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Judith H. Bame, 71, of Blacksburg, died Friday, December 19, 2008 after a three-year battle with cancer. Judy was born in Trenton, N.J., on November 25, 1937. She was preceded […]

Nannie Kitts Spangler, 88, of Dublin, Va., passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2008. Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 20, 2008, at Bland Cemetery. Arrangements […]

Galen Lee King, 61, of Radford, Va., died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, December 17, 2008. He was born on March 14, 1947, in Lexington, Ky., to the late […]

Joseph Frances Eska, 89, of Blacksburg, Va., died on Wednesday, December 17, 2008. Funeral Mass 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 20, 2008, St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral […]

Charles Frederick Akers, 59, of Suttle Drive in Pembroke, departed this life quietly at his home Thursday morning, December 18, 2008. Charles was born in Bluefield, W.Va. on December 23, […]

Mildred Louise Mitchell Dunford, age 83 of Pulaski passed away Thursday, December 18, 2008 at her home. Born April 29, 1925 in Pulaski she was the daughter of the late […]

Dale O. Walters, 80, of Greenwood, Ind., and formerly of Radford, Va., passed away on Monday, December 15, 2008. He was born on September 5, 1928, in Wytheville, Va., to […]

Charles Sebastian Walls III, 74, of Blacksburg, Va., died on Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at his home. He was born in Oceanside, N.Y., on October 15, 1934, to the late […]

William Bruce Wade, 81, of Floyd, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at Skyline Manor Nursing Home and Rehab into his heavenly home. He was preceded in death by his […]

Ruth Webb Taylor, of 108 Virginia Court, Pulaski, Va., died on Monday afternoon, December 15, 2008, at her home. Ruth was born in Rocky Gap, Va., and was the daughter […]

Richard (Dickie) Walter Redd, 46, of Pulaski, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2008. Funeral service 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church, Magazine Street. Bower Funeral Chapel, Pulaski is handling the […]

Zula (Toots) Mae Montgomery, 60, of Floyd, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2008. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lee and Alverta Montgomery, brothers, Kenny, Junior and Roosevelt […]

Michelle Suzzeanne Rinaldi, 55, of Virginia Avenue in Pembroke, Va., and formerly of Stuart, Va., departed this life on Saturday afternoon, November 15, 2008, at her home following a short […]

Elizabeth Bowen Richardson, 85, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., died December 9, 2008. A native of Giles County, Va., she was born on July 10, 1923 to parents, Alonzo and Morris […]

Anna Beatrice Brown Farris, 91, of Radford, Va., died on Monday, December 15, 2008. She was born in Lynchburg, Va., on August 3, 1917, the daughter of Mary Ellen Guill […]

Myrle Brills Giles, 90, of Floyd, passed away on Monday, December 15th, 2008. Surviving are: Son Mike and Gina Giles, And their 5 children- Tami, Tina, John, and Nicholas and […]