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Pauline Harman Weeks, 98, of Floyd, Va., passed away Wednesday morning, April 22, 2009. She was born and raised in Floyd County. Pauline, also known as "Polly," enjoyed being in close contact with her family all her life.

Ruby Darlene Turner, 67, of Christiansburg, Va., passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2009. She was born on April 17, 1942. She is preceded in death by her parents, James […]

Doris Adkins Tolley, 79, of Christiansburg, Va., went to be with her heavenly father on Wednesday, April 22, 2009. She joined in heaven her father and mother, Harry and Iva […]

Alena Gertrude (Snook) Stoots, 82, of Pulaski, Va., and formerly of the Poplar Hills Community (Giles) passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, in the Highland Ridge Nursing Home, Dublin. […]

Pastor David E. Seymour, 62, of Lower Paxton Township, Pa., passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. He was born on March 12, 1947, in Fitchburg, Mass., to the late […]

Kathleen Ratcliffe Ballard, 87, of Pearisburg, Va., passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Mrs. Ballard was born on May 12, 1921, in Pearisburg […]

John Herbert Loar, 90, of Radford, Va., passed away Monday, April 20, 2009. He was retired from New River Textiles with 42 years of service and a United States Marine […]

Annie Neill (Nancy) Crismond, 82, of Blacksburg, Va., died at Montgomery Regional Hospital on April 20, 2009. She was born in Newell, N.C., on May 8, 1926, the daughter of […]

Melvin S. Alderman, 80, of Narrows, Va., passed away Monday, April 20, 2009, at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. He was born in Willis, Va., on September 23, 1928, […]

Mary Marie Sturdivant, 59, of Christiansburg, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2009 at Heritage Hall Health Care in Blacksburg. Survivors include her children, Crystal Early-Gillespie and Steven Dudley Sturdivant, both […]

Mack Aurther Lucas, 67, of Narrows, Va., went home on the wings of an angel on Saturday, April 18, 2009. A lifelong resident of Giles County, he was born on […]

Raymond Edward Covey Sr., 94, of Dublin, Va., died early Sunday morning April 19, 2009, in the New River Valley Medical Center. He was born on June 11, 1914, in […]

Buddy Edward Wilkinson, 72, of Narrows, Va., passed away Friday, April 17, 2009, at his home. He was born in Narrows on December 3, 1936, and was the son of […]

Doris Moore Price, 74, of Hoges Chapel, Va., died Friday, April 17, 2009, at her home. She was born in Radford, Va., on September 13, 1934, to the late Norman […]