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Joseph Lee (Joe) Duncan, 56, of Willis, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2007. He is survived by his mother, Uldine D. Duncan, Willis; one sister, Nancy Maxwell, Willis; one nephew […]

Hessie Jane Collins, 105, of Pembroke, departed this life Thursday morning, February 22, 2007 in the care of her family and Pulaski Health and Rehab. Center in Pulaski. Born in […]

Glenn Edward Williams, 78, of 190 Cook Road, Roebuck, S.C., died Tuesday, February 20, 2007, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 28, 1928, in Radford, Va., he was the […]

Hampton Odell Weiss, 74, of Chester, Va., passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2007. He was born in Radford, Va., the son of the late Fred H. and Nannie Saul […]

Lucille Moore Simpkins, 89, of Radford, died Tuesday, February 20, 2007 in a Pulaski Nursing Home. She was a retired employee of Radford university. She was preceded in death by […]

Leslie Lee (The Handyman) Saylors, 75, of Christiansburg, went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Monday, February 19, 2007. He was a veteran having served during the Korean […]

John Ray Sadler, 80 of Staffordsville, (Bane), Va., passed away Monday night, February 20, 2007 at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg, Va. Mr. Sadler was born on May 22, […]

Kirby Lawrence Marshall, 79, of Christiansburg, passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2007. He was born February 20, 1928 to the late Wyatt Marion and Ocie Marie Marshall. He was a beloved […]

Ernest L. (Pete) Manning, 64, of New River, departed this life February 18, 2007 after a lengthy illness. He was born February 1, 1943 to the late Ernest Hannah Manning of […]

Homer James “Bus” Lester, Jr., age 84 of 820 Martin Avenue, Pulaski passed away Monday, February 19, 2007 at the Pulaski Community Hospital. Born January 30, 1923 in Pulaski, Virginia […]

Sidney A. Whitlock, 84, of Stone Mountain, Ga., passed away February 17, 2007. Born January 23, 1923, and raised in Montgomery County, Va. Sidney attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and was […]

Ernestine Amos Wallace, 84, of Radford, died Monday, February 19, 2007 in Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dave Wallace. Surviving are a daughter, Melvene […]

Elizabeth Martin Smith, 77, of Narrows, Va., went to her Heavenly home on Sunday, February 18, 2007, at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg, Va. A lifelong resident of Giles […]

Calvin Curtis Duncan, 76, of Newbern, Va., passed away in the Pulaski Community Hospital Sunday, February 18, 2007. Calvin was the proud owner of Crescent Machine Company in Pulaski for […]

Margaret Belle Sutphin Dickerson Bratton, 83, of Pulaski, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2007 after a courageous battle with leukemia. Born March 31, 1923 in Wythe County, Va., Margaret had […]

Clarence (Jack) B. Kipps, 80, of Blacksburg, Va., went home to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday morning, February 18, 2007, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born November 6, […]