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Steven Charles Robertson Jr., 16, of Shawsville, Va., passed away on Sunday, February 13, 2011. He is preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Diane Bell, of Salem; paternal great-grandmother; […]

Clifford Carlton Norse, 84, of Radford, Va., died on Sunday, February 13, 2011. He served in the Army during World War II and in the Air Force during the Korean […]

Grayson McKinzie Hoops, 17, of Elliston, Va., was taken from our lives on Sunday, February 13, 2011. He was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Mary Margaret Hardy and Tommy […]

Walter E. Duncan, of Christiansburg, Va., and Chester, Va., passed away on Monday, February 2, 2011, in Petersburg (Southside Regional Hospital). He is predeceased by his son, Wallace Duncan. He […]

Beatrice Irene Mayer Mason Umberger, 87, of Radford, Va.,r born in Richwood, Ohio, peacefully passed on February 12, 2011. She was born April 10, 1923, the first child of the […]

Iris Webb Sayers left this life on Saturday, February 12, 2011, at New River Valley Medical Center. She had lived in Radford, Va., since 1943. She was a member of […]

Mildred Stevenson Burke, 90, of Christiansburg, died Saturday, February 12, 2011. The daughter to the late Joseph Luther Stevenson and Mary Magdalene “Maggie” Chafin Stevenson, she was also preceded in […]

Avis Wise Stillwell age 85 of Fairplay, S.C. and formerly Pulaski passed away Saturday, February 12, 2011. He was born January 18, 1926 In Allisonia, Virginia; he was the son […]

Waneta Sneath Kipps, 85, of Blacksburg, died Friday, February 11, 2011 at Radford Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born in Richland Center, Wis. on February 17, 1925 to the […]

Elbert Lee Hobbs, 83, of Elliston, died Saturday, February 12, 2011 at his home with family by his side. The son to the late William and Beulah Hobbs, he was […]

Herbert Ira Hoback, age 84 of Pulaski passed away Friday, February 11, 2011 at the Avante Nursing Center, Roanoke. Born January 12, 1927 in Pulaski, he is the son of […]

Dorothy Luckado Simpkins, 62, of Christiansburg, Va., passed away on Thursday, February 10, 2011. She was preceded in death by her father, George Keith Pelkey. Surviving are her husband, Kenneth […]

Eloise Octavia Martin Gearheart, 81, of Pilot, went to be with the Lord with her family by her side on Friday, February 11, 2011. She was born on September 7, […]

Robert Howard Dowdy, 68, of Christiansburg, went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 11, 2011 at Lewis Gale/Montgomery Hospital. He was born in Blacksburg on July 19, 1942 […]

Brody Wade Condrey, infant son of Belinda Jean Wright and Cody Ryan Condrey, of Narrows, was carried by angels to the arms of Jesus Wednesday morning, February 9, 2011, at […]

Earl Forest (Shorty) Bowles, 71, of Elliston, Va., died on Friday, February 11, 2011, at his home. He was born in Montgomery County, Va., on May 30, 1939, to the […]