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Daniel Thomas King, age 61, of the Newbern Community, passed away Friday, March 6, 2009 at the Pulaski Health and Rehab Center. Born July 2, 1947 in Pulaski, he was […]

Harry Albert Jennings 81, of Christiansburg, Va., passed away Friday, March 6, 2009 at Heritage Hall Nursing Home. He was a retired employee of Hubbell Lighting. Preceded in death by […]

Pattie Akers Reed, 91, of Floyd, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2009. She was born on August 27, 1917, to the late George William and Sarah Lane Akers. She was […]

Jacob W. (JW) Manning, 62, of Narrows, Va., passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 4, 2009, at Highland Ridge Rehab. Center in Dublin with Betty Lynn by his side, following a […]

Mary Maxine Jarrells Collins, age 78 of Hiwassee passed away Thursday, March 5, 2009 at the New River Valley Medical Center. Born January 5, 1931 in Hiwassee, she was the […]

Elsie Lefew Cales, 76, of Riner, Va., went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 5, 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred […]

Andrew J. Thomas Jr., 79, of Floyd, Va., passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2009. He was born on October 10, 1929, to the late Andrew J. Thomas Sr. and Pearl […]

Frances Yates Pettus, 87, of Shawsville, Va., went to be with her Lord on March 4, 2009. She is preceded in death by her husband, Frank E. Pettus; and three […]

Daisy Ferne Simmons King, 90, of Narrows, Va., passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at Blue Ridge Christian Home in Bealeton, Va. She was born in Roanoke County on April […]

Helen Gifford, of Christiansburg, Va., went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 3, 2009. Helen Seely Gifford was born December 4, 1917, to Maude and Clarence Sealy, […]

Charles McDade Daniels, 63, of Willis, Va., passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2009. Graveside services 1 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2009, at the Harris Cemetery, Willis. Arrangements by […]

Ella Jean Athey, 72, of Walnut Ave. in Pembroke, Va., departed this life on Tuesday evening, March 3, 2009, at Giles Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born in Smyth […]

Hallie Mayes Starnes McLean, of Christiansburg, formerly of Virginia Beach, Va., passed away on Monday, March 2, 2009. She was born in Holly Springs, Miss. on November 29, 1923. She […]

Rita Ann Kytchen, 68, of Blacksburg, Va., passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Rita was born on March 11, 1940 to the late Sidney and Helen Woolwine. She is […]

Marie Wimer Graham, 77, of Christiansburg, Va., went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 2, 2009. She attended the Bible Holiness Church. She was preceded in death by […]

Alice Lang Wills, 85, of Blacksburg, Va., died Monday, March 2, 2009, at her home surrounded by family. She was the daughter of the late Elva Whann Lang and Harold […]