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Bessie Bungard Spangler, 82, of Catonsville, Md., passed away June 7, 2015. She was the loving wife of Jack Spangler, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Spangler, for […]

Kenneth Steven Coleman, 60, of Pulaski, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2015. He was a diesel mechanic and a U. S. Air Force veteran. He was preceded in death by […]

Grace Bishop Simmers, of Blacksburg, on the morning of June eighth this Earth lost one of the finest humans to ever “grace” it with her presence and Heaven gained a […]

Tony Evans Duncan, 58, of Willis, passed away Saturday June 6, 2015. He was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Frances Phipps. He was a simple man and lived […]

Edward Riley Perdue, 55 of Narrows, passed away Monday, June 8th, 2015. He was born in Bluefield, West Virginia on June 13th, 1959, and was the son of the late […]

Rose Alice Hilton Snead, age 60, of Radford, died Tuesday, June 2, 2015. She was born in Christiansburg on March 23, 1955 to the late Gilbert and Martha Hilton. She […]

Earl “Jerome” Dickerson, age 52, of Radford went to his heavenly home on Friday, June 5, 2015. He was born in Radford, VA on November 20, 1962 and was preceded […]

Noelle Theresa Butler, age 57, of Blacksburg died June 5, 2015. She was born in Alameda, CA on January 16, 1958 to the late Noel Vincent Johnson and Theresa Margaret […]

Surrounded by her loving family, Dorothy Baker Franklin, 82, passed away peacefully at her home in Radford, on Friday, June 5, 2015. She was born in Radford, Va., to the […]

Owen Hughes, age 75, of Blacksburg died Thursday, June 4, 2015. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 7, 1939. Owen received his BS and MS at MIT in […]

James Ellis Wells, AKA “Sugar Man”, 67, of Christiansburg and formally of Floyd County, VA, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. He was born […]

Cerry Ezra (Jabe) Thomas, born May 12, 1930, went home to be with the Lord , Thursday June 4, 2015. Jabe was preceded in death by, Father Ezra Thomas, Mother […]

Ricky Lee Whitt, 61, of Louisville, KY, formerly of Narrows, VA passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2015. Ricky was born on April 30, 1954 to the late Thomas and […]

Ella I. Holdren Furrow, 86, of Blacksburg passed away on Thursday June 4, 2015. She attended the former Newport Lutheran Church and retired from Virginia Tech. She was predeceased by […]