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Leslie Ann Skidmore, 65, of Christiansburg, passed away after a long illness on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. She was preceded in death by her brother, Ken McMinn. Leslie is survived […]

Harold D. Yopp, 52, of Riner passed away Sunday, June 26, 2016. He was preceded in death by his father, Harold D. Yopp Sr. Left to cherish his memory are […]

Colleen Marie Kelley Lewis, 84 of Pearisburg, VA. went to be with the Lord on Monday, June 27, 2016 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital in Pearisburg, VA. Marie was born […]

Paul Andrew Hight, age 59 of Dublin passed away Monday, June 27, 2016 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born January 28, 1957 in Pulaski he was the son of Loretta […]

Michelle Clower Lyons, age 45, of Pilot, passed into her heavenly Home on Monday, June 27, 2016, due to complications following colon surgery. Michelle is survived by her husband, Steven […]

Adam Lee Peery, 25, of Cedar Bluff, VA, and formerly of Christiansburg, VA, passed away on June 23, 2016, at Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands. Born on July 9, […]

Phyllis Ann Smith, 74, of Christiansburg, passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2016. She was preceded in death by her parents, Morris Milton Pack and Virginia Pack Baker; and her […]

Roger Lee Burress, age 75, of Dublin, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2016. Born April 25, 1941 in Richlands, Virginia, he was the son of the late William Henry Burress […]

Sallie Myrtle Orange Smith, 98, of Blacksburg, died Saturday, June 25, 2016 at her home. She was born in Virginia on April 4, 1918 to the late Leonard and Ida […]

Marvin Eugene (Gene) Stuart of Pulaski, Va. Born in Pulaski, Va., August 14, 1943 to Samuel Marvin Stuart and Dorothy Worrell Stuart. Gene graduated from Pulaski High School, Class of […]

Larry Wayne McCoy, 65, of McCoy, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2016, at his home. He was born in Montgomery County, Va. on July 8, 1950 to the late Carl […]

Edward Lee Howell, 74, of Riner, passed away on Saturday, June, 25, 2016. Lee is preceded in death by his parents, Edgar M. Howell and Margaret K. Phillips; his son, […]

Evangeline H. Singleton (Vangie), age 89 of Dublin passed away Saturday, June 25, 2016 at Lewis Gale Hospital, Pulaski. Born February 24, 1927 in Russell County, Virginia, she was the […]

“In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” ~Albert Camus | Mary Robeson Pendleton, a centenarian resident of Blacksburg, died peacefully in […]

For 94 years our world was gifted by the presence of Marie Franklin Waldron. On Friday, June 24, 2016, she joined those of her loved ones who had gone before […]