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Sigrid Vest Seiler, 76, resident of Long Beach, Miss. and native of Copper Hill, Va. passed away Monday, May 8, 2017 at her summer home in Copper Hill. She died […]

Stephen Douglas English III of Roanoke, Virginia passed away May 9, 2017 following a lengthy illness. Born January 25, 1935 in Winston-Salem, NC – Doug was the son of the […]

Claudie “Merle” Sowers Rakes, 94, of Shawsville, passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Merle and her husband Herman were the owners of Rakes Building Supply for over 50 years. […]

Jeffrey Wayne Hare, 51 of Amelia, Virginia, formerly of Giles County, Virginia, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 9th, 2017, after a lingering illness. He was […]

Elizabeth “Ann” Elliott Marshall, 86, of Allisonia, Virginia, wife of Major Harley T. Marshall, Jr., USAF Retired, passed on peacefully Wednesday, May 10, 2017 to be with our Lord and […]

Edith Dickerson Rider, age 93, passed away on May 1, 2017 in Hartford, CT. Edith was born on October 8, 1923 and raised in Pulaski, VA. Edith was the beloved […]

Millie (Marie) Shark, age 82, of Christiansburg died, Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at her home. She was born in Montgomery County, Va. on May 2, 1935 to the late George […]

Betty Connolly Pettit, 85, of Radford, passed Saturday, May 6, 2017. She was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church and retired from teaching. She was preceded in death by […]

James Oscar Crockett, Sr., age 83 of Pulaski, VA passed away Saturday, May 6, 2017. He was born March 16, 1934 in Bluewell, WV, the son of the late Henry […]

Virginia Louise Johnson Collins, 89, of Christiansburg, Va., met with her Lord on Monday, May 8, 2017. She was born in Boissevain to the late George Thornhill Johnson and the […]

Everett Harold Graves, Jr., 70, of Gary, West Virginia, formerly of Radford, Va., passed away peacefully Sunday, May 7, 2017 with his family by his side. He was a decorated […]

Debra Ratcliff Teske, 63, of Salem, died Sunday, May 7, 2017. She was born in Giles County, VA on May 21, 1953 to the late Vivian Ray and Louise Rice […]

Robert Jeffrey Bonds, 47, resident of Pool, WV and formerly of Narrows, VA, passed away on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Ruby Memorial Hospital WVU, Morgantown, WV. Jeff was born […]

James Robert “Pyro” Leech, 42, of Elliston, passed away on Saturday May 6, 2017. He was employed by East Coast Metal Distributors. James served his country in the U.S. Marine […]

Delores Lincoln Hogan Keys, age 89, of Blacksburg died Friday, April 21, 2017 at the Kroontje Health Care Center. She was born in Pulaski, Virginia on August 5, 1927 to […]

Peggy Gilbert Songer, 70 of Bedford claimed her Heavenly Father’s promise of Eternal Life on May 4, 2017. Her family on the other side joyfully welcomed her home as her […]

Charles (Richard) Keith, 59, of Christiansburg, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. He was preceded in death by his companion, Nancy Kinder Keith; children, Michael […]

On Friday, May 5, 2017, Betty Jane Munsell, 68, peacefully left this earth in Blacksburg, Va. She was a beloved matriarch, educator, musician, and beautiful soul that will be dearly […]