Marsha Marie Sweet
Dec 28, 2017
Marsha Marie Sweet, age 80, of Alto, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2017, following a sudden illness. Mrs. Sweet was born on February 13, 1937, in Grundy, Virginia; a daughter of the late Burt and Ruby Nuckolls. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William R. Sweet and brother, James Nuckolls. Mrs. Sweet was a member...
John Wayne Sizemore
Dec 26, 2017
John Wayne Sizemore age 70 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center. John Wayne was born in Carroll County, Virginia on August 2,1947 to Hiram and Alma Jennings Sizemore. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Jearleen Whitaker Sizemore and two brothers Roger Sizemore and...
Mattie Christine Morris Hodge
Dec 25, 2017
Mattie Christine Morris Hodge age 75 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, December 25, 2017 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Hodge was born in Carroll County, Virginia on March 3, 1942 to James W. and Rachel Burcham Morris. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two sisters and brothers-in-law Betty and Harold Dean...
Reece Everette Medley
Dec 22, 2017
Reece Everette Medley age 82 of Ennice, North Carolina passed away Friday, December 22, 2017 at his home. Mr. Medley was born on August 27, 1935 in Alleghany County, North Carolina to Ernest Everette and Osa Mae Johnson Medley. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Alma Bobbitt Medley and one brother Fred Rufus...
Raymond David Haga
Dec 22, 2017
Raymond David Haga age 75 of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday, December 22, 2017 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Haga was born on June 26, 1942 in Grayson County, Virginia to John H. and Gladys Dixon Haga. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife Jayne Ella Vaughan Haga and brother Charles C....
Doris Helvey Fender Akers
Dec 20, 2017
Doris Helvey Fender Akers age 90 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Akers was born in Grayson County, Virginia on January 29, 1927 to Andrew and Bertha Riggins Fender. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Paul Akers and a daughter Glenda Akers Lyons. She is survived...
Doris Fowler Lineberry
Dec 19, 2017
Doris Elizabeth Fowler Lineberry age 92 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Lineberry was born in Carroll County, Virginia on November 5, 1925 to Ernest David and Danie Summers Fowler. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Warren Coolidge Lineberry; son Lucian Ted Lineberry; son-in-law Gary Wilson;...
Sandra Jeannette Higgins
Dec 16, 2017
Sandra Jeannette Higgins, age 69, Woodlawn, VA, died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 in Galax, VA. Mrs. Higgins was born Nov, 28, 1948 in Hobbs, New Mexico to Thomas and Fern Smart Holden. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Lisa Diane Higgins, She is survived by her husband, Ron Higgins, Woodlawn, VA; daughters &...
Joe Rhudy Higgins
Dec 16, 2017
Joe Rhudy Higgins,age 82, Galax, VA died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. Mr. Higgins was born May 12, 1935 in Carroll County, VA to Emmett and Maxine Amburn Higgins. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Higgins and a brother and sister-in-law, Frank and Judy Higgins. He is survived by a sister-in-law, Eskie Ayers,...
Annie Mae Hall Poe
Dec 15, 2017
Annie Mae Hall Poe age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, December 15, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Poe was born in Virginia on May 29, 1929 to Claude Steven and Brook Funk Hall. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband James Junior Poe. She is survived by a niece Sandra Moretz of...
Velda Richardson Edwards
Dec 14, 2017
Velda Frances Richardson Edwards, age 83, Galax, VA, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 at the Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, VA. Mrs. Edwards was born April 08, 1934 in Carroll County, VA to Lebert and Carrie Redd Richardson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Billy G. Edwards. She is survived by sons & daughters-in-law,...
Yvonne Geraldine Jones
Dec 13, 2017
Yvonne Geraldine Jones age 69 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday December 13, 2017 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center. Yvonne was born in Grayson County, Virginia on February 16, 1948 to Jesse Ray and Fannie Fielder Beck. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a step daughter Alice Funk, one sister and three brothers....
James Garnie Easter, Sr.
Dec 13, 2017
James Garnie Easter, Sr. age 95 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2017 in the Heritage Hall Laurel Meadows Nursing Home. Mr. Easter was born in Carroll County, Virginia on September 5, 1922 to Jesse Michael and Rosenia Agnes Burcham Easter. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Guida Sharpe Easter and...
Garland Jack Davis
Dec 13, 2017
Garland Jack Davis age 61 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2017 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Jack was born on August 10, 1956 in Galax, Virginia to Ernest Freeman and Etta Leota Evans Davis. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a granddaughter Amelia "Milly" Rector. He is survived by his wife Nellie...
John Wesley Bedsaul
Dec 11, 2017
John Wesley Bedsaul age 74 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, December 11,2017 at his home. Mr. Bedsaul was born on December 18, 1942 in Grayson County, Virginia to John Bruce and Leona Bell Crigger Bedsaul. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by an infant son, five brothers, three half-sisters and four half-brothers. He is survived...
Carroll Jean Smith
Dec 11, 2017
Carroll Jean Smith better known as Buddy age 72 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, December 11, 2017 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Buddy was born in Galax, Virginia on May 23, 1945 to Arthur Wickham and Minnie Bowers Smith. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers Bill Smith and L.A. Smith. He is...
Shirley Jane Lineberry Swinney
Dec 9, 2017
Shirley Jane Lineberry Swinney, age 83, died Dec. 09, 2017 at her home in Fries, VA. Mrs. Swinney was born in Virginia, April 30, 1934, to the late Heath Montique and Bessie Iona Lineberry. She is survived by her husband, Clyde Bayne Swinney, Fries, VA; son, Charles Homer Patton, Galax, VA; sister, Linda Sue Newman, Crockett, Virginia; brothers, Marshall J.D....
Harold Dean Coleman
Dec 8, 2017
Harold Dean Coleman age 79 of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday, December 8, 2017 at his home. Harold was born in Fries, Virginia on April 20, 1938 to Charles Wesley and Wilda June Jones Coleman, who preceded him in death. Harold served in the US Army and was a longtime member of the Fries Fire Department and Rescue Squad. He...
Mary Ann Ray Clyburn
Dec 7, 2017
Mary Ann Clyburn age 57 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, December 7, 2017 at her home. Mary Ann was born on June 3,1960 in Galax, Virginia to George W. Ray, Sr. and Ella Mae Gravley Summey. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Charlie A. Clyburn; sisters Cora Swinney and Connie Osborne and...
Jim Harmon
Dec 5, 2017
Jim Harmon age 77 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2017 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Mr. Harmon was born in Carroll County, Virginia on February 4, 1940 to Gleaves and Bertie Farmer Harmon. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother Gooch Harmon. He is survived by his...
