Frederick “Uncle Fred” Elmore Pierce, 81, of Hot Springs, Virginia, passed away Monday, June 24, 2024, at the Woodlands Health and Rehab Center in Clifton Forge, Virginia. He was born June 25, 1942, in Roanoke, Virginia, the son of the late Fred McElwee and Lucille Keyser McElwee. Fred was married to the late Verna Kathleen Pierce, his wife of 44...
Phillip Lee Johnson, 50, of Hot Springs, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at the Bath Community Hospital in Hot Springs. He was born September 13, 1973, in Hot Springs, the son of Joyce Ann Gwin Johnson and the late Edward “Eddie” Lee Johnson. Phillip was an avid Dallas Cowboy fan, collecting anything that pertained to the Cowboys....
John William Smith, 44, of Scottsville, Virginia, formerly of Bolar, Virginia, passed away on Monday, June 17, 2024, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born on April 10, 1980, in Hot Springs, Virginia, a son of Katherine Elizabeth (Liesfeld) Smith of Bolar, Virginia and the late William Sidney Smith. John attended schools in...
Jackie Lynn Rucker Ottey, 60, of Hot Springs, Virginia passed away Saturday, June 08, 2024, at her residence. She was born August 19, 1963, in Hot Springs, Virginia, the daughter of the late John Curtis Rucker, Sr. and Eva Marie Keyser Rucker. Jackie was a Chef at the Omni Homestead Resort. It was here that she met her husband Roderick...
Judy Ann Sharp Dean, 72, of Clifton Forge, Virginia passed away Thursday, May 23, 2024, at LewisGale - Alleghany, in Low Moor, Virginia. She was born April 25, 1952, in West Virginia, the daughter of the late Boyd Sharp and Juanita Mildred Adams Sharp. Judy was a self-employed housekeeper. She is survived by a son Christopher Body Shay Dean of...
Timothy Eugene Martin, 45, of Burnsville, Virginia, passed away Monday, May 20, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was born August 29, 1978, in Low Moor, Virginia, the son of the late Gene Arnold Martin and of Ruby Lee Conner Martin of Burnsville. Timmy was a self-employed roofer. He was a country boy at heart, and loved his family with a ferocity...
Douglas “Doug” Andrew Garthright, Jr., 76, of Chesapeake, Virginia, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2024, at the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center. He was born October 23, 1947, in Portsmouth, Virginia, the son of the late Douglas Andrew Garthright, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Yagodic Garthright. He attended Deep Creek Baptist Church. After high school...
Edwin Eugene “Gene” Freeman, 84, of Mountain Grove, Virginia passed away Saturday, May 4, 2024, at his residence. He was born December 25, 1939, in Skygusty, West Virginia, the son of the late Ernest Courtland Freeman and Maggie Blanche Harman Freeman. Gene was married to Nancy Ruth Freeman, his wife of 66 years whom he married on May 21, 1958....
