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Alma Gay Harris, 88, of Christiansburg, passed away Monday, January 16, 2006. She was the daughter of the late, Wyatt Lee and Mamie Akers Harris. She is survived by her brother, […]

Ronald Scott Sutphin, 34, of Willis, passed away Saturday January 14, 2006 at the New River Valley Medical Center. Survivors include parents, Brown and Mary Ellen Sutphin, Willis, Va.; brother, […]

Virginia Irene Dickerson Robertson, 89, of Willis, passed away Sunday, January 15, 2006. She was a WW II Veteran in the Women’s Army Corp. She was preceded in death by a […]

Mary Lou Budweiser Reynolds, 79, of Christiansburg, died Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. Known to many as “Grama”, she was predeceased by her husband, Ralph E. Reynolds. […]

Burleigh James Nixon, 70, of Pulaski, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2006. Funeral service 2 p.m. Tuesday from Stevens Funeral Chapel.

Alvin Franklin Landreth, 93, of Pulaski, went to be with his Lord, Sunday, January 15, 2006. Born August 3, 1912 in Allisonia, Va. he was the son of the late William […]

Patricia Diane Moore, 50, of Belsprings, passed away Friday, January 13, 2006. Survivors include her two sons and daughter-in-law, Randall Scott Morris of Blacksburg; and Michael Patrick and Kindra Keene […]

Shirley L. Logan, 74, of Blacksburg, Va., formerly of Sistersville, W.Va., died January 12, 2006 at Montgomery Regional Hospital, Blacksburg, Va. Shirley was born October 3, 1931 in Clearfield, Pa. […]

Glenna Josephine King, age 65 of 5960 Belspring Road, Radford passed away Friday, January 13, 2006 at the University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville. Born October 4, 1940 in Grayson […]

Maury Claiborne Newton Jr., Internist and Cardiologist, died Saturday, January 7, 2006 at his home in Kennesaw, Georgia. Born in 1927 in Roanoke, Virginia, Dr. Newton served in the United States […]

Albert Vernon Sutphin, age 61, of Max Meadows, Va., passed away Thursday, January 12, 2006. He was born December 20, 1944 in Pulaski County, son of the late Taswell Elliott […]

Frank Ward (Frankie) Sweeney, Jr., 50, of Floyd, passed away Friday, January 13, 2006. He was preceded in death by his son, Corey Scott Sweeney. He is survived by his […]

Edith Phipps Mumpower, 77, of Radford, died January 12, 2006 in Cincinatti, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Mumpower. Surviving are her daughter Judy M. Houston and […]

Nicholas Earl Miller, 22, of Elliston, Va., went Home to be with the Lord early Friday, January 13, 2006 around 1 a.m. due to injuries sustained in a car accident. […]

Ronnie Earl Martin, 53, of Pulaski, died Friday, January 13, 2006. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday, January 16, 2006 from Stevens Funeral Chapel.

William Martin Lindsey, 76, of Pulaski, formerly of Allisonia, died Wednesday, January 11, 2006, in the Pulaski Community Hospital. He was born in Allisonia on September 16, 1929 and was the […]

Caroline Jennings Pace Chermside, of Blacksburg, Va., died Friday, December 16, 2005. She was the widow of Robert Alexander Chermside, Jr. Both were retired from the English Department of Virginia Polytechnic […]