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On Friday morning, February 10, 2012, our beloved mother, Elizabeth Lucille Stickney Oliver, of Blacksburg, passed away at the age of 92. She was predeceased by her husband, Phillip Ray […]

Michael Frederick (Mike) Naff passed away on February 10, 2012, after a four year courageous battle with melanoma. Mike spent the last days of his life sharing encouragement, memories, and […]

Morris James Cook, 84, of Christiansburg, died Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Virginia Veterans Hospital in Salem. Mr. Cook served in the United States Army retiring as a Sergeant […]

Carl Junior Thompson, 74, passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2012. He was predeceased by his father and mother, Crawford C. and Lydia C. Thompson; his father and mother-in-law, Hubert […]

Patrick Blose, 19, of Draper, passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2012. Funeral Service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, […]

Sue Spratt Coleman, of Dublin, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 9, 2012. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Sue was preceded in death by her […]

Addie Snell Slaughter, 90, of Radford, passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at Leewood Health Care Center in Annadale. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elbert L. Slaughter, […]

Stacy Dwight Lovell, 36, of Pearisburg, departed this life Wednesday morning, February 8, 2012, at his home. Born in Pearisburg on November 1, 1975, he is a son of Earl […]

Margie Mae Thomas Lester, 72, of Narrows, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Va. […]

Dorothy V. (Dot) Keyes, of Christiansburg, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. She was born June 6, 1926. She was preceded in death by her […]

Jo Ann Enochs Brown, 62, passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at her home in Radford. She was an Associate Professor at Radford University. She was born on January […]

Joseph M. Bebko, formerly of Erie, Pennsylvania, died February 7, 2012 in Christiansburg. Joseph was preceded in death by his wife Marie Irene Conn Bebko. He is survived by two […]

James Allen Yopp, 46, of McCoy, died Monday, February 6, 2012. He was born in Princeton, W.Va., on August 13, 1965, and was preceded in death by his father, James […]

Judith Ann Stuart Jones, 45, of Floyd, passed away February 2, 2012. She is survived by her father, Hawthrone Stuart; mother, Mary Chapman; and seven children. Funeral Service will be […]

Shirley Tickle Worrell, 75, of Pulaski, died on Sunday afternoon, February 5, 2012, in the Lewis Gale Hospital Pulaski. She was born in Pulaski, Va., on October 6, 1936, and […]

Ernest Holden Snyder Jr., 76, of Riner, passed away February 6, 2012. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Maberry Funeral Home.