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Hiram Roger Sizemore, 68, of Dublin, died Thursday, April 16, 2009 at Pulaski Community Hospital. He was born Dec. 13, 1940 in Galax, Va., to the late Hiram Victor and Alma […]

Edward Wilson (Donnie) Reves, 78, of Fairlawn, Va., passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2009. He was preceded in death by his parents, Foster Sr. and Stella Graham Reves; two […]

Bentley Odell Ratcliffe, 78, of Pearisburg, Va., went to be with the Lord on Thursday morning, April 16, 2009, in Bristol Regional Hospital. Odell was born on July 29, 1930, […]

Jean Givens Owen, of Pearisburg and Virginia Beach, Va., born December 9, 1932, in Pearisburg, Va., died on April 15, 2009, in Virginia Beach, where she had lived since 1965. […]

Pamela Stoots Linville, 57, of Pulaski, Va., died on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in the Lewis Gale Medical Center, Salem. She was born in Pulaski on October 28, 1951, and […]

Burleigh Richard Hall, 88, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2009, at his home in Snowville, Va. He was a retired sheet metal department supervisor from RAAP after 28 years […]

Jesse Alan Smith, 46, of Richmond, Va., and formerly of Christiansburg, Va., died Sunday, April 12, 2009, at MCV Hospital in Richmond, Va. Jesse was born December 31, 1962, in […]

Cloyd Craig Shelburne, 94, of Christiansburg, Va., passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2009. He was preceded in death by his wife, Winifred Showalter Shelburne; and son-in-law, L. Eugene Codner. […]

Pearl Caretta Laprade, 87, of Christiansburg, Va., died on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born in Alma, Ga., on November 9, 1921, to the late […]

Georgia Ellen Warf Jennings, 87, of Pulaski, Va., passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2009. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. on Friday, April 17, 2009, at Stevens Funeral […]

Douglas Rogers Whorley, Sr. 67 of Roanoke passed away Wednesday April 8, 2009. Preceded in death by his parents Grattion & Virginia Paige Whorley; Son Cleo Whorley; Brothers:Ed, Arthur “Art”, Eugene, John, & Charles “Rutt” Whorley.

Colbern Edward Linkous, age 88 of Dublin passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2009. Born September 13, 1920 in Montgomery County, he was the son of the late David Edward & […]

Joseph Tyler Hackett, 23, of Blacksburg, Va., and Franklin, Tenn., joined the Lord on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009, in Nashville, Tenn. He was born in Blacksburg, Va., on July […]

Carlos Lee Gunter, 89, of 2984 Brown Road, Draper, Va., died on Monday, April 13, 2009, at his home. He was born in West Virginia on December 19, 1919, and […]

Frederick William (Bill) Cooler Jr., 78, of Blacksburg, Va., died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Knoxville, Tenn., on December 7, 1930, to the […]

James Franklin (Doc) Holliday, 68, of Pulaski, died Monday morning April 13, 2009, at Pulaski Community Hospital. He was born October 14, 1940, in Radford, and was the son of […]