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Edwin Eugene Lafon, 70, of Newport (Clover Hollow) departed this life Saturday morning, February 21, 2015 at his home. Born in Pearisburg on March 8, 1944, he was a son […]

Helen Sarah Kast, 100, of Narrows (Clendennin) departed this life Friday morning, February 20, 2015 at the home of her daughter in Salem. She was born in Kerns (Goldbond) on […]

Coy H. Simpkins, 83 of Christiansburg, VA passed away Thursday, February 19,2015, at Lewis Gale Montgomery Hospital. He was born on March 31, 1931 in Montgomery Co. to the late […]

From ashes we were created and to ashes we will return, it is in the details between that make up a life. Somebody once wrote that to fairly judge a […]

On July 2, 1992, God sent a firecracker to earth to inspire, enlighten, educate and to bring smiles to people’s faces. He gained his angel wings on February 20, 2015 […]

John Doyle Pauley, age 89, of McCoy died Friday, February 20, 2015 at Lewis Gale Hospital-Montgomery. He was born in Sod, West Virginia on December 23, 1925 to the late […]

John Reginald Smith, 71, of Hoges Chapel, Pembroke, departed this life Thursday morning, February 19, 2015 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Born in Hoges Store on February 1, […]

Daniel Elwood Young, 51, of Blacksburg, passed away Thursday, February 19, 2015. He was a machinist a Federal Mogul. Danny is survived by his loving wife, Sarah M. Young of […]

James Daniel Fuller, age 79 of Hiwassee, passed away Thursday, February 19, 2015 at the Highland Ridge Rehab Center-Dublin. Born January 9, 1936 in Mecklenburg County, VA he was the […]

Forrest Robin Fitzgerald, 39, of Christiansburg, passed away Sunday, February 15, 2015. Memorial Services will be 3 p.m. Friday, February 20, 2015, at Gardner Funeral Home, Floyd, Va., 540-745-2007.

Virginia Marie Lovern Combs, 93, of Christiansburg, died early Wednesday morning, February 18, 2015 in the Lewis Gale Hospital Montgomery. She was born in Radford, Va., on February 12, 1922 […]

Violet Marie Surratt Kingrea, 91, of Pulaski, died Wednesday, February 18, 2015. She was known as Mom, Mud, Granny, Marie, and Aunt Ree. She was born in Pulaski May 12, […]

Richard Alan Hetherington, 49, of Dublin, passed away Monday, February 16, 2015. Memorial Services will be held at a later date. Arrangements by A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home, White […]

Daniel Currie Bell (b. 1927) of Dublin, Va., passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of February 18, 2015, at Sunnyside Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, Va. He was 88 […]

Phyllis Jannette Bayne, 77, of Christiansburg, passed away on Thursday, February 19, 2015, at her home. She was the wife of James Thomas Bayne, Jr. Born on January 13, 1938, […]

Our precious, beloved mother, Lula Frances Muncy, age 81, a resident of Trinity Mission Rehabilitation Center, Hillsville, Virginia passed away peacefully over to her heavenly home, Wednesday evening, February 18, […]

Donnie Ray Jones, age 67 of Roanoke passed away Thursday – February 19, 2015 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital after a long struggle with cancer. Born February 15, 1948 in […]

Edna Faye Cabaniss, age 87 of Pulaski, died Friday, February 13, 2015 at her daughters residence in Roanoke. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pulaski. […]