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Carlos Gene Wright, 66, of Christiansburg, died Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at his home. He was born in Mt. Airy, N.C. on March 17, 1940 to the late Pascal Warren […]

Janet Ione Main, 68, of 104 Pelham Drive, Waynesboro, died Monday, May 15, 2006 at her residence. She was born October 4, 1937 in Christiansburg, a daughter of Rosser Newton and […]

Gurnon H. Stewart, 75, of Radford, and Baltimore, Md., departed this life on Monday, May 15, 2006 in Baltimore, Md. Funeral service will be held in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, […]

Ann Henrietta Smith Sherman, 72, of Christiansburg, went to be with the Lord Monday, May 15, 2006. She was the daughter of the late Henry A. and Katherine M. Smith. […]

Debra Darlene Hale, 52, of Pearisburg, departed this life Sunday morning, May 14, 2006 from The University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville after a long illness which she valiantly fought. […]

Iva Stissel Dean, 86, of Radford, died Monday, May 15, 2006 in a Floyd Health Care Center. She was the widow of the late Guy Haswell Dean, longtime minister of the […]

Gladys McPeak Burke, 71 of Pulaski, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2006. She was a member of Newbern Church of God. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie […]

Norma Lambert Brown, 72, of Rich Creek, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 14, 2006 at her home. A lifelong resident of Giles County, she was […]

Roger Allen Perdue, 58, of Pearisburg, went home to be with the Lord aboard LifeGuard 10 early Saturday morning, May 13th, 2006, en route to at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. […]

Laddie Marin, Colonel (US Air Force Retired), 84, of Blacksburg died, Saturday, May 13, 2006 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Mansfield, Ohio, on December 19, 1921 to […]

David Herman Smith went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 14, 2006 at the age of 69 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He will be missed by his wife […]

James Clifton Kirby, 86, of Pulaski, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2006. Funeral services will be conducted Monday 7:30 p.m. at Bower Funeral Chapel, Pulaski. Visitation will be Monday 6 […]

Zula Reece Woollums, 85, of Willis passed away Saturday May 13, 2006. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Troy and Arnedia Woollums, John and Lynn Woollums, Frank and Barbara Woollums; […]

Walter Harold Linkous, age 85, of Christiansburg, died early Saturday, May 13, 2006 at the New River Valley Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, Eston G. […]

Garland Wayne Leeson, II, known as G.W., 27, of Pulaski, Va., born March 22, 1979, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 12, 2006. He was the […]

Audrey Eileen Adler Bloom, 84, of Blacksburg, Va., and St. Louis, Mo., died May 11, 2006 at Kroontje Health Care Center in Blacksburg. Daughter of the late Louis (the late […]

Cleeta Grimes Mabe, 76, of 131 12th Street, Pulaski, passed away Friday, May 12, 2006 at New River Medical Center. Born August 24, 1929 in Woodlawn, Virginia (Carroll County), she was […]