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This site contains obituaries and memorial tributes for people in and around the New River Valley of southwestern Virginia. Originally posted on NRVNews.com or submitted by area funeral homes, our database has more than 30,000 obituaries.

November 3, 2013

Knoll, Bessie Trail

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Bessie Trail Knoll, age 86, of Strongsville, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 30, 2013. She was born on March 9, 1927 to the late John and Lizzie (nee Farris) […]

November 3, 2013

Saunders, Charles Phil

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Charles Phil Saunders, 78 of Christiansburg, passed away November 1, 2013. He was Anna’s good-looking husband for 56 years, a longtime member of the Christiansburg Church of the Brethren and […]

November 3, 2013

Gillispie, Norma Thomas

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Norma Thomas Gillispie, 90, of Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday morning, November 2, 2013 at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek. Born in Chatam, on May 31, 1923, she was […]

November 3, 2013

Gibson Jr., Earl C.

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Earl C. (Pete) Gibson Jr., died at his home at Claytor Lake, Radford, on Friday, November 1, 2013. Pete was born at Pocahontas, and was the son of the late […]

November 3, 2013

Carter, Josephine

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Josephine Carter, 95, of Highland Ridge Rehab Center, 5872 Hanks Ave., Dublin, passed away Friday afternoon, November 1, 2013. She was born in Pulaski County on December 18, 1917 and […]

November 3, 2013

Brown, Janice Fleshman

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Janice Evelyn Fleshman Brown, 75 of Walnut Cove, NC, formerly of Rich Creek, VA passed away Friday, November 1, 2013. Born July 1, 1938 at Lindside, WV, she was the […]

November 3, 2013

Blankenship, Leonard Lee

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Leonard Lee Blankenship, 65, of the No Business Community of Bland went to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at his home. He was born on November […]

November 2, 2013

Hite, Horace Browdy

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Horace Browdy (Butch) Hite, 63, of Pembroke, departed this life Friday afternoon, November 1, 2013 at his home after a long illness. Born in Narrows on June 26, 1950 he […]

November 2, 2013

Monk, Charlie Lewis

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Charlie Lewis (Teach) Monk, 71, of Narrows, departed this life on Friday, November 1, 2013 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born on January 24, 1942, and was the […]

November 2, 2013

Minnick, Ellis Franklin

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Ellis Franklin Minnick, 78, of Pulaski and formerly of Burton, in Giles County, departed this life Wednesday morning, October 30, 2013 at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek after a […]

November 2, 2013

Lafon, Pauline Elizabeth

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Pauline Elizabeth “Libby” Lafon, 88, of the Hoges Chapel Community, Pembroke, departed this life Thursday afternoon, October 31, 2013 at her home on Liberty Lane. Born on “the Phlegar Place” […]

November 1, 2013

Weeks, Eula June

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On Monday, October 28, 2013, Eula June Weeks, 91, of White Hall, Md., formerly of Floyd, passed away. She is the wife of the late Roy L. Weeks; mother of […]

November 1, 2013

Snider, Lillian Neice

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Lillian Irene Neice Snider, 81 of Pearisburg, VA. went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Mrs. Snider was born on […]

November 1, 2013

Sayers, Frances A.

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Frances A. Sayers, 69, of Draper, died Monday, October 28, 2013, in the Lewis-Gale Hospital, Pulaski. She was born in Wythe County on April 13, 1944, and was the daughter […]

November 1, 2013

Lynch, Martha Dillion

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Martha Ann Dillion Lynch, age 82, of Fort Washington, Maryland, formerly of McCoy, Va., died, Wednesday, October 30, 2013, in Manassas, Va. She was born in McCoy, Va. on September […]

October 31, 2013

Barker Sr., Michael Wayne

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Michael Wayne Barker Sr., 55, of Riner, died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, October 30, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cline and Zelva Barker. He […]

October 31, 2013

Phillips, Leora Marshall

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Leora Marshall Phillips, 93 of Willis, went home to be with her Lord, surrounded by family while at home, on Wednesday, October 30, 2013. She is preceded in death by […]

October 31, 2013

Weddle, William Edgar

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William Edgar Weddle, 79, of Floyd, passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Josephine Weddle; and one infant sister, Mary […]

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