Salem Times Obituaries

Rosemary Smith Hamilton Boardwine, 80, of Salem, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.  Rosemary was a devoted wife, exceptional mother, grandmother, and dear friend to all who knew her.  A lifelong member of the Disciples...

On Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, Jerry Sexton, age 74, of Chattanooga, TN, passed to be with his Lord in Heaven. Jerry was diagnosed with ALS in 2020. He was raised in a construction family in Salem, Virginia and earned his...

  Isaac (Bud) Ephraim Miller III, 69, of Salem, Va., went to be with the Lord on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. Bud was born in Hatcher, W.Va., on Dec. 29, 1952.  He graduated from Alleghany District High School in 1972, and...

  Barbara Howerton, 76, of Salem, but formerly of Dublin, passed away after a short illness on Thursday, October 13, 2022. Born in Mount Hope, West Virginia, on May 11, 1946, to the late Gilbert Ray and Pauline Wiser Trail,...

  Melvin Linnwood Crowder Jr, 79, of Salem, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. He was born on Wednesday, January 6, 1943, to the late Melvin Linnwood Crowder Sr and Emma Lula Cook Crowder. In addition to his parents, he...

Katie “Katie Ray” Woolwine, 76, of Trenton, South Carolina went to be with the Lord on Oct. 16, 2022.  Katie, the youngest of six siblings, was born up in the holler of Salem in 1945. At the age of 16,...

  Bernard F. Odasz, 92, of Fincastle passed away at home Oct. 16, 2022. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., Bernie was a stellar high school athlete, and spent three years playing in the Brooklyn Dodgers organization before serving as an Airborne...

Mildred Clark Cockerham, age 94, of Salem, Va., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 10, 2021.   She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.   She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Willard M. Cockerham; and...