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Maisie Lynch Alderman, 83, of Christiansburg, died Sunday, February 17, 2008. She was preceded in death by husband Dale E. Alderman. Her survivors include daughters and son in laws, Linda “Chubby” […]

Cynthia Maria Turner Walker, 87, of Dublin, Va. and Raleigh, N.C. and formerly of Tillamook, Oregon, passed away Friday, February 15, 2008, in the Highland Ridge Rehab. Center, Dublin. She […]

Phillip Stanley Sutphin, 53, of McCoy, died Friday, February 15, 2008. Phillip was known by his family and friends as “FLIP”, and “PHIL”, to all his good friends in Roanoke. […]

Dennis Lee Raines, 64, of Christiansburg, died Monday, February 11, 2008. Arrangements by Horne Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Christiansburg. BURIAL in Birchlawn Burial Park, Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia

Beulah Frances Johnson, known to her friends and family as Frances or Aunt Fran, went to be with the Lord on February 15, 2008. Frances was born in Leona Mines, […]

Frank Marshall Shaw, 78, of Blacksburg, died Friday, February 15, 2008 at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Rawlins, Wyo. on February 27, 1929 to the late Clarence and Winifred […]

Effie Cova Giles Graham, 80, passed away Friday, February 15, 2008, at her home in Radford. She was a member of the Radford Worship Center. She was preceded in death […]

Mary Belle Yelton, 77, of Richmond and formerly of Pulaski, died Wednesday, February 13, 2008. Born January 18, 1931, in Austinville, Wythe County, Va., daughter of the late Jesse Bryan […]

Olen Dale Parker, 74, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2008, in Atlanta, Ga., after a period of declining health. Born in Marion, Va., he moved to Fairlawn (Radford) in 1958 […]

Brian Allen McGreevy, 50, passed away Friday, February 8, 2008, at his home in Radford. He was born October 18, 1957, in Columbus, Ga., the son of Edgar “Ned” and Martha […]

“Don’t grieve for me now for I am free.” Bessie Lytle, 85, formerly of Newport, Giles County, now of El Centro, Calif., joined her Heavenly Father Sunday, February 10, 2008, […]

Ralph D. Hale, 86, of Blacksburg, formerly of Narrows, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 14, 2008, at the Kroontje Health Care Center at Warm Hearth […]

Lydia Ruth Stafford, 94, of Pearisburg, went home to be with her Lord on February 14, 2008. Daughter of the late James E. Stafford and Hattie Kirk Stafford, Lydia was […]

Ralph Wilson Bishop passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at the Cedar Ridge Health Campus in Cynthiana, Ky. He was born in Pulaski County, Va., on March 18, 1917. […]

Elinos Alton Whitlock, Jr., 72, retired minister, died Monday, Feb.11, in Fayetteville, NC. Son of the late Elinos Alton Whitlock and Estella Jackson Yeatts Whitlock, he grew up in Floyd […]

Geraldine Robertson Marshall, 84, of Narrows, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek. Born in West Virginia on […]

Joe Slusser Henderson, 81, of Blacksburg, died Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was born in Montgomery County, Va., on December 15, 1926, to the late John Wallace […]