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Lucian Ted Lineberry

Lucian Ted Lineberry

Jan 29, 2017

Lucian Ted Lineberry age 62 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 29, 2017 in the Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, North Carolina. Lucian was born on November 29, 1954 in Galax, Virginia to Warren Coolidge and Doris Fowler Lineberry. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by his brother-in-law Gary Wilson. He is survived by his...

Thelma Ruth Hampton

Thelma Ruth Hampton

Jan 29, 2017

Thelma Ruth Hash Hampton age 99 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday in the Galax Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. Hampton was born on June 6,1917 in Grayson County, Virginia to Robert Lewis and Beulah Clyde Phipps Hash. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Robert Odell Hampton. She is survived by her son...

Lillian Pauline Burnett

Lillian Pauline Burnett

Jan 28, 2017

Lillian Pauline Dillon Burnett age 82 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, January 28, 2017 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Burnett was born on February 13, 1934 to Otey and Nettie Tilson Dillon. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Clarence Burnett and two sisters Evelyn Kirby and Shirley Fender. She...

Mary Louise Luper Fitzgerald

Mary Louise Luper Fitzgerald

Jan 25, 2017

Louise Luper Fitzgerald age 79 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday January 25, 2017 in the Waddell Nursing & Rehab Center. Mrs. Fitzgerald was born on March 26, 1937 in Grayson County, Virginia to Robert and Martha Wells Luper. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Clarence E. Fitzgerald. She is survived by her...

Fredrick Alan Saal

Fredrick Alan Saal

Jan 23, 2017

Frederick Alan Saal of Grayson County and formerly of Monmouth County, New Jersey passed away Monday, January 23 2017 at his home. He was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1931, in Camden, N.J. to Louise Ruth Shuhart Saal and Clarence Frank (Fred) Saal. As a child, he was active in the Boy Scouts of America achieving the Star Scout...

William Ray Sumner, Jr.

William Ray Sumner, Jr.

Jan 23, 2017

William Ray Sumner, Jr. age 48 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, January 23, 2017 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Ray was born in Galax, Virginia on February 12, 1968 to William Ray Sumner, Sr. and Shirley Porter Sumner. He is survived by his wife Connie Lynn Burris Sumner of Galax, Virginia; daughter Haley Dawn Sumner; son Brandon Sumner both...

Elwood Herman Bartlett

Elwood Herman Bartlett

Jan 22, 2017

Elwood Herman Bartlett age 76 of Yorktown, VA passed away peacefully on January 22, 2017 on the Caribbean Island of St Maarten. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett have been spending the month of January in St Maarten for the past 14 years and have made many close friends who have become family to them. Mr. Bartlett was born on June 4,...

Patricia Bernice Porter

Patricia Bernice Porter

Jan 22, 2017

Patricia Bernice Geberth Porter age 76 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Porter was born in New York on December 30, 1940 to Lloyd and Alice Geberth. She is survived by her husband J.D. Porter; children and spouse Terry Locklear; Christina and Tommy Webb; John Porter, Jr.; Steven Wayne Porter...

Hazel Virgie Mckenzie

Hazel Virgie Mckenzie

Jan 18, 2017

Hazel Virgie McKenzie age 80 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2017 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. McKenzie was born in Carroll County, Virginia on October 14, 1936 to Ellis and Virgie Lundy Melton. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister Wilma Worrell and brothers Samuel Melton and Elmer...

Agnes Roberta Lineberry

Agnes Roberta Lineberry

Jan 18, 2017

Agnes Roberta Lineberry age 86 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2017 in the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mrs. Lineberry was born in Galax, Virginia on August 4, 1930 to Fred and Mary (Polly) Dixon Lineberry. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Elwood Lineberry; son Robert...

Jason David Ratliff

Jason David Ratliff

Jan 18, 2017

Jason David Ratliff age 39 of King, North Carolina passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2017 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Jason was born on May 8, 1977 in High Point, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by his grandfather Alvin G Ratliff, Sr. in 1991. Jason was a hard worker and was also a handyman. He was a good provider...

Sherman Roy Delp

Sherman Roy Delp

Jan 17, 2017

Sherman Roy Delp age 74 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday January 17, 2017 in the VA Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Mr. Delp was born on February 25, 1942 in Galax, Virginia to James Sherman and Hattie Coleman Delp. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his sister Mildred Mosley. He proudly served his...

Louise Ann Carico

Louise Ann Carico

Jan 17, 2017

Louise Ann Carico age 84 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017 in the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart, Virginia. Mrs. Carico was born on January 13, 1933 in Carroll County, Virginia to Bert and Mae Lundy Lineberry. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband William Carico and daughter Karen Carico....

Carl Frederic Davis

Carl Frederic Davis

Jan 17, 2017

Mr. Carl Frederic Davis, age 84, of Graham, North Carolina died Tuesday, January 17, 2017 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Independence, Virginia after a four-year illness. Mr. Davis was born January 14, 1933. A native of Grayson County, Virginia (Galax), he was the husband of Patsy Dancy Davis, who survives and son of Carl E. and Ella Isom...

Ralph Mcfoy Hill

Ralph Mcfoy Hill

Jan 15, 2017

Ralph McFoy Hill age 67 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 15, 2017 in the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Ralph was born in Carroll County, Virginia on May 23, 1949 to Edgar Phipps and Leona Sue Wright Hill. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Earlene Faye Hill. He is survived by...

Evelyn (Tootsie) Ada Taylor

Evelyn (Tootsie) Ada Taylor

Jan 12, 2017

Evelyn Ada Sawyers Lineberry Taylor better known as Tootsie Taylor age 83 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Taylor was born in Wythe County, Virginia on July 31, 1933 to Earnest B. and Mary Opal Davis Sawyers. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...

Carolyn Ann Pierce

Carolyn Ann Pierce

Jan 12, 2017

Carolyn Ann Lawson Pierce age 73 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday January 12, 2017 at her home. Carolyn was born on March 5, 1943 in Cripple Creek, Virginia to Eugene French and Frankie Ellen Collins Lawson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law Wendy Hill Sisk Pierce. She is survived by her husband...

Ilean Alice Eastridge

Ilean Alice Eastridge

Jan 11, 2017

Ilean Alice Eastridge age 90 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Eastridge was born in Carroll County, Virginia on July 11, 1926 to Earl Levi and Flora Roberts Sizemore. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Gleason Eastridge. She is survived by her...

Helen Lorene Frost

Helen Lorene Frost

Jan 8, 2017

Helen Lorene Ingersoll Frost age 78 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Frost was born in Carroll County, Virginia on April 29, 1938 to James Vester and Maggie Isom Ingersoll. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Bobby Nelson Frost; a sister Virginia Ingersoll Byrd and a...

William "Bill" Clarence Fitzgerald

William "Bill" Clarence Fitzgerald

Jan 3, 2017

William "Bill" Clarence Fitzgerald, 78, passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at the New River Valley Medical Center, Christiansburg, Virginia. Mr. Fitzgerald was born May 21, 1938 in Fries, Virginia to the late James Edward and Hanora Elizabeth Sullivan Fitzgerald. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his former wife and mother of his children, Annette...

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