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A Life well-lived: Ricky Bruce Palmer Tuesday June 18th, God called Ricky Bruce Palmer home. He left his earthly shell of a body for a heavenly, whole, healthy body. Born […]

Pastor Hunter B. Hale, Jr., 70, of the Poplar Hill Community, went to be with the Lord he served on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at his home. He was born […]

C. Lloyd Broadstreet (79) went home to be with the Lord on June 16, 2019. He was born in Cloverdale, Indiana on September 2, 1940. He graduated from Michigan University, […]

Timothy (Tim) Garland Finn, age 32 of Pulaski, ended his earthly journey on June 16th, 2019 surrounded by his family at his home. He was born on September 23, 1986 […]

Lila Jane Sheppard Powers, 79, passed away at the home of her son in Pulaski on Monday, June 17, 2019. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and […]

Elizabeth Arden Baker, age 66, of Blacksburg passed away Monday, June 17, 2019. She is survived by her parents, Dick and Frankie Cook, daughter, Melissa Bandy, sons, Russell Whitehurst, Richard […]

Paul Eddie Altizer, 64, of Riner passed away on June 17, 2019. He was born May 25, 1955 to the late Thornton “Sonny” and Doris Altizer. He is survived by […]

Joseph Matthew Bean, 94 of Pearisburg, VA passed away Monday, June 17, 2019 at Heritage Hall Rich Creek Nursing Home. Mr. Bean was born on February 28, 1925 in Scranton, […]

Edward Lorenzo Callahan, 81. A United States Army veteran, died on Sunday, June 9, 2019 at the Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. He was kindhearted, with a deep laugh, and […]

James W. (Pete) Cox, Jr., passed away after a brief illness at Kroontje Health Care Center. Pete was born on October 3, 1924 in Blacksburg, VA and he departed this […]

James W. (Pete) Cox, Jr., passed away after a brief illness at Kroontje Health Care Center. Pete was born on October 3, 1924 in Blacksburg, VA and he departed this […]

George Wendell Meredith, 76, of Pembroke, departed this life Friday evening, June 14, 2019 at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem, Va. Born in Pembroke on October 2, 1942, he […]

Andrew Dills (A.D.) Dennis, 83 of the Wilburn Valley community of Pearisburg, VA., went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 16, 2019 at Heritage Hall, Rich Creek. A.D. […]

Henry Clyde Akers, 69, of Floyd, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday June 16, 2019. Henry is preceded in death by his parents; George W. Akers, Tymanda […]

The Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas, wrote ‘Do not go gentle into that good night”. He obviously did not know Edith Whitt Hypes. Edith, born August 5, 1924 in Frankford, West […]

Ronald Dale “Fred” Moran, 61, of Check, VA passed away Wednesday June 12, 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents; Nelson and Tempsy Moran. Survived by one daughter; […]

Nancy Caroline Ackiss, native of Virginia Beach, died peacefully on June 14, 2019, at Highland Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Dublin, Virginia, after a long battle with dementia. She was 74 […]