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.
Mary Ellen Wood, 80, of Elliston, passed away on January 17, 2026 at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem. She was a longtime nurse at […]
Ruth Marie Surbaugh, 90 of Copper Hill, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2026. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lovell Surbaugh; […]
Cathy Ann Huff, age 70 of Floyd passed on January 17, 2026 with her family by her side. She is survived by her daughter Tracy […]
Elizabeth (Bette) G. Mason of Blacksburg died Tuesday, January 13, 2026, one day after her 93rd birthday, after a brief illness. Left to cherish her […]
Helen Naff Altizer, 94 of Riner, went to her heavenly home Wednesday, January 14, 2026 surrounded by her family. She was born September 30, 1931 […]
David Dwight Burr, age 91, of Blacksburg, Virginia, died Saturday, December 6, 2025 at the Kroontje Health Care Center at Warm Hearth Village. He was […]
Frank “Sonny” Ward Sweeney Sr., 94 of Roanoke, Virginia, passed away on Friday, January 16, 2026. Sonny was born on July 16, 1931, in Rising […]
Bobby Davis Williams of Narrows, Virginia, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2026, at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem. Born on July 8, 1948, in […]
Anna Christine Hockenberger Abel, 86 of Bedford, VA., formerly of Pearisburg, VA., went to her heavenly home to see her husband on Friday, January 16, […]
Mary Elizabeth Taylor Vaught, a cherished matriarch, and long-time resident of Pearisburg, Virginia, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2026, at the age of 84. […]
Penelope Ann “Penny” Dignan, 68, passed away on January 16, 2026, at New River Valley Medical Center. Penny was born on December 6, 1957, in […]
Harry Kenneth Yates, Born January 21, 1953, of Check, VA., went to be with his lord and savior on January 16, 2026. He was preceded […]