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Leona Kate Wright Hobbs, 79, of Pulaski, Va., passed away on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 in the New River Valley Medical Center. She was born July 10, 1928, the daughter […]

Margaret Jane Quesenberry Burress, 81, of Dublin passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at the home of her son in Concord, North Carolina. Born July 31, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, […]

Gertrude Irene Willis, 92, of Shawsville passed away Sunday November 4, 2007. She was preceded in death by her parents, Philander and Minnie Wilson; husband Earnest Calvin Willis; grandsons Kevin […]

Donald Andrew (Andy) Thornton II, 32, of Pulaski, Va., died on Monday, November 5, 2007 at his home. Born March 31, 1975 in Roanoke, Va., he was the son of Donald […]

Ralph Herman Munsey, 79, of Dublin, Va., died late on Sunday evening, November 4, 2007 in Richfield Rehabilitation Center in Salem, Va. He was born January 11, 1928 in Giles […]

Charles Garland McKenzie, 56, of Christiansburg, Va., died on Monday, November 5, 2007 at his home. He was born in Richmond, Va. on June 7, 1951 to the late Raymond […]

Willa Dean Semones Gemmell, 86, formerly of Pulaski, Va., died on Friday, November 2, 2007 in the Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, Ala. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert […]

Kenneth Robert Gauss, 69, of Blacksburg, Va., passed away on Sunday, November 4, 2007. He was the son of the late Charles H. and Myra Lee B. Gauss. He was […]

Connie Jane Lee Barbaree, 67, of Blacksburg, Va., died on Saturday, November 3, 2007. She was born in New Castle, Va. on October 8, 1940 to the late Cyril Moore […]

Alice Faye Sheffey Parks, 69, of Dublin, passed away Sunday, November 4, 2007 at her home. Born July 28, 1938 in Wythe County, she was the daughter of the late […]

Everett Paul McCoy, 81 of the Wolf Creek community near Narrows went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek. […]

Thomas K. Howerton, Jr., 61, of Dublin, Va., passed away Sunday, November 4, 2007. Memorial services, 2 p.m., Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at First Presbyterian Church, Pulaski, Va. Arrangements by […]

Edmond Dickson Watts, 61, of Botetourt County, transcended physical life on Monday, October 29, 2007. Dickson was born in 1946 in Greensboro, N.C. He was predeceased by Carmella Jerome Watts […]

Reba Tipton Spangler, 85, of Bradenton, Florida and formerly of Narrows, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 1, 2007. She was born in Radford on November 21, […]