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Col. Thomas Owen (T.O.) Williams III, age 80, of Blacksburg passed away on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at his home. He enjoyed a dinner with his family the previous evening […]

Janie Francis Coppage Harmon, age 74, of Christiansburg, died Monday, March 12, 2018, at Centra Speciality Hospital, Lynchburg. She was born in Prince William County, VA on June 27, 1943 […]

Helen Elizabeth McNiel Janney passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018. She was a lifelong resident of the Check community of Floyd County. Helen was the daughter of the late James […]

Harold Edward Spence, 92 of Willis, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2018. He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Marshall Spence; parents, James and Vanada Spence; twin sister, […]

In loving memory of Rachel Doris Cook, 63, of Radford VA went to be with the Lord in her daughters arms after her brief struggle with cancer on Thursday, March […]

Cassandra Smith Clark, 39, of Christiansburg went home to be with the Lord with her family by her side on Sunday, March 11, 2018. She was preceded in death by […]

Dexter McCoy Slusher, 75, of Floyd, passed away Monday March 12, 2018. He worked at the Floyd Tire Shop for 30 plus years. He was preceded in death by his […]

Pearl Mae (Jones) Bishop, 78 years old, born April 15, 1939 in Blackwater, Kentucky, entered Heaven’s gates on March 12, 2018 at Wythe County Community Hospital, Wytheville, Va. while surrounded […]

Bonnie Horton Raines, age 76 of Pulaski, died Saturday March 10, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. She was born on October 1, 1941 in Pulaski, and was the daughter […]

Janie Roberts Halsey, age 67, of Dublin, VA died, Sunday, March 11, 2018, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Smith Co, VA on December 30, 1950 to the […]

William (“Bill”) Burrowbridge, dedicated husband, brother, uncle, father, and grandfather, passed away in Roanoke, Virginia, on March 7, 2018, at the age of 71. Bill was born in Madison Wisconsin […]

Roger Harless, 68, of Blacksburg, Virginia, passed away on March 10, 2018 at Duke Medical Center, in Durham, NC, surrounded by family, after a long battle with heart and kidney […]

Maria Teresa Cooney, 82, of New Zion Road, Pembroke, VA departed this life at her home Sunday morning, March 11, 2018. Born in San Diego, CA on September 19, 1935, […]

Charlotte M. Skelton Blankenship, age 81, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018, at Country View Assisted Living in Peterstown, WV. Born July 7, 1936, in Zenith, WV, she was […]

Peggy Wilson Griffitts, 78, died unexpectedly on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at her home in Radford. She retired in 2002 from service to state government where she contributed eleven years […]