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Herman Matthew Lester, 76, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2009 at his home in Dublin. He was a member of the Stafford Hill Pentecostal Holiness Church and retired from Lynchburg […]

Arthur Wayne Harless, 60, of Max Meadows, Va., and formerly of Pearisburg, Va., departed this life Thursday morning, May 7, 2009, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born in Giles County on […]

January 27, 1935 ~ April 18, 2009 Margaret L. (Pat) Duncan, died unexpectedly after routine heart surgery in Sacramento, Calif. Pat was preceded in death by her beloved son, Tom. […]

Lois Thomas (Geneva) Bailey, 79, of Blacksburg, Va., died Thursday, May 7, 2009, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born in Sandstone, W.Va., on April 3, 1930, to the late […]

Sherry Lee Mills Rose Gallimore, 47, of Fairlawn, Va., passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2009. She was an employee at the Kroger Deli in Blacksburg. She is survived by […]

Jerry Lee Duncan, age 63 of Pulaski County, died Thursday May 7, 2009 at his residence. He was born Sept. 21, 1945 in Pulaski, and was the son of the […]

Wyatt Gabriel Lawson, four week old infant son of Samantha and Todd Lawson, of Christiansburg, Va., passed away on Monday, May 4, 2009. He is also survived by his brothers, […]

Myrtle Mae F. Helems, of Blacksburg, Va., died on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2009, at Paitsel Funeral Home, New […]

Junior (Ray) Dickerson, 77, of Radford, Va., passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2009. He was a member of the Dublin First Church of God and retired from Inland Motor/Kolmorgen with […]

God has called Betsy Ann Wills Proudfoot, 69, of Sandyville, W.Va., to her heavenly home on April 29, 2009. Betsy died suddenly after she fell at her home and suffered […]

Edgar Carter Hurd, 70, passed away Monday, May 4, 2009, at his home in Fairlawn, Va. He was a member of the Max Creek Baptist Church and retired from Goodwill. […]

Richard “Rick” Steven Cecil, age 58 of Pulaski and formerly of Lincoln, Rhode Island passed away Sunday, May 3, 2009. Born November 29, 1950 in Richmond, Virginia he is the […]

Ashley Renee St. Clair Chaffin, 23, of Floyd, Va., departed her life on Sunday, May 3, 2009, to go home to be with her Lord. She was a loving and caring mother. Her daughter, Lacey, was truly the light of her life.

Roy Osborne Robertson, 67, of Narrows, Va., went to be with his father in Heaven on Sunday, May 3, 2009, at his home. Mr. Robertson was born on January 26, […]