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Rosa Alluria Jones

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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...

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