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Shirley Ann Scott, 69, of Stock Pen Mt. Road in Narrows, died Monday, December 4, 2006 at her home after a long illness. Born in Rodell, W.Va. on July 26, […]

Catherine McGrady Harris, 84, of Old Route 11, Dublin, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at the New River Medical Center. Born August 16, 1922 in Carroll County, Virginia, she […]

Ted Randolph Fitzgerald, Sr., age 66 of Case Knife Road, Pulaski passed away Tuesday, December 05, 2006 at his home. Born August 20, 1940 in Pulaski, Virginia he was the […]

Mary E. Nelson Byers, 103, of Blacksburg, Va., passed away December 4, 2006 at Kroontje Health Care Center. She was born to the late John Black Packer Nelson and Mary […]

Sharon Kay Basham, 61, of Willis, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2006. She was a member of Willis United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Horace Kenneth […]

Rita Clarice Hale Neal, 75, of Blacksburg, died Monday, December 4, 2006 at her home. She was born in Comers Rock Community of Grayson County on August 7, 1931 to […]

Mary Irene Sheppard Edwards, age 84 of Colonial Beach, Virginia and formerly of Stafford, Virginia passed away Sunday, December 3, 2006. Born October 9, 1922 in Pulaski, she was the […]

Elsie Lucas Strawn passed away at her home in Radford on Monday, December 4, 2006. She was born on October 19, 1916 at Childress, VA., to the late Edward and […]

Hallie Graham Wilkinson, 92, of Radford, died Friday, December 1, 2006 after a brief illness in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 56 years, Walter Hopkins Wilkinson. […]

Helen “Big Momma” Louise Abell Taylor, age 81 formerly of Prince Avenue, Pulaski went to be with her heavenly father Sunday, December 3, 2006. She died peacefully at the Pulaski […]

John David Sharpe, 82, of Doe Creek Road in Pembroke, died Saturday morning, December 2, 2006 at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Price, N.C. on April 24, 1924, […]

Luther Martin Painter, 98, of Pearisburg, formerly of Monroe County, W.Va., passed away at his home in Pearisburg, Friday evening December 1, 2006. Mr. Painter was born on October 1, […]

Ernest L. Hudson, Jr., 86, of 165 Prince Avenue, Pulaski, died Friday, December 1, 2006 in the Pulaski Community Hospital. He was born in Pulaski County on September 23, 1920 […]