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Stephen Allen Patterson, 59, of Blacksburg, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2006 at VA Medical Center, Salem, where he had been a patient for the past month. Mr. Patterson was […]

Keith Douglas Saunders (Butch), 60, of Glen Lyn died Thursday afternoon, November 16, 2006 at his home after a long battle with cancer. Keith was born at Bane in Giles County […]

David George Price, 63, of Radford, died Friday, November 17, 2006 at New River Valley Medical Center. He was born in Blacksburg, Va. on June 16, 1943 to the late […]

Smeltzer Kemp Langhorne, age 84, of Christiansburg passed away Friday, November 17, 2006 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. Born and reared in Evington, Va. (Campbell County), he was educated at New […]

Henry Carter Jennelle, II, 44, of Fairfax St. in Blacksburg died Saturday November 18, 2006 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. Born in Giles County on September 28, 1962, he was a […]

Roger Lee Dowdy, 60, of Maybrook-Eggleston Road in Pembroke died Friday November 17, 2006 while enjoying an evening of deer hunting. Born in Pulaski on March 2, 1946 he was […]

Cullen Scott Brugh, 46, formerly of Pembroke, departed this life on Friday, November 17, 2006 at his home in Roanoke, Va. Cullen was born in Martinsville, Va. on March 5, […]

Sue Tyler Thomas, universally known as Granny Sue, of Norfolk and Dublin, died at the age of 92 at WestminsterCanterbury on November 16, 2006 after a short bout with pneumonia. […]

Charles Sidney Shaver, 77, of Blacksburg, died Friday, November 17, 2006, at New River Valley Medical Center. He was born in Blacksburg on April 16, 1929, to the late Charles […]

Frances Guynn Lytton, 85, of Pulaski, passed away on Thursday, November 16, 2006. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, November 20, 2006 at Stevens Funeral Chapel. […]

Dr. Germille Colmano, renowned Professor Emeritus Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University passed away on November 16, 2006. He was a Doctor of […]

Brainard William Hall, 88, of Christiansburg, passed away Thursday, November 16, 2006. He was a World War II Veteran having proudly served in the U.S. Army for more than eight […]

Clarence C. Geist, age 64 of Riggs Street, Dublin passed away Thursday, November 16, 2006 at the New River Valley Medical Center. Born January 6, 1942 in Bismarck, North Dakota he […]

Ralph Junior Jewell, 65, of Christiansburg, passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2006. Survivors include his wife, Ethel Dillon, Christiansburg; daughters, Diane Reed, Christiansburg, Janet Dowdy, Shawsville; stepdaughters, Brenda Hamlin, Christiansburg, […]

Phyllis Ilene Keith, 71, of Willis, passed away Tuesday November 14, 2006. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, November 18, 2006 at the Indian Valley Church of God. Arrangements […]

Hilda Lewis Lamb, 86 of Pearisburg, Va., passed away Monday, November 13, 2006 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Mrs. Lamb was born on March 3, 1920 in White Sulphur […]