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Marie Vaughn Gallimore, of Willis, died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 following a decade long battle with cancer. Marie was a musician and entertainer with a lifetime of experience in music […]

Carolyn Davis Duncan, 51, of Dublin, Va., died Tuesday, January 30, 2007 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Wytheville, Va. on June 3, 1955 and was preceded […]

Page Leo Carroll, 82, of Blacksburg, died Wednesday, January 31, 2007, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Botetourt County, Va. on January 9, 1925 to the late John Henry […]

Lavinia Hill Boggess, 90, of Rich Creek, Va., passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at Country View Assisted Living in Peterstown. Born November 28, 1916, she was the daughter of […]

Juanita Inez Cupp Amburgey, 74, of Blacksburg, died on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at her home. She was born in Roanoke, Va. on May 11, 1932 to the late James Ballard […]

Hazel Marie White Spicer, 84, of Narrows, went home to be with the Lord surrounded by her family on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at her home. A lifelong resident of Giles […]

Lucille Meredith McCall, 78, of Pembroke, died Monday evening, January 29, 2007 in Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg after a long illness. Born in Pembroke on April 5, 1928 she […]

Fannie Marie Hendricks, 77, of McCoy, died Tuesday, January 30, 2007, at Highland Ridge Rehab Center. She was born in Radford, Virginia on December 21, 1929 to the late Guy Crockett […]

Mary Howe Dowdy, 89, of Doe Creek Road, Hoges Chapel, Pembroke, departed this life Tuesday morning, January 30, 2007 at Radford, Va. Born in Hoges Chapel on July 6, 1917, […]

Annie Bell Donathan, 70, of Pembroke, departed this life Monday, January 29, 2007 at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg. Born in Pembroke on June 20, 1936, she was a daughter […]

Reba Cromer Costigan, 88, of Blacksburg, died Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at Heritage Hall Health Care Center. She was born in Ellett Valley, Va. on December 12, 1918 to the late […]

William Earl Copeland, 66, of Narrows, went to be with his Lord, while in the loving care of his family, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007 following a short battle with […]

Chester Francis Nowosielski, 85, of Pearisburg, VA and formerly of Riverside, NJ died Saturday afternoon January 27, 2007 at Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek, VA. Born in Riverside, NJ […]

Stanley Roscoe Early, age 74, of Blacksburg, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2007. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Crystal Early; his adopted children, Brittany Early and Anthony […]

Hortense Akers Williams, 79, of Radford, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2007 in Carilion New River Medical Center. Surviving are a sister and brother-in-law, Cordelia and James Hickman, Radford; four […]

Charles Edward Waldron, Jr. (Junior) of Christiansburg, Va., passed away Sunday, January 28, 2007. He was born October 21, 1944 to the late Charles E. Waldron and Laura Alice Wright […]

Cosmo Anthony Mirra, 56, of Blacksburg, died Monday, January 29, 2007. He was born in Eboli, Italy on August 31, 1950. He was preceded in death by his father, Constantino Mirra […]

Jan (Uncle John) Jedrzejewski, 100, of Blacksburg, died Sunday, January 28, 2007. Funeral mass Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. in the St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Arrangements by McCoy […]