Mary Judy Gravley
Jun 15, 2017
Mary Judy Gravley age 57 of Elk Creek, Virginia passed away Thursday, June 15, 2017 at the Wythe County Community Hospital. Mary was born on January 28, 1960 in Reidsville, North Carolina to Elmo R. and Mary Sue Christley Melton. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers Jerry Wade Melton and Danny Melton. She...
Fannie Kate Hash
Jun 14, 2017
Fannie "Kate" Hash age 79 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2017 in the Galax Health and Rehab. Mrs. Hash was born on September 14, 1937 in Fries, Virginia to James Lee and Alice Francis Johnson Taylor. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Gerald Cecil Hash and two sisters Janie Pearman...
Truman Ray Nance, Sr.
Jun 13, 2017
Truman Ray Nance, Sr. age 64 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2017 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mr. Nance was born on November 17, 1952 in San Jose, California to Leroy and Virginia Townzen Nance. He is survived by his wife Kellie Dawn Davis Nance of Galax, Virginia; children and spouse Mickel and Thersa Nance of...
Janette Grey Bennett
Jun 12, 2017
Janette Grey Bennett age 51 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Monday, June 12, 2017 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Jan was born in Galax, Virginia on April 7, 1966 to Zane and Ann Hines Bennett. She is survived by two brothers and sisters-in-law Darrell M. and Lana Sexton of Woodlawn, Virginia; Donald R. and Debra Sexton of Gray, Tennessee;...
Charles Pierce Stoneman, Jr.
Jun 12, 2017
Charles Pierce Stoneman, Jr. age 48 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, June 12,2017 in Galax, Virginia. Charles was born in Galax, Virginia on April 12, 1969 to Charles Pierce and Martha Jean Harrison Stoneman, Sr.. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a nephew Joseph Stoneman. He is survived by two daughters Brittani Stoneman and...
John (Brad) Bradley Mcmickle
Jun 12, 2017
Retired Sergeant Major John Bradley McMickle (Brad) age 53 of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, June 12, 2017 at his home. Brad was born on October 11, 1963 in Neubruecke, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany to John Thomas and Linda Brown McMickle. Brad proudly served his country in the US Army, entering on September 1, 1982 and retiring on October 31, 2002 having...
Emma-Rayne Elizabeth Jones
Jun 9, 2017
Emma-Rayne Elizabeth Jones infant daughter of David Andrew and Samantha Dawn Shinault Jones passed away Friday, June 9, 2017 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Emma-Rayne was born on Friday at the hospital. In addition to her parents and brother Peyton A. Jones of Hillsville, Virginia, Emma-Rayne is survived by her maternal grandparents Cecil and Dorothy Shinault; paternal grandparents Rhonda...
Goldie Miller Byrd
Jun 6, 2017
Goldie Miller Byrd age 89 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2017 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Byrd was born in the Whitetop Community of Grayson County, Virginia on March 10, 1928 to James and Dora Shepheard Miller. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Earnest Byrd; daughters Brenda...
Everett Claston Cox
Jun 4, 2017
Everett Claston Cox age 92 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, June 4,2017 in the Highland Ridge Rehab Center in Dublin, Virginia. Mr. Cox was born on March 2,1925 in Carroll County, Virginia to Virgil B. and Rosa Landreth Cox. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Netta Georjean Cox. He proudly served his...
Hazel Marie Prevette
May 28, 2017
Hazel Marie Prevette, 94, of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, May 28, 2017 at the Galax Nursing and Rehab. She was born May 8 1923 in Galax, Virginia to George Washington Brown and Ida Mae Kenny Brown. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Fred Prevette. She is survived by her son Fred J....
Clifton Eugene Vaughan
May 28, 2017
Clifton Eugene Vaughan, 85, of Fries passed away Sunday, May 28th in the Grayson Nursing & Rehab, Independence, Virginia. Mr. Vaughan was born February 15, 1932 in Grayson County, Virginia to the late Edgar Clement and Grace Lee Stanley Vaughan. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by sisters Evelyn Hines, Aleese Carico, brothers Ray Vaughan, Elroy...
Charles Donald Hodges
May 27, 2017
Charles Donald Hodges, age 81, of Ivanhoe, VA, died Saturday, May 27, 2017, at his home. Mr. Hodges was born September 15, 1935 in Gary, West Virginia to Robert Lindsey and Ida Louvinia Smith Hodges. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters, Faye Hodges Brown and Barbara Hodges Harrison, brother, Robert Hodges and grandson, Blake...
James Payton Davis
May 26, 2017
James Payton Davis age 85 of Independence, Virginia passed away Friday, May 26, 2017 at his home. Mr. Davis was born in Wythe County, Virginia on May 23, 1932 to Burley and Ethel Kieth Davis. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Joyce Leonard Davis; son Ronnie Davis and grandson Ronnie James Davis. He...
Lisa Dawn Helton
May 24, 2017
Lisa Dawn Helton age 55 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2017 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center. Lisa was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on July 14, 1961 to Donald and Carol Leech Hollifield. She is survived by her husband Daniel Helton of Galax, Virginia; children Keith Helton and Misty Helton both of Galax, Virginia; Carolyn...
Brandon Troy Riggins
May 24, 2017
Brandon Troy Riggins age 35 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2017 in the Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. Brandon was born on December 30, 1981 in Galax, Virginia to James E. and Cindy Rippey Riggins Jr. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather Clifford Rippey and his paternal grandparents James and Emma Riggins....
Bobby Lee Barrett
May 23, 2017
Bobby Lee Barrett age 79 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2017 in the Galax Nursing and Rehab Center. Mr. Barrett was born in Grayson County, Virginia on July 16, 1937 to Roy Grady and Verlia Billings Barrett. He is survived by his sister Helen Faye Spencer of Lynchburg, Virginia; brothers Roy Wayne Barrett and John Odell Barrett...
Helen Josephine Whisenhunt
May 23, 2017
Helen Josephine Barker Whisenhunt age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2017 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Whisenhunt was born on July 1, 1930 in Carroll County, Virginia to Robert D. and Celia Eda Goodson Barker. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Maney Wesley Whisenhunt, Jr.; sisters...
Samuel Jackson Todd
May 22, 2017
Samuel Jackson Todd age 61 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, May 22, 2017. Sam was born in Galax, Virginia on February 15, 1956 to Howard Rudolph and Sally Parnetta Pillow Todd. In addition to his mother he was preceded in death by his brother Tim Todd and mother-in-law Gelene Dalton. He is survived by his wife Rhonda Todd of...
Rose Marie Jones
May 21, 2017
Rose Marie Jones age 56 of Fries, Virginia passed away Sunday, May 21,2017 at her home. Rose Marie was born in Carroll County, Virginia on January 20, 1961 to Montie and Patricia Raymer Barr. In addition to her mother Patricia Barr of Galax, Virginia she is survived by her husband Greg Jones of Fries, Virginia; children Christy Dalton of Hillsville,...
Elizabeth "Bette" Felts Mcgee
May 19, 2017
Elizabeth "Bette" Felts McGee of Troutdale, Virginia entered into her eternal rest on May 19, 2017, at the Howard and Joan Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. She was born on November 14, 1940, and was the daughter of Joe Nick and Nell Felts of Galax, Virginia. A graduate of Galax High School she received her B.A. degree from...
