Salem Times Obituaries

The family of Col. Dan Semore Leonard announces with great sorrow his passing in October 2021, at age 91. He was a decorated U.S. Army aviator and soldier. Dan was involved in many altruistic civic organizations. He was an active...

Dr. John Mack Welford, 81, completed his life’s work on Monday, September 27, and joined his family in heaven. Mack was born in Mobile, Alabama. He grew up in Grand Bay, Alabama, and graduated from Mobile County High School.  A...

Services for Mildred “Miss Milly” Rodgers Cregger, 99, formerly of Roanoke and Chapin, SC, who died Wednesday, September 29, were conducted at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 4, at Chapin United Methodist Church by the Reverends Jody Flowers and Paul...

Mildred Estelle Bottenfield Doyle, 92, of Roanoke, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, Sept. 20. She was born in Bath County, Virginia, on Nov. 10, 1928, to the late Clarence A. and Jane Bottenfield.  She was predeceased by husband,...

Jacqueline Duke “Jackie” Nelson, 85, most recently of Virginia Beach, Va., passed away on September 6, 2021, after a long illness. Jackie was born on August 21, 1936, to Frank and Jessie (Wheeler) Duke. She was preceded in death by...

Leon August Vorst of Fairhope, Alabama (formerly of Salem) passed away on September 16, 2021. He was born September 20, 1939, in Middle Point, Ohio, to Andrew Joseph Vorst and Marie Wilhelmina Wurst Vorst, who preceded him in death. He...

AWS2 James “Jimmy” Philip Buriak, USN, died at 31 in August 2021, in San Diego, where he served as a naval aircrewman rescue swimmer (AWS) with HSC-8.  Jimmy was born on May 9, 1990, in Salem. A Salem High graduate,...

Dorothy W. “Dot” Harris, 85, of Salem, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 5, from Salem Terrace. Born in Roanoke, on October 7, 1935, to the late Robert Minor Willis and Dorothy Myers Willis, she was also...

Delores W. Gray, 83 of Salem, passed away on August 22, 2021, at Friendship Health and Rehabilitation Center in Roanoke.  A native of Virginia, she was the wife of the late Kennis Neil Gray and the daughter of William Hassel...

John William Houston was called home from labor to reward to be with the Lord and received his crown on August 13 around 7:00 am. He was born in Cleveland, NC, as the tenth of 12 children of the late...