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Eliot Max Dunne, 24, of Virginia Beach, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2011. Graveside services at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 28, 2011, at the Sunrise Burial Park in Radford. Arrangements […]

Isabel Ewing Whitaker, beloved sister of Royall Whitaker and mother of Alex, Arthur and Tom Rodriguez died at age 84 on Saturday, April 23, 2011 surrounded by her loving family, […]

Randall (RA) Caldwell, 58, of Blacksburg, died on Sunday, April 24, 2011, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Montgomery County, Va., on January 25, 1953, to the […]

The Rev. Dr. Manson Booth Tate, 99, of Dublin, died April 22, 2011, at his home after several years of declining health. He was born September 26, 1911, in Charlotte […]

Mr. Roy Edward Flynn, 83, of Pulaski, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011. He was predeceased by his first wife, Minnie Flynn; brother, John Thomas; and sister, Alice P. Reed. […]

Edgar Basil Bales, 70, of Narrows, passed away on Friday, April 22, 2011 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, following six years of declining health. He was born July 28, 1940 […]

Alma Mabe Welch, of Pulaski, died Thursday April 21, 2011 in Highland Ridge Rehabilitation Center. She was the daughter of the late Ocie Parker Mabe and William Mabe. She was […]

Frederick Eugene (Gene) Davis, 74, of Pulaski, passed away Friday, April 22, 2011, in the Lewis Gale-Pulaski Hospital. Born in Pulaski County July 23, 1936, he is the son of […]

Florence Shomaker Nester, 88, formerly of Wythe County, passed away Friday, April 22, 2011, in Lewis Gale Hospital Pulaski. She spent her life being a devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, […]

Suellen Smith, 63, of Pulaski, died on Thursday morning, April 21, 2011, in Pulaski Community Hospital. She worked faithfully at Pulaski Community Hospital until she retired after years of service. […]

Violet Lucille Staley Maupin, 83, of Fairlawn, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011 at Cozy Home Haven. She was born in Radford on April 23, 1927, the daughter of the […]

Helen Hickling, 88, of Christiansburg, formerly of Flecher, N.C., died Friday, April 22, 2011. Arrangements by Horne Funeral Home & Crematory, Christiansburg.

Howard Wilson Rankin, 87, of Blacksburg and formerly of Danville, died on Thursday, April 21, 2011, at his home at Warm Hearth. He was born on September 17, 1923, in […]

Alleen Ester Derham of Christiansburg died Tuesday evening in her home surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Alleen was born August 23, 1923 in Christiansburg, VA. She graduated from Christiansburg […]