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Ramona Mitchell Hollandsworth passed away peacefully at her home in Forest July 5, 2012, after a long bout with cancer. She was 73 years old. Ramona was preceded in death […]

Wesley Edward Hill Jr., 64, of Blacksburg, died Thursday, July 5, 2012, at his home. He was born in Christiansburg August 26, 1947, to the late Wesley Edward Sr. and […]

Infant Anthony Liam Bowden died Wednesday, July 4, 2012 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Dewey Wayne Duncan. Surviving- Parents- Johnathan Shane […]

Evelyn Schrader Wilson, age 83 of Pulaski County, died Thursday, July 5, 2012 in Lewis Gale Hospital – Montgomery. She was born on January 9, 1929 in Pulaski, and was […]

Retired journalist Fredrick Manley Barry of Christiansburg, VA died on July 4th, 2012 in Christiansburg. He was 85. Mr. Barry was born in Highland Park, MI, and spent his teenage […]

Wylie Carson Powers, 57, of Dublin, died Thursday afternoon, July 5, 2012, in the Lewis-Gale Hospital, Pulaski. He was born in Pulaski on November 19, 1954, and was the son […]

William Thomas (Billy) Mitchell, 70, resident of 204 Plantation Dr., Greenwood, S.C., died on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Floyd, Va., he was a […]

Gracie Ethel Goad Kimbleton, 90, of Belspring, passed away peacefully at home with her family at her side on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Gracie was a person full of life […]

Elmer Albert Keith, 82, of Floyd, passed away on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict. Mr. Keith was preceded in death by his wife, […]

Surrounded by his family, William Jefferson (Bill) Cox Sr., 88, of Pulaski, went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. He was born in Wythe County on […]

Erica Leigh Leary, 29, of McCoy, Virginia passed at home into the arms of Jesus on July 5th. She was born on July 30, 1982 in Huntington, WV. She is […]

Joey Andrew Turman, age 56 of New Castle died Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at his home. He was born in Radford, VA on June 12, 1956 and was preceded in […]

Hattie Elizabeth Godbey Peele, 93, of Blacksburg, died Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at her home. She was born in Merrimac, VA on September 14, 1918 to the late William and […]

Shirley M. (Buck) Phillips, 81, of Christiansburg, died peacefully with his family around him on July 4, 2012. He was born on February 5, 1931, near Alderson, WV. He was […]

Farouk Ahmed Ijaz, 48, of Shawsville, passed away on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. He was preceded in death by his father Dr. Mujaddid Ijaz. He is survived by his mother […]

Daniel George Gibson, 53, of Blacksburg, passed away June 29, 2012. Funeral service noon Saturday, July 7, 2012 at Loggy Bottom Church, Whitewood, Va.

Eva Mitchell Stephens, 66, of Dublin, passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, in the Lewis Gale Hospital, Pulaski. She was born in Durham, N.C., on December 30, 1945, the […]

On Monday July 2, 2012 Robert Eugene Morris, affectionately known to all as “Geneboy” was called home by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He left this earth peacefully and […]