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Lois Elkins Edlund, 84, of Blacksburg, passed away Monday, April 13, 2009, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born in Dyer, Tenn. on May 13, 1924, to the late Louis […]

Genevieve Frankie Holliday Lockwood, 71, of Blacksburg, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 12, 2009, at Springtree Health and Rehab Center. She was born in West Virginia on November 24, 1937, […]

Geneva Frances Thompson Furrow, 59, of Fairlawn, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 11, 2009, in Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born February 7, 1950. She […]

Betty Jane Drive Ruble, 82, of Ripplemead, Va., went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 10, 2009 at Henrico Doctors Hospital in Richmond, Va. Mrs. Ruble was born […]

Mary Catherine (Granny) Moore Forth, of Blacksburg, born November 3, 1918 in Scott Depot, West Virginia, died peacefully on Saturday, April 11, 2009. She was preceded in death by her […]

Norma Douglass, 80, formerly of Blacksburg, Va., died Friday, April 10, 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents, Norman and Feral Ryals, and her son, Scott Douglass. She […]

Richard Kissam Cooke, of Floyd, Va., born at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas on August 20, 1926, died April 10, 2009 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was the son of Brig. […]

Margaret Maxine Meredith Weaver, 70, of Radford, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2009 at home. She was preceded in death by her husband, John P. Weaver, two brothers, Donald […]

Lois Hunter Cumbee, 81, of Blacksburg, died Friday, April 10, 2009. She was born in Montgomery County, Virginia on November 19, 1927, to the late Harry and Mary Legg Hunter. […]

Faye Bishop Tabor, 62, of Radford, Va., passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2009. She was preceded in death by her father, Andrew "Andy" Bishop; mother, Lena Scott Bishop; stepmother, […]

Lois Devota Dudley Spicer, 91, of Christiansburg, entered into eternal rest on April 9, 2009, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born June 7, 1917, the daughter of William Courtney […]

Henry Thomas (Buck) Sayers, 63, of Draper, Va., loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend gave up his courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, and is […]

Georgia Nelson Rogers, 87, of Dublin, Va., went home to be with Jesus on Thursday morning, April 9, 2009. She was born April 21, 1921, in Erwin, Tenn., and was […]

Mary George Reed, 67, of Circle Drive in Pembroke, Va., departed this life to be with her Lord on Thursday, April 9, 2009, at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg after […]

William A. Crawford, 55, of Narrows, Va., died Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. He was born in Pearisburg, Va. on July 4, 1953. He […]

Mary Elizabeth Louise Adkins, 75, of Curve Road in Pearisburg, Va., departed this life on Tuesday evening, April 7, 2009, at Pulaski Community Hospital in Pulaski, Va. Born in Pearisburg […]

1923 ~ 2009 William Nichol (Nick) Eskridge was born in Pulaski, Va., on October 6, 1923. He was the son of Allen T. Eskridge, a lawyer and later Mayor of […]