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James Albert (Joe) Neice, 78, of Pearisburg, Va., departed this life on Tuesday afternoon, December 14, 2010, at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg. Born in Pearisburg on June 7, […]

Frederick Elkins Covey, 92, died peacefully Tuesday morning December 15, in West Hartford, Connecticut, following a brief illness. Born and raised in Radford, the son of Ernest Fred and Anna […]

Juanita Vest Thomas, 67, of Floyd, Va., passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harmon Thomas.

Nancy Alls Price, 74, of Blacksburg, Va., died on Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born on June 19, 1936, to the late Tracy and Louise […]

John Cary Mann, 70, of Riner, Va., passed away on Monday, December 13, 2010. He was born in Dante, Va., on March 13, 1940, to the late William Horace Mann […]

Alpha Hill Hubbard, 74, of Radford, Va., passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2010. Arrangements by Serenity Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 540-345-9100.

Lisa Kay Gilleland, 46, of Blacksburg, Va., died on Friday, December 10, 2010, at her home. She was born in Baltimore, Md., on February 21, 1964. She was preceded in […]

Frances Ann Shumaker Berry, 55, of Christiansburg, Va., passed away on Monday, December 13, 2010. She is survived by her husband, George; daughter and son-inlaw, Cynthia and Larry Bowman, of […]

Minnie Blevins Williams, 91, of Pembroke and Blacksburg, Va., departed this life on Sunday evening, December 12, 2010, at Lewis-Gale Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. She was a resident at […]

Thelma Pauline Gillespie Moles, age 72 of Pulaski passed away Sunday, December 12, 2010 at her home. Born April 28, 1938 in Buchanan, West Virginia she was the daughter of […]

Isabelle Miller Stephens, 81, of Christiansburg, Va., died on Saturday, December 11, 2010. She was born in Floyd County, Ky., on November 21, 1929, to the late Albert Carl and […]

Jeanne Arnold Korach, 88 , of Blacksburg, Va., passed away December 12, 2010. Born July 31, 1922, in Chicago, Ill., she was preceded in death by her parents, Issac and […]

Jesse Evans Hopkins, Sr., 84, of Pulaski, Va., died Saturday evening December 11, 2010 in Lewis Gale Hospital, Pulaski. He was born January 14, 1926 in Max Meadows, Va., and […]

The Rev. Thornton Harding Turpin, 90, of Radford, Va., passed away Friday, December 10, 2010, in Elizabethton, Tenn. He was a member of the East Radford Church of God, the […]

Thomas E. Shockley, 68, died surrounded by his family at his home in Unionville, Conn., on November 29, 2010. Tommy, the only son of Ethel (Ogle) and Lloyd Hyatt Shockley, […]

Melissa Sutherland Alls, 38, of Christiansburg, Va., was called home to heaven on Saturday, December 11, 2010. She was born on December 15, 1971. She sadly leaves behind a loving […]