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Tonya Lynn Dunford Stevens

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Tonya Stevens Obituary

Tonya Lynn Dunford Stevens, 19, of Pulaski, Va., went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 30, 2010. Born on July 10, 1990, in Pulaski, she was the daughter of Linda Sutphin Nuckols and the late Donald O'Dell Dunford. Her uncle, Garry R. Sutphin, also preceded her in death. She was a graduate of Pulaski County High School. Surviving is her husband, Pvt. William Albert Stevens, Korea; mother, Linda Sutphin Nuckols, of Pulaski; maternal grandmother, Lois Wilson, of Salem; paternal grandmother, Dorothy Dunford, of Pulaski; maternal grandfather, Hubert R. and wife, Violet Sutphin, of Draper; great-grandmother, Mary Magdalene Sutphin, of Pulaski; half sisters, Leslie D. Boyd and husband, Paul, of Frankfort, Ky., and Lauren Dunford, of Dublin; cousins, Amber Sutphin, Jason Sutphin, Corintha Dunford and Odell Dunford; special friends, Rachael Burton and Kayla Meadows; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Robert and Laurie Stevens, of Buena Vista, Colo.; and sister-in-law, Carrie Schafer, of Leesburg, Va. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. on Friday, May 7, 2010, at the Bower Funeral Home Chapel, Pulaski with Pastor Randall Lawrence officiating. Interment will follow at the Oakwood Cemetery, Pulaski. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday evening, May 6, 2010, at the Bower Funeral Home, Pulaski. To send the family your online condolences, visit www.bowerfuneralhome.com Bower Funeral Home, Pulaski is handling the arrangements.

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Published by Roanoke Times from May 4 to May 6, 2010.

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Corinthia Dunford

May 7, 2010

You were like my sister Tonya. You are the other half of me and I will forever miss you. Love you!

Laura Dunford-Thomas

May 5, 2010

My thoughts and Prayers are with you guys!! God's grace is sufficient!!

May 4, 2010

I've known Tonya since she was about 2 yrs old.Her and my daughter were buddies through school.I thought of her as another daughter.
I will miss her terribly.She will be FOREVER in my heart.
Stephanie Kennedy

May 4, 2010

Lois ,Amber ,Linda and family.

Our heart goes out to you in your time of grief and in the days ahead . God be with you as you are in our prayers and thoughts .

Bill and Pam Scott/Jeremy and April Perdue

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