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Mary (Molly) Caldwell Cook, 92, of Blacksburg, died Friday, March 24, 2006 at Radford Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Montgomery County, Va. on August 2, 1913 to […]

Della Price Miller (Grannie), 94, of Blacksburg, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born in Montgomery County, Va. on August 19, 1911 to the late Simeon […]

Homer Clyde Jarrett, Jr., D.D.S., 88, of Narrows, formerly of Charleston, West Virginia and Ocala, Florida, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg. […]

Evelyn Irene Hiler Creasey, 74, passed away Monday, March 20, 2006 at her home in Indian Valley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd H. Creasey; and a son, […]

Glada Hale Bowers, 91, of Roanoke, formerly of Floyd, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2006. She was one of sixteen children born to the late George W. and Emma Hale and […]

Doris Katherine Robinette, 86, of Eggleston Road at Pembroke, died Tuesday afternoon, March 21, 2006 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Giles County on May 30, 1919, she […]

Donald Howard Martin, Sr., 59, of Check, passed away at his home Wednesday, March 22, 2006. He is survived by his wife, Maria Aida Martin, of Check; one daughter, Rose […]

Doris Bowyer Linkous, 85, of Wytheville, Virginia (formerly of Christiansburg), died Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at her home. She was a member of the Wytheville Baptist Church. She is survived […]

Viola Virginia Lovern Huffman, 90, died Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at Kroontje Health Care Center. A native of Blacksburg, she was born September 1, 1915, just off the present South […]

Gertrude Lois Quesenberry Cox, 81, of Willis, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at New River Valley Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Cox; son, […]

Buddy “Papaw Al” Nipper, age 67 of Dora Highway, Pulaski passed away Monday, March 20, 2006 at the Pulaski Community Hospital. Born November 25, 1938 in Tazewell, Virginia he was […]

Edith Goad Mitchell, 92, of Radford, died Monday, March 20, 2006 in a Pulaski hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, Taylor Mitchell; and a son, Jimmy Mitchell. […]

Lillian Ann Harris, 62, of Chapman Ave. in Pembroke, departed this life Monday afternoon, March 20, 2006 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Giles County on July 6, […]

Margaret W. Gabbard, of Gainesville, Fla., died March 20, 2006 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, Va. She was born in Lexington, Ky. and moved to Melborne, Fla. in 1954. […]

Herby Walsey Webster, born March 16, 1928, departed this life March 18, 2006 at New River Valley Medical Center. He was a lifelong resident of Montgomery County and is survived […]

George Raymond (Buddy) Smith, Jr., 76, of Dublin, died Sunday evening, March 19, 2006 at his residence. Born June 17, 1929 in Pulaski County, he was the son of the late […]

Nelva Hale Rutrough, 87, of Radford, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2006. She was born January 15, 1919 in Floyd, Va. to William and Ollie Hale. A graduate of Check […]