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Alejandro Felipe Rodriguez
Dec 5, 2017
Alejandro Felipe Rodriguez age 63 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at his home. Alejandro was born on May 26, 1954 in Cuba to Sotero A. Rodriguez and Pascuala Gladys Hernandez Rodriguez. He is survived by his wife Celia Marie Adams Rodriguez of Fries, Virginia; daughters and sons-in-law Kenie Rodriguez of Key Largo, Florida; Tatiana and Octavio...
William Troy Coleman
Dec 3, 2017
William Troy Coleman age 71 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, December 3, 2017 at his home. Mr. Coleman was born on November 10, 1946 in Carroll County, Virginia to Troy and Emma Blanche Edwards Coleman. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brother Donnie Coleman. He is survived by his wife Reta Coleman of...
Claude Allen King
Dec 3, 2017
Claude Allen King age 90 of Galax, Virginia passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Twin County Regional Hospital on Sunday, December 3, 2017. Mr. King was born in Carroll County, Virginia on October 17, 1927 to the late Davis and Lizzie Mae Lawson King. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Mary Ann...
Shirley Lorraine Melton
Dec 2, 2017
Shirley Lorraine Bartlett Melton age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, December 2, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Melton was born in Galax, Virginia on July 13, 1931 to George Washington and Katie Mae Thomas Bartlett. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Woodrow Warren Melton. She is survived by two nieces Eleanor...
Wayne Clark Eller
Dec 1, 2017
Wayne Clark Eller age 84 of Independence, Virginia passed away Friday, December 1,2017 in the Galax Health and Rehab Center. Mr. Eller was born in Grayson County, Virginia on February 10, 1933 to William Walter and Lessie Mae Hash Eller. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Helen Mae Eller; sisters Glee Sharpio; Ginnie...
Jerry Lee Bond
Dec 1, 2017
Jerry Lee Bond age 78 of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday, December 1, 2017 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Bond was born in Grayson County,Virginia on May 27, 1939 to Earnest Lee and Clarice Smith Bond. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son Danny Joe Bond and sister Linda Bond Byrd. He...
Alma Lee York Richardson
Nov 27, 2017
Alma Lee York Richardson of the Baywood community went to be with Jesus Monday, November 27, 2017. She was born in Grant,VA, on February 7, 1920, to Dr. Charles L.and Stella Mae Irwin York, and was the youngest of five children. She grew up in the happy and lovely mountain area of Twin Oaks, North Carolina. She attended both elementary...
Everett Sidney Edwards
Nov 27, 2017
Everett Sidney Edwards age 99 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, November 27, 2017 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Edwards was born in Woodlawn, Virginia on October 13, 1918 to Sidney Matthew and Betty Jane Mabe Edwards. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by brothers Claude, Talmadge, Arnold, Dean and Otis Edwards. He is...
Loretta Faye Nelson
Nov 26, 2017
Loretta Faye Nelson age 90 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Nelson was born in Carroll County, Virginia on July 6, 1927 to Dolphus and Dicie Delp Littrell. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband William Thomas Nelson. She is survived by her...
Ruby Irene Jones
Nov 26, 2017
Ruby Irene Bryant Jones age 85 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday November 26, 2017 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Jones was born on February 25, 1932 in Virginia to Pearlie Nathan and Trustie Mallie Barker Bryant. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by brother James D. "Jimmy" Bryant and nephew Mike Bryant....
Bertha Lou “Lucy” Reavis Arnold
Nov 25, 2017
Bertha Lou "Lucy" Reavis Arnold, 73, of Bryant, Arkansas, passed away November 25, 2017. She was born in Galax, Virginia on December 6, 1943 to Paul Higgins Reavis and Minnie Harmon Reavis. Lucy spent all of her school years in Salem, VA, as a resident at Virginia Baptist Children's Home now known as Hope Tree, with her brother and 2...
Bertha Lou “Lucy” Reavis Arnold
Nov 25, 2017
THIS IS A COURTESY FOR THE ARNOLD FAMILY Bertha Lou "Lucy" Reavis Arnold, 73, of Bryant, Arkansas, passed away November 25, 2017. She was born in Galax, Virginia on December 6, 1943 to Paul Higgins Reavis and Minnie Harmon Reavis. Lucy spent all of her school years in Salem, VA, as a resident at Virginia Baptist Children's Home now known...
Pearl Jenell Sharp Bowers
Nov 25, 2017
Pearl Jenell Bowers better known as Jenell age 75 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Bowers was born Nov. 25, 1942 in Carroll County, VA to Howard Clifford and Lena Burnett Sharp. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Arlee Bowers. She is survived...
Larry Dean Taylor
Nov 22, 2017
Larry Dean Taylor age 60 of Cana, Virginia passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at his home. Larry was born in Pearisburg, Virginia on September 15, 1957 to Lester and Nannie McMillian Taylor. He was a loving father, grandfather, brother and dear friend to so many. He will be dearly missed. Those left to cherish his memory are daughters and...
Robert Duane Hansen
Nov 22, 2017
Robert Duane Hansen age 78 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2017 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center in Independence, Virginia. Mr. Hansen was born in Trenary, Michigan on September 14, 1939 to Ralph and Genevieve Kelly Hansen. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his step-father Ray Kauffman. He is survived by...
Robin Michael Hill
Nov 15, 2017
Robin Michael Hill age 60 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday, November 15, 2017 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Robin was born in Grayson County, Virginia on August 8, 1957 to George and Pauline Rosenbaum Hill. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two sisters Barbara Bradshaw and Betty Routh and a brother Thomas Paul Hill....
H.D. (Doug) Lawrence
Nov 12, 2017
H.D. (Doug) Lawrence age 68 of Galax, Virginia and formerly of Edinburg, Ohio passed away Sunday, November 12, 2017 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Doug was born in Akron, Ohio on February 25, 1949 to James Eugene and Margie Baxter Lawrence. He proudly served his country in the US Army. He is survived by his wife...
Franklin Eugene Moore
Nov 10, 2017
Franklin Eugene Moore, age 66, Fries, VA, died Nov. 10, 2017 in the Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, Winston Salem, NC. Mr. Moore was born May 13, 1951 in Ashville, NC to Elmer and Margaret Haynes Moore. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers & sisters: Junior Moore, Nancy Reed, Jenny Williams, Emmett Moore, Vera...
Myrtle Elizabeth Reeves
Nov 8, 2017
Myrtle Elizabeth Reeves age 98 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2017 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Reeves was born on July 7, 1919 in Wythe County, Virginia to William Henry and Myrtle Lindamood Fuller. She is survived by her husband Joe R. Reeves, Sr. of Galax, Virginia; sons and daughters-in-law Joe R. Reeves, Jr....
Maria Danette Murray
Nov 7, 2017
Maria Murray died November 7, 2017 at Galax Health and Rehabilitation Center (formerly Golden LivingCenter – Blue Ridge). She was born in Sparta, NC, on September 28, 1964, and was the daughter of Daniel (Tucker) and Lynne Wright Murray. Maria was born with special needs and required many operations and several admittances over the years in the UVA Hospital in...
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