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Bonnie B. McDaniel, age 80, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2023, at Princeton Health Care Center in Princeton, WV, where she had been a resident for the past 9 years. […]

Faye Gerline Long Hoback, age 84 of Pulaski passed away Sunday, September 24, 2023. Born November 29, 1938 in Pulaski County, she was the daughter of the late Julius & […]

Benny Edwin Meador, age 81, passed away on Saturday, September 23, 2023, at the Carrington Place in Daleville, VA. Born December 27, 1941, in Summers County, WV, he was the […]

Fay Bishop Walters, 86, passed away surrounded by family and friends on September 23, 2023. She was a lifelong resident of Montgomery County, Virginia. Fay was a retired hairdresser but […]

Lynwood “Shorty” Minnick, 84, of Christiansburg, VA went home to Heaven on Friday, September 22, 2023. Shorty is preceded in death by his father and mother, Walter B. and Arlie […]

Beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Nancy Davis Viar, 84, of Dublin, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2023. She was retired from the housekeeping department at Carilion NRV Hospital. She […]

Jacquelyn Ann (Fore) Dye, age 62, of Chelsea, Alabama, (formerly of Blacksburg, Virginia) passed away September 6, 2023, after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. She was affectionately known, as […]

Jennifer Lee Sweeney, 45 of Roanoke, passed away on Friday, September 22, 2023. She is preceded in death by her mother, Margaret Smith Rea; and mother-in-law, Rita Sweeney. She is […]

Kathie Ann Meadows Baxter, age 71 of Pulaski passed away Friday, September 22, 2023 at her home with her family. Born September 14, 1952 in Belleville, Illinois she was the […]

Jeffery Wayne Long, age 54 of Pulaski passed away Sunday, September 17, 2023. Born October 19, 1968 in Radford, Virginia he was the son of the late Walter Joe Long […]

Ann Kilkelly, 76, was Emerita Professor of Theatre and Women’s and Gender Studies at Virginia Tech, where she taught for more than 20 years (1991-2016) alongside the love of her […]

Susan Mays Meredith, 75, of Blacksburg, peacefully passed Monday, September 18, 2023. She was born February 5, 1948, in Richmond, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. […]

Donna Merrix Scott, age 72, of McCoy died, Thursday, September 21, 2023, at Heritage Hall. She was born in Giles County, Virginia on July 12, 1951, to the late Doyle […]

Nancy Trenar Matuszczyk, beloved mom of Stephanie Shannon Matuszczyk, crossed over into Heaven to join her mother and father, Ralph and Virginia Hetherington Trenar after a long illness on Wednesday, […]

Sylvia Vaught Pace, 99 of Newport, Virginia departed this life September 22, 2023. Born on March 23, 1924 in Virginia she was a daughter of the late Leonard and Elizabeth […]

Donald Lee Haynes, 88 of Floyd formerly of Woolwine, passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2023. He is preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Claudine Vest Haynes; […]

Nedica Doris Johnson Simpkins, affectionately known as “Sissy,” passed away peacefully on September 20, 2023, in Blacksburg, Virginia surrounded by her loving family. Born on November 10, 1955, in Giles […]

Tab Allen Howard, 66, of Christiansburg, Va passed away peacefully at home on September 19, 2023. He is preceded in death by grandparents, Reba and Orville White and his beloved […]