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Emory Eugene Weeks, 81 of Willis, passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019. He was born September, 7, 1937 to Ray Harless and Goldie Akers Weeks. In addition to his parents […]

Clifford Kendrick “Ken” Newcomb Jr., 68 of Christiansburg, passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at LewisGale Hospital-Montgomery. Ken spent the majority of his life employed as a door installer in […]

Susie Bell Peters, 85, of Pulaski County, passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2019. Susie was born to Frank Alexander Bell and Lousie Moles Bell. Susie was a lover of […]

Henry Haynes Johnson, 67, died peacefully on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at home in Willis, Va., surrounded by loved ones. His greatest passions were his German Shepherd dogs and his […]

Rev. Dr. Kenneth Alton (Ken) Atkins passed away in his sleep at his home in Fairlawn, Virginia on Sunday, July 21, 2019. He was 71 years old. After surviving war, […]

Walter Fenton O’Brien Jr., age 82, of Blacksburg, Virginia, passed away Thursday, July 25 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Roanoke, Virginia, on February 4, 1937 […]

James (Jim) Bailey Bell passed away on July 23 in St. Paul, Minnesota due to complications from pneumonia. He was 87 years old and resided in Arden Hills, Minnesota since […]

Myrtle Aline Cook 99 of Radford died on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at the Radford Health and Rehabilitation Center where she had resided for the past seven years. She was […]

Alphia Rigney Bolt, 79, a life-long resident of Pulaski, Virginia passed from this life into the arms of her Heavenly Father on July 23, 2019. Waiting for her there were […]

Ray Evans Gardner, 72, of Riner, was born on November 22, 1946. He lost his 18 year battle with cancer on July 24, 2019. Ray was a loving and patient […]

Victoria “Vickie” B. Sutton, 75, of Christiansburg, was born October 31, 1943. On Sunday, July 21, 2019, surrounded by her family, Vickie departed this world to rejoin her Heavenly Father. […]

Nathan Lee St. Clair, age 26, of Christiansburg passed away, Monday, July 22, 2019, at his home. He was a 2011 graduate of Christiansburg High School. He was a veteran […]

Jimmy James Vaughn, Sr., 74 of Floyd, passed away Monday, July 22, 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edgar Vaughn Sr. and Vivian Cox Vaughn; and brother, […]

Michael David Bowles, age 63 of Radford passed away Monday, July 22, 2019 at the Skyline Nursing Home Floyd, Virginia. Born September 6, 1955 in Pulaski, he was the son […]

Joyce Rebecca Dennis, 71, of the Wilburn Valley community of Pearisburg, Va., went to be with the Lord on July 21, 2019 at Heritage Hall, Blacksburg, Va. Joyce was born […]

Norma McCoy Rutledge, age 87, of Christiansburg, passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2019 at her home surrounded by her family. Norma was born in McCoy, VA on August 17, […]

Randal “Randy” Slade Frazier, age 47 of Pulaski, died suddenly on Thursday, July 18, 2019 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Pulaski on December 13, 1971 and is […]

Patricia Elaine Turner Muldoon (Trish), 79, a resident of Hoges Chapel, Pembroke, VA for 49 years, died on Saturday morning, July 20, 2019 at Lewis Gale Medical Center Montgomery, Blacksburg, […]