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Deborah Diane Gardner, 47, of Willis, passed away Monday, February 5, 2007 at her home. She is survived by her husband, Johnnie Gardner, Willis; parents, Raymond and Betty Keith, Alum […]

Junior Curtis Bland, 77, of Blacksburg, passed away Sunday, February 4, 2007, at his home. The son of the late William Tom and Beulah Creasy Bland, he was also preceded […]

Mary Elizabeth Pannell Duncan, 76, of Shawsville, passed away February 4, 2007 in the Radford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Duncan was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Duncan. […]

Loretta Gay White, 41, of Dublin, passed away Saturday, February 3, 2007 at Pulaski Community Hospital. She was an employee of Aspen Motion Technology in Radford. She was preceded in […]

Arthur Lester Hutton, 82, of Narrows, died Friday, February 2, 2007. Served in the Army from 23 Feb 1943 to 19 Feb 1944 Graveside services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Fairview Cemetery, […]

Roy Abe Woods, 98, of Christiansburg, departed this life Thursday morning, February 1, 2007 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg following a short illness. Born in Roanoke County on October 30, […]

Argell Earnest Turpin, age 94 of 331 Franklin Avenue, Pulaski passed away Thursday, February 1, 2007 at the Pulaski Community Hospital. Born March 9, 1912 in Pulaski County, he was the […]

Regina McGuire Rachowski, 85, of Blacksburg, passed away on January 15, 2007 and was a federal employee in Newport News until her retirement. In her later years she resided in Blacksburg […]

Ellen Marie Parks Crowder, age 84 of Dublin passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at the Highland Ridge Rehabilitation Center. Born September 27, 1922 in Grayson County (Flat Ridge Community), […]

Frances Elizabeth Heinline Sayle, 89, formerly of Radford, Virginia and Charleston, Mississippi, passed away at Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community in Chenoa, Illinois, January 27, 2007. Elizabeth was born June 25, […]

Nellie Newberry Knotts, 87, of Radford, passed away Tuesday, January 30, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, Risden Knotts. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, […]

Marie Vaughn Gallimore, of Willis, died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 following a decade long battle with cancer. Marie was a musician and entertainer with a lifetime of experience in music […]

Carolyn Davis Duncan, 51, of Dublin, Va., died Tuesday, January 30, 2007 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Wytheville, Va. on June 3, 1955 and was preceded […]