Ida Louise Roberts Hanks
Mar 12, 2017
Ida Louise Roberts Hanks, 86., passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Hanks was born in Galax, Virginia on June 10, 1930 to the late Marion Tom Roberts and Bessie Clementine Hendricks Roberts. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Luther Hanks, sons Thomas Wesley Hanks and Luther Hanks Jr.; sister...
Ruth Caudell Tomlinson
Mar 11, 2017
Ruth Caudell Tomlinson, 93, of Fries, Virginia passed away Saturday, March 11, 2017 in the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, Virginia. Mrs. Tomlinson was born June 1, 1923 in Roanoke, Virginia to John C. and Flossie Lorene Phipps Caudell. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Gus Tomlinson; sisters Helen Perdue, Kathleen Hall, and...
Curtis Allen Bartlett
Mar 9, 2017
Curtis Allen Bartlett, age 32, of Galax, Virginia lived inspired while on earth and graduated to his most fulfilling adventure and assignment on Thursday, March 9, 2017. Mr. Bartlett was born Aug. 17, 1984 in Danville, KY to William Samuel Bartlett, Jr. and Velinda Margaret Jalo Bartlett. In addition to his parents, Sam & Linda Bartlett of Galax, VA, he...
Frances Irene Higgins Bottomley
Mar 7, 2017
Frances Irene Higgins Bottomley age 87 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017 in the Galax Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. Bottomley was born in Carroll County, Virginia on February 27, 1930 to Andrew Jackson and Nannie Lou Payne Higgins. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Omar Eugene Bottomley. She is...
Roger Dean Hawks
Mar 7, 2017
Roger Dean Hawks age 69 of Mt. Airy, North Carolina passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017 in the Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Roger was born on June 14, 1947 in Galax, Virginia to William and Arinda Jacobs Hawks. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother Gene Hawks. He is survived by...
Charles Raymond Lowe
Mar 2, 2017
Charles Raymond Lowe age 90 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, March 2, 2017 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Lowe was born on March 28, 1926 in the Cripple Creek Community of Wythe County, Virginia to James Harvey and Lucy Collins Lowe. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a grandson Christopher Raymond Cecil...
Pauline Alice Kirby Allison
Mar 1, 2017
Pauline Alice Kirby Allison age 102 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, March 1,2017 in the Galax Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. Allison was born in Galax, Virginia on September 20, 1914 to Harvey E. and Hattie Jeanette Freeman Kirby. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Carl Burton Allison; daughter Peggy McMillon and...
Reece Lynn Edwards
Feb 27, 2017
Reece Lynn Edwards age 79 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, February 27, 2017 at his home. Mr. Edwards was born on April 27, 1937 in Galax, Virginia to John Edgar and Nellie Pearl Burcham Edwards. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by siblings Homer Edwards, Lionel Edwards, Vincent Edwards, Dean Edwards, Keith Edwards and Evan...
Eva Louise Carico Vaughan
Feb 23, 2017
Eva Louise (Carico) Vaughan Eva Louise (Carico) Vaughan, 93, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2017, in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, Michigan. She was born on the family farm near Stevens Creek, Virginia on November 25, 1923 to Claude and Grace (Troy) Carico. She was a graduate of Fries High School. She moved to Detroit during World War II...
Clyde Elmo Jones
Feb 21, 2017
Clyde Elmo Jones, 64, of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017 in the Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC. Mr. Jones was born April 16, 1952 in Pulaski, Virginia to the late Bervy Jones and Annie Blanche Frost Jones. Mr. Jones proudly served his country in the United States Army. He is survived by his wife Louise...
Lois Williams Smith
Feb 18, 2017
Mattie Lois Williams Smith, age 77 of Galax, VA died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 at the Waddell Nursing & Rehab. Center, Galax, VA. Mrs. Smith was born Aug. 26, 1939 in Carroll County, VA to Enoch Lester and Ida Blanch Kenny Williams. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Lucile Russell and Mary Sue Grace...
Barbara June Wright
Feb 15, 2017
Barbara June Wright age 72 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Wright was born in Saltville, Virginia on July 5, 1944 to Robert and Ella Mae Thomason Hawkins. She is survived by her husband Jack D. Wright; daughters and son-in-law Tammy and Randy Williams; Anita Wright; son Tim Wright all of...
Rosa Alluria Jones
Feb 14, 2017
Rosa Alluria Jones age 93 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Jones was born in the Brush Creek community of Grayson County, Virginia on September 17, 1923 to Marlie Fielder and Malinda Catherine Bowers Jones. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband J.C. Swanson Jones. She is...
Dewey Phipps Moore
Feb 14, 2017
Dewey Phipps Moore age 90 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Moore was born in Grayson County, Virginia on November 1, 1926 to Dwight T. and Topsy Moss Moore. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Virginia Ellen Anders Moore. He proudly served his...
Crystal C. Nelson
Feb 12, 2017
Crystal C. Nelson age 56 of Elk Creek, Virginia passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017 in Independence, Virginia. Crystal was born in Wythe County, Virginia on June 17, 1960 to Fred McKinley and Frances Ann Grinnell Crigger. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Ashley and Charles Nester of Elk Creek, Virginia; son and his companion Nicholas Edward Nelson...
Linda Hudson
Feb 10, 2017
Linda Messersmith Hudson of Woodlawn, VA passed away Friday February 10th. She is survived by her daughter Lee Anne Davis & family in San Diego, CA and her brother John David Messersmith & his wife Eliza in Edisto Island, SC, son John Messersmith in La Quinta, CA & son Champion Edmunds in Atlanta, GA. Also cousin Rexene Spraker in Galax,...
Norma Claudine Lowe
Feb 8, 2017
Norma Claudine Rector Lowe age 97 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday February 8, 2017 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Lowe was born on October 15, 1919 in Carroll County, Virginia to Bennett C. and Izora Stoneman Rector. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Quillon Jack Lowe. She is survived...
Georgia Almaira Lineberry
Feb 7, 2017
Georgia Almaira Isom Lineberry age 94 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Lineberry was born in Galax, Virginia on September 5, 1922 to Lonnie Creed and Mae Sawyers Catron Isom. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Clarence Bernard Lineberry and grandchildren Michael McBride and Sonya...
Bonita Claudine Osborne Reedy
Feb 1, 2017
Bonita Claudine Osborne Reedy age 76 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2017 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Reedy was born in Grayson County, Virginia on August 15, 1940 to Robert Woodrow and Georgia Plummer Osborne. She is survived by her husband William K. (Bill) Reedy; son and daughter-in-law Brian and Kim Reedy all of Galax, Virginia;...
Elizabeth Lynch Hill
Jan 30, 2017
Elizabeth Lynch Hill age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, January 30, 2017 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Hill was born in North Carolina on November 21, 1930 to the Rev. Aaron and Mary Martin Lynch. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband James Hardin Hill and a sister Martha Lowman....
