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Earnest Henry ‘Sonny’ Hylton Jr., 69, of Christiansburg, passed away on October 1, 2014. On November 30, 1944 he was born to the late Earnest Hylton Sr. and Ethel Flinchum […]

Joanne Ruth Comer Bellman, 86, of Dublin, went home to be with the Lord on October 3, 2014. She was preceded in death by her parents, Merrill Anthony and Ruth […]

Peggy Phillips Kelly, 77. of Knoxville, Tenn, formerly of Radford, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Monday, September 29, 2014 after a courageous 20 month battle with cancer. […]

Margaret Elizabeth Bonds, 96, of Hiwassee, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Arrangements by DeVilbiss Funeral Home, Radford Va., 540-639-2422.

Louis Gibson Whitlock, Sr., age 84, of Blacksburg died, Thursday, October 2, 2014, at his home. He was born in Roanoke, VA on June 10, 1930, to the late Frank […]

Mary Irene (Leach) Propst of Christiansburg, Virginia went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 1, 2014. She was born May 19, 1929 in Augusta County, VA, to […]

David Brent Spangler, 75, of Pulaski, passed away at Lewis Gale Pulaski Community Hospital on Wednesday,October 1, 2014. David was born on November 21, 1938 in Martinsville, Va. to Ward […]

Bobby Ray Perdue, 72 of Narrows passed away Wednesday, October 1st, 2014. A lifelong resident of Giles County, he was born on December 2nd, 1941, and was the son of […]

Iva Mae Bower, 87, of Floyd, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 30th, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Harvey and Lula Mae […]

Laura Bobbie Wilson Petroff, 86, formerly of Moorestown, NJ passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at the Kroontje Health Care Center in Blacksburg, VA. She was the beloved wife of […]

Dr. Maynard Calvin Conner, 101, of Villa Hills, Ky., and formerly of Blacksburg, Va., passed away on September 29, 2014 at his residence. He was a professor of agricultural economics […]

Anita Kay Dickerson, 57, of Christiansburg, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Services will be held privately. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg, Va., 540-552-3211.

Dr. Grant Heaton Turnwald, age 71, of Christiansburg passed away on Saturday, September 27th at Lewis Gale Hospital-Montgomery. Grant was born, grew up on a farm, and was educated in […]

Prominent Pulaski attorney, and one of Virginia’s most distinguished trial attorneys, Robert Jett (Bob) Ingram, of Radford, Virginia, died Wednesday, September 29, 2014, at age 84. Born October 5, 1929, […]

Carl Junior Hodge, 73, of Christiansburg, VA, passed away on September 29, 2014 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery. He was the last of the 12 children born to the late Joseph Hundley […]

Barbara Ann Kennedy Sutphin, age 70 of Pulaski, died Thursday, September 25, 2014 at University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. She was born on July 19, 1944 in Pulaski, and […]