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Dorothy Virginia Foutz O’Dell, age 87 of Hiwassee passed away Friday, November 22, 2013 at her home. Born February 18, 1926 in Bedford, Virginia, she was the daughter of the […]

Virginia Kyle Higgins age 77 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, November 22, 2013 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Mrs. Higgins was born on June 10, […]

Vada Bell Martin, 76 of Narrows, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 21st, 2013 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Mercer County, West […]

Scarlett Lorraine Furrow Bain, 70, passed away Friday, November 22, 2013 at her home in Radford. Survivors include her daughters and son-in-law, Deborah and Larry Taylor of Radford, Lisa Bain […]

Ellen Marie Dickerson Whittaker, age 56, of Dublin died, Monday, November 18, 2013. Memorial services will be conducted Sunday, November 24, 2013 at 3:00pm in the McCoy Funeral Home Chapel. […]

Robert Eugene (Bob) Peak, 70, of Floyd, went to rest in Jesus’ arms on Thursday, November 21, 2013 after a valiant fight with brain cancer. He was surrounded by loved […]

Wanda Jean Jones, 74, of Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. Born in Pembroke, on December 31, 1938, she was a […]

George Thomas Basham, beloved husband of Edna Abbie Basham, went to his Heavenly home on November 20, 2013. He peacefully passed away into the arms of his Lord and Savior, […]

Shirley JoAnn McCollum Cox, age 78, of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Cox was born on June 2, 1935 in Asheville, North Carolina […]

Infant Ryland Gordon Walls-Hawley passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at New River Medical Center. Surviving are his Mother, Pamela Lynn Walls-Draper, Father, Ralph Gordon Hawley, Maternal Grandparents- Kathy Lynn […]

Danny Lee Cook, 59, of Roanoke, peacefully went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his […]

John Junior Prim, of Blacksburg, born February 22, 1947, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, November 19, 2013. He was preceded in death by his mother, Margaret Safewright Prim, […]

Robert Phlegar Jones, of Blacksburg, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2013. Rev. Robert Phlegar Jones was born the third child of the late John W. and Mary Lucy Saunders Jones […]

Otto Ray Epperly (Pluto), 90, of Christiansburg, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2013, in Lewis Gale Montgomery Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father, Ray Epperly; his mother, […]

James (Jim) W. Jones, Jr., 78, of Riner, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013. He was born in Hampton, Virginia, to the late James W. Jones Sr. (who died in the […]

Robert Lee Chaffin, 60, of Riner, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. Robert was a loving husband, father, papaw, son, brother, and friend. Robert was a man of few […]

Ruby Jewell Farmer, age 84 of Dublin passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at the Highland Ridge Rehab Center. Born October 14, 1929 in Carter County, Kentucky she was the […]