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Jimmy Clyde Parnell, 55, of Castleton Road, Max Meadows, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2007, in the Pulaski Community Hospital. He was born September 20, 1951, son of the late […]

Roy Frazier Lipscomb, 73 of Buena Vista, Va., died Friday, May 25, 2007. Mr. Lipscomb was born on January 24, 1934, in Pearisburg, Va., a son of the late Clarence […]

Albert Guarino, 101 years young, of Warm Hearth, Blacksburg, Va. died Sunday, May 27, 2007. He is preceded in death by his wife, Rose and daughter, Josephine. Born in New […]

Wanda Lorraine Blankenship Stepp, 85, of Pepper Street, Christiansburg, Virginia, formerly of Mercer County, died peacefully Thursday evening, May 24, 2007, at the Kindred Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina. Born […]

Patricia Ann Jones Smoot, 70, of Blacksburg, Va., passed away Saturday, May 26, 2007. Arrangements by Mullins Funeral Home.

Ronald Lee Royal, 67, of Jonesville, Va., passed away at his residence on May 25, 2007. He was born to Wallace and Velma Royal, on July 19, 1939, in Pulaski, Va. […]

Yvonne Eileen Goudron Poe, 82, of Snowville, passed away Friday, May 25, 2007. She was predeceased by her brother, Eugene Goudron and a daughter, Lisa Dixon. She leaves to cherish […]

Elsie Hinkley Caldwell, 55, of Riner died, Saturday, May 26, 2007, at her home. She was born in Christiansburg, on November 7, 1951. She was preceded in death by her […]

Avis Ilene Reed Holstein, 81, of Canton, Ohio, formerly of Willis, Va., passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at her home. Survivors are husband, John Q. Holstein, Canton, Ohio; sons, […]

Rita Carol Carter Baldwin, 59, of Pulaski, passed away Friday, May 25, 2007. She attended Hilltop Pentecostal Holiness Church and was active in the Ladies of the Moose. She was […]

Helen Louise Bailey Howell, of 2821 Grandview Avenue, Bluefield, W.Va., and also of her vacation home at Claytor Lake, passed away on Wednesday May 23, 2007 at Phillips Personal Home […]

Dorothy Ann Dowdy, 80, of 4811 Towes Ferry Road, Newbern, Va., died Wednesday afternoon, May 23, 2007 at her home. She was born in Richmond, Va. on May 22, 1927, […]

Almena Nixon Criner, 88, of Christiansburg, died Thursday, May 24, 2007 in Pulaski Health and Rehab Center. She was born March 5, 1919 in Montgomery County, Va., the daughter of […]

Arnold (Shorty) Junior Collins, 67, of Walnut Road at Pembroke departed this life Wednesday morning May 23, 2007 at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Giles County on March […]

Linda Sue Bostwick, 59, of Collinsville and formerly of Christiansburg, passed away Monday, May 21, 2007. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy Jackson Bostwick, Sr. and Mittie Leona […]

Dorothy Long Bays, 79, of Christiansburg, died Wednesday, May 23, 2007 in Carilion New River Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard H. (Jack) Bays. Surviving […]

Larry Joseph Adams, 89, of Walnut Avenue, Pulaski, passed away Wednesday evening May 23, 2007 at the Pulaski Community Hospital. Born February 25, 1918 in Jacoby, La., he was the […]