Please note: after posting obituaries since 2001, our database was running over. To handle those earlier obituaries we have created SWVA Roots.com as a place for geneaology researchers to find recent data. Please look there for any obituaries we’ve posted from June 2014 back. We will move obituaries to the new site at the end of every month.
Gerald Marlin Darby, of Blacksburg, Va. died Saturday, April 20, 2019. Born February 1926 in Ponta, Texas, Mr. Darby retired from the Soil Conservation Service, (now the Natural Resources Conservation Service), in 1986 as National Agronomist. At the time his headquarters was in Washington, DC. He was a member of the American Society of Agronomy […]
Sammey “Sam” Ray Graves passed away peacefully at his home, with his wife and children at his side. He proudly served in the United States Air Force after attending VPI. He took over Graves Construction Company upon the death of his brother William, both of them following in their father’s footsteps. He was an active […]
Charles “Chuck” Edward Wheeler, 67, of Radford, passed away Monday, April 22, 2019. He was retired from Electro Plate Rite. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Betty Wheeler; his wife, Betty Hatch Wheeler; and sister, Terry McCoy. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Johnny Bugg of Christiansburg; brother and […]
Joseph Stafford Rowsey, age 68 of Dublin passed away Sunday, April 21, 2019 at the Pulaski Health & Rehab Facility. Born October 26, 1950 in Lexington, VA he was the son of the late Curtis Lee & Bessie Pauline Rowsey. His brother, Michael Lee Rowsey also preceded him in death. Joseph was a veteran of […]
Frank “Boyd” Fisher, 89, of Blacksburg, Virginia, gently passed into the house of the Lord on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. He was born to the late Enos Fisher and Mary Bryant Fisher in Blacksburg, Virginia, on August 18, 1929. Boyd worked in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech as a Machinist for forty-six (46) […]
