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Randolph “Randy” Carlyle Bowman, age 75, of Pulaski County, died Saturday, December 14, 2013 at his residence. He was born on May 27, 1938 in Walnut Cove, NC, and was […]

Edna Louise Ridpath Shelburne, 102, passed away Friday, December 20, 2013 at her home in Snowville. She was born on June 6, 1911, to the late Jake Ernest Ridpath and […]

Ivanann B. Pendleton (Nan), 95, of Christiansburg, formerly of Norton, left this life for Heaven on Wednesday, December 18, 2013. She was born on August 15, 1918, the daughter of […]

Vernie Lee Dickerson Sr., 77, of the Poplar Hill Community, Pearisburg, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 19, 2013 at his home. He was born on November […]

Vernon B. Simmons, 90, of Princeton, WV, passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at Princeton Community Hospital. Born on August 6, 1923 in Floyd, VA, he was the son […]

Barbara Ruth Carter, age 70, of Radford died, Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at Lewis Gale Hospital-Montgomery. She was born in Radford, Va. on April 4, 1943. She is preceded in […]

Thelma Stowers Wright, 91 of Narrows passed away Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg. She was born in Giles County on July 15th, 1922, and was […]

On the morning of December 19, 2013, as the rays of the sun were filtering over the mountains and through the trees, Woody June Hedge Mady, 90, of Dublin, left […]

On the evening of Monday, December 16, 2013 Jean Bourne, age 93, of Blacksburg, Virginia went to live with the Lord. She was preceded in death by her parents, William […]

Lettie Elizabeth Cox Dickerson, 89, raised in Indian Valley, born on April 30, 1924, passed away at home on December 17, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents, […]

Mary Kathryn Turney Dean, 87, of Pulaski, went home to Heaven on Monday, December 16, 2013. She was born in Austinville, Virginia on January 28, 1926 to the late William […]

William Charles Stowers, 82, of Pembroke, departed this life Tuesday morning, December 17, 2013 at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem. Born in Bland County on September 2, 1931, he was […]

James Edward French, 74, of Christiansburg, departed this life Monday morning, December 16, 2013 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Giles County on August 30, 1939, he was […]

Donald Ray Cumbee, 53, of Knob Mt. Rd., Pembroke departed this life Tuesday morning, December 17, 2013 at his home. Born in Christiansburg on January 21, 1960, he was a […]

Charlotte Stevers Neice, 66 of Pembroke passed away Sunday, December 15th, 2013 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. A lifelong resident of Giles County, she was born on February 22nd, 1947, […]

Ruth Roberts Brillhart, 80, of Christiansburg, VA passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2013. She was born on December 27, 1932. She was preceded in death by her parents Howard […]