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Joseph Rees Voshell, 88, passed away on Monday, January 3, 2011, at the Showalter Center Assisted Living Facility in Blacksburg, Va. He was born on January 4, 1922, in Philadelphia, […]

John Robert McKinley Thompson, Jr., 54, of Radford, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2011. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Johnny Lee and Pam Thompson of Radford and Christopher Michael […]

Mabel Adeline Brizendine, 86, of Blacksburg, Va., died Thursday, January 6, 2011, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born in Craig County, Va. on May 1, 1924, to the late […]

Mary Hoback Saunders, 61, of Pulaski, Va., passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2011. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Frank and Louise Blevins Hoback; and […]

Margaret Edna Kelly Roberson died Thursday, January 6, 2011 at her home in Radford. She was a courageous and active woman whose life was filled with the love of friends […]

Pauline Fay Robinson Miller, 81, of Blacksburg, Va., died on Thursday, January 6, 2011, at Kroontje Health Care Center. She was born in Blacksburg, Va., on January 13, 1929, to […]

George Chester Linkous, 63, of Merrimac, Va., went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 5, 2011. He was born on November 21, 1947, to the late Garner […]

Hope Gillespie Lineberry, 77, of Dublin, Va., passed away Thursday, January 6, 2011, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born March 17, 1933, in Tazewell, she was the daughter of the late […]

Linda Kay Mills Dobbins, of Radford, was born on January 16, 1949. She departed this world to be with our Lord on January 5, 2011. She was preceded in death […]

Sherman Clayton Brookman, 62, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 5, 2011. Born on October 1, 1948, he was preceded in death by his parents, Sherman and […]

David Michael Waterman, 59, of Blacksburg, Va., passed away on Friday, December 31, 2010. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; two sons, Michael, of Phoenix, Ariz., and James, and […]

Anna Mae Thompson, 51, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at her home in Radford. Survivors include her husband John Robert Thompson, Jr.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Johnny Lee and […]

Buford Mason Bradley, 84, of Happy Hollow Road, Newport, Va., departed this life at his home during the past weekend. Born in Craig County, on December 22, 1926, he was […]

Matthew Allen Special, 23, of Blacksburg, Va., died Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Carrollton, Texas on May 16, 1987. Matthew was a senior […]