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Judy Lynn Hurst Goad, age 65 of Hiwassee passed away Monday, November 11, 2013 at her home. Born December 29, 1947 in Pulaski County, she is the daughter of Gertrude […]

Patrick Albert Belcher, 66, of Christiansburg, passed away Monday, November 11, 2013. He was a U. S. Army veteran having served during the Vietnam Era and was a retired Virginia […]

Bernease Shortt, 85, beloved mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend passed away quietly and dignified in her daughter’s home in Roanoke, Va. on November 9, 2013. Born in Willis, Virginia […]

James E. “Jimmy” Roberts, 69 of Christiansburg, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2013, due to injuries sustained from a motor vehicle accident. Jimmy was preceded in death by his […]

Jessie T. Heafner, 97, of Floyd, passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2013. She is preceded in death by her parents, J.M. Tise and Alice Peterman Tise; husband, Herman H. […]

Margaret Vivian Burwell, 92 of Narrows, VA passed away Saturday, November 9, 2013 at home surrounded by her family. Born May 5, 1921 at Narrows, VA she was the daughter […]

Deward Blaine Bryant, age 68, of Pulaski, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the Lewis Gale Hospital, Pulaski. Arrangements pending by Bower Funeral Home, Pulaski

Goldie Harris Turpin, 86, of Radford, passed away Friday, November 8, 2013. She retired from Pulaski County Schools after working in the cafeteria for many years. Goldie was preceded in […]

Opal Edith “Edie” Webb, of Floyd, went to her Heavenly Home on November 8, 2013 at the age of 94. Edie was born November 5, 1919 to the late Oscar […]

Sharon Aileine Pannell Spencer, 61, of Fairlawn, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2013, at her home. Sharon was born on February 7, 1952, to Robert Lee Pannell and the […]

Ronnie Alfred Hodges, SGM United States Army Ret., 71, of Christiansburg, and formerly of Woodbridge, VA, passed away on Wednesday, November 6th, 2013 at Duke Raleigh Hospital in North Carolina. […]

Ivory Mae Combs, 93, of Roanoke, passed away Friday, November 8, 2013. She was born September 12, 1920, in Carroll County, a daughter of the late Frank J. and Alley […]

Mildred Bolt (Millie) Bemis, died on February 14, 2013. She grew up in Dublin, and moved to Northern Virginia in the early 1960s. Millie is survived by her children, Wendell […]

Helen Fleeman Blankenship, 86, formerly of Narrows, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, November 8th, 2013 at Summers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hinton. She was born […]