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Ina Farmer Dunford, 65, of Blacksburg, died Thursday January 8, 2015. She was born August 3, 1949 in Richmond Va. to the late Floyd A. Farmer and Anna B. Farmer. […]

Mary Maxie Dickerson Jewell, born May 9, 1923, in Indian Valley, went to be with the Lord peacefully on Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at her home in Christiansburg. She was […]

Irene Ratcliffe Turpin, 86, of Heathsville, Virginia, formerly of Radford, Virginia, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 5, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin Minnion Turpin, […]

Jerry Ray Ratcliff, 73 of Narrows, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 6th, 2015. A lifelong resident of Giles County, he was born on December 12th, […]

Vivian Virginia Boliek Moeser passed away on January 7, 2015, at Kroontje Health Care Centers in Blacksburg, Virginia. Born in Hickory, North Carolina on January 29, 1915, Virginia moved to […]

Ralph Curtis O’Brien, 77, of West Plains Missouri, passed away Sunday January 4, 2015. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 AM Friday January 9, 2015 at Gardner Funeral Home, Floyd, […]

Karen Marshall Rigney, age 64 of Draper passed away peacefully Thursday, January 8, 2015 at her home. Born November 18, 1950 in Pulaski she was the daughter of the late […]

Douglas Raymond Meredith, 81, of Radford, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Douglas was born July 14, 1933 in Pulaski County the son of the late Fred R. and Deliah […]

Joe Ann Surface Criner, age 71, of Christiansburg passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at Pulaski Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Blacksburg, Va. on October 16, 1943 to the […]

Mathew James Habersack, 38, of Christiansburg, passed away on January 5, 2015. Matt obtained his Master’s Degree at Virginia Tech in Biological Systems Engineering. He enjoyed hunting, cooking, and was […]

Rev. Ralph Jones Holmes, Jr., 78, of Radford, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015. He was a charter member of Fairlawn Church of God and a U. S. Army veteran. […]

On January 5, 2015, Loman Alfred Smith, 83, of Riner, my wonderful husband and father of our children went home to heaven with his loving family at his bedside. After […]

Janet Van Lierop Caverly, 84, of Christiansburg, passed away January 4, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital of unknown lymphoma, pneumonia, and other complications. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was preceded […]

Florence Louise Stokes of Christiansburg, went to the Lord on January 4, 2014. Mrs. Stokes was born in Newark, New Jersey on July 26, 1920. She lived in Morris Plains, […]

Clara Mae Twine, 81, Elliston, Va., was called to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 4,2015. She was preceded in death by her father, Peach Ferguson; mother, Juanita Ratcliff; […]