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William Payne (Bill) Sexton, 74, of Crickett Lane in Pearisburg, died Tuesday morning November 28, 2006 in Montgomery Regional Hospital after a battle with cancer. Born in Giles County on […]

Jean S. Franck, 72, of Blacksburg, Va., died Tuesday, November 28, 2006 after a brief hospitalization. She is survived by her children, Maryanna and David, both of New York, Karen […]

Ray Altis Whitlock, 73, of Floyd, passed away Monday, November 27, 2006. Ray was born November 20, 1933 to the late Gustavis Arthur Whitlock and Lillie Alemeda Pratt. Ray was preceded […]

Linda Lewis Edwards, 59, of Dublin, passed away Sunday, November 26, 2006 at Pulaski Community Hospital. Born in Radford, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late William Nuel Lewis and […]

Willie Amos Eaves, Jr., 74, of Dublin, Va., departed this life on November 26, 2006. He was born on March 29, 1932 to the late Helen William Eaves and Willie Andrew […]

Bobby Todd Akers, 25, of Christiansburg, died Saturday, November 25, 2006 at his home. He was born in Radford, Va. on November 8, 1981. He was preceded in death by his […]

Myrtle M. Howery, 89, of 707 N. Church St., Mount Pleasant, Pa., formerly of Princeton, W.Va. died on Thursday, November 23, 2006 at the U.P.N.C. Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa. […]

James Hugh Simmons, 92, of Willis, passed away on Friday, November 24, 2006. He was employed by the Virginia Department of Highways for over 30 years and served as superintendent […]

Joseph Clark Falls, 80, of Pembroke, died Friday November 24, 2006 at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg after a short illness. He was born in Pembroke September 25, 1926 to […]

Johnny Ray Cox, 44, of Willis passed away Friday November 24, 2006 as the result of an automobile accident. iHe is preceded in death by his mother, Sylvia Cox. Survivors: […]