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Mary Knapp, 87, of Pulaski, died Sunday morning, August 17, 2008, in Beulah House in Dublin. She was born November 14, 1920, in Pulaski, and was the daughter of the […]

Rhonda Jean Radford, 38, of Copper Hill, passed away on Friday August 14, 2008. She was preceded in death by her father Ralph Radford, Jr., mother Barbara Radford; and sister […]

Opal Hamlin Mayhew, born February 20, 1920, age 88, died Friday, August 15, 2008 in a Roanoke hospital. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mark and Mary Hamlin […]

Victor White Graham, 87, of Radford, passed away Friday, August 15, 2008. He was a retired and well known farmer from the Snowville area. He was a member of the […]

Darrell Dean (Triple D) Duncan, 49, of Christiansburg, passed away August 15, 2008. He was preceded by his father, Claude Earnest Duncan and sister, Debra Custer. Mr. Duncan is survived […]

Gordon Henry Winbery, 76, of Christiansburg, passed away suddenly August 15, 2008 after several months of declining health. Gordon was a CPA, and well known in Blacksburg and Christiansburg. He […]

Dr. George Charalambos Tarasidis, 79, of Radford, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2008, in his home with loved ones. He was born in Yalta, Russia on December 4, 1928, to […]

Tharsella Alvera Rosemary Scheller Sevareid, Tar to all her friends, 85, of Radford, died Friday, August 15, 2008, in her home. She was born August 21, 1923, in Wisconsin. She […]

Robert Lee (Bob) Lorton, 68, of Dublin, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 14, 2008. He was an employee of Mar-Ball. He was a retiree of Inland […]

Linda Slaughter Harris, 64, of Christiansburg, Va. passed away on Friday, August 15, 2008. She was retired from First National Bank of Christiansburg after 32 years of service, leaving many […]

King Harvey III (a.k.a. Junie) peacefully made his transitional journey from life temporal to life eternal while a patient at Shadyside Hospital at 6:01 a.m. on August 10, 2008, after […]

Thurston M. Sutphin, 66, of Pulaski, Va., died July 4, 2008. Memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 16, 2008, at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements by DeVilbiss Funeral […]

Robert Kenneth (Bob) Reynolds, 76, of Blacksburg, died Tuesday, August 12, 2008, at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. He was born in Washington, D.C., on October 5, 1931, to the late […]

Melvin Louis Reed, 71, of Floyd, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 14, 2008. He is preceded in death by his wife, Eloise L. Reed; his parents, […]

Roy Lee Cumbee, 86, of Blacksburg, died Thursday, August 14, 2008, at his home. He was born in Giles County, Va. on July 2, 1922, to the late Gilbert Lee […]

Arnold Lee Correll, 63, of Pilot, passed away on Wednesday, August 13, 2008. Arnold was a true outdoorsman, who enjoyed a 40 year logging career, with 35 of those years […]

Roger Carroll Conley, 59, of Pearisburg, died Thursday, August 14, 2008, in the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Salem after a long illness. Born in Giles County on September 15, […]