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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 […]

Genevieve Long Lee, 78, of Radford, Va., died, Friday, April 14, 2006, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Collierstown, Va. on April 9, 1928 to the late Lyle […]

Donald Reeves Huffman, 77, of Pembroke, and formerly of Newport Level Green Community, died Tuesday, April 18, 2006. He was a veteran having served in the U. S. Army. He […]

The Reverend Dr. David Adair Hoagland, 59, of 331 Flanagan Avenue, Dublin, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at the Pulaski Community Hospital. Born August 5, 1946 in Rahway, New […]

Paul Nathan Hall, Jr., 45, of Pulaski, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at Pulaski Community Hospital after a long illness. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, […]

Hannah Rea Wiggins Rives, 82, of Pulaski, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2006. Memorial service Saturday, 11 a.m., Christ Episcopal Church, Pulaski. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski.

Roger Lee Jenkins, Sr., of Belspring, Va. died suddenly April 11, 2006. Memorial to be held on April 23, 2006 at 1 p.m. at 6842 Depot Road, Belspring.

Melinda Gail Howell, 42, of Christiansburg, passed away Monday, April 17, 2006 after a long courageous battle with Crohn’s disease. She was a former employee of Schewel Furniture with over […]

Jessie Iris Blankenship Gardner, 91, of Dublin, died Tuesday morning, April 18, 2006, in the Highland Ridge Rehab Center in Dublin. She was born in Carroll Co. on May 7, […]

Margaret Leigh Deweese, 58, of Elliston, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at her home. She was the daughter to the late John and Edna Raines. Also preceding her in death […]

Donna Ann Caldwell Phillips, 46, of Elgin, S.C., passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2006. Survivors include her mother, Betty Compton, Fairlawn; father and stepmother, Don and Georgia Compton, Ellett Valley; […]

Harry Luen Wright, Jr. age 51 of 621 4th Street N.E. Pulaski passed away Friday, April 14, 2006. Born February 15, 1955 in Ft. Monroe, Virginia, he is the son […]