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Frankie Irene Doyle (Granny Walters) Walters passed away at her home in Ellett Friday, April 15, 2011, after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter; […]

Mildred Aldene Rogers, 96, died peacefully in Blacksburg April 15, 2011. The daughter of Benjamin and Maxine Bell, she was born on a homestead near Cut Bank, Mont., August 2, […]

Marjorie Clare Harper, 92, of Blacksburg, died early on Thursday, April 14, 2011, at Kroontje Health Care Center. Marjorie was born in Beaver, Pa., on March 8, 1919, to D. […]

Gregory Shane Gravley, 18, of Dublin, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2011 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was a senior at Pulaski County High School. Survivors include […]

John Haynes White, 91, died on April 14, 2011, at his home in Pulaski, a loving husband, father and grandfather, and a caring friend to so many. He was born […]

Freda Mavis Burns Smith, 94, of Radford, and formerly of Hines, W.Va., homemaker, died on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Radford. She was a member of Hines Baptist Church for […]

Elva Bishop Slusser, 83, of Christiansburg, went to her eternal home in Heaven as she joined her Lord and Savior on Thursday, April 14, 2011. She was a Godly, Christian […]

Mary Alice McDaniel, 89, of Blacksburg, died on Thursday, April 14, 2011, at Kroontje Health Care Center. She was born in Piper, Ala., on November 15, 1921, to the late […]

Robert Hampton Ridpath, 82, of Radford, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church and retired from Lynchburg Foundry with 24 years of service. […]

Brenda Sue Smithson, 63, of Christiansburg, went home to be with the Lord on April 12, 2011. She is preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Gladys Smithson; a […]

William Dustin King, 25, of Parrott, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2011 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was a member of the Parrott Church of God and […]

Charles Herbert Hoback, 72, of Pulaski, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Funeral service 11 a.m. Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel.

Professor Meir Schneller of Blacksburg, died Sunday, April 10, 2011, in a glider accident near New Castle. Dr. Schneller was born October 20, 1941, in Tel-Aviv, Israel, to Nathan and […]

Virginia Mae Epperly, 82, of Christiansburg, and formerly of Roanoke, passed away on Monday, April 11, 2011. She was born in Pulaski County, a daughter of the late Clarence and […]

Marvin Edwin (Badeye) Meredith, 73, of Pembroke, departed this life on Sunday evening, April 10, 2011, at Catawba Hospital. Born in Pembroke on September 2, 1937, he was a son […]

Dorothy Mitchell Gray, age 89 of Pulaski passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011 in the Lewis Gale Hospital-Pulaski. Born July 11, 1921 in Pulaski , she was the daughter of […]

Edwin Franklin (Ed, E.F.) Hines, 91, of Radford, Va., and Ft. Collins, Colo., passed away on April 8, 2011. He and his wife Julia, moved to Colorado in 2002 from […]

Shelby Jean Collins, 72, of Pembroke and Christiansburg, departed this life Friday, April 8, 2011, at Lewis Gale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg. Born in Giles County on January 3, 1939, […]