Obituaries Added Since November 23, 2018

     Sources:

All images were emailed to BarbR from Rena Worthen for posting on this site.

If there is a date/newspaper stamp on the image, these images were gleaned from newspapers by Karen (Weddle) Baker.

All other images are from the collection of Rena Worthen & gleaned by her or sent to her by others for posting.

Typed obituaries will be sourced individually.

 

Surnames Beginning With “S”

Updated: Friday, March 22, 2019

Deceased’s Name

linked to printable image if available

Year

Newspaper if available and Obit image or transcription

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Salmons, Esther Alice Miss

1976 Floyd Press

 

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Salmons, Joe Roger

2017

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Salmons, Landon

1950 Roanoke Times

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Salmons, Lula Mae Mrs.

1955 Floyd Press

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Salmons, William Cassell

1957 Roanoke Times

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Survived by:

Wife:

Mrs. Dellie Hatcher Salmons

5 daughters:

Mrs. B. E. Compton, Radford

Mrs. Kenneth Gibson, Roanoke

Mrs. Leonard Moran, Abington

Mrs. Eural Moran, Floyd

Mrs. G. W. Compton, Floyd

2 sons:

Delton Salmons, Roanoke

Carlis Salmons, Roanoke

28 grandchildren

2 sisters:

Mrs. J. M. Smith, Woolwine

Mrs. Selina Wood, Floyd

Burial: Lee Cemetery

 

Sames, Rufus Glenn

1954 Roanoke Times

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Death Record:

b. Aug 24, 1899 Pulaski Co., VA.

d. Oct 1, 1954 Memorial Crippled Childrens Hospital

Parents: James Thomas Sames & Sarah Dalton.

Spouse: Effie Trent Sames

He was a 55 yo widowed retired molder at Cast Iron Pipe Mfg.

COD: hepatic coma; cirrhosis of liver; alcoholism??; hypostatic pneumomia

Burial: Newbern Cemetery, Dublin, VA Oct 4, 1954 as does one of the obits.

Ancestry.com has him buried in the Huffville Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA (with a picture of headstone) as does one of the obits.

 

Marriage Record:

Rufus m. Effie Florence Trent Apr 9, 1925 Pittsylvania Co., VA. Effie, 18 yo single w/f, b. Pittsylvania Co., VA, d/o Elijah & Ella.

 

Effie’s Death Record:

Mrs. Effie Trent Sames, 40 yo married w/f, b. 11-30-1906 Danville, VA, d. 3-16-1947 Radford Community Hospital, Radford, VA. Spouse: Rufus G. Sames. Father: Elijah Trent, b. unknown. Mother: Ida Nester, b. Patrick Co., VA. COD: cancer of cervix. Burial: Pulaski Co., VA.

 

Rufus & Effie have a son, Bobby Doyle Sames, b. 11-37-1939 Radford, VA, d. 1-17-1940 Radford, VA. His death record has him buried in Pulaski Co., VA.

 

His mother is buried in the Newbern Cemetery per her death record. She was b. Carroll Co., VA. Her father was William Dalton. Her mother Sarah Branscome.

 

SO: not absolutely sure where Rufus is buried.

 

Saunders, Warren B.

1966 Roanoke Times

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Scales, Nick

1948 Floyd Press

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Schillen, Cassell Estelle

1971 Roanoke Times

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Father: George Preston Schillen

Mother: Lucy Mills

Spouse: Flora Mae Shilling.

 

Scott, Jewel Horton

1955 Floyd Press

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Scott, Virginia M. Mrs.

1960 Floyd Press

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Seiler, Sigrid Vest

2017

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Semones, Harvey C. Sr.

1970 Roanoke Times

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Semones, Irene Monica Mrs.

1955 Roanoke Times

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Semones, Joel Wilson

1958 Floyd Press

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Semones, Lona Mae Miss

1970 Roanoke Times

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Senter, James Madison

1950 Roanoke Times

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Senter, Jennie Mrs.

1953 Roanoke Times

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Shank, Mary Wickham Mrs.

1931 Roanoke Times

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Shelor, Bibley Oliver

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Parents: Rufus Oliver & Julia Ann (Akers) Shelor.

1876 Birth: 1-18-1876 Floyd Co., VA (src: birth record).

1877 Birth: 1-18-1877 (tombstone); Jan 1877 (src: 1900 census & tombstone).

1904 Marriage #1: B. Oliver Shelor m. Linnie Gardner 8-14-1904 at E. M. Reed's, Floyd Co., VA by Noah Reed, Minister of the German Baptist Church. He 27 yo single w/m farmer, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o Rufus & Julia Ann Shelor. She 23 yo single w/f farmer, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o Floyd & Amanda Gardner.

1958 Death: 5-10-1958 RFD Blacksburg, VA but of rural Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., VA..

Mr Bidley O. Shelor, 81y 3m 23d, widowed w/m farm owner, b. Jan 18, 1877 Floyd Co., VA. Spouse Linnie Shelor. Father Rufus Shelor. Mother Julia Akers. Informant Mrs Clarence Shelor of RFS, Christiansburg, VA. COD coronary occlusion with senility. Burial Sunset Cemetery, Christiansburg, VA.

1958 Burial: Sunset Cemetery, Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., VA.

[Shelor1]

 

 

Shelor, Charles Ellis

1950 Floyd Press

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Shelor, Clara Dulaney Mrs.

1954 Roanoke Times

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Shelor, Elvin

1919 Floyd Press

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Elvin Shelor m. Jennie Hylton 8-19-1928 Floyd Co., VA by Roy L. Shelor, Minister of the Brethren Church. He 24 yo single w/m merchant, b. Floyd Co., VA, s/o G. M. Shelor & Lydia Spangler. She 24 yo single w/f, b. Floyd Co., VA, d/o Henry Hylton & Belle Underwood.

 

Elvin, s/o George Merritt & Lydia Ellen (Spangler) Shelor.

 

Jennie, d/o Henry Everett & Martha A. Celia Belle (Underwood) Hylton

 

Shelor, Fred Henry

1951 Roanoke Times

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Shelor, H. Kyle

1933 Floyd Press

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Shelor, Henrietta Dillon Mrs.

1976 Floyd Press

Heading is incorrect – Henrietta was a Dillon who m. Carl Ernest SHelor

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Henrietta (Dillon) Shelor, b. Oct 10, 1885 Floyd Co., VA, d. Nov 5, 1976 at her home, Rt 1, Floyd Co., VA. COD: cerebralvascular accident. She was a d/o Henry B. & Emmazetta A. (Harman) Dillon. [dillon]

She married Carl Ernest Shelor 12-10-1914 Bristol, Sullivan Co., TN.

Carl Ernest Shelor, 1885-1943, s/o George William & Laura Ann (Jenkins) Shelor. [shelor2]

 

Shelor, Lydia E. Mrs.

1948 Floyd Press

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Lydia E. Spangler m. George M. Shelor 11-27-1892 at Rev Isaac Reed's, Floyd Co., VA by Noah Reed. He 23 yo single w/m farmer, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o Rufus O. & Julia A. Shelor. She 15 yo single w/f, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o Eden & Eva Spangler.

 

Lydia Ellen Spangler, d/o Eden & Eva (Reed) Spangler. [spanlger1]

 

George Merrit Shelor, s/o Rufus Oliver & Julia Ann (Akers) Shelor. [shelor1]

Shelor, Thomas Goodson

Contributed by BarbR Mar 2019

1908 Richmond Time Dispatch

(src: genealogybank.com - copyrighted by NewsBank and/or the American Antiquarian Society. 2004)

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Survived by:

Wife not named

Son not named

Several stepchildren not named

Parents: Thomas Bonaparte & 1st wife Mary (Barnard) Shelor.

1845 Birth: 6-2-1845 Floyd Co., VA.

1863 Marriage #1: Thomas Shelor 1st m. Levina Wade 3-23-1863 Surry Co., NC.

I1887 Marriage #2: Thomas G. Shelor m. 2nd Emmazetta Dillon 1887 Floyd Co., VA. d/o John & Celia Harman.

Emmazetta A. Harman 1st m. Henry B. Dillon

[shelor2; dillon; harman2]

 

 

Shelton, Dallas M.

2018

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Shilling, Amanda Richards Mrs.

1954 Roanoke Times

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Shockey, Dollie Ann Mrs.

1956 Floyd Press

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Short, Cinda Mary Miss

1951 Roanoke Times

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Shortt, Amos B.

1970 Roanoke Times

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Shortt, Lula Huff Mrs.

1957 Roanoke Times

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Shortt, Madeline Sweeney

2018

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Shortt, McCrey

2015

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Showalter, Canary Ann Mrs.

1965 Floyd Press

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Wife of Esley A. Showalter

Nee Marshall, d/o Mr. & Mrs. James D. Marshall

 

Showalter, Clydia Alice

1960 Floyd Press

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Nee White, of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur White

 

Simmons, Sarah Elizabeth Mrs.

1951 Roanoke Times

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Simpkins, June Reed

2016

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Simpkins, Marion Jackson “Jack”

1988 Roanoke Times

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Simpkins, Ruby Boyd

2017

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Simpson, Mary Josephine Woods

2016

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Sink, Clara Poff Mrs.

1988

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Sink, Elizabeth Fine “Betty”

2017

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Sink, Ethel Wimmer Mrs.

1952 Roanoke Times

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Sink, Lydia Aldridge

1970 Roanoke Times

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Sink, Thomas Nelson

1955 Floyd Press

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Sisson, James Edward

1966 Roanoke Times

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Sisson, Karetta V. Mrs.

1956 Floyd Press

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Slaughter, Jerry Waitman & sister Betty Jean

1958 Floyd Press

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Sloan, Charlie William Jr. “Sonny”

2015

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Sloan, Lydia Margaret Sloan

 

1977 Floyd Press

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Sloan, Sue Ann

1956 Floyd Press

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Slusher, Barbara E. Mrs.

1950 Roanoke Times

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Slusher, James Monroe

1951

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Slusher, Julia Bishop Mrs.

1930 Roanoke Times

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Slusher, Vesta Sumner Mrs.

1977 Floyd Press

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Slusher, Walter Early

1956 Floyd Press

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Smith, Ardella Mrs.

 

1951 Roanoke Times

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Smith, Barbara Ann

2013

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Smith, Barry Turner

 

2018

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Smith, Charles Robert

2015

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Smith, Charlett Emily Mrs.

1948 Floyd Press

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Smith, Dan

 

 

1958 Floyd Press

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Smith, Dormer Mrs. nee Redmon

 

1950 Floyd Press

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Smith, Dorothy Gaye Miss

Richmond Times Dispatch June 11, 1946

Miss Dorothy Gaye Smith, 21 of Floyd & Charles A. Yearout 26 yo of Christiansburg were fatally injured Sunday afternoon in a motorcycle accident a mile west of Elliston in Montgomery County. Both died in a Christiansburg hospital several hours after the accident. State Trooper R. L. Chow said in a preliminary investigation that Miss Smith & Yearout in an attempt to pass a truck, struck the side of an automobile driven by James M. Martin, 24 of Ironto. Martin suffered minor injuries in the crash.

b. 11-29-1925 Bland Co., VA, d. 6-9-1946 New Altamont Hospital, Christiansburg, VA. Daughter of George Robert Smith, b. Floyd Co., VA and Roxey Gay Radford, b. Floyd Co., VA. Burial Christiansburg, 6-11-1946. Src: death record.

George Robert Smith aka Robert George, 1897-1982, s/o Peter Lee Smith & Susan Via.

Peter Lee Smith Jr, b. 1865 Franklin Co., VA, d. 10-28-1913 Little River District, Floyd Co., VA Father: Peter Smith. Mother: Lucinda Galaspie. Burial Salem Cemetery. Src: death record.

 

 

Smith, Edsel Murriell

1970 Roanoke Times

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Smith, Eva Rumburg

2017

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Smith, Everett Clifton

 

Contributed by BarbR Nov 2018

2004

Everett Clifton Smith, 84, of Floyd, born July 25, 1919, passed into eternal rest on Saturday, January 24, 2004.

He was Army Veteran of World War II. He worked road construction for many years and retired from Lynchburg Foundry in 1982. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elmer Smith and Gypsie Smith Boothe and a brother, Robert (Bobby) Smith.

He leaves to cherish his memory three daughters, Faith and Nolen Radford, and Betty and Jim Tucker all of Floyd and Nila Gray of Copper Hill; friend and former wife, Ethel Smith of Floyd; four grandchildren, Rosie Henninger of Copper Hill, Johnny Radford of Lynchburg, and Kristy Bowman and Gary Spence of Floyd; five great-grandchildren, Holly Henninger of Copper Hill, Amber and Kayla Radford of Lynchburg, and Marissa and Kaylen Bowman of Floyd; and nieces and a nephew.

At his request, there will be no visitation or funeral. His wishes were that he be cremated. There will be a memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday, February 1, 2004 at Floyd Church of The Nazarene conducted by the Rev. Mike Varner. The Smith Family is being served by Maberry Funeral Home.

src: Roanoke Times, The (VA) - Monday, January 26, 2004; Virginia, GenealogyBank.com

 

 

Smith, George H.

1950 Roanoke Times

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Smith, Helen Sue Manning

2016

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Smith, Henrietta Pruitt Mrs.

1959 Roanoke Times

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Smith, Homer G. Sr

 

2017

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Smith, Howard Preston

1988 Roanoke Times

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Smith, I. Arthur

1958 Floyd Press

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Smith, Infant Son

1948 Floyd Press

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Smith, Jacob

1933 Floyd Press

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Smith, John Freeman

 

1955 Floyd Press

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Smith, John Peter

1960 Floyd Press

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Smith, John Samuel

 

1970 Roanoke Times

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Smith, Joseph “Joe”

2014

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Smith, Louise Miss

 

1958 Floyd Press

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Smith, Marcella Hall Turner

1955 Floyd Press

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Smith, Martha Jane Mrs.

1958 Roanoke Times

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Smith, Mary Audrey

 

1988 probably Floyd Press

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Smith, Minnesota Harman Mrs.

1950 Floyd Press

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Smith, Norma Sue Wilson

2017

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Smith, Ray Tinsley “Mike”

1967 Roanoke Times

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Smith, Richard S.

2016

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Smith, Robert Elliott

1966 Roanoke Times

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Smith, Robert W. "Bob"

1971 Roanoke Times

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Smith, Sarah Nolen Mrs.

1964 Floyd Press

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Smith, Silas W.

1976 Floyd Press

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Smith, Thelma Boothe Mrs.

1980 Roanoke Times

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Smith, Thomas Grant

1956 Roanoke Times

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Smith, Victoria A. Miss

1955 Floyd Press

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Smith, William Harvey

1953 Roanoke Times

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Snyder, David H.

1998

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Sowers, George Washington

1952 Roanoke Times

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Sowers, John Stuart

 

1950 Roanoke Times

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1950 at the home of his daughter Mrs. Mallie Nedford at Cascade,MD

Survived by:

3 sons Noah Sowers of Vinton; Manuel Sowers of Draper, NC; Early Sowers of Roanoke

3 daughters Mrs. Almedia Alderman of Mechanicsville, MD; Mrs. Mallie Nedford & Mrs. Etta Craig both of Cascade, MD

1 brother George Sowers of Amelia County

Burial Alderman Cemetery

 

Sowers, Louvena Elizabeth

 

1948 Floyd Press

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1948 Marion Hospital

83 yo

Survived by:

Husband John Sowers

5 daughters: Mrs. Nina Hill & Mrs. Etta Craig of Pulaski; Mrs. Almedia Alderman of Leonardtown, MD; Manuel Sowers of Draper; Mrs. Mallie Sowers of Cascade, MD

2 sons Early Sowers of Roanoke; Noah Sowers of Salem

Burial Alderman Cemetery

 

Sowers, Nancy Elizabeth Mrs.

1952 Roanoke Times

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Sowers, Olen Waitman

1988 Roanoke Times

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Wife Glenna Andrews Sowers

 

Sowers, Paul Lewis

1992

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Sowers, Pearlie “Ann” nee Nichols

 

2014

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Spangler, Jacob Conner

1959 Roanoke Times

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Spangler, William Larry

1955 Floyd Press

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Spaulding, Audrey Mae nee Conner

 

1948 Floyd Press

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She & Albin were married earlier that year.

 

Spence, Ellis Bud

 

1976 Floyd Press

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Spence, Hasaba Criner

2009

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Spencer, Amelia nee Akers

 

2017

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Stanley, John Amos

1958 Roanoke Times

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Stanley, Kelvin R.

1998 Roanoke Times

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Stanley, Susan Jestin Mrs.

1956 Floyd Press

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Stevenson, Phyllis Nunn

2015

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Stewart, Docia Collins Mrs.

1958 Floyd Press

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Stewart, Eula Sweeney Mrs.

1965 Roanoke Times

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Stewart, Sterling Ralph

2015

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Stover, Avery Ambrose

1976 Floyd Press

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Strong, Mary Susan Mrs.

1930 Roanoke Times

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Stuart, Dorothy Mae Hairston

2014

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Stuart, Robert

1948 Floyd Press

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Stuart, Thomas Wilfred

2014

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Stuart, Uycless Selwyn

2014

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Stuart, Warren L.

1970 Roanoke Times

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Stump, Alice Lee Oma Mrs.

 

1965 Floyd Press

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Stump, Alvin M.

2015

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Stump, Henry L.

1950 Roanoke Times

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Stump, John Leonard

1988 Roanoke Times

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Stump, John Riley

 

1953 Roanoke Times

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Stump, Julia Ann Mrs.

1948 Floyd Press

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Widow of William Joshus Stump

 

Stump, Rosie King Mrs.

1955 Floyd Press

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Stutler, Anthony Wayne

2012

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Stutler, Richard Lee

1991

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Richard Lee Stutler, 37 yo divorced w/m chef, b. 9-15-1953 Charleston, WVA, d. 4-21-1991 Roanoke, VA. Father: Robert Earl Stutler. Mother: Darlene Phillips. Informant: Robert Earl Sutler. COD: respiratory failure. Burial: Duncan Chapel Cemetery, Willis, VA 4-24-1991. Undertaker: Maberry Funeral Home, Floyd, VA.

Robert Earl Strutler m. Eunie Darlene Phillips 1951 Floyd Co., VA. He 21 yo single w/m in US Army, b. Charleston, WVA, residence Willis, VA, s/o Robert Earl Stutler, Sr & Margie M. Carte. She 16 yo single w/f, b. Floyd Co., VA, residence Willis, VA, d/o Walter Clyde Phillips & Ora Lee Duncan.

Eunie Darlene Phillips is actually Eunice Darlene Phillips. She & Robert Earl Strutler divorced & she m. 2nd Donald Lee Perdue in 1959 Salem, VA.

The deceased noted here is a s/o of Eunice Darlene Phillips & her 1st husband Robert Eart Stutler.

 

 

 

Sumner, Emily Bell Mrs.

1954 Roanoke Times

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Sumpter, Frank Clyde

1952 Roanoke Times

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Sumpter, Jabe Newton

 

1957 Roanoke Times

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Sumpter, Joseph

1932

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Sumpter, Lucille

 

1932 Roanoke Times

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Sumpter, Samuel Edmond “Sam”

1988 Roanoke Times

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Sumpter, Thomas Early

 

1958

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Sutphin, Bane Chaplin

1958 Floyd Press

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Sutphin, Buford A.

1970 Roanoke Times

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Sutphin, Clydia nee Brammer

 

1958 Floyd Press

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Sutphin, David E. “Dave”

 

2014

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2014 of Floyd

78 yo husband of Delpha Sutphin

Preceded by:

Parents Ewell Leonard & Treva Gay Bolt Sutphin

Sister Joyce Marie Sutphin

Brother Dallas Ray Sutphin

Survived by:

Wife

Daughter & son in law Sandra & Russ Rorrer of Woolwine, VA

Son & daughter in law Steve & Heather Sutphin of Floyd, VA

Grandson Jeffery A. Sutphin of Floyd, VA

3 Brothers & sisters in law Richard & Ruby Sutphin of Floyd, VA; Randy & Betty Sutphin of Shippensburg, PA; Ron & Fern Sutphin of Indian Valley, VA

Sister & brother in law Marlene & Cecil Compton of Floyd, VA

Numerous nieces & nephews

Burial Alderman Cemetery

 

Sutphin, Donnie Lee

 

2015

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2015 of Meadows of Dan

50 yo husband of Carolyn Harman Sutphin

Survived by:

Wife

Parents Hazel & Lonnie Sutphin

Brothers Lawrence Sutphin; Randy Sutphin

Sisters Judy Tate (Kirk Athey); Lisa McCloud; Brenda & Randy Dehart

4 nieces & 6 nephews

Burial Alderman Cemetery

 

Sutphin, Elijah Frank

1955 Floyd Press

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Survived by:

Wife:

Mrs. Alrinda Sutphin, Willis

3 sons:

Ted Sutphin, Floyd

Kyle Sutphin, Willis

Paul Sutphin, Hollywood, MD

2 daughters:

Mrs. Waller Thomas, Harris Chapel

Mrs. Calvin Montgomery, Floyd

4 brothers:

Brown Sutphin, Floyd

Elmer Sutphin, Renick, WVA

Claude Sutphin, Myrtle Creek, OR

Emanuel Sutphin, Myrtle Creek, OR

1 sister:

Mrs. S. E. Workman, Myrtle Creek, OR

12 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren

Burial: McPeak Cemetery

 

Sutphin, Emory Pvt.

 

1948 probably Floyd Press

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1948 killed in action

s/o Mr. & Mrs. Cosley Sutphin of Willis

Survived by:

Parents

3 brothers (not named)

2 sisters (not named)

Burial Alderman Cemetery

 

Sutphin, Eula Goad

2016

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Sutphin, Ewell Leonard

 

1966 Roanoke Times

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1966 Willis

52 yo husband of Treva Bolt Sutphin

Survived by:

Wife

5 sons David Surphin of Check; Richard Sutphin of Floyd; Dallas Sutphin, Randy Sutphin & Ronnie Sutphin all of Willis

1 daughter Mrs. Marlene Huff of Floyd

Parents Mr. & Mrs Delmer Sutphin of Willis

3 brothers Melvin Sutphin of Lovettsville; Freeman Sutphin of Maryland; Vernon Sutphin of Christiansburg

2 sisters Mrs. Lorene Harris of Willis & Mrs. Nelda Ree Fleming of Hamilton.

Burial Alderman Cemetery

 

Sutphin, Frell

1998

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Sutphin, Garney Jackson

 

1951 Roanoke Times

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1951 Christiansburg Hospital but of Rt 3 Willis, VA

Husband of Dorothy B. Sutphin

Survived by:

Wife

Daughter Geneva Sutphin

Son Jack Sutphin

Parents Mr. & Mrs. John Thomas Sutphin of Willis

4 sisters Mrs. Esther Griffin & Mrs. Maggie Jones of Draper, NC; Mrs. Edith Kemp of Willis; Mrs. Lillian Epperly of Floyd

1 brother Glen Sutphin of Willis

Burial Alderman Cemetery

 

Sutphin, George Abram

 

2014

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Sutphin, Hubert Lee

 

2016

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2016

Preceded by:

Wife Virginia

Grandson Joshua Sutphin

Son in law Dennis Hamm

Special nephew Donnie Sutphin

Survived by:

Children Barbara Hamm; Vera & William Sutphin Mary & Ricky Surrat; Roger Sutphin; Bobbie & Lori Sutphin

Grandchildren: see obit

Sisters Violet Brown, Elva Moles

Brothers Elmer Sutphin, Lonnie & Hazel Sutphin

9 great grandchildren

Burial Alderman Cemetery

 

Sutphin, Ida Nester Mrs.

1954 Roanoke Times

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Survived by:

Husband:

Lee Sutphin

6 sons:

Lawrence Sutphin, Blacksburg

Shade Sutphin, Willis

Lertie Sutphin, Owens

Virgil Sutphin, La Plata, MD

James Sutphin, Floyd

Baline Sutphin, Roanoke

3 daughters:

Mrs. Paul Compton, Floyd

Mrs. W. E. Duncan, Pensacola, FL

Mrs. Lottie Harman, Collinsville

1 brother:

James Nester, Meadows of Dan

2 sisters:

Mrs. Willie Stanley, Laurel Fork

Mrs. Walter Goad, Laurel Fork

31 grandchildren not named

Burial: Maple Shade Church

 

Sutphin, Jesse Johnson

1988

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Sutphin, Joseph C.

 

1971 Roanoke Times

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1971 Radford Hospital but of Hiawassee

86 yo

Survived by:

5 daughter Mrs. Opal Shipe of Owings Mills, MD; Mrs. Frances Willey of Wittman, MD; Mrs. Hazel B. Mansfield of Seabrook, MD; Mrs. Mary Strittmantter, Mr.s Rosie Buser of Annapolis, MD

4 sons Bernard Lee Sutphin, Alvin A. Sutphin of Annapolis, MD; Wayne C. Sutphin of Wittman, MD; Daniel Sutphin of Reisterstown, MD

3 brothers John Sutphin Caud Sutphin of Floyd; Zebb Sutphin of Hiwassee

1 sister Mrs. Bell Bolt of Floyd.

Burial Alderman Cemetery

 

Sutphin, Julia Mrs. nee Dalton

 

1976 Floyd Press

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1976 Willis

79 yo wife of John T. Sutphin

Survived by:

Husband

3 daughters Mrs. Esther Griffin & Mrs. Maggie Jones both of Eden, NC; Mrs. Lillian Epperly of Floyd

2 son Glenn Sutphin of Shawsville

18 grandchildren

30 great grandchildren

Burial Alderman Cemetery

 

Sutphin, Kerry Eli

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1955 Floyd Press

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Sutphin, Louella Emmaline Mrs.

 

1948 Floyd Press

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1948 at the home of Cosley Sutphin, Willis

Widow of Marion Sutphin

Survived by:

Clevin Sutphin of Barney, MD; Mrs Ricy Hubbard of Blakes, VA; Zehual Sutphin of Hiwassee; John & Cosley Sutphin & Mrs. Bell Bolt of Willis; Mrs. Lillie King of Max Meadows (relationships not given)

Burial Alderman Cemetery

 

Sutphin, Mary Inda Mrs.

1976 Floyd Press

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Sutphin, Marvin Dale

1970 Roanoke Times

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Sutphin, Mattie E. Akers Mrs.

1957 Roanoke Times

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Sutphin, Millard Edward

1952 Roanoke Times

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Sutphin, Noble Nelson

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1991 The Indianapolis News

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s/o Alva Atana & Glen Opal (Updike) Sutphin. [sutphin_fcva1]

 

Sutphin, Norman Elbert “Eb”

1957 Roanoke Times

 

 

 

Sutphin, Norman Odell

 

1956

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Sutphin, Nulan Elwood

2015

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Sutphin, Osborn

1954 Roanoke Times

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Sutphin, Sidney

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1948 The Daily Herald Provo, Utah

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Sidney Heath Sutphin, s/o William Walter & Rosa Candas (Horton) Sutphin. [Sutphin_hendrick_rachel]

 

Sutphin, Virginia Alice Mrs.

1956 Roanoke Times

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Sutphin, Wiley F.

 

1956 Roanoke Times

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1956 Christiansburg Hospital but of Conner’s Grove vicinity

75 yo

Survived by:

1 brother Earl Sutphin of Willis

1 sister Mrs. Burwell Alderman of Mabscott, WVA

Burial Alderman Cemetery

 

Sutphin, William Walker

1959 Floyd Press

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Sutphin, Wilmer

1929 Floyd Press

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Sweeney, David Vernon

1956 Floyd Press

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b. 9-8-1956 VA, d. 9-8-1956 Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA.

Age 6 hrs 20 min

Father: Lester Earl Sweeney

Mother: Annie Blackwell

COD: respiratory failure – premature appr 7 mo

 

Sweeney, John Mrs.

Aka

Sweeney, Elizabeth Sweeney

1933 Floyd Press

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b. 9-13-1861 Floyd Co., VA, d. 3-18-1933 Little River District, Floyd Co., VA.

Spouse: John Sweeney

Father: Samuel Sweeney, b. Franklin Co., VA.

Mother: Margaret Thomas, b. Floyd Co., VA.

Informant: Mr. John Sweeney

COD: carcinoma of stomach & liver

Burial: Sweeney Cem. Mar 19, 1933

Undertaker: J. M. Tise, Floyd Co., VA

 

Sweeney, John J.

1951 Roanoke Times

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Sweeney, Wilton Joseph

1954 Roanoke Times

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Swope, John H.

 

1998

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John Henry Swope, 1926 Healing Springs, VA, d. 12-3-1998 Roanoke, VA, s/o John McClintic & Lottie Estelle (Jackson) Swope.

 

Marriage #1: Leona Gray June 2, 1950 Heidelberg, Germany. Divorce granted to husband Oct 1, 1956 Roanoke, VA. 1 minor child affected.

 

Marriage #2: Margie Hale King 2-14-1959 Roanoke, VA. He 30 yo divorced w/m, Personnel Consultant Snelling & Snelling, b. Healing Springs, VA, residence Roanoke, VA, s/o John McClintic Swope & Lottie Estellma Jackson. She 37 yo widowed w/f, Sear Roebuck & Co., b. Floyd Co., VA, residence Copper Hill, d/o Horace William Hale & Myrtle Tida Deweese.

 

Marjorie Ann Hale m. 1st James Nathan King 5-23-1940 Roanoke, VA. He 23 yo single w/m farmer, b. Roanoke Co., VA, residence Rt 2 Copper Hill, VA, s/o Eugene King & Delia Alice Mills. She 21 yo single w/f, b. Roanoke Co., VA, residence Rt 2, Copper Hill, VA, d/o William Horace Hale & Myrtle Tida Deweese.

 

James Nathan King, b. 12-10-1916 Roanoke Co., VA, d. 12-23-1953 Copper Hill, Cave Spring District, Roanoke Co., VA. COD: carcinoma of bowels. He was 37 yo & is buried in the Copper Hill Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA. src: death record. He is not noted by Find A Grave as being buried in the Copper Hill Cemetery.

 

Margie Ann Swope d. 9-30-1993 Roanoke, VA. She is buried in the Copper Hill Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA. She is noted in Find A Grave; no photo.

 

John Henry Swope m. 3rd Shirley Anne Nolan 8-4-1995 Roanoke, VA.