Mottesheard, Donald Gray

Donald G. Mottesheard, born May 14, 1935 passed away at Commonwealth Senior Living in Christiansburg, Virginia on February 21, 2024. Don was a member of Unity Christian Church in Radford.

He graduated Milligan University in Elizabethton, Tennessee and then served in the U.S. Army. After teaching school for a few years in Pulaski, Virginia, he then worked for the City of Radford for 38 1/2 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence Ray and Allie Hurst Mottesheard, sisters Helen Augusta Mottesheard and Geneva Leona Mottesheard, brothers Clifton Hurst Mottesheard, and Samuel Ray Mottesheard, and a nephew Gary Noel Mottesheard.

Survivors include his brother Max Garland Mottesheard, nieces, Candace Mottesheard Smith (Lenny) and Donna Jean Laux (Richard Slagter), nephews Jerry Wayne Mottesheard, Jeffery Mottesheard (Linda), Phillip Mottesheard (Jenny) and many others family members and friends.

The family will receive friends at Unity Christian Church from 4-6 pm on Thursday February 29. The funeral service will follow at 6 pm. Interment will be on March 1 at 11 am in the West View Cemetery in Radford, Virginia with a military service.

The Mottesheard family is in the care of Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory in Radford. www.mullinsfuneralhome.com