JARVIS, William David

Dr. William David Jarvis, 48, of Radford, died at Mass General Hospital, Boston, Mass. He was born to Dr. Floyd E. Jr. and Pauline L. Jarvis of Radford, graduated from Radford High School, and received his B.A. in English, his Ph.D in neuro-science, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Virginia.  He later became a research associate of cancer biology at the Massey Cancer Center in Richmond, Va. and then an associate professor of integrative biology and pharmacology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas.

He was currently serving as the chief technology officer for Dominion Diagnostics in North Kingston, R.I.

died Sunday, September 17, 2006. Funeral service will be held Saturday, September 23, 2006 at 1 p.m. in the McCoy Funeral Home Chapel, Blacksburg.