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Joseph Gary Vipperman, 68, passed away January 14, 2020 after a 10-year battle with dementia. Gary was greeted in heaven by his parents, Raymond and Wilda Vipperman and his in-laws, […]

Kathleen Margaret Pyle peacefully passed away in her 77th year with family at her side in Dublin, Va. Kathy was the youngest child of William and Grace Squires, and a […]

Josephine Frances Radcliffe Simpson, 93, passed away at her home in Radford on Friday, January 10, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. She was a member of Central United Methodist […]

Sharon Gay Bain Davis, 69, of Blacksburg, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2020 in Richfield Nursing Home. She was a 1968 graduate of Auburn High School and a 1969 graduate […]

Catherine “Dolly” Shupenko Batten, 73, of Radford, passed away Monday, January 13, 2020. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Anna Dudak Shupenko. Survivors include her husband […]

Susie Ann Overstreet, 71 of Willis, passed away on Monday, January 13, 2020. She is preceded in death by her parents, Roy & Beatrice Goad; brother, Edward Goad; and sister, […]

Marie Constance Snider, 94 of Pearisburg, VA departed this life Saturday evening, January 11, 2020 under the care of Heritage Hall-Lexington. Marie was born December 11, 1925 to Fred and […]

Martha Wingfield Hetherington, 92, of Radford, passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2020. She was born in Canton, Georgia. To the late John Henry and Lillie May Wingfield. She is […]

To everything there is a season, a time for every matter under heaven; a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time […]

Roger Lee Van Tassell passed away on Monday, December 30, 2019 at the age of 68, after complications related to Parkinson’s Disease. Son of United States Army Colonel Frederick and […]

Frances Lucille Palko McCutcheon, 97, of Dublin, passed away Friday, January 10, 2020. She was preceded in death by her parents, Michael and Ethel Palko; and husband, Gilbert S. McCutcheon. […]

Stylite “Bridgette” Harmon, 85 of Floyd, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2020. She is preceded in death by her husband, William “Bill” Harmon; and son, Patrick Harmon. Graveside services […]

Timothy Wayne Lamberth, 61 departed this life Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at his home in Pembroke, VA. Timothy was born in Augusta, Georgia to Arthur Glyn Lamberth and Joyce Sowder […]

“Bobbie” Barbara Lemley Williams, 59, of Christiansburg, went to meet her Lord and Savior and beloved Ed in heaven in the early hours on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. She was […]

Ralph Pearson Edwards Sr. died on Monday, January 6, 2020, at his home in Warm Hearth Village, Blacksburg, Va. Ralph, the son of William James and Amy Shields Edwards, was […]