Brooks Emmet Bedsaul
Apr 14, 2016
Brooks Emmet Bedsaul age 83 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, April 14, 2016 in the Golden Living-Blue Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center. Mr. Bedsaul was born on March 26, 1933 in Barren Springs, Virginia to Emmet and Hallie Nester Bedsaul. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a daughter Virginia Goings and three brothers Gilmer...
Jessie Lee Goad
Apr 13, 2016
Jessie Lee Goad age 88, formerly of Galax, Virginia, died Wednesday April 13, 2016 at Stoneybrook Assisted Living in Eden, Utah. He was born March 29, 1928 in Fries, a son of the late Joseph Benton and Opal Lawson Goad. Jessie attended Fries High School and was employed by Electrolux for over 25 years. On November 24, 1954 he married...
Mary Ruth Pierce Nail
Apr 10, 2016
Mary Ruth Pierce Nail age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016 in the Universal Health Care in King, North Carolina. Mrs. Nail was born in Grayson County, Virginia on September 23, 1927 to John C. and Della Ward Pierce. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Gilmer J. Nail; four...
Frances Ealnor Higgins
Apr 10, 2016
Frances Ealnor Ayers Higgins age 75 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Higgins was born on December 9,1940 in Carroll County, Virginia to Boyd and Jettie Mooney Ayers. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by sisters and brothers-in-law Helena and Alvin Frost; Betty and James Gardner; brothers...
Fred H. Spears
Apr 8, 2016
The following is a courtesy announcement by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home Fred H. Spears age 82 of Logan, Ohio passed away Friday, April 8, 2016. A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 1:00 PM at the Atkins Memorial United Methodist Church, 199 Atkins Lane, Fries, Virginia 24330.
Arlene J. Sheets
Apr 3, 2016
Arlene J. Sheets age 81 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Sunday, April 3, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Sheets was born in Ashe County, North Carolina on March 25, 1935 to Roy and Maude Greer Mayberry. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Alvin Clay Sheets. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law...
Anne Mabel Haley
Apr 1, 2016
Anne Mabel Haley age 76 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, April 1,2016 in the Golden Living-Blue Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Haley was born on March 30, 1940 in New Jersey to Fred Leroy and Roberta Leilla Lowe Beam. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a son Fred Thomas (Tommy) Haley. She is...
Mary Joy Robinson Frost
Mar 31, 2016
Mary Joy Robinson Frost age 77 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, March 31, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Frost was born on October 2, 1938 in Jackson County, Kentucky to Elisha Albert and Harriet Lilly McQueen Robinson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her son-in-law Timothy Howard Todd. She is survived by her husband...
Dorothy Hudson Edwards
Mar 31, 2016
Dorothy Hudson Edwards, age 94, of Galax, Va. and Baltimore, Maryland passed away peacefully on March 31st at the Golden Living Center in Galax. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Albert H. Edwards, and her younger sisters, Florence Standiford, and Lillian Payne. All three sisters moved to Galax to be together after they retired. Dorothy...
Roy Dale Hampton, Sr.
Mar 29, 2016
Roy Dale Hampton, Sr. age 89 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016 in the Smyth County Community Hospital. Mr. Hampton was born in Carroll County, Virginia, the Coal Creek Community on May 28, 1926 to Everette and Ruby Roberts Hampton. He is survived by his wife Juanita Smith Hampton of Galax, Virginia; daughter Betsy Hampton Harrison of...
Elmer Armfield Hale
Mar 28, 2016
Elmer Armfield Hale age 90 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, March 28, 2016 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Hale was born in Grayson County, Virginia on February 13, 1926 to Eli Sullivan and Sally Carico Hale. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three sisters, Ila Patton, Flora Ayers and Belva Shaw, as...
Reba Diane Mahaffey
Mar 27, 2016
Reba Diane Finley Mahaffey age 56 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, March 27, 2016 at her home. Reba was born on December 7, 1959 in Welch, West Virginia to Ronald and Frances Lester Finley. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by a sister Robin Finley and grandmother Mae Lester. She is survived by her husband...
Emily Christine Semones Patton
Mar 26, 2016
Emily Christine Semones Patton age 83 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Patton was born on December 17, 1932 in Carroll County, Virginia to Edgar and Alta Quesenberry Semones. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Joseph L. Patton; sisters and brother-in-law Elizabeth and Clayton...
Magdalene Vaughan Crowder
Mar 25, 2016
Magdalene Vaughan Crowder, 79, of Galax passed away Friday March 25, 2016 at the Grayson Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Independence, Virginia. Magdalene was born June 6, 1936 in Grayson County, Virginia to the late Radley B. Vaughan and Sallie Mae Patton Vaughan. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Olen Crowder and son...
Maxine Quesenberry Jones
Mar 25, 2016
Maxine Quesenberry Jones, 87 passed away Friday March 25, 2016. She was preceded in death by her husband T. M. Jones. She is survived by two daughters: Judy Jones and Fiancé Robert Patton of Galax; Brenda Brown and Fred of Lowell, Massachusetts; five sisters Deloris Mills, Vera Quesenberry, Verta Owen, Sandra Holder and Dorcas Sprinkle; two brothers Fenton Quesenberry and...
Attaree Greene Choate
Mar 24, 2016
Attaree Greene Evans Choate age 85 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, March 24, 2016 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center in Independence, Virginia. Mrs. Choate was born in Alleghany County, North Carolina on April 6, 1930 to Lester and Mallie Tompkins Greene. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husbands Ernest Evans and...
Jewell Olene Bottomley
Mar 18, 2016
Jewell Olene Sexton Bottomley age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, March 18, 2016 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Mrs. Bottomley was born in Galax Virginia on September 29, 1927 to Walter Lee and Bertha Bedsaul Sexton. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Rufus "Clyde" Bottomley; granddaughter Candida...
Shirley Mae Ward
Mar 17, 2016
Shirley Mae Ward age 71 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, March 17, 2016 at her home. Shirley was born on July 17, 1944 in Galax, Virginia to Charles R. and Pearl Dalton Burchette. She is survived by her husband J.E. Ward of Galax, Virginia; daughters and sons-in-law Bonnie and Franklin Walker; Sena Ward; Edna and Todd Bond all of...
Hazel Ruth Keyes
Mar 16, 2016
Hazel Ruth Keyes age 63 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016 in the Blue Ridge Health and Rehab Center. Miss Keyes was born on July 5,1952 in Galax, Virginia to William E. Keyes, Jr. and Ruth Leath Keyes. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her brother Robert Kenneth Keyes and step-father...
William "Billy" Jackson Mitchell
Mar 15, 2016
William Jackson Mitchell better known as Billy Mitchell age 87 of Galax, Virginia passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at the Commonwealth Assisted Living in Hillsville, Virginia. Mr. Mitchell was born on April 12, 1928 in Carroll County, Virginia to Edgar Jackson and Guida Higgins Mitchell. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his...
