Obituaries

Sep 16, 2022

Trinkle Elee Coleman, 89, of Fincastle passed away on Friday, September 16, 2022 at his home. Trinkle was a US Army veteran who had served during the Korean Conflict. He had worked for Ford Motor Company in Detroit, the Grundy Ford dealership, and retired from the Jewell Smokeless Coal and Coke Corporation in Vansant, Va. He loved the Lord,...

Sep 16, 2022

Katrina Lynn Wickline, 55, of Roanoke passed away unexpectedly due to complications from numerous surgeries to repair a hernia mesh implant on September 16, 2022. She was born in Charleston, SC, the first child of Jerry L. Wickline and Sharon Paulette Cox Wickline. She was preceded in death by her parents, both sets of grandparents, numerous aunts, uncles, cousins,...

Sep 15, 2022

Kathleen Roberta Wood, 88, of Troutville passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2022. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nathan Wood; parents, Cleveland and Josephine Gibson; sisters, Marie Sloan and Gaynelle Gibson, brothers, Calvin Junior Gibson and Randolph Gibson.

She is survived by her sisters, Susie Sloan, Barbara (Jerry) Mundy, and Wanda Smith;...

Sep 11, 2022

The Life of Vashti Hortense Holsey

St. John 11:25-26

Jesus said unto her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live,

even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.”

Vashti Hortense Holsey, age 100...

Sep 10, 2022

Roy Lomax Johnson, 81, of Eagle Rock, passed away, Saturday, September 10, 2022. Lomax was a loving Husband, Father, and Grandfather. He was passionate Gardener, who spent most of his life on his Eagle Rock farm raising and trading livestock. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rennie Scott Johnson and Carrie May Montgomery Johnson; brothers, Eugene and...

Sep 8, 2022

Karl Green Elsea, 72 of Buchanan, VA, passed away September 8th, 2022. He was predeceased by his parents, Hugh Richard Elsea, Sr and Ruby Gordon Green. He is survived by his wife, Gail Kemp Elsea; brother, Hugh Richard Elsea, Jr.; son, Hugh Douglas Elsea; step-daughter. Kimberly Conner; step-daughter, Suzanne Harris; grandchildren, Dean Harris, Jack Buckner, Ashlynn Conner, Madison Reynolds,...

Sep 2, 2022

Lucile Marie Gaffney, 70, of Buchanan, passed away Friday, September 2, 2022. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Ringler; and sister, Roberta Vlad.

She is survived by her husband of 45 years, James Gaffney; daughter, Michelle Gaffney; son, James Gaffney, Jr.; and granddaughters, Cassandra Zeller, Aberdeen and Andorra Gaffney.

Visitation will be...

Aug 31, 2022

Curtis Richard Lucado, 88, of Roanoke, VA. passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2022.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Mary Alice Lucado; his daughter, Carolyn Jane Lucado; his parents, Robert Christy Lucado and Ethel Lawrence Draper Lucado; siblings, Robert Lawrence Lucado, Ralph Emerson Lucado, Guy Edwin Lucado.

He...

Aug 31, 2022

Luka James Flint, 8 months, of Buchanan, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2022. He is survived by his parents, James and Melissa Flint; brother, Camdyn Flint; sister, Bailee Flint; maternal grandparents, Melvin and Debra Noel; paternal grandparents, Kevin and Hope Flint; great-grandmothers, Shirley Camper and Mae Tingler; aunts, Nicole and Rebecca; and uncles, Bradley and Zachary.

Funeral...

Aug 25, 2022

“ For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know

in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known” – 1 Corinthians

12:13

On August 25 th 2022, William Alexander Schafer, 72, of Natural Bridge, Virginia

met his savior Jesus...

Aug 24, 2022

Howard Wayne Keith, 66, of Troutville, passed away peacefully in his sleep early Wednesday morning, August 24, 2022. He was the only son of Howard and Marie Keith. Wayne was a devoted husband to Ruby, and father to daughter, Crista and son, David; and two sisters, Susie Sawtelle and Brenda Cummings; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. Wayne had...

Aug 23, 2022

Angus Lee, 45, of Roanoke, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. He was preceded in death by his son, Raven Johnson; father, Lawrence Lee, Jr.; grandparents, Lawrence Lee, Sr., Lucielle Lee, Phyllis Adams, and Darrell Adams; and brother, Wayne Lee. Survivors include his wife, Heather Lee; daughters and sons-in-law, Aja Lee, Ahley and Aaron McGouryk, Alura Lee; sons...

Aug 22, 2022

Patricia Ann Wymer Deacon, 81, Of Lexington, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2022. Mrs. Deacon had retired from Wal-Mart. She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Lois Wymer Shanks and step-father, Ralph Shanks; her daughter, Katrina Ann Deacon Pelton; her husband, Larry Alton Deacon; and sister and brother-in-law, Joyce and Robert Thomasson. Survivors include her son...

Aug 18, 2022

Sandra Alyse Jarvis Hunt, 64, passed away at her home on Thursday, August 18, 2022 surrounded by her family. Last served as a Supervisor with Good Will Industries. Sandra loved crafting, cross-stitching, and hummingbirds. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence Jarvis and Irene Derr Jarvis Figgers. Survivors include her husband of 45 years, Gregory A. Hunt;...

Aug 8, 2022

Claire Wilkerson Montgomery, 92, passed peacefully at Brookdale Memory Care, Roanoke, Va. on Monday, August 9, 2022. Born on January 23, 1930, she was the daughter of Lawrence Gilliam Wilkerson, Sr. and Opal Nichols Wilkerson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Radford Carter Montgomery in 1985 and her son, Wayne Montgomery in 1977. She is survived by...

Aug 6, 2022

Anita Ann Kraemer, 65, of Buchanan, VA, formerly of Charlottesville, VA, passed away on August 6, 2021. Anita was the daughter of Fred L. and Ruth Good Denlinger of Fulks Run, VA who both survive. Anita is also survived by her husband, Mark Kraemer; daughter, Emily Finoch and husband, Todd, and granddaughter, Ayla Mayfield of Wentzville, MO; son, Charles...

Jul 27, 2022

Jul 23, 2022

Lloyd Edward Tolley, 85, of Buchanan, VA. passed peacefully into eternal rest at his home in Buchanan, VA on Saturday, July 23, 2022. Born in Natural Bridge, VA., he was the fourth child of nine of Charles Lloyd Tolley and Elizabeth Brownlee Barger Tolley. A man dedicated to family, God, and country.Ed was our mother’s husband of 47 years,...

Jul 21, 2022

Ethel Mae Sayles Bannister, 91, of Roanoke formerly of Buchanan, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2022. She was preceded in death by her husband, John “John Bill” William Bannister; parents, Ed Banks and Rosa Sayles Tucker; daughters, Patricia Cooper and Judy Bannister; and son, Theodore Bannister. She is survived by her children, Brenda Harris, John (Sharon) Bannister, Jr., Phyllis...

Jul 21, 2022

Nancy Weeks Hayslett, 94, of Buchanan, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2022. She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew “Gabby” Hayslett; and son, Johnny “Poochie” Hayslett. She retired from the Buchanan Post Office after many years of service and was a beautician most of her life. She is survived by her daughters, Judy (Johnny) Eubank, Peggy Welch;...