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Marshall Dennis Carter, 57, born in Christiansburg on August 5, 1950, and resided in Roanoke, died Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at the VA Hospital in Salem, Va. He was the […]

Ella Thompson Hobbs, of Blacksburg, was born February 1, 1917 at Oak Grove in McIver (Reidsville), Caswell County, N.C. She was the daughter of Azariah Graves Thompson and Lula Belle […]

Goode Sears Waldron, 89, of Circle Drive in Pembroke, departed this life Tuesday morning, March 11, 2008, at The Virginia Veterans Care Center in Salem. Born on Bent Mountain in […]

Elton Grant O’Berry Sr., 63, of Christiansburg, passed away Monday, March 10, 2008, at the New River Valley Medical Center. He was a retired employee of the Lynchburg Foundry. He […]

R. Faye Lemon, 69, of Crestleigh Dr., Winchester and formerly of Pulaski, Va., died Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at her home. She was born November 9, 1938, in Pulaski, Va., […]

Ronald Edward Cales, 66, of Newport, departed this life Monday morning, March 10, 2008, at his home. Born on April 27, 1941 in Hinton, W.Va., he was a son of […]

G. William (Bill) Mitchell, 85, passed away March 10, 2008, at Autumnwood Nursing and Rehab Center in Rittman, Ohio. He was born in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia on September 30, […]

Richard Lewis Johnston, 62, of Pulaski, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2008, at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, John David Johnston Jr. and Kathleen J. Carroll. […]

Donata (Anna) Barile Black, 93, of Radford and previously of Bridgeton, N.J., died Sunday, March 9, 2008, in Wheatland Hills Retirement Center. She was born December 10, 1914,in Fort Wayne, […]

Barbara Duncan Vance, 75, of Floyd, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2008. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alfred W. and Lillie Weeks Duncan, and brother, Willard (Bill) […]

Joseph Thomas Slomka III, 26, of Dublin, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, March 8, 2008 at his home. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Harvey Randall Bane. He […]

Thomas (Tommy) Ray Graves, 48, of Christiansburg, died Saturday, March 8, 2008, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Montgomery County on January 5, 1960. He was preceded in death […]

Ruby M. Bruner Draughn, 86, of Blacksburg, died Sunday, March 9, 2008 at her home. She was born in Lee County, Virginia on September 17, 1921, to the late France and […]

Edith Pence Hendrickson Umphlett, 91, of Pembroke and Pearisburg, departed this life Saturday morning, March 8, 2008 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Giles County on September 20, […]