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 “Y”
Updated: Tuesday,
January 29, 2019
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Deceased’s
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Year Newspaper if available and Obit image or
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Yearout,
Charles Edmound |
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. |
Charles E. Yearout, b. 11-12-1919 Montgomery Co., VA, d. June 10,
1946 Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., VA. Father: Charles Yearout,
b. Floyd Co., VA. Mother: Lou Sweeney, b. Floyd Co., VA. Burial: Sunset
Cemetery, Christiansburg.
Charles Edmound Yearout was killed
along with his girlfriend, Dorothy Gaye Smith, 21, of Floyd, after
crashing his motorcycle on Route 11 near Fotheringay.
Charles was drafted for World War II on 15 Apr 1942 and served the duration
and was discharged sometime after Sep 1945. So, Charles made it through the
entire war and occupation in Europe afterwards, only to lose his life in a
tragic accident. (src: Find A Grave) |
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1967 Roanoke Times
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1971
Ronaoke Times
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1955 Floyd Press
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1976 Floyd Press
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1959 Roanoke Times
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1976
Floyd Press
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1975 Floyd Press
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