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.
Joseph John Blum passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at Warm Hearth Village in Blacksburg, Virginia at the age of 91. He was […]
Mary Lois Elder Lanier, 79, of Fairlawn, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2025. She was a longtime educator at both New River Community College […]
Robert C. Gibson, PE FNSPE, died peacefully on February 20, 2025, surrounded by his family in Blacksburg, VA. Born in Norfolk on November 6, 1937, […]
Virginia Ann Kiser Stoots, age 91 of Pulaski, died Tuesday February 18, 2025 at Lewis Gale Hospital – Pulaski. She was born in Russell County […]
John Charles Toothaker, 80 of Pulaski, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2025. By his side was his loving wife Wanda of 50 years. Born […]
Alton Claude Beckner, 71, from the Roanoke/Salem/Pulaski area, met his match in a blazing building when he heroically rushed in to save his beloved dog Ore. […]
Heaven has gained an angel. Ocie Marie Bain Ratcliffe lived her almost 98 years for the Lord. She had a servant’s heart and would do […]
Kenneth Edward Long, 79, of Radford, passed away on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. He was a professor at New River Community College. Kenneth is preceded […]
Elizabeth Ann Yost McCoy passed away peacefully under Comfort Care Hospice at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center on February 18, 2025. She was born […]
Paul Ruszler of Blacksburg, VA, passed away on Valentine’s Day. He was born at home in Vigo Co, IN, the youngest of five children of […]
John Steward Shepherd of Staffordsville, Virginia departed this life February 18, 2025 in his home. Born November 3, 1949 he was a son of the […]
Michael Edwin Ewing, 70 of Christiansburg, passed away February 18, 2025. Services will be private.