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Jacob Edwin Keith, 89, of Riner, prominent retired Montgomery County dairy farmer, passed away Friday, May 5, 2006, at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center after a brief illness. Mr. […]

Isabelle Preston Jackson, 87, of Dublin, widow of Burnham Phillip Jackson, died Tuesday, May 2, 2006 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She is survived by one daughter, Linda Nemia of Venice, Florida; […]

Tommy Jay Cockram, 61, of Floyd passed away Friday, May 5, 2006. He was preceded in death by his parents, Pearl and Lissie Cockram and brothers, Raymond and Eugene Cockram. Survivors […]

Edward A. Bender, Jr., 77, died Thursday evening, May 4, 2006 at his home in Blacksburg, Va. He was born May 3, 1929 in Bluefield, W.Va. to Emma Herrmann and […]

Celeste June Harris, 77, of Bassett, passed away Thursday May 4, 2006. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene Alfred and Clara E. Galbreth Brown; husband, J.W. Harris; and […]

J. Lewis Vaughn, 82, of Roanoke, formerly of Floyd, died Tuesday, May 2, 2006. His parents Alfonso and Zula Bolt Vaughn preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, […]

Brendan Hall Shelton, 2, of Pulaski, Va., was carried by the Angels to Heaven along with his grandmother, Jeannie Mann Shelton, May 2, 2006. He was born in Pulaski on […]

Clara Dalton Moran, 62, of Floyd, passed away May 3, 2006. She is survived by her husband, Troy C. Moran; her daughter Regina Moran of Floyd; three grandchildren, Kaela Robbins […]

Virginia Craig Davis, 93, of Chesapeake, formerly of Blacksburg, passed away May 3, 2006 in Chesapeake. She was born July 10, 1912 in Montgomery County, Va. to Joseph and Melvina Craig. […]

Donald Junior Wright, age 77 of 4878 Lee Highway Court, Lot #28, Dublin passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at his home. Born Jan. 31, 1929 in Pulaski he was […]

Ralph Coy Parks, Sr., 69, of 4543 Lakeland Road, Dublin, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, May 3, 2006. Born March 8, 1937 in Carroll County, Virginia, he was the son of […]

Luther D. “Shorty” Hopkins, 78, of Parkersburg passed away May 1, 2006, at the Marietta Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born Aug. 23, 1926, in Pulaski, Va., a son […]

Mary Louise Thompson, passed through the hall of death at Archstone Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Chandler, Arizona, May 2, 2006. Louise was preceded in death by her husband, Matthew Purcell […]

Peggy Ann Mitchell Morris, 64, of Pulaski, Va., passed away Monday, May 1, 2006. Funeral will be held Thursday, May 4, 2006 at 11 a.m. at Stevens Funeral Chapel in […]

Ethel Wallace Hare, 83, of Richmond, Virginia, formerly of Narrows, Virginia, died Tuesday, May 2, 2006. She was born February 24, 1923 at Zenith, West Virginia and was the daughter […]

June Courtney Sterling Sale, born June 21, 1925 in Norfolk, Virginia, passed away Monday, May 1, 2006 in Blacksburg. She was a graduate of Granby High School in 1943 and […]

Darrell Leaton Roberts, 43, of Pearisburg, passed away Sunday evening, April 30, 2006 at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg. Darrell was born on April 26, 1963 in Pearisburg, was […]

Draper Dulaney, 94, of Floyd, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2006 at his home. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margie Dulaney and a grandson, Scotty Dulaney. Survivors include […]