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Nellie Marie Kytchen Piatek, 85, of Blacksburg died, Saturday, December 19, 2009 with her family surrounding her. She was born in Montgomery, Virginia on April 19, 1924 to the late […]

Charlie William Kanode, age 83 of Pulaski passed away Friday, December 18, 2009 in the Montgomery Regional Hospital. Born June 14, 1926 in Pulaski, he was the son of the […]

Elyse Beverly “Tot” Higgins age 89 of Pulaski passed away Saturday, December 19, 2009. Born May 4, 1920 in Wise County, she was the daughter of Daniel Webster Beverly and […]

Aileen Grant Moore, age 79 of Dublin passed away Friday, December 18, 2009 in the Lewis Gale Hospital, Salem. Born August 3, 1930 in Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, she was […]

James Franklin (Hoppy) Hopkins, 84, of Christiansburg, Va., died on Friday, December 18, 2009, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Smyth County on April 25, 1925, to the […]

Pearl Jane Bowman, 67 of Hillsville, passed away on December 15, 2009 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. She was born in Virginia to the […]

Ollie Adeline Sperow Linkous (“Miss Ollie”), age 82 went to be with her Heavenly Father on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 after a brief, but courageous, battle with cancer. She was […]

Harold Windal (Hal) Irwin, 81, of Christiansburg, Va., died Thursday, December 17, 2009, at the Kroontje Health Care Center. He was born in Sparta, N.C., on April 8, 1928, to […]

Linda Sue Huffman, 60, of Newport, Va., departed this life at her home on Wednesday morning, December 16, 2009. Born in Sullivan, Ind., on November 2, 1949, she was a […]

Ernest (Sonny) Wade Dudley, 83, of Radford, Va., passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2009. He was retired from the Electrical Department at Hercules after 40 years of service and […]

B. Walter Dowdy, 74, of Newport, Va., departed this life on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Giles County on June 3, 1935, he […]

Douglas Willard Stump Sr., of Pearisburg, Va., and most recently of Bedford, Va., died on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at Lynchburg General Hospital, Lynchburg, Va. Doug was born on February […]

Hasaba Criner Spence, 85, of Willis, Va., our mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend went to be with her heavenly father on Wednesday, December 16, 2009. During her journey […]

Bobbie Jo Creed Lee, 43, of Shawsville, Va., passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2009. She was born on July 29, 1966. She was preceded in death by her mother, […]

Russell Marvin Gautier, 86, of Ripplemead, Va., departed this life on Tuesday afternoon, December 15, 2009, at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek. Born in Giles County on January 20, […]

Glorianna Mae Scott (George) Munsey, 74, of Dublin, Va., died early Tuesday morning, December 15, 2009, at Pulaski Community Hospital. She was born on June 26, 1935, in Smyth County, […]

Beatrice Ellen Quesenberry Mabry, 71, of Dublin, Va., formerly of Hiwassee, Va., died early Tuesday morning, December 15, 2009. She was born in Pulaski County on March 11, 1938, and […]