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Darla Leatrice Jennings, 52, of Pulaski, passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2015. She was chief financial officer for Cygnus Management Group, general manager of Greenwood Hills Apartments in Pulaski […]

Robert Draper Yonce, age 80, formerly of Pulaski passed away Saturday, April 25, 2015. He lived all of his life in Pulaski (891 Dillon Street last address), until November, 2013, […]

Vasco John Nunes, 83, of Narrows, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, April 24th, 2015. He was born in Newark, New Jersey on October 25th, 1931, and […]

Samuel A. DeHart of Floyd, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, April 25, 2015, at his residence after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, […]

With a heavy heart but feeling so, so, lucky to have had her in our lives for as long as we did, we share with you that Debra Austin Leighton […]

James McCaughan Moore, age 91, of Blacksburg, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2015. Jim was born in Bloomington, Indiana on May 11, 1923. He was the son of Henry […]

Ira Dewey Long, 93, of Prices Fork died Thursday, April 23, 2015, at the Virginia Veterans Care Center in Roanoke. He was born in Prices Fork, on December 25, 1921, […]

Barbara Estella Moser Deweese, 63, of Roanoke, a loving wife and mother and very proud grandmother, departed this life Friday morning, April 24, 2015, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in […]

Edith Maxine Boysaw, 76, of Dublin, Va., passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015. She was born Sept. 17, 1938, to the late William and Savannah Smith. She was preceded in […]

Basil Henry Scott, 88, of Draper, died at home on Thursday, April 23, 2015. He was born on April 13, 1927 in McComas, W.Va. and was the son of the […]

Wilda Dean Hendricks Cruise, 75, was peacefully called home to be with the Lord on April 22, 2015. She was born April 6, 1940, to the late Walter K. Hendricks […]

“Only connect…Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height.” — E.M. Forster, Howards End Kevin Patrick Hartley, […]

Bobby Junior Martin, 82, of Kimballton in Giles County, Va., passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, April 23, 2015, at his home with his loving, devoted, caring daughter, Rebecca Rudd, […]

Bonnie June Stoots Combs, age 68, of Pulaski passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 in the Lewis Gale Hospital-Salem. Born December 2, 1946 in Pulaski, she was the daughter of […]

Michael John Carpenter, 75, of Radford, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2015. He was a United States Army Veteran having served during the Berlin Crisis and was active in […]

Melanie Chambers LaFon, 68, of Narrows, entered into eternal peace on April 20, 2015. Melanie was born on September 19, 1946, a daughter of the late Paul and Doris Chambers. […]

Rhonda Jones Noble, 66 of Rich Creek, Virginia passed away Thursday, April 16, 2015 at Carilion Giles Community Hospital, Pearisburg, Virginia. Born March 8, 1949 in Princeton, WV, she was […]

Robert Lee Turner, 76 of Narrows, VA passed away, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at home. Born July 3, 1938 at Richlands, VA he was the son of the late George […]