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“To learn and never be filled is wisdom. To teach and never be weary is love.” Gladys Jewell Peters Boitnott died October 25, 2006, after a brief illness. She was […]

Shirley Wheeling Reves, 67, formerly of Dublin, passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at her home in Clifton Forge after a brief battle with cancer. She was a member of […]

Edwin Perry Martin, 83, of Blacksburg, died Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Joliet, Illinois on December 15, 1922 to the late Bert G. […]

William Posey Mitchell, 65, of Christiansburg, passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2006. He was the son of the late Tokie Quesenberry and K.T. Mitchell. He was a former employee of […]

Alma Mae Jackson, 49, of Radford, died Monday morning, October 23, 2006 in a house fire at her home on West Street. Born in Radford on July 27, 1957 she […]

Zona Gale Grissom, 68, of Christiansburg, passed away Monday, October 23, 2006 at the University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville. She was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Jolene […]

Dorothy Elizabeth West Vest, of Check, passed from this world peacefully on Monday, October 23, 2006 at the age of 92. She was born October 19, 1914 in Carroll County, […]

Clayford (Clay) Scott Taylor, 4 months 19 days, of Pulaski, passed away Friday, October 20, 2006. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 25, 2006, Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski.

Mary J. Hill Stiger, 89, of 5917 Mines Road, Pulaski, Va., departed this life on Saturday, October 21, 2006. She was born October 13, 1917 in Riner, Va., the daughter […]

Hazel Cooper Richardson, age 80, of Radford, formerly of Christiansburg, went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 23, 2006, at New River Valley Medical Center. She was preceded […]

Gladis Evelyn Carner Pyles, of Pearisburg, died Monday, October 23, 2006. Arrangements by A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home, White Gate.

Carolyn Hairston Fontaine, 47, of Floyd, passed away Saturday, October 21, 2006. Preceded in death by her mother, Stella Mae Parker, she is survived by daughters, Samantha Carroll, Sarah Carroll, […]

Ronald Brian Dougan, 68, of Radford, died October 15, 2006 at his home. He was retired from U.S. Military, having served 24 years, in the U.S. Air Force and the […]

Walter Eugene Bugg, 76, passed away Monday, October 23, 2006 at his home in Radford. He was retired from Lynchburg Foundry and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was […]

Timothy David (Dave) Sadler, 29, of Dublin, passed away on Saturday, October 21, 2006. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at A. Vest […]

Hubert Burns Russell, 85, of the Wolf Creek Community of Narrows, went to his Heavenly home on Saturday, October 21, 2006. He was born in Princeton, West Virginia on June […]

Mr. Richard Edwin Rhea, 76, of the Rhea Valley Community, Meadowview, Va., passed away Sunday October 22, 2006. Mr. Rhea was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Justin and […]