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Priscilla “Jean” Dunford Keating, 80, returned to her heavenly home on Monday, November 30th at 7:45 am in Asheville, North Carolina.  Jean was born to the late Fred Baker Dunford & […]

Ella Mae Shepard, 81 of Roanoke passed away December 9, 2020. Ella was born to the late Mae Dishon Marshall and Issac Marshall. She was preceded in death by her […]

Brenda Kay Harry, 71, of Glen Lyn, VA went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Brenda was born on July 14, […]

Steven Posey Weeks, age 66, formerly of Floyd, passed away at his home in Greenwood on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. After graduating from Floyd County High School in 1972, Steve […]

On December 9, 2020, at 6:14 AM, Tamela (Tammy) Evangeline Dickson Miller passed on to her heavenly home. She was born on June 14, 1966, on her mother’s birthday, and […]

Laura Wills Boone Bailey, age 80, passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2020, at her home on Powell Mountain. Born October 12, 1940, on Powell Mountain, she was the daughter […]

Cressinda “Joy” Whitlow, 41, of Christiansburg, Va., passed away suddenly at her home on Friday, December 4, 2020. Joy was born April 15, 1979 and lived in Christiansburg most of […]

Elena Benavides Casas, 95, of Dublin, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2020. She was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church. Elena was born in Matanzas, Cuba, the daughter of […]

Herbert Benson Markle, loving husband and father, passed away at age 94, on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 in Newington/Lorton, Virginia. Herb was born on September 13, 1926 in Willis, Floyd […]

Our Mom, Granny, and Sister, Edna Dulaney, of Floyd, gained her wings and took flight on December 9, 2020 at Laurel Meadows. She was born August 15th, 1927 to the […]

Kenneth Wayne Quesenberry, age 70, of Galax and formerly Pulaski passed away Monday, December 7, 2020 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born January 31, 1950 in Hiwassee, he […]

Lyle Glenn Tefft, age 93, died Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center of complications following surgery for a hip fracture. He was born in 1927 […]

Gregory Wayne Meredith, 56 of the Clendennin Community in Narrows, VA departed this life December 7, 2020 in the care of his family and Carilion Hospice. Born January 10, 1964, […]

Jane Neel Mitchell of Christiansburg, Virginia, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 7, 2020, at the age of 86. Born on June 24, 1934, she was the oldest daughter of […]

Larry Wayne Martin, 82 of Pembroke, VA departed this life to enter into his Eternal Rest with his Heavenly Father on December 8, 2020 surrounded by his loving family and […]

William (Bill) Curtis Hayden was born on September 11, 1925 in Floyd, VA to the late Wise Hayden Jr. and Clara Beaver Hayden. A WWII Vet and member of the […]

Eugene Daily Havens March 3, 1935 – December 5, 2020 Born in Rural Retreat, VA, he was the son of the late James Daily Havens and Zear Erie Glass Havens. […]

Thelma Frances Burton Tuckwell, 76 of Narrows, VA went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 5, 2020. Thelma was born on July 28, 1944 in Penvir (Narrows), VA […]