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Odessa Katherine Neck Smith, 97, died Monday, March 6, 2006, at Kroontje Health Care Center in Blacksburg. She was the widow of Capt. William Bradford Smith (U. S. Army). She was […]

Annie Akers Altizer, 92, of Radford, died Monday, March 6, 2006 in a Mooresville, N.C. Nursing Home. She was preceded in death by her husband, R. Davis Altizer, and was a […]

Glenn Dale “Nuke” Spurlock, age 45 of 4320 Brookmont Road, Pulaski passed away Saturday, March 4, 2006 at Winston Salem Baptist Hospital. Born December 13, 1960 in Pulaski, he was […]

Laura Lou (Toots) Sheppard, 74, of Christiansburg, passed away Monday, March 6, 2006. She was preceded in death by her husband, Oather Seldon Sheppard. She was a wonderful wife and mother […]

Barbara Helen Ann Mahaffy, 70, passed away Monday, March 6, 2006 at her daughter’s home in Radford. She was the deputy court clerk in Jackson, Tenn. for 11 years. Survivors include […]

Harriett Ritchie Lamb, 86, of Pearisburg, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 4, 2006 at her home. She was born on April 28, 1919 in Ballinahinch County […]

Charlotte Ray Klopp, age 81 of Pulaski passed away Sunday morning March 5, 2006 at the Highland Ridge Nursing Home, Dublin. Born June 24, 1924 in Pulaski she was the […]

Hubert Shelburne Haga, 59, of 6027 Edgewood Drive, Dublin, passed away Monday, March 6, 2006 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born October 24, 1946 in Pulaski County, he was the […]

John Neal Hawkins, 62, of Pulaski, passed away Monday, March 6, 2006. SP 4, U.S. Army, Vietnam. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, 2 p.m. at Bower Funeral Chapel, Pulaski.

Lynn Glover III was born 29 November 1928 in Washington, D.C., and died Sunday, 5 March 2006 in Blacksburg, Virginia. Lynn graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1952 with a […]

Minnie Blanche Fulcher, 90, of Christiansburg, passed away March 5, 2006. She is survived by her nephew, Dave Fulcher, of Roanoke; foster brother, Jim “Billy” Thompson, of Brooksville, Fla.; and […]

Hugh Harvey Cloe, 91, of Blacksburg, passed away March 3, 2006 at the Kroontje Health Care Center. Mr. Cloe was born February 18, 1915, at “The Anchorage” in Shacklet, District […]

Arberdeen Blankenship, 77 of Narrows went home to be with his Savior on Saturday, March 4th, 2006 at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Born at Elgood, West Virginia on […]

Esther A. Martin, 87, of Blacksburg, died Thursday, March 2, 2006 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born in West Pike, PA on March 27, 1918 to the late J. […]

Sherwood King Kegley, 89, of Radford, died Friday March 3, 2006. Born March 7, 1916 in Newbern, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Lura Chinault King and Chester […]