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Erik Randolph Bauman, 42, of Blacksburg, Va., died Wednesday night, March 11, 2009, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. Erik had courageously and without complaint battled the progressive and fatal motor neuron […]

Dr. Lucian Walter Zelazny Jr., 66, of Blacksburg, Va., died peacefully at home on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, surrounded by his wife and five children. He was preceded in death […]

Harry C. Weeks, 91, of Salem, Va., and formerly of Floyd County, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2009. He was a proud Army veteran having served during World War […]

Hubert Atlas (H.A.) Turner Jr., 86, of 1408 Lakeview Drive, Pulaski County, Va., died on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in the Pulaski Community Hospital. He was born in Durham, N.C., […]

Elva Britts McMahan, 89, of Pembroke, Va., passed from this life on Wednesday morning, March 18, 2009, in Blacksburg, after residing in Warm Hearth Village since January 2008. After losing […]

Helen Bourne James, 92, of Radford, Va., passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2009. She was a member of the Fairlawn Presbyterian Church and retired teaching from Montgomery County and […]

Mary Margaret Jenkins Goepel, 39, of Radford, Va., was called home on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. She was an accomplished person who graduated from Radford High School, from Ferrum College […]

James Edward Woods, 79, of Christiansburg, Va., died Tuesday, March 17, 2009. He is survived by his sister, Pearl Stump; and a special niece, Christine Harrell. A memorial service will […]

Joseph G. (Joe) Rieley, 82, of Blacksburg, Va., passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2009. He was born June 28, 1926, in Botetourt County, son of the late Walter Raleigh and […]

Ada Marie Pruitt Hamilton, 66, of Radford, Va., passed away on Monday, March 16, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband, Houston Albert Hamilton. Survivors include two daughters […]

Richard Hart Stanger, 70, of Christiansburg, Va., died Monday, March 16, 2009, at his home. He was born in Montgomery County, Va., on May 7, 1938. He was preceded in […]

Nellie C. Sarver, 88, of Pulaski, Va., went home to be with the Lord early Sunday morning, March 15, 2009, in the Pulaski Health & Rehab Center, Pulaski. She is […]

Paul Vernon Lytton, 85 , of Radford, passed away, Sunday March 15, 2009, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Paul was a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army serving in the Korean […]

James Ronald Beaver, 75, of Dublin, passed away Monday, March 16, 2009. He was the owner and pharmacist at the Dublin Pharmacy in Dublin. He was preceded in death by […]