Welcome to SWVA Roots

Robert H. (Bobby) Wright, 87, of Radford went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents; and wife, Brenda Carter […]

Okie Mae Tibbs Martin, age 88 of Pulaski passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at the Lewis-Gale Medical Center, Salem. Born May 18, 1931 in Bluefield, VA she was the […]

Exel Eugene Simpkins, Sr., age 76 of Pulaski passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Lewis Gale-Pulaski Hospital. Born February 19, 1943 in Pulaski he was the son of the late […]

James Carson Campbell, 77, of Floyd, went to Heaven on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. He was retired from Hubbell Lighting and was a member of Auburn Baptist Church where he […]

John Daniel Turner, age 86 of Traveler’s Rest, South Carolina and formerly of Pulaski County passed away Monday, October 14, 2019 in Greenville, SC. Born July 22, 1933 in Dublin, […]

Idella “Patsy” Miles East, 93, of Radford, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Miles […]

John M. Kirtner, Jr., born October 7,1942, passed October 15, 2019. John was a member of Pleasant Valley Church of the Brethren. He served in the Army National Guard for […]

Lawrence William King, age 86, formerly of Peterstown, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2019, at his home in Bonita Springs, FL. Born June 25, 1933, in Jenkinjones, WV, he was […]

James Charlie Carr, 80, of Dublin, formerly of Round Hill, passed away at his home on October 14, 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents; Charlie M. Carr […]

Mary Rivers Powe, was born on James Island, SC on June 16, 1926, to Elias Lynch and Dorothy Reid Rivers. She died on Sunday, October 13, 2019. She was 93. […]

Reverend Robert Baldwin Lloyd—known all of his life as B—of Blacksburg, Virginia, died peacefully on October 11, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. B’s many passions were woven together throughout […]

Brian Kenneth Conroy, 61 of Floyd, passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2019. He is preceded in death by his parents, Robert & Kathleen Conroy. He is survived by his […]

Mildred Francis Jones, 96, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2019, at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital. Born August 5, 1923, she was the daughter of […]

Earl F. Mullins, age 80, passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2019, at the Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born August 11, 1939, in Haysi, VA, he was […]

Ruby Lawson Vaughan England, 90, of Dublin, VA passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2019. Born September 20, 1929 in Patrick County, VA, she was the daughter of the late […]

Jerry Wayne Rakes, 66, of Christiansburg, passed away on October 13, 2019 after an extended illness. He was the son of the late Thomas J. Rakes and Kathleen Bailey Rakes […]

Omar Garland Ross of Christiansburg, passed away on Saturday, October 5, 2019. Omar, AKA Coach, was a lifelong educator and a retired colonel in the United States Army Reserves. He […]

Ruth Elizabeth Cornett Sayers James was born November 8, 1922 in Comers Rock, Va., and died Wednesday, September 25, 2019. A longtime resident of the southwest Virginia mountains (Elk Creek, […]