New River Obituaries ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- EDMONDS, Diamond Mosco, 67, of Christiansburg, passed away Monday, March 26, 2001 in Johnson City, Tenn. Survivors include a brother, Ronald Edmonds of Lawrenceville, Ga.; four sisters, Thelma O'Dell Page and Lorene E. Lytton, both of Christiansburg, Faye Lilly of Dublin, and Margaret Harrell of Mt. Airy, N.C.; a stepson, Gary Worrell of Florida; a stepdaughter, Patsy Burgess of Courtland, Va.; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 30, 2001 at 11 a.m. at the Mullins Funeral Home in Radford with Bobby Sutphin officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Christiansburg where members of V.F.W. Post #776 will conduct military graveside rites. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday at the Mullins Funeral Home in Radford. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- GENTRY, Halie Nicole, 14 mo. old infant daughter of Christel Gentry of Pulaski, died Monday, March 26, 2001 at Pulaski Community Hospital, Pulaski. She was born January 6, 2000 at Pulaski, Va. Survivors include her mother, Christel Gentry; maternal grandparents, Kip and Patricia Gentry of Pulaski; maternal great-grandparents, James and Helen Gentry of Bishop, Vivian Riley of Tazewell; four uncles, Keith Gentry, Travis Gentry, Trampis Gentry, Darren Gentry; three aunts, Darlene Price, Angelina Aarmes, Linda Leftwich; first cousin, Joshua Gentry. Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 29, 2001 at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery at Damascus with the Rev. Kenny Fields officiating. Friends may call at Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2001. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- LORTON, Myrtle Louise Nunley, 80, of Radford, passed away Monday, March 26, 2001 at the New River Valley Medical Center. She was a member of First Christian Church and retired from Blue Ridge Overall. She was born in Montgomery County, daughter of the late Isaac Hobert and Mary Ellen Nunley. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Rudolph Taylor Lorton, sisters, Rachel Nunley and Virginia Hamm, and a brother, Patrick Dee Nunley. Survivors include three daughters and son-in-law, Lila Lorton of Radford, Patricia Williamson of Johnson City, Tenn., and Margie and Stanley Jones of Bermuda Run, N.C.; five sisters and brothers-in-law, Helen and Nelson Mills and Maria and Pete Moore, all of Radford, Alice King of Blacksburg, Betty and Earl Sheppard of Walnut Cove, N.C., and Kitty Lucado of Christiansburg; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Joe and Janet Nunley of Powell, Tenn., Bob and Josephine Nunley and Johnnie and Audrey Nunley, all of Christiansburg; a sister-in-law, Beulah Nunley of Christiansburg; a grandson and his wife, Brian Taylor and Kimber Diane Jones of Upatoi, Ga.; a granddaughter and her husband, Lori Ellen and David Randall Tucker of Greensboro, N.C.; six great-grandchildren, Jennifer Marie Jones, Michael Taylor Jones, Bryan Allen Engel, Michael Alex Engle, Taylor Diane Jones, and Jordan Elise Jones, all of Upatoi, Ga. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 29, 2001 at 2 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Radford with Rev. Gina Rhea officiating. Interment will follow in Sunrise Burial Park in Radford. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the First Christian Church, 400 Tyler Avenue, Radford, Virginia 24141. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2001 at the Mullins Funeral Home in Radford. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- MONTGOMERY, Michael Joe, 39, of Pulaski, died Friday, March 23, 2001. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bower Funeral Chapel, Pulaski. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- NEWMAN, Canary Huff, 90, of Draper, died Tuesday morning, March 27, 2001 in the Pulaski Community Hospital. She was born in Carroll County on October 22, 1910 and was the daughter of the late Wyatt Blaine Huff and Myrtle Smith Huff. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Marshall Newman; a sister, Elva Huff Hurst; and two brothers, Carson T. Huff and Cannie Lee Huff. She was a member of the Draper's Valley Presbyterian Church. She graduated from Radford University and William & Mary. She had a long career in education as a teacher and guidance counselor. Surviving are sister and brother-in-law, Dovie Huff and Shirley E. Cox of Hiwassee; sister-in-law, Tida M. Huff of Sylvatus; brother-in-law, A. Vernon Hurst of Draper; many special nieces, nephews, great-nephews, great-nieces, great-great-nieces, great-great-nephews. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. from the Draper's Valley Presbyterian Church with the Dr. Cortez Cooper and the Rev. Preston O. Sartelle, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visiting will be Wednesday evening from Stevens Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family wishes that memorials be made to the Draper's Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fund, Old Baltimore Road, Draper, Va. 24324. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ROOP, Myrtle Walker, 92, of Radford, died Tuesday, March 27, 2001 in Carilion New River Valley Medical Center. She was a member of the First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Radford. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Vleda Walker, her loving husband, Perry Roop, Sr., one son, Perry Roop, Jr. and three grandchildren. Surviving are a son, Lewis Roop of Winston-Salem, N.C.; two daughters, Betty McCoy and Jeanette Nelson, both of Radford; a daughter-in-law, Louise Roop of Belspring; and a sister, Ruth Akers of Christiansburg; eight grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren also survive. Funera l services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 29, 2001 at The DeVilbiss Funeral Chapel with Rev. James Walker, Rev. Eddie Roop and Rev. Ray Franklin officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2001 at The DeVilbiss Funeral Home. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- STANKE, Frances Shrader, 77, of 2708 Clover Hollow Road in Newport, went home to be with her Lord on Monday, March 26, 2001 from Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Giles County on April 24, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Rufus and Laticia Mullins Blankenship. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Newport and was preceded in death by her husbands, William F. Shrader and L.W. Bill Stanke. Surviving are three sons, Eugene Franklin Shrader of Pembroke, James Richard Shrader of Norristown, Pa. and Darrell Wayne Shrader of Christiansburg; four daughters, Geraldine Vanhoozier of Christiansburg, Bonnie Beasley of Newport, Carolyn Williams of Newport, and Beverly Williams of Pembroke; one sister, Lula B. Fleeman of Narrows; fourteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; a special nephew, Stanley Blankenship of Narrows. Funeral services will be conducted 11a.m. Thursday, March 29, 2001 in the Kendall Funeral Home at 605 Snidow Street in Pembroke with Pastor Roger Henderson officiating. Burial will follow in the Shrader Cemetery in Clover Hollow at Newport. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that contributions be made to the Newport Volunteer Rescue Squad. ------------------------------- Local content copyright © 2000 The Roanoke Times -------------------------------------------------