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Lorna Lea Long Shumate, 62, of Roanoke, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2021. She attended Fairlawn Church of God and was the Retail Price Coordinator at Food Lion in Roanoke. […]

Lewyn “Lew” Carlton Gardner, 88, of Narrows, VA., (Wolf Creek), passed away on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at his home. Lew was born on June 19, 1933, in Roanoke, VA […]

Agnes Virginia Elliott, 89, of Dublin, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at Highland Ridge Health & Rehab. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 3, […]

Jerry Leon Wilson, 82, and Mary Frances Wilson (‘nee Hilliard), 79, of Dublin, passed away the last week of November 2021. The pair were married for 62 years and raised […]

Deborah (Debbie) Reed Griffith, 58, a beloved wife, mother, daughter and employee of the Pulaski County School District passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. Debbie was born in […]

Charles Christopher Blanchard passed away on Wednesday, November 17th, 2021, at age 56, from complications of liver failure. He was surrounded by loved ones at the time of his departure. […]

Georgia Sutphin Kemp, 96 of Floyd, passed away on Monday, November 29, 2021. She is preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Ernest Kemp. She is survived by […]

Marcia Lynn Osborne, 63 of Pembroke, VA departed this life December 1, 2021 in the care of her family. Born June 9, 1958, in France she was a daughter of […]

Freddie Lee Richardson passed away peacefully at his home in Christiansburg on Saturday, November 27, 2021, at the age of 71. Freddie worked as a truck driver for C&S Door […]

Ellen Ballengee Johnson, age 83, passed away on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at Heritage Hall in Rich Creek, VA. Born April 20, 1938, in Second Creek, WV, she was the […]

Judge William Franklin Thomas, Jr., died on Monday, November 29, 2021.  A lifelong resident of Pulaski, Virginia, Judge Thomas was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Gertrude Davis Thomas; […]

Helen Phillips Monroe, 88, of Claytor Lake, passed away Saturday, November 27, 2021. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Elizabeth Cox Phillips; and her husband, Dan […]

Catherine S. Johnson of Christiansburg, VA passed away Monday, November 29, 2021. Born to parents Michael and Anna Telehany on November 5, 1933, Catherine grew up in Corning, NY where […]

Priscilla Melody Barner Martin, of Ironto, died tragically on Nov. 21. She was 38. Raised in Loudoun County, Virginia, where she was homeschooled, she called the New River Valley home […]

Bonnie Jane Wright Gregory, 80 of Pulaski received her angel wings Sunday, November 28, 2021 at the Lewis-Gale Hospital, Pulaski. Born April 24, 1941 in Pulaski, she was the daughter […]

Thomas Buddy Manning, Jr. “Tommy”, age 58 went to be with his family in the sky Tuesday, November 23, 2021. He is survived by his two daughters, India and Tuesday […]

Thomas Gene Hubbard, age 67 of Wytheville passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021. Born March 13, 1954 in Pulaski, Virginia he was the son of the late Thomas Green Hubbard […]