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Ruth Vaught Long, age 80, of Blacksburg, VA passed away peacefully, comforted by family, on December 15, 2018, after a long illness. She is predeceased by her parents, Charlie Vaught […]

Richard Wayne Carter (BUDDY), 68, of Hiwassee passed on Saturday, December 15, 2018. He was preceded in death by his parents, Otis & Violet Carter. Buddy is survived by his […]

Jessica (Jessie) Leigh Booth, age 38, of Copper Hill Va. passed away unexpectedly at her residence on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2018. Jessie was born in Salem, Va. on October […]

Betty Jean Tipsword, 87, of Blacksburg, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018. Full obituary and service details will follow soon……

Johnnie Shelley Hoehn departed this world to be with her Heavenly Father, family, and friends who had gone before her, on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at the age of 84. She […]

Rita Barnett Sullivan, 68, of Blacksburg, died Friday, December 14, 2018. She was born in Christiansburg on February 3, 1950 to the late Melvin and Minnie Barnett. She was preceded […]

Cora Lee Wade, 79 of Willis, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2018. A private Graveside Service will be held at Big Sand Cemetery.

Georgia E Cox, of Christiansburg, passed away on December 14, 2018. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church. Georgia was a graduate of Radford University and held […]

Farewell, my friends. If you are reading this, I have gone up in a puff of smoke. Grieve lightly for me as I have had an active and, until recently, […]

Ariah Kay Meadows, infant daughter of Phillip Meadows and Crystal Ferrell of Narrows, VA, passed away on Friday, December 7, 2018. She was born on December 7, 2018. She was […]

Gary Austin Young, 85, of Radford, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018. He was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Radford and a U. S. Air Force veteran […]

On Tuesday, December 11, 2018, Jason Alec Hilsen passed away in Blacksburg, Va. Born on September 5, 1991 in Livingston, N.J., Jason moved to Virginia at the age of five, […]

Linda Keister Young, 74, of Radford, went home to be with the Lord after a courageous battle with cancer on Friday, December 14, 2018. She was a member of Belview […]

Joseph Howard Smith, 65, of Christiansburg, was born October 15, 1953, in Richmond, VA to Wilton Thomas and Ethel Lancaster Smith, and went home to heaven on December 13, 2018. […]

anGertrude Hazel Smith Hurst Shelton, age 91 of Pulaski and formerly of the Hiwassee Community passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018 at the Pulaski Health Care Center. Born September 19, […]

Sandra (Sandy) Jane Spicer Malenson, 72, of Narrows passed away December 11th, 2018 at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem, VA. Sandy was born on May 16, 1946 in Giles […]

Joshua Bailey, 29, of Christiansburg and Roanoke, Va., passed away on Friday, November 23, 2018, after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Josh attended Christiansburg High School and then Radford University […]