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Bonnie Teresa Smith Farlow, age 57 of Pulaski passed away Monday, December 17, 2012. Born July 14, 1955 in Radford, she is the daughter of Bonnie Loraine Clark Smith and […]

Barbara Phipps Roseberry, 80, of Dublin, died Monday, December 17, 2012, at LewisGale Hospital-Salem. She was born February 7, 1932, in Perry Point, Md., and was the daughter of the […]

Frank Andrew Minnick, 95, of Pearisburg, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, December 18, 2012, at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Mr. Minnick was born May 11, 1917, […]

Elizabeth (Libbie) King Collins Anderson, 71, of Christiansburg, passed away Dec. 16, 2012, at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edd Anderson; and by her parents, […]

Homer Eugene Smith, 72, of Spruce Run Community, Newport, died Monday, December 17, 2012, at his home. He was born in Norris Run November 28, 1940, to the late John […]

Betty Jean Bolt Wade Alderman, 82 of Floyd, passed away Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Betty was preceded in death by her parents J. Kyle and Dollie Kemp Bolt; brothers & […]

Leroy Carter, age 75, of Willis, departed, this life on December 16, 2012. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 2 pm. at Gardner Funeral […]

Evelyn Rose Haga Pennington, age 75 of Dublin passed away Monday, December 17, 2012 at her home. Born September 6, 1937 in Dublin, she was the daughter of the late […]

Jasper Lewis Colley, 88, of Christiansburg, passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2012. The Memorial Service will be held on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at 2 pm in the Horne […]

Dora Gae Lester, 93, of Christiansburg, died Friday, December 7, 2012. She was born October 24, 1919, a daughter to the late Dennis Gilbert and Bessie Mae Reynolds. She was […]

William Frederick “Fred” Cornell, 84, of Radford, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012. He was born June 6, 1928 in Newport the son of the late George F. Cornell and […]

Mary Dorothy Moran DeWitt, 94, daughter of James Rufus Moran and Lelia Peters Moran, passed away on December 5, 2012, in Fishersville. She was born in Floyd in 1918. She […]

Phoebe Charlotte Blankenship, 92, passed away Thursday evening, December 6, 2012 at her home in Christiansburg. She was of the Baptist faith and was a formerly a clerk in the […]

Francis Harold Farmer, age 84, of the Shiloh Community of Pulaski County died Thursday night, December 6, 2012 at his residence. He was born on November 5, 1928 to the […]

Blanch Stella Horton, 81, of Shawsville, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday December 5, 2012. She is survived by her husband of over 60 years, Ed Horton; daughters, […]

Dorothy Roediger Hook, 92, of Pearisburg, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2012. Arrangements incomplete at Givens Funeral Home in Pearisburg.