Mar 15, 2024

Corene Martin Rakes Simms passed away on Friday, March, 15, 2024 in Fairlawn, Virginia at the age of 99.  She was born on January 17, 1925 in West Virginia to Homer and Ethelene Martin. She was raised in Endicott, Virginia, and lived in Bassett and Collinsville before moving to the Radford area. She was preceded in death by her...

Feb 19, 2024

Connie Tomlin Duggins, 64, of Walnut Cove, NC., passed Monday, February 19, 2024, at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born on April 5, 1959, to the late Roscoe and Frances Paschal Tomlin. She was a 1977 Ledford  High School graduate, retired from Tyco Electronic, and was a member of True Gospel Baptist Church in...

Feb 10, 2024

Arnold Aaron (Dunna)Adkins Jr., 61, of Martinsville, passed Saturday, February 10, 2024. He was born January 12, 1963, to Arnold Aaron, Sr., and the late Erma Louise Bryd (Chucky) Adkins.  In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ann Davis Adkins. In addition to his father, he is survived by three sons, Justin Aaron,...

Feb 10, 2024

Rolly "Buddy" Harden, 79. of Martinsville, passed Saturday, February 10, 2024. He was born in Florence, SC, on May 9, 1944, to the late Raymond Worley and Debroah Blackwell Harden. Buddy retired as a heavy machine operator. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Debbie H. Jordan, and brother, Whirley Harden. Surviving are...

Feb 6, 2024

Alfred Thomas Baldwin of Pearisburg, VA  passed away on February 6, 2024. He was born on December 10, 1937 to the late Ezra H. Baldwin and Nellie Ward Baldwin in Beckley, WV. He was also preceded in death by his son David Scott Baldwin, brothers, Ronald E. Baldwin and Hubert E. Baldwin.

Alfred graduated from Fieldale High...

Feb 5, 2024

Arthur Wright, 90, of Axton, passed Monday, February 5, 2024. He was born on March 25, 1933, to the late Samuel C., and Beulah Lackey Wright. He was retired from Tultex and was a member of Mercy Crossing Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by six brothers; Clayton, Lem, Eulis, Noel, Grady, and Chester...

Feb 4, 2024

Tracy Dean Clark, 56, of Ridgeway, passed Sunday, February 4, 2024.  He was born on July 16, 1967, to the late William Larry and Brenda Hopkins Clark. Tracy was a farmer by trade. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by one son, Jacob Clark. and a sister, Cynthia Bryant. In addition to his mother, he...

Feb 3, 2024

David Anthony Gillespie, father, friend, expert outdoorsman, jack of all trades, picked up his golden rod and reel and made his first cast in Heaven on February 3, 2024. David, age 70, was born in Bluefield, West Virginia on May 21, 1953, to the late Basil Gillespie, and the late Lillian Gross. David had a late sister, Deborah Gillespie,...

Jan 29, 2024

Anna Mayer Towarnicki, 93, of Martinsville, passed Monday, January 29, 2024, at her home. She was born October 17, 1930, in the Sudetenland, to the late Josef and Margaretha Pechtl Mayer. Anna told her family, "My life can best be described as being all God's events. Through the tragedy of war and losing my homeland, good came out of...

Jan 20, 2024

Eddie Glen Gardner, 71, of Collinsville, passed Saturday, January 20, 2024, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 7, 1952, to the late Woody and Della Hollandsworth Gardner. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers; Cecil, Larry, and Maurice Gardner.

Surviving are his wife; Gay Michaels Gardner, son, Adam...