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This site contains obituaries and memorial tributes for people in and around the New River Valley of southwestern Virginia. Originally posted on NRVNews.com or submitted by area funeral homes, our database has more than 30,000 obituaries.

November 30, 1965

Shelor, Samuel Lee

Samuel Lee Shelor, 60 year-old married rock quarry foreman b. Sept 25, 1905 Pulaski Co., VA. Died 11-27-1965 Snowville, Pulaski Co., VA. Spouse: Stella Sowers Shelor. Father: Henry David Shelor. […]

August 7, 1964

Sowers, Glenwood Thomas

Funeral services will be held tomorrow for a 45-year-old father of three who wounded his wife after an argument early Sunday then apparently took his own life. Glenwood Thomas (Johnny) […]

June 24, 1964

Marion, Agnes Shelor

Agnes Naomi Shelor Marion Parents: Samuel L. & Stella (Sowers) Shelor. 1927 Birth: 10-13-1927 VA. 1930 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA, Radford Independent City with parents. 1940 Residence: Pulaski Co., VA […]

June 13, 1960

Sowers, George Thomas

George Thomas Sowers, 82, of Route 2, Pulaski died Sunday morning, June 12, 1960, at his home following an extended illness. A retired farmer, Mr. Sowers was born in Floyd county […]

March 11, 1960

Myers, Evelyn Sowers

Mrs. Rosa Evelyn Sowers Myers, 58, died Wednesday night, March 9, 1960 in Radford Hospital. Surviving are one son, Delmon S. Myers, Ramey Air Force Base. Puerto Rico. Two daughters […]

January 21, 1953

McCoy, Annie Sifford

Annie Wilmer Sifford McCoy, born July 28, 1879 died January 19, 1953 Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Sifford McCoy, 73, of Parrott; mother of Hallett E. McCoy, of Dublin, were […]

April 16, 1952

McCoy, Harold Fredrick

Services for Harold F. McCoy, who died at his home at Belspring unexpectedly Saturday, were held Monday afternoon from the Belspring Methodist church with the Rev. J. L. Crabtree, pastor, […]

November 21, 1949

Sowers, Everett Maynard

Pulaski county claimed its eighth traffic victim this year early yesterday morning when Everett Maynard Sowers, 38, Dublin, was killed in a non-collision accident on route 100 between Burlington Mills […]

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