Peggy Ann Cockerham
Jun 25, 2017
Peggy Ann Patterson Cockerham age 75 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday night at her home. Mrs. Cockerham was born on December 1, 1941 in Wythe County, Virginia to Maleen and Kathlene Thacker Patterson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Verlin Duane Cockerham and a sister Judy McPeak. She is survived by her...
Nan Shaw Ferren
Jun 23, 2017
COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE FERREN FAMILY Nan Shaw Ferren, 78, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, died June 23, 2017 at her home. She was born in Galax, Virginia on August 8, 1938 daughter of the late Roy Eugene Shaw and Zenna Blevins Shaw. Nan worked as a Practical Nurse for Waddell Hospital in Galax, Virginia. After moving to St....
Mary Elizabeth Testerman
Jun 22, 2017
Mary Elizabeth Testerman age 66 of Independence, Virginia passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017 at her home. Mary was born in Galax, Virginia on November 6, 1950 to Bruce Claude and Ruth Kennon Holderfield. She is survived by her husband Glen Hicks Testerman, Jr.; son and daughter-in-law Steve and Marcy Testerman all of Independence, Virginia; sisters and brother-in-law JoAnne and...
Barbara Rosemary Mason
Jun 21, 2017
Barbara Rosemary Mason age 81 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Mason was born on May 14, 1936 in Fries, Virginia to Edwin and Willie Blanche Mason Habeck. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Dewey Mason; children Yvette Spencer and Ray Mason; brothers Walter, Lee and...
Phoebe Dooley Byrd
Jun 20, 2017
Phoebe Dooley Byrd age 67 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, June 20, 2017 in the Pulaski Health and Rehab Center. Phoebe was born On February 24, 1950 in Superior, Nebraska to Russell and Minnie Purcell Dooley. She is survived by her husband Bobby Gene Byrd; daughter and son-in-law Bonnie and Eddie Bond all of Fries, Virginia; step-granddaughter Hannah Blankenship;...
Samuel ( Sam) Ray Moore
Jun 16, 2017
Samuel (Sam) Ray Moore born June 6, 1931 Fries, Virginia, in Grayson County, Virginia the son of the late Mack Gale and Stella Mae Atkins Moore passed away Friday, June 16, 2017 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home Winston-Salem, NC.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Wanda Moore Alderman, brothers; Robert (Bob)...
Diana Burcham Delp
Jun 16, 2017
Diana Burcham Delp age 73 of Powhatan, Virginia passed away Friday, June 16, 2017. Mrs. Delp was born on May 6, 1944 in Galax, Virginia the Pipers Gap Community to Robert McClellen and Rausy Priscilla Burcham. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll D. Delp. Mrs. Delp is survived by her son, William...
Reva Burnell Lowe
Jun 15, 2017
Reva Burnell Lowe age 68 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, June 15, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Lowe was born in Bluefield, West Virginia on September 23,1948 to Otis Thurman and Vetra Mae Fultz Williams. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Robert Lowe; sisters Linda Quesenberry and Jane Collins; brothers Sonny Williams...
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...
