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Bobby Lee Petty
Feb 5, 2018
Bobby Lee Petty age 73 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, February 4, 2018 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center. Mr. Petty was born on February 25, 1944 in Grayson County, Virginia to Jim and Eula Hackler Petty. He proudly served his country in the US Army. He is survived by an aunt Kathleen Hackler of Elk Creek, Virginia...
James "Jim" E. Hawks
Feb 4, 2018
A COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE HAWKS FAMILY Fort Mill - Mr. James "Jim" E. Hawks,75, passed away at Carolinas Medical Center on Sunday, February 4, 2018. Graveside service will be Friday, February 9, 2018 at 3:00 PM in the Felts Memorial City Cemetery, Galax, Virginia. The family will receive friends at Greene Funeral Home Northwest Chapel, 2133 Ebenezer...
Robert Roger Chappell
Feb 4, 2018
Robert Roger Chappell, 77 , passed away at his home in Galax, VA on Sunday, February 4th, 2018. Bob retired from the city of Galax in 2002 after 28 years of service. He loved woodworking and carpentry. For over 50 years, he built cabinets and furniture for various people in the community. He also loved building beautiful things for his...
Janie (Dolly) Hale Gentry
Feb 3, 2018
Janie Hale Gentry, better known as Dolly Gentry of Spring Valley, passed away on Saturday, February 3, 2018. Mrs. Gentry was born on May 12, 1928 to June Piper Hale and Clyde Reeves Hale of Spring Valley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Penick Gentry and two sisters, Virginia June Hale Vaughan and...
James (Jimmie) Clark Williams, Sr.
Feb 1, 2018
James (Jimmie) Clark Williams, Sr. age 85 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018 at his home. Mr. Williams was born in Comers Rock, Virginia on April 19, 1932 to Garnett Troy and Carolyn Osborne Williams. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife and the mother of his children Jean Lindamood...
Mary Sue Kenny
Jan 31, 2018
Mary Sue Kenny age 71 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at her home. Mary was born in McDowell County, West Virginia on November 6, 1946 to Emory and Fredith Price Hooven. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two sisters Lucy Semones and Edna Farmer; three brothers Joe Hooven, James Hooven and...
James "Cliff" Clifford Felts
Jan 29, 2018
Homegoing for James Clifford Felts better known as Cliff Felts age 88 of Fries, Virginia was on Monday, January 29, 2018. Mr. Felts was born in Grayson County, Virginia on August 11, 1929 to Emmett and Lena Crowder Felts. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a son Donnie Felts. He is survived by his wife...
Lena Bell Frost
Jan 29, 2018
Lena Bell Johnson Frost age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, January 29, 2018 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Frost was born on April 28, 1929 in Grayson County, Virginia to Sidney Henry and Nancy Alice Montgomery Johnson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Robert Linnie Frost. She is survived...
George Roger Cornett
Jan 29, 2018
George Roger Cornett better known as Roger Cornett age 68 of Cana, Virginia passed away Monday, January 29, 2018 at his home. Roger was born on February 26, 1949 in Grayson County, Virginia to Straley Hicks and Mammie Elizabeth Anderson Cornett. He is survived by a daughter Amanda Rose Cornett and a son Joshua Cornett both of Oregon; granddaughter Journey;...
Kenneth Gilbert Walker
Jan 28, 2018
Kenneth Gilbert Walker age 95 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 28, 2019 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Mr. Walker was born in Carroll County, Virginia on May 24,1922 to Roby Leviston and Clyde Jennings Walker. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Adie Marie Newman Walker. He is...
Linda Carol Patton Frazier
Jan 27, 2018
Linda Carol Patton Frazier passed away, after a long battle with cancer, at the Twin County Hospital. Born in Grayson County, VA, Aug. 09, 1942 to Frances Carico Patton and Wilbert (Will) Patton, who preceded her in death. Also, preceding her in death, were grandparents, Larma and Harvey Carico and Aunt Margaret Carico. Graduated from National Business in Roanoke. VA...
Janice Cox Wensel
Jan 27, 2018
Janice Cox Wensel age 91 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018 at Commonwealth Assisted Living in Radford, Virginia. Mrs. Wensel was born on May 1, 1926 in Carroll County, Virginia to Roy Thomas and Pauline Blair Higgins Cox. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Laurence Lee Wensel and sister Jean...
Glenna Gaye Gullion
Jan 24, 2018
Glenna Gaye Gullion age 55 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at her home. Glenna was born in Carroll County, Virginia on November 9, 1962 to Carl and Ida Bell Love Edwards. She is survived by her husband George Gullion of Galax, Virginia; two sisters Wanda Ayers of Galax, Virginia and Barbara Johnson of Fries, Virginia; several...
Steven Ellis Semones
Jan 24, 2018
Steven Ellis Semones, age 66 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at Woltz Hospice House in Dobson, North Carolina. Mr. Semones was born November 5, 1951 in Galax, Virginia to the late Alger Semones and Louise Funk Semones. He is survived by his wife: Faye Semones of the home; daughters and sons-in-law: Becky and Robert Hampton of...
Ruby Amburn Snow
Jan 24, 2018
Ruby Amburn Snow, age 100, of Axton, Virginia and formerly of Galax, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2018 in the Blue Ridge Nursing Center, Martinsville, Virginia. Mrs. Snow was born December 25, 1917 in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Guy Saunders Amburn and Arizona Judith Brannock Amburn. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...
Jeffery Johnny Bowers
Jan 23, 2018
Jeffery Johnny Bowers age 57 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at his home. Jeffery was born in Galax, Virginia on April 12, 1960 to Samuel Jefferson and Kitty Sue Livesay Bowers. In addition to his mother Kitty Sue Bowers of Galax, Virginia, he is survived by his wife Julia Bowers; daughter Kristen Bowers Mayes all of...
Charles Harrison Ray
Jan 22, 2018
Charles Harrison Ray age 75 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, January 22, 2018 in the Galax Health and Rehab Center. Mr. Ray was born in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia on August 7, 1942 to George Winston and Mary Hazel Hamm Ray. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Nancy Smith and two brothers...
Donnie Keith Dixon
Jan 22, 2018
Donnie Keith Dixon age 36 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, January 22, 2018 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Donnie was born on February 25,1981 in Galax, Virginia to Donnie Lee and Barbara Joan Jennings Dixon. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother Betty Dixon of Fries, Virginia and maternal grandparents Ernest and Nellie...
Yancy Burton (Y. B.) Hall, Jr.
Jan 22, 2018
Yancy Burton (Y. B.) Hall, Jr., age 87, passed away at his home Monday, January 22, 2018. Y. B. was born June 17,1930 in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Yancy Burton Hall and Maude Mitchell Hall. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters Maudleene Cochran and Gladys Cruise and brother Robert Hall. He is...
Blossom Lucille Mclean Weatherman
Jan 22, 2018
Blossom Lucille Weatherman age 75 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, January 22, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Weatherman was born in Roanoke, Virginia on November 13, 1942 to John Marshall and Cynthia Frances Crigger McLean. She is survived by her husband Virgil Thomas Weatherman of Galax, Virginia; son and daughter-in-law Thomas Paul and Julie Weatherman of Maple Hill, North...
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