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Hattie Vernon Anderson Helton, 73, passed away Friday, December 15, 2006, at her home in Christiansburg. She was a member of White Memorial United Methodist Church. She was born September […]

Margaret Marie Craft, 78, of Christiansburg, passed away Friday, December, 15, 2006 at her home. The daughter of the late James B. and Ethel H. Sumler, she was also preceded […]

Helen Goldie Turner Warden, age 81 of Block Plant Road, Pulaski passed away Friday morning December 15, 2006 at the New River Valley Medical Center. Born February 12, 1925 in […]

Delva Ile Shrewsbury, 87, of 2865 Wild Turkey Run in Christiansburg, Va., formerly of Princeton, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at his residence. Born September 30, 1919 in Beeson, W.Va., […]

Okie Phillips McGuire, 88, of Radford, Virginia, born May 16, 1918, the daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth and Orbie Phillips, died on Thursday, December 14, 2006 at the Radford […]

Opal Sykes Taylor, 83 of Auburndale, Fla., formerly of Pearisburg, Va., passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at Life Care Center in Winter Haven, Fla. Mrs. Taylor was born in […]

Johnny G. Jones, President of Johnny Jones Plumbing, passed away, Monday December 11, 2006 at the age of 76. Born in Radford, Va., he moved to Florida in 1957. Mr. […]

Lisa Dawn Eaves, 35, of Wake Forest, Va., went to be with the lord Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. Lisa was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on April […]

John Taylor Critchfield, 74, died suddenly at his home on December 12, 2006. He was born in Akron, Ohio on November 12, 1932. He is the son of Emil Critchfield and […]

David Thorpe Bishop, 25, of Radford, Va., died Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at his home. Born in Radford, Va. October 19, 1981, he was the son of Tanya Bishop Cromer of […]

C.L. Hardy, 67, died December 13, 2006. He was born June 7, 1939 in Kinston, N.C., son of the late Harmon and Gladys Hardy. He was a graduate of Davidson […]

Dorothy Miller Grubbs, 80, of Radford, Virginia, departed this life December 12, 2006 at her residence. She was a daughter of the late Bill and Sarah Miller. In addition to her […]

Marie Amick Ball, formerly of Nitro, West Virginia, went home to be with the Lord on December 13 2006, after a long illness. For the past 12 years, Marie has […]

Rebecca Ratcliffe Smart, 77, of Dublin, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2006. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Nathaniel Thomas Smart of Dublin. Funeral services will be […]

Flora Elizabeth “Dit” Holden Rocovich died on December 12, 2006. Born on April 15, 1919, Dit was a lifelong resident of Blacksburg, Virginia. A 1939 graduate of Virginia Tech, she […]

Ada Lee Rhodes, 90, of Dew Berry Hill in Pembroke, and formerly of Beckley, W.Va., departed this life Monday evening, December 11, 2006 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born […]