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Effie Lea Goad Montgomery

Effie Lea Goad Montgomery

Dec 16, 2023

Effie Lea Goad Montgomery , age 89 of Dublin passed away Saturday, December 16, 2023 at the Highland Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Dublin. Born March 24, 1934 in Carroll County, she was the daughter of the late Walker & Lular Quesenberry Goad. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Debra Crowder and a number of...

Eric Chester Wright

Eric Chester Wright

Dec 15, 2023

Eric Chester Wright, age 62 of Dublin passed away Friday. December 15,2023 at the New River Valley Medical Center. Born January 1,1961 in Radford, he was the son of the late Chester Wright and Janice Chewning Wright.

He had been employed by BAE in Radford. He was a veteran of the United States Army.

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Frances Sue Bruce

Frances Sue Bruce

Dec 15, 2023

Frances Sue Bruce , age 91 of Richmond and formerly a life-long resident of Dublin passed away Friday, December 15, 2023 at the Chippenham Medical Center, Richmond. Born September 30,1932 in Wythe County, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Claude Lee Nuckols & Hazel Mallie Arnold Nuckols. She was also preceded in death by her...

William Samuel Booth

William Samuel Booth

Dec 13, 2023

William Samuel Booth

(August 25, 1954 - December 13, 2023)

An icon is defined as a person widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere. For many William Samuel Booth rose to fit that description. On December 13, 2023 after an exhausting...

Larry Cecil Halliday

Larry Cecil Halliday

Dec 13, 2023

Larry Halliday was born on November 5,1945 in Westville, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the son of Emery and Earla Halliday. Larry and his family moved to Richford, Vermont on December 15, 1956. He passed away peacefully at home with his wife Kathryn Hartman Halliday at his side.

Larry entered the US Navy in 1964...

David "Fats" Montgomery Linkous

David "Fats" Montgomery Linkous

Dec 12, 2023

August 11,1934 - December 12, 2023

A lot can be said for a man that lives 89 years. He could pass on tales about growing up in Mullens West Virginia or working on the natural gas lines throughout the south or various life lessons he taught you.

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Billy Wayne Warden

Billy Wayne Warden

Dec 8, 2023

Billy Wayne Warden , age 63 of Pulaski went to be with the Lord Friday, December 8, 2023 at the Lewis-Gale Hospital, Pulaski. Born August 15, 1960 in Pulaski, Virginia he was the son of the late Stanley Monroe Warden & Dorothy Rena Owens Warden. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Larry Paul Warden...

Threcia Mae "Dot" Stoots Burton Matney

Threcia Mae "Dot" Stoots Burton Matney

Dec 8, 2023

Threcia Mae "Dot" Stoots Burton Matney , age 89 of Dublin passed away Friday, December 8, 2023 at her home. Born June 26, 1934 in Wythe County, she was the daughter of the late William Arthur Stoots & Eleanor Gertrude (Worrell) Stoots. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Clarence "Nook" Draper Burton and Andrew...

Bobby Martin Thornton

Bobby Martin Thornton

Dec 6, 2023

Bobby Martin Thornton , age 67 of Pulaski passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at the Lewis-Gale Hospital, Montgomery. Born February 8, 1956 in Pulaski he was the son of the late Troy Thornton, Sr. & Ann Ruth Roop Thornton. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Troy Samuel "Sammy" Thornton, Jr.

Bobby...

Christina Gail Oshields

Christina Gail Oshields

Dec 6, 2023

Christina Gail Oshields , age 52 of Max Meadows passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at the Highland Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Dublin. Born October 31, 1971 in Virginia Beach, she was the daughter of the late Billy Boe Wood & Janice Sabat Lee.

Christina was general manager of the Comfort Inn in Max Meadows....

Cynthia Kay Doss Shook

Cynthia Kay Doss Shook

Nov 30, 2023

Cynthia Kay O'Dell Doss Shook , age 74 of Dublin passed away Thursday, November 30, 2023 at Lewis Gale Hospital, Pulaski. Born June 8, 1949 in West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late James Hawley O'Dell, Sr. and Lois Aliene Nunn O'Dell.  She was also preceded in death by husbands, Charles Lee Doss, Sr. and...

George B. Marshall

George B. Marshall

Nov 30, 2023

George B. Marshall, age 96 of Allisonia, VA went to be with the Lord and the love of his life, Madelin (wife of 72 years) on Thursday, November 30, 2023. Born June 1,1927 to the late Harley Marshall and Pherbe Bonds Marshall. He was also preceded in death by his wife Madelin S. Marshall; his son Gary G. Marshall;...

Lillian "Tena" Ernestine Freeman Duncan

Lillian "Tena" Ernestine Freeman Duncan

Nov 30, 2023

Lillian Ernestine "Tena" Freeman Duncan , age 76 of Hiwassee passed away Thursday, November 30, 2023. Born December 3, 1946 in Pulaski she was the daughter of the late Ernest Carl Freeman & Helen Eugene Linville Freeman. She was also preceded in death by her husband, George A. Duncan, Jr., daughter, Teresa Lynn Duncan, sister, Faye Dean...

Dustin Wayne Dowdy

Dustin Wayne Dowdy

Nov 25, 2023

Dustin Wayne Dowdy , age 28 of Pulaski died Saturday, November 25, 2023 in Athens, WV.

Born January 19, 1995 in Montgomery County, he is the son of Wayne Jackson Dowdy and Rebecca Louise Dax. Dustin was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Joe & Sue Dax, paternal grandmother, Margie Hale Dowdy and stepfather,...

Edwin Leslie Beamer

Edwin Leslie Beamer

Nov 24, 2023

Edwin Leslie Beamer

Went home to be with his lord and savior on Friday November 24 2023.  Born May 1st 1941 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Ben V. Beamer & Nancy Sexton Beamer. He was also preceded in death by his loving wife, Freda, daughter, Wanda Yvonne Beamer,...

Stephanie Lynn Barrera

Stephanie Lynn Barrera

Nov 24, 2023

Stephanie Lynn Barrera , age 33 of Pulaski passed away Friday, November 24, 2023. Born May 5, 1990 in Texas, she was the daughter of the late Sherry Lynn Asbell Forster. She was also preceded in death by her maternal grandmother, Rose Dyke Asbell.

Stephanie is survived by her

Children...

Mildred "Millie" L. Edmonds Lawson

Mildred "Millie" L. Edmonds Lawson

Nov 16, 2023

Mildred L. "Millie" Edmonds Lawson , age 86 of Christiansburg and formerly of Lawson Hills Farm (Draper, VA) retired schoolteacher and mother passed away Thursday, November 16, 2023 at the NRV Medical Center. Born March 25, 1937 in Pulaski County, she was the daughter of the late Hubert & Edith Lawson Edmonds. She was also preceded in...

Marie Joann Blankenship Basham

Marie Joann Blankenship Basham

Nov 14, 2023

Marie JoAnn Blankenship Basham , age 86 of Dublin went to be with her heavenly father on November 14, 2023. She was born October 1, 1937 in Radford to the late James and Hilda Blankenship, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Vern Basham; and son-in-law, Paul Muncy, Sr.

Marie is...

Aaron "Jay" Jefferson Peake, Jr.

Aaron "Jay" Jefferson Peake, Jr.

Nov 9, 2023

Aaron "Jay" Jefferson Peake, Jr. , age 87 of Pulaski passed away Thursday, November 9, 2023 at the Radford Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born April 30, 1936 in Wythe County he was the son of the late Aaron Jefferson Peake, Sr. & Fannie Moore Mills. He was also preceded in death by his son, Matthew Dane Peak,...

Janette "Jan" Quesenberry Akers

Janette "Jan" Quesenberry Akers

Nov 7, 2023

Janette "Jan" Quesenberry Akers , age 90 of Pulaski passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at her home. Born February 10, 1933 in Pulaski she was the daughter of the late John Issacc Quesenberry & Ada Porterfield Quesenberry. She was also preceded in death by her grandson, Matthew Cameron Akers; siblings, James S. Quesenberry, Pearl Q. Hughes,...

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