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PEARISBURG, Va. — Laura Ellen Richardson McGraw, age seventy, of Pearisburg, Va., died Sunday, March 28th, at Bland Nursing Home after a long and difficult bout with cancer. Born August […]

Kenneth Carlton (K.C.) Williamson, 86, of Blacksburg, Va., died Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Meadowview, Va., on September 5, 1923, to the late […]

Marcus Lee Vaught, 20, of Christiansburg, Va., died in an accident on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. He was born on May 24, 1989, to Kenneth Lee Vaught and Joan Ann […]

Lois Weiss (Lee) Gilmore, 86, of Christiansburg, Va., died on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at Radford Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Belspring, Va., on February 4, 1924, […]

Richard Dale (Rick) Crowder, 56, of Dublin, Va., passed away Thursday, April 15, 2010. Arrangements by Bower Funeral Home, Pulaski.

Vern Damon Basham, 75, of Dublin, Va., went to be with his Heavenly Father on Thursday, April 15, 2010. He was retired from Lynchburg Foundry with over 30 years of […]

Stephen Douglas Adkins, 42, of Pearisburg, Va., died on Sunday, April 11, 2010. Memorial services 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, 2010, in Christ Episcopal Church in Pearisburg. Arrangements by […]

Beulah Dalton Rakes, 89, formerly of Dublin, Va., passed away on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, in the Snyder Nursing Home, Salem, Va. Born on February 21, 1921, in Carroll County, […]

Mary Tom Bunting Long, MD, 89, of Blacksburg, Va., died on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at Heritage Hall in Blacksburg, Va. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence […]

Kate Frances Epperly King, 89, of Floyd, Va., passed away on Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Mrs. King was preceded in death by her husband, Wallace King; two sons, Lane Wimmer […]

Louvina Jane Cox, 90, of Willis, Va., passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. She is preceded in death by husband, Lonnie Cox; and husband, Paul D. Cox. Surviving are […]

Doris Simmons Altizer, 83, of Christiansburg, Va., passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Doris was a wonderful wife, mom and grandma, she was also a member of the Christiansburg […]

James Randolph (Jimmy) Keister, 79, of Radford, Va., passed away on Monday, April 12, 2010. Jimmy was born on July 6, 1930, to the late Joe and Daisy Smart Keister. […]

Jean Dunn Bales, of Pearisburg, Va., passed away on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, in Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Bales was born on January 4, 1923, in Red Sulphur Springs, W.Va., […]

Doris Irene Arnold, 69, of Pulaski, Va., died on Monday, April 12, 2010. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, April 16, 2010, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wythe County. Arrangements […]

Julia (Judy) Webb Trammell, 84, of Dublin, Va., passed away peacefully on April 11, 2010, at the home of her daughter. Julia was born in Rocky Gap, Va., on October […]

David Wayne Ragnone, 47, of Pulaski, Va., died on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at his home. Funeral services will be held 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, from the […]