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Irene Audrey Winslow Williams left us and went to be with Jesus. She died on New Year’s Eve. She was born in 1930 in Belle Plaine, Iowa. She had a […]

Kathy Mae Vandergrift, 57, of Copper Hill, passed away at her home Tuesday, December 30, 2014. She is survived by her husband, Charles Vandergrift; son, Kevin Alberts; sister, Sherry Ann […]

Janice Willis Claxton, 60, of Shawsville, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2013. Funeral Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, January 3, 2015, at Big Hill Baptist Church. Arrangements by Valley […]

Clyde Brown Sisson, 96, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 30, 2014, surrounded by family at his homeplace in Shawsville, Va. Clyde was preceded in death by his loving wife, […]

Cecil Clyde Lindsey, 94, of Rich Creek, passed away, Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Funeral services on Friday, January 2, 2015, at 2 p.m. at A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home, […]

Annie Katherine Young Mills was born March 20, 1930, and departed this life on December 30, 2014. She was married to the late James B. Mills Sr. To this union […]

Amy Sue Thornhill, 46, of Pearisburg, departed this life Wednesday morning, December 31, 2014 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg after a valiant battle with cancer. Born in Pearisburg […]

Calvin Dexter Hall, 91, of Christiansburg, passed away Wednesday, December 31, 2014. He was a farmer and retired computer analyst with the Dept. of Defense. He was a U. S. […]

Miller Allison Bushong Jr., 78, of Blacksburg, passed away Monday, December 29, 2014 at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, Miller Allison Bushong, Sr. and Margaret […]

Judy Ann Ruth, 66, of Radford, passed away December 26, 2014. Judy was born December 13, 1948, to the late Lance Columbus and Ethel Giles Moore. She was preceded in […]

Evelyn Coffey Ouellette, 83 of Salem, passed away peacefully in her home on Monday, December 29, 2014. She is preceded in death by her parents, Fred & Jimmie Coffey; sisters, […]

Doris Scott Slaughter, 73, of Draper, departed this life on Monday, December 29, 2014. She was born in Pulaski, on September 14, 1941, to the late Edward and Madeline Price […]

Thomas Everette Brown, 66, formerly of Radford, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2014. He was a disabled U. S. Army Veteran having served in Vietnam. He was preceded in death […]

JoAnn “Jody” Dobbins Ratcliffe Jones, 77, passed away Monday, December 29, 2014 at her home in Radford. She retired from AT&T, was assistant postmaster, and a member of West Radford […]

Julia “Judy” “Baebae” Ellen Shrader, age 56, of Blacksburg died Monday, December 29, 2014 at Lewis Gale Hospital-Montgomery. She was born in Pulaski, VA on July 18, 1958 to the […]

Richard Eugene Marshall, 74, of Christiansburg, passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2014. Richard was preceded in death by his parents, Ola Bishop Marshall and Jefferson Beater Marshall (Beater). He […]