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Loyd George Bocock, 89, of the White Gate Community, Pearisburg, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2008, at Highland Ridge Rehab Center. He was born December 8, 1918, to the late […]

Bueland David (Blue Jay) Stevers, 81, of Big Branch Hollow Road, Pembroke, departed this life Saturday morning, July 26, 2008, at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek. Born in Pembroke […]

Pauline Gardner Quesenberry, 81, of Christiansburg, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2008 at her home. She was a member of Rockford United Methodist Church in Radford and a retired employee […]

Charles Junior Marshall, 85, of the Newbern Community, passed away Friday, July 25, 2008 at his home. Born April 18, 1923 in Thorpe, West Virginia, he was the son of the […]

Viola Bessie Jones Dickerson, 77, of the Poplar Hill Community, Pearisburg, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, July 26, 2008 at New River Valley Medical Center. She was […]

Peanie Swinson Burton, 85, of Blacksburg, died Friday, July 25, 2008, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She was born in North Carolina on February 18, 1923 to the late John and Peanie […]

Juanita “Faye” Kidd Taylor, age 82 of Pulaski passed away Friday, July 25, 2008 in the Pulaski Community Hospital. Born October 31, 1925 in Pulaski, she was the daughter of […]

Georgia S. Turner Saul, 92, of Pulaski, passed away Friday, July 25, 2008 at the Radford Nursing Center. Born March 27, 1916 in Pulaski County, she was the daughter of […]

Georgia Irene Shrader Wills, age 82, of Ann Arbor, Mich., formerly of Narrows, Va., died Thursday, July 24, 2008 at Huron Woods in Superior Twp., Mich. She was born March […]

Jim Bill (JB) Williams, 56, of 1159 Brickyard Road near Pembroke, departed this life Wednesday evening, July 23, 2008. He was a longtime employee of Commonwealth Bolt/Jennmar in Rich Creek. He […]

Nellie Thomas Robertson, 91, of Floyd, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2008, at Wheatland Hills. She was born in Floyd County to the late J.A. and Melinda Lancaster Thomas. Nellie was […]

Maxwell Lee (Mack) Reynolds, 85, of Blacksburg, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Ingram Branch, W.Va., on January 8, 1923, to the late James […]

Donald Lewis Michelsen, of Blacksburg, died on the evening of July 23 at his home. He was born in 1931 in Brooklyn, New York, to Anna Woelber Michelsen and Harold […]

Virginia C. Kelly MacNeal, 88, of Pulaski, died peacefully late Wednesday evening, July 23, 2008, at her residence surrounded by family and friends. She was born December 20, 1919, in […]

Flem Lewis, Jr., 64, of Christiansburg, departed this earthly life on Thursday, July 24, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. Flem was born June 17, 1944 to the late Flem Lewis, Sr. and […]

Paula Sue “Polly” Patterson, age 62, of 683 Black Forrest Road, Floyd, Va. and formerly of Freeman, died on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in a Radford, Va. hospital. Born on […]

Waltraud Magdalene Anneliese (Val) Wirt, of Christiansburg, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008. She was born on September 11, 1934, to Hinrich and Frieda Huenken in Bremerhaven, Germany. She was a […]

William Harold Shaver, 92, of Bishop Road in Blacksburg, departed this life Tuesday evening, July 22, 2008, at his home. Born in Pembroke on November 29, 1915, he was a […]