davis Granny Guthrie, 104 of Roanoke formerly of Salem, joined her Savior, Jesus, and the open arms of her family and friends who also were awaiting her in Heaven. She lived a long, happy life, always giving the love in her heart to others. Awaiting her were her husband, Richard Cleaveland Guthrie, longtime engineer...
Charles Bertrand Ryan Iii
Nov 27, 2019
Charles B. Ryan, III, 90, known to many friends as Chuck, died early Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at Lewis-Gale Medical Center following complications from a fall. Chuck was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 14, 1929, to Charles B. Ryan, Jr., and Helen Maxwell Ryan. He and his parents lived in California and returned to Akron, Ohio when he was...
Ruth Carolyn Cromer
Nov 27, 2019
Ruth Carolyn Long Cromer, 87, of Salem, Va., went to the Lord for final resting on Wednesday, November 27, 2019. She was born in Monroe County, W. Va., on July 13, 1932. She later moved to Maryland where she worked for and retired from a small electrical plant after nearly 20 years before making her home in Salem, Va. Preceding...
Titus Gray Thompson
Nov 27, 2019
Titus Gray Thompson met Jesus shortly before his birth on Nov. 27, 2019. Titus is the son of Bradley and Rachel Thompson of Salem. Titus was born weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces and measuring 19 inches long. He loved to make his presence known to his mother with kicks, squirms, and the occasional hiccup. He looked like his brothers, while...
John Oliver Jones
Nov 26, 2019
John Oliver Jones, age 81, died on Tuesday, November 26, 2019. Born on Thursday, September 15, 1938, in Craig County, Va., to the late Tracy Miller Jones and Mary Woods Jones. He served in the US Army with the 52nd Artillery Brigade; was employed by VDOT for over 40 years; and was a devote member of Woodlawn United Methodist Church,...
Patricia Ann Stuckey
Nov 26, 2019
Patricia A. Garman Stuckey, 76, of Rockville, Md. and Frederick, Md., went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born January 25, 1943, in Roanoke, Va., she was the daughter of Louin C. Garman and Avis Damewood Garman. Following graduation from Bladensburg Senior High School in 1961, she started her career in...
Kelley Rochelle Sparks-Jordan
Nov 24, 2019
Kelley Rochelle Adkins Sparks-Jordan, 56, of Martinsville, VA., and formerly of Myrtle Beach, SC, slipped away into the arms of her Lord Jesus on Sunday, November 24, 2019. Kelley was born on September 30, 1963 in Maryville, MO to Dorothy Mathis Adkins and the late Donnis Wayne Adkins. Kelley liked sheep, smiley faces and daisies. She always made a point...
John Francis Jacobson
Nov 24, 2019
John F. Jacobson, 62, of Salem, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2019. He was born in Park Ridge, Il, a son of the late Nils and Frances Jacobson and had been an area resident since 1981. He was employed as a warehouse supervisor with Valley Tile Distributors for over 37 years, retiring in 2018. He served as a youth sports...
Clarence Edward "Ed" Granger
Nov 24, 2019
Clarence Edward Ed Granger, 97, of Roanoke, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, November 24, 2019. He was a long-time resident of the Mount Pleasant Community and an active member of Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church. He was also a former member and past president of the Mount Pleasant Lions Club. He was preceded in death...
John William Goodhart Sr.
Nov 23, 2019
John W. Goodhart, Sr. 82 of Rocky Mount, Virginia passed away Saturday November 23, 2019. Mr. Goodhart was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke. He retired after many years of service with Verizon Communications. When he could, he enjoyed hiking in the great outdoors and taking in the scenery, Mr. Goodhart liked donating to charity and especially...
Edith Gay Wallace
Nov 23, 2019
Edith G. Wallace, 64, of Elliston, VA, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2019. Edith was devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. In addition to a decade of work with Montgomery County Public Schools at Elliston Lafayette Elementary School, she also served as PTA president, a volunteer for the SHARE food program, and a teacher's assistant for adult education classes. Through...
Joyce Ann Slusher
Nov 21, 2019
Joyce Ann Slusher, 78, of Salem, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at Friendship Health and Rehab in Roanoke, Va. She was born on April 30, 1941 in Franklin County, Va. To the late Charlie Woodrow Wilson Alley and Beula Dove Alley. Joyce was a faithful member of Faith Fellowship in Salem where she enjoyed teaching Sunday school and...
Freddie Marie Dalton
Nov 21, 2019
Freddie Marie (Sweeney) Dalton, 89, of Salem, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at her residence. She was born on April 13, 1930 in Floyd, Va. to the late Fred D. and Susie Vest Sweeney. Freddie was a strong Christian and an active member of the Living Well Church of the Nazarene in Salem, Va. Her favorite times were...
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