Roanoke Times & World News back issues from January 2005:
HARD TIMES IN PACE'S PAST
Jan 01, 2005; ... Virginia Tech practice is in full swing, but the most importantplayer on the field isn't doing squat. A warm breeze blows across the Tulane practice field that theHokies are using for Sugar Bowl preparations. Defensive linemen pantbetween drills. Receivers sprint through their ...
VMI SURRENDERS BIG 2ND-HALF LEAD
Jan 01, 2005; ... Taylor Rochestie scored a career-high 22 points, helping Tulaneerase a 19-point second-half deficit in an 82-74 victory over VMI onFriday. Tulane (6-5), which trailed 70-59 when VMI's Reggie Williams hit ajumper with 4:39 to go, burst into the lead with an 18-0 run ...
OAK HILL ROLLS TO TOURNEY TITLE
Jan 01, 2005; ... Jamont Gordon led five Oak Hill Academy players in double figureswith 18 points and the Warriors rolled to the Les Schwab Invitationalchampionship in Hillsboro, Ore., on Thursday night with a 98-54victory over host school Hillsboro. Eric Devendorf and Kevin Durant scored 17 points ...
BEAMER PUNISHES HOKIES FOR 'DISTURBANCE'
Jan 01, 2005; ... After punishing his team Thursday for what quarterback BryanRandall called "a bit of a disturbance" in the team's hotel, VirginiaTech coach Frank Beamer bumped his players' curfew back to 1 a.m., sothey could enjoy Friday's New Year's Eve festivities on BourbonStreet. In a report ...
NO. 1 STILL ON TOP OF AUBURN'S TO-DO LIST
Jan 01, 2005; ... Auburn has been shut out of the Orange Bowl, but that doesn't meanthe Tigers have given up their national championship dreams. The third-ranked Tigers (12-0) will play Virginia Tech in theSugar Bowl on Monday. Two other 12-0 teams, top-ranked SouthernCalifornia and No. 2 Oklahoma, ...
CLASSIC BENEFITS CANCER CHARITIES
Jan 01, 2005; ... Items autographed by Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer,Maryland men's basketball coach Gary Williams and the Virginia men'sbasketball team are among the memorabilia that will be available atRoanoke College's V-Foundation Classic next week. The 12th annual tournament, which ...
BURCHETTE QUIETLY DOING JOB
Jan 01, 2005; ... Playing on a Virginia Tech defensive front that includes highlypublicized stars like Darryl Tapp and Jim Davis, plus rapidlyimproving Jonathan Lewis, Noland Burchette has no troubleunderstanding why he always seems to be the last guy in line. "If I'm going to be behind some people, ...
TERPS TO GREET TECH WOMEN
Jan 01, 2005; ... Before this season started, Virginia Tech senior Erin Gibson saidthe Hokies wanted to make "an impact in the ACC." Now's their chance. Tech makes its ACC women's basketball debut at 1 p.m. Sunday whenit hosts 17th-ranked Maryland at Cassell Coliseum. "This is it. We're ...
RESTAURANTS GETTING READY FOR HOKIE FANS
Jan 01, 2005; ... Call it a tailgate party - indoors. Some local sports bars and restaurants are suiting up for whatthey expect to be one of the largest and rowdiest crowds of 2005 whenVirginia Tech plays Auburn University on Monday in the Sugar Bowl. They expect die-hard Hokie fans who didn't ...
TOUGH FINISH COULD HURT CAVS
Jan 01, 2005; ... When cornered by a California reporter Monday following formalinterviews at the MPC Computers Bowl, Virginia football coach Al Grohdid something he had not done since September. Groh invoked the name of Chris Canty. At issue was Fresno State's success in running to its left - ...
2004 IN MEMORIAM - PART I
Jan 01, 2005 ... Aug. 13: Mike Aheron practiced real estate law in the RoanokeValley for more than 20 years, and once was voted by his peers as thebest real estate lawyer in the valley. Friends and family knew him asa farmer and a jokester who rarely missed a Roanoke Express hockeygame or a Virginia Tech ...
2004 IN MEMORIAM - PART II
Jan 01, 2005 ... April 10: Edward Hudson Lane Jr., 88, retired vice president andproduction planning manager of Lane Co., died of undisclosed causes.Lane was the son of Edward Lane Sr., who founded the furniturecompany in Altavista in 1912 with his father, John Lane. Edward LaneJr. joined the company in ...
PHOTO - FLYING ALONG [Corrected 01/06/05]
Jan 01, 2005; ... GIVE US YOUR BEST SHOTS. Send us photos featuring the people ofthe New River Valley. Photos must have been taken within a month ofsubmission and include subjects' names, location, date and contactinformation for the photographer. Photos will not be returned ....
KEEP THE ELDERLY SAFE AND WARM [Corrected 02/12/05]
Jan 01, 2005; ... Most of us are enjoying the season of rejoicing and giving. For another group, this season paints a different picture. We justgot started in the winter season and already we have had some prettycold days. People are looking for ways to stay warm and to keep theirhouses, apartments ...
RESOLUTION
Jan 01, 2005; ... Under the fluorescent lights in the mirrored dressing room atBelk, Barbara Newton had an epiphany. She might have seen it coming. She'd already traded colorfulclothes for the supposedly slimming black - black jeans, blackshirts, black jackets, even black underwear. Then there was ...
DONATIONS ROLL IN, LITERALLY, FOR ROANOKE CHARITIES
Jan 01, 2005; ... Seeking year-end tax deductions and more space in their garages,attics and closets, hundreds of Roanoke Valley residents dropped offtheir old cars, clothes and other items Friday at local charities. "It's probably six times the normal amount," said Tammy Drew,manager at the ...
OBIT - CLIFTON, DOROTHY MAY
Jan 01, 2005 ... Dorothy May Clifton, 85, of Roanoke, passed Monday, December 27,2004. Memorial service will be 4 p.m. Monday, ...
OBIT - GIBSON, JARVEY CUBERT
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jarvey Cubert Gibson, 60,of Moneta, passed away Tuesday, December28, 2004. a service ...
OBIT - GIBSON, ROSIE C.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Rosie C. Gibson, 71, of Moneta, passed away Tuesday, December 28,2004. A service ...
OBIT - MUTERSPAUGH, SHIRLEY C.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Shirley C. Muterspaugh, 67, of Salem, went home to be with theLord, Wednesday, December 29, 2004. She retired from Roanoke CountySchools. Surviving are her husband, George R. Muterspaugh; children,Sherry Gentry and husband Jerry, of Roanoke, Jerry Muterspaugh,Salem, Timothy Muterspaugh ...
OBIT - RAMSEY, SCIOTA B.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Sciota B. Ramsey, 93, of Rocky Mount, passed away Wednesday,December 29, 2004 at Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital, KingsportTenn. She had lived with her daughter in Kingsport, Tenn. the lastthree years but was a native of Rocky Mount. She was a member of theRocky Mount United Methodist ...
OBIT - ROCHA, MARIO FRANK
Jan 01, 2005 ... Mario Frank Rocha, 43, of Roanoke, one of God's precious angels,went home Wednesday, December 29, 2004. Mario was an executive chefand a devoted father and husband who always greeted you with a smile.He touched so many lives with his presence and will be dearly missed.He is survived by ...
OBIT - CHEESEBORO, SHIRLEY ANN
Jan 01, 2005 ... Shirley Ann Cheeseboro, 62, of Roanoke, passed away Thursday,December 30, 2004. She was preceded in death by her parents, RichardMartin and Annie Cheeseboro. She was a faithful member of Loudon Ave.Christian Church where she sang in the Choir and served in othercapacities. She retired ...
OBIT - WEEKS, JOHN H.
Jan 01, 2005 ... John H. Weeks, 87, of Roanoke, passed away on Thursday, December30, 2004. During World War II, he served in the U. S. Army. An avidbowler and fisherman, he worked with the Senior Citizens BowlingLeague at AMF Bowling Center for the past twenty years. He was amember of Southview United ...
OBIT - BOONE, CECIL STEPHEN
Jan 01, 2005 ... Cecil Stephen Boone, 76, of Botetourt County, went to be with theLord on December 30, 2004 at the Berkshire Health Care Center. He wasretired from Save-X Inc. He also served in the National Guard formany years. He is survived by his wife, Gaynor McClure Boone; twodaughters, Brenda Carol ...
OBIT - NEVERGOLD, SUSIE WIMMER
Jan 01, 2005 ... Susie Wimmer Nevergold, 88, of Vinton, died Thursday, ...
OBIT - SHEPHERD, COLLEEN GRAY
Jan 01, 2005 ... Colleen Gray Shepherd, 70, of Roanoke, died Friday, December 31,2004. She was the widow of Herbert W. Shepherd. Surviving are herson, Timothy Shepherd and his wife Faye; daughter, Teresa Smith andher husband Lee; sister, Mabel Koger; grandchildren, Christopher EricSmith and Chelsea Lynn ...
OBIT - PRILLAMAN, ELLA GRAY
Jan 01, 2005 ... Ella Gray Prillaman, 94, formerly of Callaway, passed away Friday,December 31, 2004, at the residence of her caregivers for the lastfour years, Joe and Beverly Rutter of Rocky Mount. She was born onJune 29, 1910. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Clayand Eliza Howery ...
OBIT - SMITH, MAX LLEWELLYN
Jan 01, 2005 ... Max Llewellyn Smith, 67, passed away at his home Wednesdaymorning, December 29, 2004 in the Pipers Gap community of Galax, Va.He was born March 17, 1937 in Newport, Ohio. Surviving are his lovingwife of 46 years, Marie Hanks Smith; three children, James Max"Jamey" Smith of Conover, N.C., ...
OBIT - DUNCAN, CLESTER FLINCHUM
Jan 01, 2005 ... Clester Flinchum Duncan of 215 Penn Avenue, Floyd, departed forher heavenly home on Wednesday, December 29, 2004. Clester was bornon February 2, 1922 to the late Hallie Mae Flinchum and the late ByrdFlinchum. She was the founder of Schoolhouse Fabrics in Floyd whereshe worked until her ...
OBIT - GLEASON, AGNES LILLY RUPE
Jan 01, 2005 ... Agnes Lilly Rupe Gleason, 88, of Draper, Virginia passed awayThursday, December 30, 2004 Graveside services ...
OBIT - BALES, ELLA MAE TUELL
Jan 01, 2005 ... Ella Mae Tuell Bales, 79, passed away Thursday December 30, 2004in the Valley Health Care Center in Chilhowie. She was born in SmythCounty to the late John Robert Tuell and Annie Thompson Tuell and waspreceded in death by her husband Elmer T. Bales; two sisters,Josephine Miller, Lucy ...
OBIT - CROMER, JOHN HENRY
Jan 01, 2005 ... John Henry Cromer, 83, of Christiansburg, died, Thursday, December30, 2004, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. Funeral Services will beconducted Saturday, January 1, 2004 at 1 p.m. in the McCoy ...
OBIT - SLUSSER, ALLENE PRICE
Jan 01, 2005 ... Allene Price Slusser, 79, of Blacksburg, died Thursday, December30, 2004. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 1,2005 at 11 a.m. in the McCoy Funeral Home Chapel with the ...
OBIT - WORELL, ZOA WEBB
Jan 01, 2005 ... Zoa Webb Worrell, 89, o Hillsville,passed away December 30, 2004.FUneral services 11 a.m ....
OBIT - COLEMAN, GENE ARTHUR COLEMAN SR.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Gene Arthur Coleman, Sr., 63, of Stuarts Draft, son of the lateHerman Edward Coleman and Allie Taylor Coleman, went to be with theLord Jesus on Thursday, December 30, 2004. He was born July 17, 1941in Amherst, Va. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and aretired employee of the ...
OBIT - RULEY, FRANKIE LEE SR.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Frankie Lee Ruley, Sr. 67, of Lexington, died Wednesday, December29, 2004. Memorial services 2 ...
OBIT - SHEETS, JAMES E. (JIM)
Jan 01, 2005 ... James E. (Jim) Sheets, 70, of Marion, passed away Thursday,December 30, ...
OBIT - DUNCAN, ELIZABETH D.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Elizabeth D. Duncan, 86, of Woolwine, Va., died December 30, 2004.Funeral services Sunday, ...
OBIT - OSBORNE, MINIX G.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Minix G. Osborne, 81, of Chilhowie, Va., passed away Thursday,December 30, ...
OBIT - SAMICK, JOHN U. SR.
Jan 01, 2005 ... John U. Samick, Sr., 71, Ball Pavillion, 5416 E. Lake Road, Erie,Pa., and formerly of St. Marys, Pa, died Wednesday afternoon at BallPavillion, Erie. He was born September 3, 1933 in St. Marys, son ofthe late Urban W. and Theresia Meyer Samick. He married ElizabethDiane Donahey Samick, ...
OBIT - GOODWIN, JEWELL MARIE SIMPSON
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jewell Goodwin, 79, peacefully departed this earth to join herloving Saviour on December 30, 2004 at NHC HealthCare in JohnsonCity, Tenn. Formerly she resided at Route 1 Bluefield Virginia (Abb'sValley) and Millry, Alabama. She was preceded in death by herhusband, Hamilton Raymond ...
OBIT - WHORLEY, ESSIE C. WOODS
Jan 01, 2005 ... Essie C. Woods Whorley, 86, of Ferrum, died Friday, December 31,2004. She was born March 28, 1918. a daughter of the late John Mosesand Eliza Wade Woods, and was preceded in death by her husband,Robert Layman Whorley; children, William, Henry, Mary Ellen, andJoyce Anne Whorley; a ...
OBIT - WOODSON, DONNA SUE HEMMINGS (DONNIE)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Donna (Donnie) Sue Hemmings Woodson, 71, of Cashmere, W.Va.,passed away Thursday, December 30, 2004. Graveside services 2 ...
OBIT - PENNINGTON, BOBBY LEE
Jan 01, 2005 ... Bobby Lee Pennington, 48, of Atkins, passed away Thursday,December 30, 2004. Funeral ...
OBIT - SKINNER, ALBERT EDMUND
Jan 01, 2005 ... Albert Edmund Skinner, 80, of Blacksburg, died Wednesday, ...
OBIT - LOAN, KAREN ANDERSON
Jan 01, 2005 ... Karen Anderson Loan, 62, of Clifton Forge, died Friday, December31, ...
OBIT - PERSINGER, MARY ALICE DUDDING
Jan 01, 2005 ... Mary Alice Dudding Persinger, 84, of Clifton Forge, died Thursday,December ...
OBIT - FABRYCKY, KATHRYN MARIE
Jan 01, 2005 ... Kathryn Marie Fabrycky, 46, of 3900 McCoy Road fell asleep in theLord at home on Thursday morning, December 30, 2004. She lovedflowers. She is survived by her two children, Jonathan W. Criner andStephanie G. Criner, both of Montgomery County. Kathryn is alsosurvived by her parents, ...
OBIT - HYLTON, WANDA JEWELL
Jan 01, 2005 ... Wanda Jewell Hylton, 66, of Meadows of Dan, passed away FridayDecember 31, 2004. She was a former employee of Mabry Mill Restaurantand a member of Green Mountain Baptist Church. Survivors include herhusband, Leonard "Mutt" Hylton of Meadows of Dan, Va.; daughters andsons-in-law, Sharon ...
OBIT - SMITH, DORIS BURTON
Jan 01, 2005 ... Doris Burton Smith, 78, of Christiansburg, passed away onThursday, December 30, 2004. The family will receive friends from 4until 6 p.m. Saturday evening at the Horne Funeral Home inChristiansburg. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday,January 2, 2005 at the St. Paul United ...
OBIT - STEVENS, ZELMA LINKOUS
Jan 01, 2005 ... Zelma Linkous Stevens, 75, of Blacksburg, passed away peacefullyon December 30, 2004 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. The family willreceive friends from 4 until 6 p.m. Saturday at the Horne FuneralHome. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 2,2005 at the ...
OBIT - ASHWORTH, JESSE LEE
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jesse Lee Ashworth, 81, of Lynchburg, died December 31, ...
OBIT - PRELAZ, LOUIS JOSEPH
Jan 01, 2005 ... Louis Joseph Prelaz, 81, of Blacksburg, died Thursday, ...
A LOOK BACK AT THE NEWSMAKERS OF 2004 Series: Whatever happened to?
Jan 01, 2005; ... CANDY MILLS and JEFF DRISCOLL Married at the mall, en masse THEN: On Valentine's Day, Mills and Driscoll were one of 39couples who got married or renewed their vows during a mass weddingat Valley View Mall. The event was officiated by the Great andWonderful Rev. Bonezini, a ...
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN?
Jan 01, 2005 ... Melinda Denise Bond, 25, has not been seen since she dropped offher baby at her mother's house in Salem on Nov. 24. HAIR: Red EYES: Hazel HEIGHT: 5 feet 8 inches VEHICLE: ...
VICTIM OF FIRE IN ROANOKE WAS BURNED SEVERELY
Jan 01, 2005; ... A Roanoke man who was severely burned in a house fire last week isstill in critical condition at the University of Virginia MedicalCenter, his daughter said. "He's still alive, so that's a good thing," said Cynthia Fountainof Roanoke, one of Henry Newbill's five ...
ENCHANTED RIDE-PHOTO
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OBIT-LATE NOTICE
Jan 01, 2005 ... CALL, Edith A., 85, of Boones Mill died Friday, Dec. 31, ...
RETIRED TEACHER REMEMBERS HER PARENTS' GIVING SPIRIT WITH FUND DONATION
Jan 01, 2005; ... The Roanoke Times' Good Neighbors Fund received the followingletter along with a donation from Diane Grant of Roanoke. "Dear Friends: "Becky Jones and Vera Smith have lived beside my parents, B.C. andElizabeth Stout, for the past 51 years. They are both the trueembodiment of ...
TESTING ELDERLY DRIVERS
Jan 01, 2005 ... For many elderly drivers, the prospect of handing over theirlicense is a touchy subject, often equated with surrender ofindependence. But aging can affect driving skills, and knowing when to give upthe privilege can be difficult. The University of Virginia offers a worthwhile ...
AND NOW THIS
Jan 01, 2005; ... It's not easy to load the entire student body of even a smallcollege onto buses for a road trip, but when the president of theUnited States asks, you march. Virginia Military Institute received such an invitation, and theentire 1,300-member corps of cadets will respond by marching ...
HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2005
Jan 01, 2005 ... We stride into 2005 with hopes that range as far as Iraq and asnear as your doorstep. Like all hopes, they are an intangible combination of faith,imagination, knowledge and experience. Yet hope is powerful. Itencourages and inspires, reassures and persuades, consoles and ...
FIREFIGHTER TAKES TO VOLUNTEER WORK ON WATER Series: Everyday Heroes
Jan 01, 2005; ... Ian Buchanan spent the day after Christmas in the waters of SmithMountain Lake trying to raise a sunken boat. That's not something most people would choose to do when thetemperature is in the 30s. But Buchanan volunteers for Smith Mountain Lake Marine VolunteerFire & Rescue ...
SLOWING THE PACE SO AS TO HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD
Jan 01, 2005; ... "Kinda scary, how fast it's going," said Nancy at the produce shopcounter one afternoon last year. Maybe it was August. Maybe March. We were trying to figure it outso I could write her a check. What season, I scanned my addled mind -what year? For a second, Nancy - who'd been ...