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Brooke Hardin Randall, 47, of Matthews, N.C. died Friday, July 14, 2006 at Presbyterian Hospital. She was born August 26, 1958 in Roanoke, Va., daughter of the late Walter Reade Hardin, […]

Margaret Lindamood Blankenship, 70 of Narrows went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 at her home, surrounded by her children. She was born in Smyth County on […]

Leopold Andrew Lorek, 87, of Wrightsville Beach, died Sunday, July 16, 2006, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice and Life Care Center. Leo was born September 25, 1918, in Castle Hayne, NC, […]

Stuart David Wampler, 87, of Fairlawn, passed away Monday, July 17, 2006 at his home. He was a Member of the Fairlawn Presbyterian Church for over 50 years. He was born […]

Ellen Delores Wilson Ratcliffe, 75, of Christiansburg. She was preceded in death by her parents, Stanley and Ella Burton Wilson; husband, Frank Jackson Ratcliffe; two brothers, Lloyd and Robert Wilson; and […]

Alpha Weeks Hylton, 93, of Floyd, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at Skyline Manor Nursing Home. She was preceded in death by her husband, J.W. Hylton and an infant […]

Mrs. Lena Ratcliffe Eads, 83, of Pulaski went to be with Jesus and all her precious loved ones gone before her on Monday, July 17, 2006. Heartaches and pain are […]

Linda Susan Albert, 53, of Hampstead, N.C., passed away Sunday, July 16, 2006 at UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill. She formerly attended Stafford Hill Pentecostal Holiness Church in Pulaski. She was preceded […]

Mary Lucile Smith Lester, 85, of Dublin, died Sunday, July 16, 2006. Graveside service Wednesday, July 19, 2006, 10 a.m. in Shiloh Cemetery. The family will receive friends briefly following […]

Mary Sue Caldwell (Sis) Martin, of Christiansburg, passed away Sunday, July 16, 2006. Born and raised in Covington she was the daughter of the late, Ray M. and Janie F. Caldwell. […]

Mrs. Gladys Viola Robinson Johnson, 89, of Narrows, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 16, 2006 at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek. Mrs. Johnson was […]

Ruby Keith Reed, 73, of Willis, passed away Sunday, July 16, 2006 at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dyer T. Reed. Survivors include her daughter, […]

Ruby M. Caldwell Long, of Christiansburg, graciously sent from above to us below, our precious and loving Mother, Grandmother-n-Great Granny known to many as Mom or Granny known as a […]

Rev. Walter J. Vierling, 91, of Pearisburg, entered the Church Triumphant on Friday, July 14, 2006, in Salem, Va. Rev. Vierling was born on Friday, June 6, 1915, in Brooklyn, […]

Greta Louise Fitzgerald Griffith, 74, of Clendennin Road at Narrows, died Friday morning July 14, 2006 at Pulaski Community Hospital in Pulaski after a long illness. Born in Narrows on […]

David Thompson, Jr., 62, of Staffordsville, passed away Thursday, July 13, 2006. Funeral Monday at 7:30 p.m. at A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home, White Gate.

Jeanette Perdue Hamlin, age 85, of Blacksburg died, Friday, July 14, 2006 at Salem Health and Rehab Center. She was born in Blacksburg, Va on March 17, 1921 to the late […]