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Moir Addison (Mo) Dalton, 75, of Elliston, was peacefully called to his eternal home on Sunday, October 23, 2011. He was born in Hillsville, on March 26, 1936, to the […]

Ida June Quesenberry Goad, 92, of Floyd, passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Austin Goad and a daughter, Judy Ann Goad. […]

Michael Wayne (Wayne) Wickline, 61, of Christiansburg, passed away Friday, October 21, 2011. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Mary Ann Wickline. He is survived by […]

Pauline Rotenberry Lorton, 93, of Radford, died Friday, October 21, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, William D. Lorton; her parents, C.W. and Minnie Rotenberry; three brothers, […]

George C. Guilliams, of Riner, passed away on Friday, October 21, 2011 at the age of 89. He impacted countless members of his community through his generous acts and teachings […]

Elizabeth Brown Faulkner, 91, formerly of Radford, died at her home in Midlothian on Thursday, October 20, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eldridge J. Faulkner. Survivors […]

Herbert Daniel Duncan, Sr., 82, of Radford, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2011. He was a member of the Tower of Refuge Church and retired from Atlantic Concrete. He was […]

Lucille Snyder Moffatt, 96, of Holiday Island, Ark., died Tuesday, October 11, in Eureka Springs Hospital. She was born March 29, 1915 in Berryville, Virginia, the daughter of Archibald and […]

Margaret Lucille Ratcliff Jones, 81, of Pulaski, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and mother-in-law passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2011, in the Lewis Gale Hospital, Pulaski. Born on July […]

James Walter Heatwole, 94, Colonel, United States Army, Retired, of Daleville, Va., formerly of Narrows, died Friday, October 21, 2011 at LewisGale Medical Center in Salem, Va. Colonel Heatwole was […]

James Albert Thomas, 73, of Christiansburg, Va., entered his eternal rest on Thursday, October 20, 2011. He was born on September 27, 1938, the son of the late Albert E. […]

Ramaswamy S. (Raju) Raghavan, Professor of Physics at Virginia Tech, 74, of Blacksburg, died Thursday, October 20, 2011. The family will receive friends from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, […]

David Lee Luckado, 56, of Pulaski, passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, after a long and courageous battle with leukemia. David was born on August 19, 1955, in Christiansburg, […]

Donnie Ray (Goober) Linkous, 60, of Dublin, went to be with the Lord on October 19, 2011. He worked for Kollmorgen Corporation for 34 years. He was preceded in death […]

Annette Renea Martin (Tater) Warden, 43, of Dublin, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, October 18, 2011. Born on September 7, 1968, in Radford, she is […]

Mary Adeline Comer Ratcliffe, 82, of Pearisburg, Va., went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, surrounded by her family at home. Mary was the daughter of […]

William Luther (Bill) Ramsey Jr., 69, of Dublin, passed away on Tuesday, October 18, 2011, in the Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born in Giles County, Va., he is the son […]