A8 Wednesday, April 17, 2024 The Roanoke Times Rachel Maxine Jones Anderson, 96, of Vinton, went home to be with the Lord, April 15, 2024. She was preceded in death by her husband Ralph Anderson; sisters, Ruby C. Farley and Mildred A. Nichols; brothers, Gratin A. Jones, Clifton C.
Jones, Tracy L. Jones and Dennis O. Jones. Rachel is survived by her children, Ruth D. Anderson and Timothy W.
Anderson; granddaughters, Samantha Sloan and Starr Anderson; great-granddaughter Charlotte Sloan; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and countless brothers and sisters in Christ. Rachel was born to Ruth and Clifton Jones, Sr. of Botetourt, VA in 1927 and graduated from Andrew Lewis High School in Salem, VA in 1946. In her early teens she helped with several efforts in support of the involvement in World War II. Over the years she was active in helping with both the Girl and Boy Scout organizations.
During her long-life love for God shown through as she was always active in whichever church she was attending. Assisting with Sunday School teaching, Child Evangelism, Vacation Bible School and more. She also helped run and grow the Book Room and Library at Barnhardt Baptist Church, which she attended for many years. Her love for the Lord was evident as she received her college degree for Roanoke Bible College and continuing education related to Biblical Studies from Piedmont Bible College and Liberty University. She realized a dream by completing nursing training while in her The family would like to give a thanks to the many caregivers for their kindness and love over the years.
The family will receive friends and family members Thursday, April 18, 2024 from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at Simpson Funeral Home Peters Creek Chapel. Services will be held Friday, April 19, 2024 at 11 a.m. at Simpson Funeral Home, with Pastor Terry Mabry with a private interment for immediate family following the services at Cedar Lawn Memorial Park.
SIMPSON FUNERAL HOME 5160 Peters Creek Road Roanoke, Virginia 24019 Rachel Maxine Jones Anderson April 25, 1927 April 15, 2024 Dennis C. Leftwich 69 of Roanoke passed away April 9, 2024. Arrangements by Serenity Funeral Home and Cremation Service 126 GILMER AVE NW ROANOKE VIRGINIA 24016 Dennis C. Leftwich June 29, 1954 April 9, 2024 Gary W. Baldwin of Roanoke, VA, passed peacefully on Saturday April 13, 2024.
He was a graduate of Jefferson Senior High School in 1960. He served in the United States Air Force from 1962 until 1966 and retired from the Roanoke Times Dispatch on November 1st, 1998 after years of dedicated service. He was preceded in death by his parents Clarence and Helen Baldwin; and his beloved wife of 53 years Dorothy Baldwin. He is survived by his son Michael Baldwin (Pamela); two grandchildren Matthew Condrey (Lindsay) and Ashley Cooke (Ryan); and three great-grandchildren Brezlun Cooke, Mila Condrey, and Teegan Cooke. The family would like to thank Commonwealth Senior Living and Care of Virginia for their loving care.
Visitation will be held Friday, April 19, 2024 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lotz Funeral Home, Salem Va. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, April 20 beginning at 10 a.m., at Lotz Salem Chapel. Interment to follow at Fair View Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed at www.lotzfuneralhomesalem.com.
In lieu of Gary loved dogs, so please make a donation to the Roanoke Valley SPCA at 1340 Baldwin Ave NE, Roanoke, Va 24012 in name. www.rvspca.org. Gary W. Baldwin February 2, 1940 April 13, 2024 The world became brighter on May 23, 1939, the day Ray L. Peters was born to Nellie and Harvey Peters in Goodview, Va.
Ray sadly passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at his home after a long and happy life. In addition to his parents, Ray was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Peters. Ray was a United States Navy Veteran. He married his beloved, Barbara Ann Peters, who he cherished for 63 years until her passing in 2022. He had a passion for music, telling jokes, traveling with Barbara, and was an active member at Mineral Springs Baptist Church.
Ray is survived by his four children, Charlie Peters, Susie (McKenzie) Huggins, Stephen (Jessica) Peters and Dana Peters; his loving grandchildren, Brandon (Tiffany), Logan, Haley (Dylan), Mikayla, Chase, Teagen, Ethan, Greyson, and Weston; great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Please join the family in celebrating life between 5 and 7 p.m. on Friday, April 19, 2024, at Vinton Chapel. The Funeral Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Vinton Chapel with Pastor Bobby Harris Interment will follow in Sherwood Memorial Park.
Condolences may be made at www.Oakeys.com. Arrangements by Funeral Service Vinton Chapel, Vinton, VA (540) 982-2221. Ray Lawrence Peters May 23, 1939 April 2, 2024 This is because the mea- sures from Hashmi and Price would support con- traception access regard- less of any potential actions the Supreme Court of the United States might take on federal protections. Hashmi called Youn- substitute use- and said it the bill that the legislature passed. In June 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
Wade, the nearly 50-year-old ruling that had federally protected abor- tion access, reproductive rights advocates worried that previous contracep- tion rulings might be next. because Justice Clarence Thomas opined that the court could re- consider other settled cases that emanated from the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. A 1965 case, Griswold v. Connecticut applied the clause to married couples seeking to use contracep- tion. Seven years later Ei- senstadt v.
Baird extended that to unmarried people. Thomas asserted in 2022 most guarantees pro- tion as akin to abortion. and not secure any substantive Price said the bills were direct response to the clearly stated intent to come after the right to con- While no federal action to block contraception has been taken, some state legislatures have at- tempted to block funding for birth control measures like intrauterine devices or emergency contracep- tion that is usually sold as Plan B. Additionally, in some states, GOP gov- ernors or gubernatorial candidates have not ruled out seeking restrictions or prohibitions on con- traceptives. With status as the least restrictive South- ern state when it comes to abortion access, legal historian Lauren MacIvor Thompson of the Georgia State University School of Law said not surprising Virginia may be among the first states to try to for- mally protect contracep- tion.
She added that while substitute ap- pears to support contra- ception access, it may also be a nod to people who see the due process clause some forms of contracep- for groups who want to see While methods like con- doms prevent an egg from being fertilized in the first place, measures like intra- uterine devices create an inhospitable environment for an egg fertilized or not to implant in. Emer- gency contraception like Plan delays ovulation and is sometimes used when someone has unpro- tected sex, missed a hor- monal birth control pill, or was sexually assaulted. That delayed ovulation can mean preventing sperm from fertilizing an egg since conception does not always occur the moment someone has had sex. For abortion opponents who believe life begins at the moment an egg is fer- tilized, any method, of con- traception is controversial. While much of the de- bate around reproductive health care in the past two years has centered around abortion access, debates have emerged in state leg- islatures and in courts surrounding things like contraception and in vitro fertilization.
making (the substi- tute) short and non-spe- cific in this particular cli- mate we are in, it allows these types of contracep- tives taken off the market feel like they can pursue Thompson said. It would take awhile for the Supreme Court to potentially reverse its rulings on either the Gris- wold or Eisenstadt cases, said legal historian Mary Ziegler of the Univer- sity of California, Davis School of Law. Legal challenges that come before the Supreme Court must first have worked their way through a series of lower courts. A sooner tactic could in- volve trying to ban the birth control pill by calling it an than to see states say they want to ban contraceptives outright in the short Ziegler said. Democrat- ic-controlled legislature is unlikely to accept Youn- substitute when it reconvenes Wednesday.
Hashmi said she remains aware of the regional and national spotlight on Vir- ginia when it comes to re- productive health care laws. are watching what Virginia is going to she said. knows how really critical this OBITUARIES FROM A1 officio, non-voting member of the group. In March, city council adopted an amended ordi- nance that altered commis- sion membership parame- ters, specifically for council members. meet- ing was the first that Vice Mayor Joe Cobb did not serve as commission chair.
While Cobb and Council- woman Stephanie Moon Reynolds continue to at- tend commission meetings as a non-voting liaisons to council, the chair position has been filled by Robert Lamour, owner of Roa- noke-based ProtectorScope Security Solutions. And commissioner seats that were left open last fall as three members resigned have finally been filled. The new sitting commissioners are Catherine Koebel, the Groceries not Guns buyback program coordi- nator; Jared Rose, a Virginia CARES case manager at To- tal Action for Progress; and Amy Hodge, a local non- profit director and pastor at Mount Zion A.M.E. Church. Emma Coleman (540) 981-3198 emma.coleman@roanoke.
com Guns From A1 EMMA COLEMAN, THE ROANOKE Roanoke council members Stephanie Moon Reynolds, left, and Joe Cobb, second from left, listen as city police Chief Scott Booth reviews the latest gun violence statistics at a Gun Violence Prevention Commission meeting Tuesday. Contraception that From A1 communications with a child at least 15 years of age. Nolan had sent inappro- priate photos and videos of his body to his juve- nile ex-girlfriend through a social media messaging app, Roanoke Assistant At- torney Alice Ekirch said last spring. The girl and her mother reported the criminal activity to police in April 2021. Nolan served his sen- tence for those offenses in the Roanoke City Adult De- tention Center.
According to city court documents, he was released from the facility Nov. 24 and placed on supervised probation. Following his release, Nolan was to have no contact with the victims, plus no un- supervised contact with non-family members under the age of according to his sentencing order. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender. But on Nov.
27, when No- lan reported to the District 15 probation and parole of- fice to begin his supervised probation period, he asked a lot of questions about ac- tivities that contradicted sex offender population supervision protocols. Mr. Nolan re- quested permission to at- tend his high-school wrestling a ma- jor violation report from the probation office reads. When a probation officer denied the request, Nolan was disappointed because he said it was his senior year, and he was being scouted for col- Nolan also reported Nov. 27 that he had attended church services with his family the day prior and wished to continue to do so.
But the probation officer told him that, order for him to attend an in-person church, a Church Safety Contract would need to be put in place the viola- tion report continues. Nolan also told the pro- bation officer he babysits his two infant grandsons on a daily basis while his wife and children the report reads. The probation officer told him that would not be acceptable until a proper Family Safety Con- tract could be put into place by his supervising Nolan noted that his sen- tencing order only prohib- its contact with minors that are not family members. But the probation officer told him that an of- ficial court order was re- ceived and reviewed by his supervising Nolan not be permitted to be around any un- til the safety contract was in place. Nolan stated that he wants to be as much of a grandfather to his grand- children as possible and had hoped to take them trick- or-treating in the the violation report continues.
But the probation officer said that the District 15 of- fice not allow sex of- fender probationers to par- ticipate in Halloween activ- ities involving After that, the probation officer told Nolan to hold onto his questions until his probation orientation Nov. 30. But the next day, Nov. 28, three probation and parole officers went to residence, where he home with his two sons and toddler the re- port continues. Nolan reported he was babysitting his grandson while his wife was at Nolan again asked the officers questions about to high school grad- uation and school sporting He was told that those activities not be approved per proba- sex offender special After leaving home, the officers issued a warrant for his arrest be- cause he failed follow the instruction to have no contact with minors until a Family Safety Contract could be Nolan was charged Nov.
28 with violating the terms of his probation. He was jailed Dec. 6 but released the following day from jail on a $2,500 bond, accord- ing to court records. Judge David Carson found Feb. 13 that Nolan had committed his first technical violation while on probation.
Carson sent him back to supervised proba- tion on regular and special sex offender conditions. Nolan was arrested again Friday in connection with his new charges in Roanoke County. He remains in cus- tody at the Roanoke Coun- ty-Salem Jail, according to the online inmate database. Emma Coleman (540) 981-3198 emma.coleman@roanoke. com Nolan From A1.
