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Beulah Gallimore Quesenberry, 71, of Floyd passed away Tuesday April 25, 2006. She was preceded in death by her parents, Tazwell and Ocie Hollandsworth, husband Thornton M. Gallimore, son Alan T. […]

Victor Calvert Phillips, 89, of Willis, went to be with his Lord on Monday, April 24, 2006. He was founder of Phillips Brothers Builders and constructed numerous homes throughout Floyd […]

Florence Marie Mileski, 93, of Blacksburg, died Monday, April 24, 2006. She was born December 29, 1912 in Bayonne, N.J., to the late Anthony and Stella Rogowska Mileski. She moved […]

Billie Short Walton, of Christiansburg, passed away Saturday, April 22, 2006. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert (Bob) Walton, Jr. and son, Robert (Bobby) Walton III. She is […]

Jesse Edgar Showalter, Sr., 77, of Floyd, departed this life on April 24, 2006. Born February 4, 1929 in Otey, Va., Jesse served his country in the U.S. Navy on […]

Allan Paris Lindsey, Sr. 84, of 753 Elizabeth Street, Pulaski, died early Sunday morning, April 23, 2006, in the Pulaski Community Hospital. He was born in Allisonia on April 6, […]

Mary Edith Southern Knotter, 54, of Pulaski, Va. died Sunday, April 23, 2006 in the Pulaski Health and Rehabilation Center. She was born Feb. 11, 1952 and was preceded in […]

Paul Joseph Kast, Sr. (Mountain Man), 65, of Mash Branch Lane at Goldbond, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ from his home in the loving […]

Billie Lee (Buck) Faulkner, 84, of Radford, passed away Sunday, April 23, 2006. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lacy L. and Emily Underwood Faulkner, and his wife, […]

Born Ruth Jacqueline Martin on December 10, 1920, in Providence, RI, died peacefully in her home in Blacksburg, Va. on April 19, 2006 after a brief illness. Her ashes will […]

Barbara Lynn Louis, 48, of Blacksburg, died April 21, 2006. Our beloved sister was preceded in death by her mother, Gertrude McGuire and her father, Russell George Louis. She is […]

Bobby Lewis (“Baboo”,”Pops”) Wells, 64, of Elliston, suddenly took hold of our Heavenly Father’s hand on Thursday, April 20, 2006. Bobby was a charter member of Glenvar Baptist Church and […]

Ruth Carr McGhee, 85, of Radford, passed away Friday, April 21, 2006. She was a member of Gethsemane Baptist Church and retired from Kroger. She was preceded in death by […]

Nelson Arthur Sheppard, 55, died April 20, 2006 after a courageous battle with a difficult illness. He was born in Tampa, Fla., the son of John Sheppard and Myra Martin Sheppard […]

Charlotte Marie Saul Dobbins, 63, of Dublin, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2006. She was a longtime member of the Fairlawn Church of God. She was preceded in death by […]