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James Lee (Jimmy) Johnston, Jr. 59, of Pearisburg departed this life Friday March 27, 2009 at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Pearisburg on October 2, 1949 he was […]

Fannie Irene Shealor Criner, of Christiansburg, Va., passed away March 26, 2009, surrounded by her loving family, after a lengthy illness. Fannie was born on November 27, 1929, to Fred […]

After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Linda Hyatt Craft, 60, of Narrows, Va., passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2009, surrounded by her children and family. Linda, or […]

Franz Thomas Frederick (Frank) Ninmann, of Floyd, Va., went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, from Woodhaven Nursing Home, in Montvale, Va. He was predeceased by […]

Blanche S. Lambert, 85, of Christiansburg, Va., passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at Montgomery Regional Hospital after a life well lived. She was a loving wife, mother and […]

David Norman Hjulstrom, 83, of Blacksburg, Va., and Millbury, Mass., died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Norman leaves his wife of 56 years, Barbara Ann (Ward) […]

Georgia Victoria Akers, 96, of Pulaski, Va., passed away Thursday, March 26, 2009. Victoria was born on February 22, 1913. She was preceded in death by her husband, David Hampton Akers; […]

Dr. Richard Snider, 40, of Blacksburg, Va., went to be with his glorious Lord on Sunday, March 22, 2009. He will be sadly missed by his loving and precious son, […]

Ella Feather Burke Simpkins, 95, of Christiansburg, Va., left this world for her Heavenly home on Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Ella was one of seven siblings born to Ed and […]

Margaret Johnson, 89, of Johnson City, Tenn., passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2009, at Johnson City Medical Center. Born in Orono, Maine. She was the daughter of the late […]

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Our lives will not be the same without you in it. Wilmer Rudolph Custer, 71, of Blacksburg, Va., went to be with the Lord and his […]

Charles Leon Vicars, of Radford, Va., went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 24, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on March 20, 1943, to […]

Lula Mae Reed, 72, of Blue Ridge Nursing Center, Stuart, Va., passed away on Monday, March 23, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband, Russell Maylon Reed; and […]

Christine Page Price, 93, of Blacksburg, Va., died on Monday, March 23, 2009, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born in Giles County, Va., on July 21, 1915, to the […]

Born May 15, 1920, in Toledo, Ohio, Theron Henry Haas passed away on Monday, March 23, 2009, at his residence in the Brandermill Woods Retirement Community in Midlothian, Va. He […]