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Shirley Evelyn Weaver, 77, of Dublin, passed away on December 19, 2013 at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Hospital. Shirley was born on April 25, 1936 to the late Jack and Lura Ritter. […]

Teddy Felix Smusz died a peaceful, old fashioned death with comfort and dignity on December 19, 2013, in Blacksburg Virginia under hospice care. One of 7 children born in Weirton, […]

Joseph Chapman Huffman, 93, of Westview St., Narrows, departed this life Friday morning, December 20, 2013. Born on June 3, 1920 in Craig County, he was a son of the […]

Ward Calvin (Bud) Hale, 75, of 2767 Red Marshall Rd., Pelham, N.C. died, Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Danville Regional Medical Center after a decline in health for the past […]

Pauline Kingrea Dowdy, age 98, of Blacksburg, formerly of Spruce Run, died Friday, December 20, 2013 at Heritage Hall. She was born in Eggleston, VA on October 13, 1915 to […]

Betty Ruth Wheatley Easter, age 75, of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, December 19, 2013 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Easter was born on September 10, 1938 […]

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, […]