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Wayne Anthony Damba
Sep 14, 2017
Wayne Anthony Damba age 74 of Lexington, North Carolina passed away Thursday, September 14,2017 at his home. Wayne was born in St. Louis, Missouri on December 2, 1942 to Anthony and Dorothy Emma Diebold Damba. He proudly served his country in the US Army. He is survived by his wife Carlene Allison Damba of Lexington, North Carolina; children Sherri Mabe...
Virginia Udell Willis
Sep 14, 2017
Virginia Udell Willis age 99 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, September 14, 2017 in the Galax Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. Willis was born in Carroll County, Virginia on June 18, 1918 to William Henry and Nancy Miller Martin. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Clarence Willis. She is survived by her...
Ilene Cox Todd
Sep 14, 2017
Ilene Cox Todd age 96 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, September 14, 2017 in Galax, Virginia. Mrs. Todd was born in Grayson County, Virginia on June 30, 1921 to Leslie and Stella Cockerham Wilson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husbands Grover Lee Cox, Sr. and Rex Todd and a daughter Wanda McAllidon....
Clarence "Tommy" Mitchell Brown, Jr.
Sep 12, 2017
Clarence Mitchell Brown, Jr. better known as Tommy Brown age 61 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at his home. Tommy was born in Maryland on October 2, 1955 to Clarence Mitchell Brown, Sr. and Grace Triplett Brown. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers Robert Junior Hicks and Billy Dean...
Rebecca Trimble Wampler
Sep 11, 2017
Rebecca Roselle Trimble Wampler, age 70, Mt. Airy, NC, died in Mt. Airy, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Mrs. Wampler was born July 25, 1947 in Wytheville, VA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Jack Wampler and parents, William and Gertrude Jennings Trimble. Surviving, son and daughter-in-law Charles & and Jami Nunn Wampler, Kannapolis, NC; sister & brother-in-law,...
Charlie Austin Hicks
Sep 9, 2017
Charlie Austin Hicks age 2 years passed away Saturday, September 9, 2017 in the Duke University Hospital. Charlie was born in Durham, North Carolina on November 19, 2014. He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents Charlie Wilton and Ella Jean Hicks and Ernest Clarence Payne. He is survived by his mother Misty Dawn Hicks; brothers James "Preston" Hicks and...
Berlie Cecil Goad
Sep 8, 2017
Berlie Cecil Goad age 91 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, September 8, 2017 at his home. Mr. Goad was born in Carroll County, Virginia on August 11, 1926 to William Benjamin and Mattie Susan Webb Goad. He is survived by his wife Remona Snow Goad; foster son and wife Connie and Valarie Williams all of Galax, Virginia; several nieces...
Joye Lineberry Flanagan
Sep 5, 2017
Joye was preceded in death by her parents, Conley and Linnie Jennings Lineberry, husband Clayton R. Flanagan, son Donald Flanagan, and brother Cecil Lineberry. Joye Flanagan is survived by son Michael Flanagan of Destin, FL., daughter Nancy Pierce of Lewisville, NC, sister Connie Burnsed of Woodlawn, VA and four Grandchildren and Five Great Grandchildren. Joye was a Teacher's Aid at...
Patricia Ann Burris
Sep 4, 2017
Patricia Burris, age 73, passed away Monday, September 04, 2017 at her home. She was born in Grayson County, Virginia on December 2, 1943 to the late John Mack Miles and Elizabeth Ann Hash Miles. She is survived by her husband Johnny Burris of the home; sons and daughter-in-law: Darrell Burris; John and Joyce Burris all of Galax,Virignia; grandchildren Rachel...
Elizabeth (Beth) Price
Sep 2, 2017
Helen Elizabeth (Beth) Price, age 36, of Galax, VA. died at her home Saturday, September 2, 2017. She was born August 17, 1981 in Galax, VA to Alan Price and Blenda Mallory Bilbrey and is survived by her son, Jafon Hairston, mother and step father Blenda and Garold Bilbrey, brother, Darrin Travis Kelley, half-sister, Samantha Price, grandfather, Garnett Price, fiancé,...
Carl Gene Delp
Sep 1, 2017
Carl Gene Delp age 79 of Fancy Gap, Virginia passed away Friday, September 1, 2017 at his home. Mr. Delp was born on May 6, 1938 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to James Sherman and Hattie Coleman Delp. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Mildred Lee Delp Mosley; brother and sister-in-law Sherman Roy and Linda...
Angela Gail Riegel
Aug 27, 2017
Angela Gail Jones Riegel age 40 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, August 27, 2017 in the Wake Forest Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Angela was born in Galax, Virginia on May 20, 1977 to Robert Jones, Jr. and Judy Jones. She is survived by her children Ashley Riegel; Bianca Garcia; Brian Riegel and Cruz Garcia; mother and step-father...
Wilma Jo Goad
Aug 27, 2017
Wilma Jo Goad age 87, formerly of Galax, Virginia, died Sunday August 27, 2017 at Quail Meadows Assisted Living in North Ogden, Utah. She was born on March 4, 1930 in Woodlawn, Virginia, the only child of the late Clayton Alexander and Josephine Morris Bedsaul. Jo graduated from Radford College in 1949 with a degree in Education and earned her...
Melvin Thomas "Tom" Mayberry
Aug 18, 2017
Melvin Thomas Mayberry, known as Tom Mayberry age 73 of Galax, Virginia logged his final flight on Friday, August 18, 2017 at his home with his flying family in mind. Tom was born in Wytheville, Virginia on May 11, 1944. His pilot friends graciously helped him through his final days. Although Tom worked in education administration during his earlier years,...
Robert Earl Shaffner, Jr.
Aug 17, 2017
Robert Earl Shaffner, Jr. better known as Bud Shaffner age 81 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, August 17, 2017 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center. He was born in Grayson County, Virginia on November 24, 1935 to Robert Earl Shaffner, Sr. and Jeanetta Yates Shaffner. He proudly served his country in the US Navy and then operated heavy...
Clarence Gilbert Hawks
Aug 14, 2017
Clarence Gilbert Hawks age 73 of Cana, Virginia passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 at his home. Mr. Hawks was born in Carroll County, Virginia on January 15, 1944 to Jonah and Ellen Hawks. He is survived by his wife Mabel Hawks of Cana, Virginia; daughters and sons-in-law Carrie and Brian Keyser of Ararat, Virginia; Sharon and Darrell Gwyn of...
Sylvia Rose Fields
Aug 14, 2017
Sylvia Rose Fields age 65 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 at her home. Sylvia was born in Sparta, North Carolina on October 31, 1951 to John Robert and Ina Estella Owens Delp. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her step-father Paul Funk and granddaughter Ashley Fields. She is survived by her...
Jerry Alan Martin
Aug 10, 2017
Jerry Alan Martin better known as Alan Martin age 69 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, August 10, 2017 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Alan was born in Carroll County, Virginia on June 24, 1948 to Lawrence Clayton and Iva Lee Stanley Martin. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister...
Penick (Bud) Gentry
Aug 10, 2017
Penick Gentry, also known as Bud and Buddy passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2017. He was born in Roxboro, NC, May 6, 1927. He was preceded in death by his parents, Abner C. Gentry and Lelia Walters Gentry. He is survived by his wife, Janie Hale Gentry, and several nieces and nephews by marriage, and several cousins. After graduation...
Viola Jean Tompkins
Aug 8, 2017
Viola Jean Tompkins age 73 of Dugspur, Virginia passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2017 in the New River Valley Medical Center. Ms. Tompkins was born in Galax, Virginia on February 21, 1944 to Otie and Ruby Jones Isom. She is survived by her daughter Ella Mae Tompkins of Dugspur, Virginia; granddaughter and spouse Kimberly Aven Tompkins Felts and Aaron Martin...
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