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Hallie Virginia Mills Jennings, 83, of 1124 Stewart St., Welch, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008 at her home. Born Sept. 24, 1924 in Pembroke, Va., she was the daughter of […]

Francis A. Watson, 97, of Pulaski, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2008. Burial at Pinehurst Cemetery, Pulaski. Arrangements by Penn’s Funeral Home, Pulaski, Va.

Daisy Mae Sumpter Minton, 92, of Vinton, died Saturday, January 5, 2008. She was born May 22, 1915, in Floyd County, a daughter of the late Frank C. Sumpter and […]

Sadie Hall Hagee, 97, of Roanoke, formerly of Pulaski, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2008 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

Annie Holbrook Cox, 84, of Christiansburg , passed away, Sunday, January 6, 2008. She was born on September 14, 1923, in Bluefield, Va. She was preceded in death by her […]

Frances Hopkinson Patterson Rawnsley, 84, of Narrows, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2008. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 12, 1923 and was the daughter of the late Judge […]

Ruth Myrtle Hamblin Taylor Pearman, 86, of Radford, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2008. She was preceded in death by her parents, Isaac and Agnes Shepard Hamblin, first husband, Roy […]

Blaine McKinley Edwards, 54, of 2865 Mt. Olivet Road, Pulaski, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, in the New River Valley Medical Center, Radford. He was born in Carroll Co, VA […]

September 25, 1919 ~ December 29, 2007 Jean Ratliff Davis, 88, of Blacksburg, died, Saturday, December 29, 2007, after a short stay at Heritage Hall. She was born on September […]

Catherine Ball Wood Shelburne, 92, of Charlottesville, VA, died on Thursday, December 27, 2007. Born August 6, 1915 in Pulaski, VA, she was the daughter of the late D. Robertson Wood […]

Tina Lynne O’Dell Fitzpatrick, 44, of Draper, passed away Friday, January 4, 2008 at the University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville. Born June 8, 1963 in Pulaski, she was the […]

June Ellen Hardy Tennis, 79, of Pulaski, Va. died Dec. 30, 2007 at her home. She was born in Pulaski on June 1, 1928 and was the youngest child of […]

Giovanna Sirotic Roop, 80, of Christiansburg, passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at New River Valley Medical Center. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Janice R. and W. […]

Kaitlyn Marie Lane, Christiansburg, 3 month old went to be with Jesus suddenly on Monday, December 31, 2007. She is survived by her mother and step-father, Rachel M. Belcher and […]

Howard Richmond Johnson, 88, of Blacksburg, passed away on Wednesday, January 2, 2008, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Wise, Va. He was a member of Gateway Baptist Church. […]

Helen Perlena Stigger Harvey, 66, of New River, Va., departed this life on January 1, 2008, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born June 1, 1941, in New River, Va., […]

Virginia Thompson Childress, 91, of Christiansburg, peacefully passed away at home with her family on Monday, December 31, 2007. Born in West Virginia she was a proud graduate of Marshall […]