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Lois Louise Lorton Horton, beloved mother, grandmother, wife, daughter, friend, and colleague was born in Radford, Virginia on March 15, 1937 to William David Lorton Jr and Beulah Hanks Lorton. […]

Mary Elizabeth Brooks Jeffries Wright (Mary J) was born August 31, 1932 in Essex County Virginia to Lewis and Netta Brooks. She was the seventh of eight children. When her […]

Dallas Walter Anderson, age 48 of Pulaski passed away Monday, June 7, 2021. Born June 8, 1972 in Wilmington, Delaware he was the son of Bernard D. Anderson & Shirley […]

Harley Michael “Mike” Dishon, age 64 of Roanoke passed away Saturday, June 5, 2021 at his home. Born July 24, 1956 in Baltimore, MD he was the son of the […]

Clopton Allen (Tim) Tinsley III, went to be with the Lord on June 7, 2021 at the age of 72. He was born in Richmond and was living in Roanoke, […]

Thurman Wray, 88 of Floyd, went to his Heavenly Home on June 7, 2021 after a courageous battle with cancer. Left to cherish his memory are his loving and faithful […]

Wooddell B. ‘Woody’ Nester, 76, of Christiansburg, went to his heavenly home on Sunday, June 6, 2021. Woody was born in Lexington, VA on September 7, 1944, to the late […]

Joseph Franklin “Joe” Hale, 83, of Max Meadows died Sunday, June 6, 2021 in Pulaski, Va. He was born on Aug. 9, 1937 on the Draper Farm in the Black […]

Joe Ellis Worrell, 86, of Black Hollow Rd., Dublin, VA died Monday, June 7, 2021. He was born in Dublin, VA on March 8, 1935 and was the son of […]

Ruth Catherine Lewis, 64, of Radford, passed away peacefully on June 7, 2021. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frederick Scott Lewis; father, Frank Edward Brown; and three […]

Elizabeth Mary Stump, age 85, of Christiansburg died, Monday, June 7, 2021. She was born in Montgomery County, Va. on November 4, 1935 to the late Robert Trigg and Nettie […]

Linda Jean Jones Huff was welcomed by the angels into her Heavenly Home on Monday, June 7, 2021. She was born on December 31, 1967 to Leonard J. Jones and […]

Frieda Smith passed away at William Childs Hospice House on June 4, 2021 in the arms of Jesus. She was born in Pearisburg, Virginia on October 12, 1925. She resided […]

William Hale Riddle “Bugs”, 73 of Narrows, VA departed this life to be with his Heavenly Father in the Care of Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, WV. Born in Giles […]

Roemon Dean Gilbert, 55, of Shawsville, passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2021. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, William and Mary Gilbert; cousin, Douglas Trump; one uncle […]

Judy M. Underwood, age 74, of Christiansburg, passed away Saturday, June 5, 2021 due to complications from a stroke. Judy grew up in Pilot. As the youngest of ten children, […]