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Annie Lee Hungate McPeak, 85 of Floyd, passed away on Thursday, June 15, 2023. She is preceded in death by her husband, Elvin G. McPeak; sister, Laura Catherine Sowers; and […]

“The only way I knew how to live the best day ever was on an expedition.” ― Hendri Coetzee Steven “Ty” Journell, 28 of Wyoming and formerly of Pearisburg, VA […]

Linda Faye Fagg O’Dell age 60, of Dublin, died Saturday, June 6, 2023 at 2:40 a.m. Our Lord, her mother, her father, and fur babies were ready and waiting on […]

Jenny Cochran Lawrence of Belspring, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. She was born February 4, 1933, to Henry Andrew Cochran and Alma Talbert Cochran Lucado. Mrs. Lawrence […]

Thomas Edward Toney, age 83, passed away on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at the Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, WV. Born October 12, 1939, in Vallscreek, McDowell County, WV, he […]

Donald Eugene Crawford, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at the Peyton Hospice House in Lewisburg, WV. Born December 5, 1937, in Lindside, WV, he was the […]

Betty Mae Owens, of Christiansburg, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, June 11, 2023. Services were private. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg. November 8, 1944 – June […]

Richard Lee Woolwine, 59, of Roanoke formerly of Christiansburg, passed away at his home on June 11, 2023. He was veteran of the United States Air Force. He was an […]

Robert Francis Janney, also known as “Buzz”, son of Jerry Janney and Linda Trent, died on Friday, June 9, 2023. He enjoyed employment at Heritage Hall, the WV Pipeline, and […]

Brian Nacoma Chrisley, age 39 of Dublin passed away Monday, June 12, 2023. Born June 29, 1984 in Virginia, he was the son of Becky Lynn Hale Kimbrough and the […]

Archie Hassell Sumner, Sr. 87, passed away on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at his home. He was born on December 18, 1935, in Floyd, Virginia to the late Archie Woodrow […]

George W. Laughead, age 87 of Barren Springs, passed away Sunday, June 11, 2023 at Carrington Place (Wytheville). Born May 15, 1936 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, he was the son […]

Sheila Reyna, a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, professor at Radford University and Virginia Tech, and long-time resident of Blacksburg, passed away peacefully in the early hours of Saturday, […]

Cheryl Murray Bolt, 79, of Pilot, Va., and formerly of Roanoke, Va., passed into the arms of our Lord on Sunday, June 4, 2023. Born on December 16, 1943, she […]

Patricia Jaggers Manthe lost her battle with endometrial cancer on June 13, 2023. She joins her parents, Al and Betty Jaggers and her brother Tim, in eternity. Patty grew up […]

Ronnie Dean Lester II, age 54 of Pulaski passed away Friday, June 9, 2023 at the Lewis-Gale Medical Center, Salem. Born May 12, 1969 in Richmond, Virginia he was the […]