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Donna Hillegass Shelburne, 64, of Christiansburg, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014. She was preceded in death by her father, Joseph A. Hillegass; brother, Michael S. Hillegass; and brother-in-law, L.E. […]

Mrs. Geneva Lavada Jackson Byrd, 88, went home to be with our lord, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. She was born to Clint S. Jackson and Nora Alice Jackson January 21, […]

Bruce Earl Reed, 72, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. He was born September 24, 1941, in Sylva North Carolina, and grew up in Waleska, Georgia. He attended […]

Audrey Virginia Woods, 92, of Christiansburg, departed this life Monday evening, March 10, 2014, in the care of Heritage Hall Blacksburg. Born in Kire in Giles County on August 27, […]

Wanda Sutphin Phillips, age 73 passed away March 11, 2014 at the Heritage Hall Nursing Home after a long illness. Born October 23, 1940, she was preceded in death by […]

Maleta Adlene Link Walters, 89, of Floyd, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2014. She was a member of Copper Hill Church of the Brethren where she was a lifetime deaconess […]

Kathryn Altizer Minnick, 74, of Christiansburg, passed away on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elton and Beulah Owens Altizer; and husband, Jackie Wayne […]

Lizzie Mae Hollingsworth Whitten of Radford died on March 6, 2014 after a brief illness. Born on August 12, 1925, in Newton County, Miss., she resided in Oak Grove, La., […]

Kelly Ray Perdue, 43 of Narrows passed away Sunday, March 9th, 2014 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. A lifelong resident of Giles County, he was born March 18th, 1970, and […]

W. Keith Estes Jr. passed away peacefully on Monday, March 10, 2014 at The Kroontje Center in Blacksburg, VA. Keith was born in Pratts, VA in Madison County at the […]

Ibra Lee Trail, 80 of Bassett, passed away on Monday, March 10, 2014 at Franklin Health & Rehab. She was born in Floyd on March 15, 1933 to Andrew Jackson […]

James Robert Terry, Sr., of Dublin, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 10, 2014. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Washington Terry and […]

Myron Milton Ungar, of Christiansburg, youngest son of the late Martha Cooper Ungar and Max Ungar, passed away peacefully March 10, 2014 after a long hard fought illness. Dad was […]

Opal Virginia Worrell, 83 of Dugspur, passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2014. She is preceded in death by her parents, Quince & Emma Hylton; husband, James Chester “J.C.” Worrell; […]

Evelyn Whittaker St. Clair, 84 of Pearisburg, VA went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Rich Creek, VA. Mrs. St. […]