Obituaries

Dana Louise Rupe, age 40 of Pulaski passed away, Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Arrangements are pending at the Bower Funeral Home, Pulaski.

Larrel Samuel House, 68, of Pearisburg, Va., passed away Thursday, October 7, 2010. Arrangements by Givens Funeral Home, Pearisburg, Va.

Loretta A. Foster passed away on July 30,2010, in Pensacola, Fla. She was born on August 18, 1943, in Christiansburg, Va., to the late Frank and Ruth Ashley. She was […]

Carter Eugene Elliott, 83, of Christiansburg, Va., passed into the loving hands of our Lord on Wednesday morning, October 6, 2010, in Lewis Gale Medical Center. Mr. Elliott was born […]

Edgar David Duncan, 91, of Floyd, Va., went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 6, 2010. He was born on May 3, 1919, in Floyd County to the late Enoch and Leona Duncan. Edgar was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters; and five brothers.

Virginia Lester Cragett, 83, of Christiansburg, Va., went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 7, 2010. She is survived by two sons, Robert Cragett, of Ironto, Va. and […]

Roger Bruce Cook, 58, of Blacksburg, Va., died Thursday, October 7, 2010, at his home. He was born in Christiansburg on October 4, 1952, to the late Guy Sidney and […]

Frances C. Lucas, 89, of Blacksburg, Va., passed away on Monday, September 20, 2010, at Westminster Canterbury in Virginia Beach. Frances was born Mary Frances Clinebell on January 21, 1921, […]

John Michael Cheatham, 42, of 815 Bland Street, passed away on October 6, 2010 at his home in Pulaski, Va., after a courageous battle with lung cancer. John was born […]

Marie Maupin Hancock, 85, of Blacksburg, Va., died Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at her home. She was born in Greenville, Va. on November 2, 1924, to the late Robert and […]

Juanita Davis Haines, 89, of Radford, Va., passed away on Tuesday, October 5, 2010. She was a member of Fairlawn Presbyterian Church and retired from East Tennessee Gas Company. She […]

Lewis Edwin Bower, 81, of Christiansburg, Va., died on Monday, September 27, 2010. A Memorial Service will be held 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 13, 2010, in the Faith Baptist […]

Frances Joanne (Jo) Reed, 58, of Riner, Va., went to be with the Lord and her family on Sunday, October 3, 2010. She was born on October 11, 1951, in […]

Helen America Gregory Smith, born on June 24, 1924 to the late Lula Alice Howlett and James Harrison Gregory, passed away at her home in Pulaski, Va., on Saturday, October […]

Dorothy Ratcliffe Slusher, 85, of Pearisburg, Va., passed away Saturday, October 2, 2010, at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Mrs. Slusher was born on February 6, 1925, in Giles […]

Reba Harrell Simpkins, 81, of Radford, Va., passed away Sunday, October 3, 2010. She was a member of Cornersview Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Lee […]