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Lydia Christine (Maw Maw) Porterfield, faithful wife, devoted mother, proud grandmother, 82, of the Maybrook Community at Pembroke, passed away quietly Monday, January 28,2008 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. […]

Margaret Cooper Olsen, beloved wife of Herbert Olsen, died Sunday, January 27, 2008, at home with her family. Margaret was born October 8, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York to James […]

Nicole Michelle Lee of Derwood, Maryland, 2007 graduate from Magruder High School and a freshman engineering major from Virginia Tech was in a fatal car accident in West Virginia on […]

Ray Eldred McGuire, 71, of Willis, passed away Sunday January 27, 2008. Survivors include his wife, Christine McGuire, Willis; son, Curtis McGuire and fiance, Shelia Hedrick, Willis; grandson, Dustin McGuire, […]

Eula Spangler Medley, 79, of Christiansburg died Sunday, January 27, 2008 at Lewis Gale Medical Center. She was born in West Virginia on December 17, 1928 to the late Leonard […]

Ruby Lenora Mullins McCoy, 66, of Christiansburg, died Saturday, January 26, 2008, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born in Dickenson County, Va. on April 6, 1941. She is preceded […]

Mary H. Haley, 97, of Christiansburg, died Sunday, January 27, 2008, at her home. She was born in Franklin County on March 29, 1910. She was preceded in death by […]

Mary (Obie) Oberholtzer Flory, 67, of Radford, passed away Saturday, January 26, 2008. She was a retired Mammographer at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center. She was a member of […]

Kenneth Edward Lock, 92, passed away Saturday, January 26, 2008. He was a native of England and had resided in Floyd for the past 20 years. Surviving are: his wife, […]

James Monroe Allen, 68, of Newport (Craig County), died Saturday, January 26, 2008, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Montgomery County on May 1, 1939, to the late […]

Dawn Lee Meredith Wright, age 42 of Radford and formerly Pulaski died Wednesday, January 23, 2008. Born June 3, 1965 in Pulaski, she is the daughter of Ann Overstreet Meredith and […]

Katherine (Katie) Brown White, 65, of 4632 Thaxton Road, Pulaski, Virginia, departed this life on Thursday, January 26, 2008 in Roanoke, Virginia. She was born on October 22, 1942 in […]

William Remsen, 80, of Blacksburg, left this world, Friday, January 25, 2008, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on August 6, 1927 to the late George Washington […]

Luthur Cecil Stevenson, 85, of Camden, S.C., died Wednesday, January 23, 2008. Born in Christiansburg, Va., he was the son of the late Joseph Luther Stevenson and Mary Magdaline Chafin […]

Everett Thomas Shockley, 91, of Pulaski and formerly of Salisbury, Maryland, died Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at home after a long illness. Born February 25, 1916, in Pittsville, Maryland, he […]

William (Cotton) Eugene Farmer, 81, of Christiansburg, passed away early Thursday January 24, 2008, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dave and Dochia Farmer; […]

Reverend Harry Benjamin Christie, 82, formerly of Roanoke, passed away Monday, January 21, 2008. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Ruth S. Christie. Born in Radford, he […]