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Edward F. Southern, Sr. (Ed to most, JJ to his most favorite people) left his earthly body on November 14, 2023. The youngest of three children, Ed was born on […]

James Thompson Turner, 77, of Dublin, passed away Monday, November 13, 2023, at the Veterans Care Center in Salem. He was a U. S. Army veteran and owner/operator of Northside […]

Bonnie Jean Richardson Nunn, age 88, passed away on Nov. 13, 2023. She was the daughter of Virgil and Hazel Richardson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude […]

Betty Sue Corell Dowdy, age 85 of Dublin, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her family on Tuesday, November 14, 2023.  She was preceded in death by her parents, […]

Syrena Frances Via Pugh devoted Jehovah’s witness, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friends passed away Friday November 10, 2023 at the age of 98. Frances, Peachie as she was […]

Mary Jane Richardson (92) of Riner, VA, left to be with her family in heaven and the Lord on the afternoon of November 12, 2023. She was a devoted wife, […]

Musician and director musices Åke-Eric Renqvist, 91, died peacefully of heart failure on November 7th, 2023. He was born on February 7, 1932 in Helsinki, Finland, and lived in Newport, […]

Bruce Arthur Tomlinson (October 12, 1942 – November 11, 2023) “The” Bruce was a man loved by all. His ever-present smile and beautiful blue eyes were mesmerizing. Born to Harry […]

Mark Heath Coleman, age 65 of Blacksburg, died Saturday morning, November 11, 2023, at Lewis Gale Hospital – Montgomery. He was born on August 9, 1958, in Radford, and is […]

Billy Ray Wooldridge, age 76, passed away on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at his home. Born April 20, 1947, in Peterstown, WV, he was the son of the late Arthur […]

Edith Kate Thompson Wayne of Dublin, Virginia, joined her beloved late husband, Al Wayne, on a beautiful autumn morning, November 13, 2023. Edith Kate was born March 28, 1936, in […]

Nelda Jean Bolt Payne, 79, passed away Friday, November 10, 2023, at her home in Radford. She was a retired US Postmaster at the New River Post Office. She was […]

Mary Arabelle Goodwin, 81, of Christiansburg, VA, passed away on Friday, November 10, 2023. She was born January 4, 1942 to the late Ernest and Hazel Sanders Hilton. Mary is […]

Dr. James Robert (Jim) Armstrong, aged 84, passed away Friday November 10, 2023 at the Kroontje Health Care Center at Warm Hearth Village in Blacksburg, Virginia after a lingering illness. […]

Errel Jackson Lipes (Jack) age 82 of Craig County passed away surrounded by family on November 10, 2023, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Jack was born on October 5, 1941, to […]

Juston Leigh Price, was born on September 5, 2000, in Milledgeville, GA to William Hugh Price and Jaime Leigh Roach Carter, and passed away on November 10, 2023, in Narrows, […]

LouElla Barr passed away peacefully at home on November 10, 2023. She was born in Montgomery County, VA on April 26, 1944, to the late Leonard and Irene Price. She […]

Joanne H. Brusati of Roanoke County and formerly of Willis, VA unexpectedly went to be with the Lord on November 9, 2023. She is preceded in death by her parents, […]