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In loving memory of Marion Mayweathers Sunrise: June 4, 1937 Sunset: October 27, 2011. Marion Mayweathers (George) was born on the fourth of June, 1937, in Helena, Arkansas to the […]

Ramon Earl Henkel died on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at his home in Riner, Va. The oldest of seven children, he was born in Minnesota on January 21, 1931, to […]

Bertha Allene Graham, 86, of Christiansburg, went to be with the Lord on Saturday morning, October 29, 2011. Allene was preceded in death by her parents, Annie Collins and Henry […]

Barbara Ann Chrisley Scott, age 63 of Hiwassee went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on October 27, 2011. Born May 8, 1948 in Pulaski County, […]

Betty Lee Reynolds Lovern “Beautiful Betty”, age 70 formerly of Pulaski went to be with her Lord, Friday, October 28, 2011. She was born January 17, 1941 in Pulaski to […]

Verner Dotson, age 83 of Pulaski passed away Friday, October 28, 2011 in the Lewis Gale Hospital-Pulaski. Born April 18, 1928 in Elk Creek, Virginia, he was the son of […]

Fay Elaine VanCamp, 85, of Hiwassee, VA passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was a member of the Snowville Baptist Church. She was preceded in […]

Alice Pietra Moody, 90, of Blacksburg, died peacefully at her home on Thursday, October 27, 2011. Alice was born in Baltimore, Md., on June 10, 1921. She was predeceased by […]

Helen Lorene McCraw, 65, of Fancy Gap, passed away Thursday, October 27, 2011. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 30, 2011, Independence Baptist Church, Fancy Gap. Arrangements by Vaughan- Guynn-McGrady […]

William Clifford Cawley, 86,of Roanoke, Va., passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at home. Born on June 22, 1925, at Rich Creek, Va., he was the son of Lacy […]

Emilie Catherine Winsky, 94, of Blacksburg, and formerly of Great Neck, N.Y., crossed into Heaven hand in hand with the Lord Jesus on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at Lewis Gale […]

Erby Wilmer Turpin Sr. loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, 87, of Dublin, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, after valiantly enduring with inspiring dignity for over a decade, […]

On Monday, October 24, 2011, in the early hours of the evening, John Perry Smith Sr., of Radford, Va., beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend and brother joined the ranks […]

Gwyneth Hope (Hope) Davis, 47, of Christiansburg, Va., passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lewis and Eula Davis. She is survived […]

Geneva Mae Duncan Summers, 65, of Pulaski, Va., passed away Monday, October 24, 2011. Funeral Service at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 28, 2011, from Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, Pulaski, […]

Winslow Morrison, 82, of Dublin, Va., died on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, in his home after a short fight with lung cancer. He was born in Dublin, Va., on August […]

Dorothy Reiff Mancini, born in Yonkers, N.Y. on February 22, 1917, and died in Montgomery County, Va. on October 24, 2011. Dorothy was a New Yorker who came to live […]