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...
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...
