Obituaries

Lonnie Eugene Martin, 74, of Fork Mountain, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born...

Ora Katherine Emerson Martin, age 99, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at her home, surrounded by family and friends. Born...

Bebe Georgette Rakes, age 53, of Bassett, died Monday, May 2, 2016, at her home. She was born in Henry...

Oscar Manuel “O.M.” Rogers, age 54, of Stuart, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center...

Dorothy Ruth Scales Smith, 98, of Mount Airy, N.C., died on Friday May 6, 2016, at Central Continuing Care. She...

Dwight David Atkins, 59, of Ararat, died Saturday, April 30, 2016, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was...

Effie Collins Clifton 90, of Martinsville, died Thursday, April 28, 2016. She was born February 13, 1926, in Stuart, and...

Herbert Lee Cobler, 80, of Ridgeway, died on Monday, May 2, 2016, at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County....

Mary Nancy Cruise, 87, of Bassett, died Sunday, May 1, 2016, at her residence. Nancy was born in Patrick County...

Sam Robert Holt, 86, of Westfield Road, Westfield, N.C., died Sunday afternoon, May 1, 2016, at the Joan and Howard...