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Helen Lee Fowlkes Manuel age 95 of Barren springs VA passed away Monday March 25, 2019. She was born August 16, 1923 in Richmond VA the daughter of the late […]

Jared Wayne Martin, 34, of the Hoges Chapel Community, Pembroke, unexpectedly departed this life Sunday morning, March 24, 2019 in Blacksburg. He was born at Giles Memorial Hospital, Pearisburg, on […]

Geneva Ella Nichols, 79, of Copper Hill, Va., was called home on Friday, March 22, 2019. Surviving to cherish her memory is her husband, Harold Nichols; Children, James Nichols (Cindy), […]

Thomas Junior Mattox, 83, of Pulaski, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2019, at Highland Ridge Health and Rehab. He was a retired bridge worker with Landford Brothers. He was preceded […]

After 93 years, four months and five days, Jean Price Hypes Bane has departed this life to go to her final home with the Lord. Born October 19, 1925 in […]

Vera Mae “Pinkie” Riggs Sanborn, 60, of Pearisburg, VA, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2019. She was born May 30, 1958 at Pearisburg, VA, the daughter of the late Julian […]

Russell Lee Hawks, age 75, of Ballard, WV, passed away on Friday, March 22, 2019, at the Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem, VA. Born November 8, 1943, in Greenville, WV, […]

A memorial service for Roosevelt Delane Helm, who passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2018, is scheduled Saturday, March 30, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Little River Missionary Baptist Church in […]

Ira William Smith, Jr., age 79, of Blacksburg went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 22, 2019 at his home. He was born in Montgomery County, VA on […]

James “Jimmy” Wesley Epperly passed away on March 19, 2019. He served on the Christiansburg Fire Department for 54 years of which 38 years were as Fire Chief. Jimmy had […]