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Valerie Perdue Hedrick of Narrows, VA passed away Monday, December 1, 2008 at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital, Pearisburg, VA after a short battle with cancer. Born, April 27, 1973 she was […]

Sharon Elaine Price Dean, 54, of Price Lane in Newport, Va., departed this life on Tuesday morning, December 2, 2008, after a hard fought battle with cancer at Montgomery Regional […]

Robert (Bob) Akers, a long time truck driver for Burlington Industries and then Howell Motor Freight, pulled into the terminal for the last time on Tuesday, December 2, 2008. He […]

Dorothy Poff Akers, 89, died peacefully on Monday night, December 1, 2008, in Blacksburg, Va. She was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice T. Akers; six brothers; and three […]

Laura Alice (Nookie) Williams, 71, of Cascade Drive in Pembroke, Va., departed this life on Monday, December 1, 2008, at New River Valley Medical Center in Radford. Born in Giles […]

Audrey Lucille Harrison Orren, 80, of Radford, Va., passed away on Sunday, November 30, 2008. She was retired from Radford Community Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, […]

Margaret Hodge Fenton, 85, of Blacksburg, Va., departed peacefully on November 30, 2008, at her home. She was ushered into her new realm of “being” by the loving presence and […]

Paul Early Cecil, age 73 of the Snowville Community,Virginia passed away early Monday morning December 1, 2008 at his home. Born August 6, 1935 in the Snowville community, he was […]

Thomas Damon Bland, of Blacksburg, Va., and Tyler, Texas, passed away on Friday, November 21, 2008. He was born on October 16, 1944, in Blacksburg, Va., to Robert and Hazel […]

Eva Sue Ratcliff Rogers, 94, of Pulaski, VA died Sunday morning, November 30, 2008 in the Pulaski Health & Rehab Center, Pulaski. She was born in Pulaski on April 1, […]

Anna Ruth Turner Long, 82, of Radford, Va., passed away on Saturday, November 29, 2008, at the Pulaski Health Care Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mattie […]

James Arthur Tate, 87, of Curve Road, Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday afternoon, November 29, 2008 at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Nemours, West Virginia on September 22, […]

Master Sergeant William Allen Rierson, United States Air Force retired, 76, of DeFuniak Springs, Fla., passed away on Monday, November 24, 2008, after an extended illness. He was preceded in […]

Jennie Mae Cromer, 64, of Christiansburg, passed away Friday, November 28, 2008. She is survived by children, Jessica Jewell and fiance, Chris Caldwell, Christiansburg, Va., Sharon Sowers and Dewayne Sowers; […]

Jack Stacy Adkins, 76, of Claytor Lake, Va., was called to join his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on November 28, 2008. He was preceded in death by his parents, […]