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Katherine Hope Risser, 59 of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, passed away on Wednesday, July 20th, 2022. Katherine was born on September 14th, 1962, in Bristol, TN and was the daughter […]

Joan Carol Ledbetter Jennings, 83, of Hillsville, passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2022. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rene Brown and Elizabeth Lucille Ledbetter; and her […]

Matilda Cecile (Addor) Nechwort, age 97, passed away May 8, 2020 after a brief decline following a hospital stay at the beginning of 2020. She was born on March 20, […]

Guy Marcus Bishop, Jr., age 84 of Pulaski, died early Saturday morning, July 23, 2022 at Pulaski Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on May 10, 1938, and was […]

Mackie Claude Mullins, 79, passed away July 2, 2019, in Naples, FL. Born March 12, 1943, in Rich Creek, VA, he was the son of the late Preston and Birdie […]

William Rex Jones, age 81 of Dublin, died Friday morning, July 22, 2022 at his residence. He was born on May 24, 1941, and was the son of the late […]

Jimmy Dean Stepp, 49 of Floyd, passed away on Friday, July 22, 2022. He is preceded in death by his mother, Sandy Maynard. He is survived by his wife, Amy […]

Julia G. Pillars, age 58 of Christiansburg, died early Wednesday morning at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center. She was a loving devoted wife, mother, and miemie to her family. […]

Gladys Akers Vaughan, 89, of Radford, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2022. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Mary Ellen Akers; her husband, Ralph Arnold Vaughan, […]

Billy Junior “Bill” Kerr, age 93, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at the LewisGale Medical Center in Salem, VA. Born April 12, 1929, in Pembroke, VA, he was […]

Sarah Elizabeth Livesay, born October 1, 1929, left this life for her heavenly home on Tuesday July 19th, 2022. She was preceded in death by her parents, Annie and Sam […]