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Reverend Bryan Childress, 85, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2006. He was preceded in death by his parents, Reverend Bob Childress and Mamie Lelia Montgomery Childress ,as well as his […]

William Cassell Camper, 82, of Prices Fork, died, Monday, December 18, 2006, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Prices Fork, Va. on November 4, 1924 to the late […]

Elzie Lee Turman, 83, of 501 5th Street SE, Pulaski, died Sunday afternoon, December 17, 2006 at his home. He was born in Carroll County on November 24, 1923 and […]

Gordon Allan MacInnis, of Blacksburg, died December 18, 2006 at the age of 84. One of the original faculty members at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine where he taught […]

Valerie Myers Hall (“Sissy”), age 47, of Christiansburg, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2006. She was a graduate of Auburn High School and Hiwassee College in Tennessee. An active member […]

Linda Sue Barnett, 49, of Blacksburg, died unexpectedly Sunday, December 17, 2006, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Christiansburg, Va. on November 27, 1957. She was preceded in […]

D. Alex Wind, of Shawsville, Va., died early Sunday morning after a three year struggle with eye melanoma. Alex was born Deirdre Alexandra Szego on March 24, 1948 in Seattle, Washington […]

Lewis C. Nester, 62, of Ruther Glen, died Friday, December 15, 2006 in Mary Washington Hospital. Formerly of Parrot, Virginia, he had retired from Krispy Kreme in Richmond. Survivors include […]

David S. Kronfeld, of Pembroke, died Sunday, December 17, 2006. He was the Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Agriculture and former professor of veterinary medicine at the Virginia Polytechnic […]

Edrie Mae Barton Bishop, 88, of Pulaski, died Saturday December 16, 2006 at her residence. She was born March 31, 1918 in Radford and was the daughter of the late Desi […]

Charles Alvin Warden, age 85 of 4673 Clarks Ferry Road, Draper passed away Friday, December 15, 2006 at Pulaski Community Hospital. Born November 28, 1921 in Delton, he was the […]

Blanche Louise Lytton Keister, 95, of Radford, died on December 15, 2006. Graveside services will be held on Monday, December 18, 2006 at 2 p.m. at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Arrangements […]

Hattie Vernon Anderson Helton, 73, passed away Friday, December 15, 2006, at her home in Christiansburg. She was a member of White Memorial United Methodist Church. She was born September […]

Margaret Marie Craft, 78, of Christiansburg, passed away Friday, December, 15, 2006 at her home. The daughter of the late James B. and Ethel H. Sumler, she was also preceded […]

Helen Goldie Turner Warden, age 81 of Block Plant Road, Pulaski passed away Friday morning December 15, 2006 at the New River Valley Medical Center. Born February 12, 1925 in […]

Delva Ile Shrewsbury, 87, of 2865 Wild Turkey Run in Christiansburg, Va., formerly of Princeton, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at his residence. Born September 30, 1919 in Beeson, W.Va., […]

Okie Phillips McGuire, 88, of Radford, Virginia, born May 16, 1918, the daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth and Orbie Phillips, died on Thursday, December 14, 2006 at the Radford […]