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Jalene (Jay) Quesenberry

Jalene (Jay) Quesenberry

Dec 16, 2015

Jalene (Jay) Quesenberry, 84, of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015 in Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, VA. Jay was born August 3, 1931 to the late Joe Floyd and Pearl Elizabeth Ayers Quesenberry. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sons Randy Wayne Quesenberry and Craig Allen Quesenberry. Jay was baptized in the...

Amanda Leigh Taylor

Amanda Leigh Taylor

Dec 15, 2015

Amanda Leigh Taylor, 33, of Ivanhoe, Virginia passed away at her home on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Amanda was born May 21, 1982 in Pulaski, Virginia to Roger "Tommy" and June Arnold Taylor. In addition to her parents she is survived by special aunt Patsy Arnold Perry; special uncle Dennis Taylor; several aunts and uncles; special buddies Amy Ingram, Shannon...

Roy Lee Burnette

Roy Lee Burnette

Dec 14, 2015

Roy Lee Burnette age 63 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, December 14, 2015 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Roy was born in Carroll County, Virginia on May 20, 1952 to George and Mittie Coulson Burnette. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brother Ray Burnette. He is survived by his...

Donald Ray Combs

Donald Ray Combs

Dec 13, 2015

Donald Ray Combs age 67 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, December 13, 2015 at his home. Donald was born in Carroll County, Virginia on July 2, 1948 to the late Carlie and Ruby Combs. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Kathy Darlene Combs and sons Terry Ray Combs and Robert Roy Whitaker....

Otie "Lee" Levi Ring

Otie "Lee" Levi Ring

Dec 13, 2015

Otie Levi Ring better known as Lee Ring age 74 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, December 13, 2015 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Ring was born on January 14, 1941 in Carroll County, Virginia to Fredrick Curtis and Nellie Gertrude Hanks Ring. He is survived by his wife Brenda M. Ring of Galax, Virginia; daughters and sons-in-law...

Virginia Beatrice Alley

Virginia Beatrice Alley

Dec 11, 2015

Virginia Beatrice Alley age 87 of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday, December 11, 2015 in the Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. Mrs. Alley was born on September 3, 1928 in Grayson County, Virginia to Lester and Ettie Pugh Vaughan. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Clyde Alley. She is survived by a daughter and...

Brenda Lee Tucker Hughes

Brenda Lee Tucker Hughes

Dec 11, 2015

Brenda Lee Tucker Hughes age 71 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, December 11, 2015 at her home. Brenda was born in Galax, Virginia on October 29, 1944 in Galax, Virginia to James M. and Edna Reeves Tucker. She is survived by two daughters Jocelyn Tucker and Dionne Tucker both of Galax, Virginia; son Reginald Tucker of Galax, Virginia; sisters...

Otto Harrison Shupe

Otto Harrison Shupe

Dec 10, 2015

Otto Harrison Shupe, 76, of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 in the Holston Valley Hospital, Kingsport, Tennessee. Harrison was born April 19, 1939 in Virginia to the late Otto Bruce and Cenie Katherine Sexton Shupe. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Susie Underwood Shupe. He is survived by son &...

James "J.D" Jackson Smith

James "J.D" Jackson Smith

Dec 8, 2015

James (J. D. ) Jackson Smith, 91, of Galax, VA passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2015 in Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center, Galax. Mr. Smith was born December 23, 1923 in Virginia to Jack and Dora Walker Smith. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Betty Jo Smith and son Harold Eugene Smith. He...

Grace Hicks Evans

Grace Hicks Evans

Dec 8, 2015

Grace Hicks Evans, 96, of Galax, Virginia passed away at Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA on December 8, 2015. Mrs. Evans was born November 6, 1919 in Baywood, Virginia to the late Sidney and Venona Caudell Hicks. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Buren Dewitt Evans and son Claude Edwin Evans. She...

Pauline Winesett Davis

Pauline Winesett Davis

Dec 8, 2015

Pauline Elizabeth Winesett Davis, age 96, of Galax, VA, passed away at her home on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Pauline was born on March 25, 1919, in Grayson County, VA to the late Louis Eli and Grace Elizabeth (Bessie) Liddle Winesett. Pauline generously gave time, love, talents to family, neighbors & church community. Worked as an LPN, volunteered with the...

Juanita Mae Wittig

Juanita Mae Wittig

Dec 7, 2015

Juanita Mae Wittig age 95 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, December 7, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Wittig was born on September 16, 1920 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio to Grover Cleveland and Addie S. Vandal Leasure. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by husbands William Author Garner and Joseph Wittig; daughter Linda Lee Crouse; several...

Peggy Regenia Blackburn

Peggy Regenia Blackburn

Dec 2, 2015

Peggy Regenia Baumgardner Blackburn age 66 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2015 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Peggy was born in Surry County, North Carolina on October 26, 1949 to Audie Lee and Eugenia Eller Baumgardner. She is survived by her husband Efrain Rosales; daughter Sandy Carranza; son Danial Blackburn all of Galax, Virginia; four grandchildren...

Imogene Bobbitt Bowers

Imogene Bobbitt Bowers

Nov 29, 2015

Imogene Bobbitt Bowers age 87 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Sunday, November 29, 2015 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Bowers was born in Carroll County, Virginia on December 16, 1927 to Anderson Andrew and Rose Mae Weatherman Bobbitt. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Robert A. Bowers. She is survived by her...

Roger Lee Funk

Roger Lee Funk

Nov 28, 2015

Roger Lee Funk age 56 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, November 28, 2015 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Roger was born on February 25,1959 in Galax, Virginia to the late Robert Posey and Opal Elizabeth Taylor Funk. He is survived by one sister Lisa Funk of Galax Virginia; niece Kaci Funk and several other much loved family members...

Bertie I. Gallimore

Bertie I. Gallimore

Nov 26, 2015

Bertie I. Gallimore age 89 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Miss Gallimore was born on January 8, 1926 in Virginia to Grant and Elizabeth Nichols Gallimore. She is survived by several nieces and nephews; staff and friends at the Waddell Nursing Home. A graveside service will be held Saturday, November 28,...

Jewell Edwards Lineberry

Jewell Edwards Lineberry

Nov 26, 2015

Jewell Edwards Lineberry age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Lineberry was born on September 12, 1927 in Carroll County, Virginia to James H. and Joanna Pierce Ogle Edwards. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Guy Warren Lineberry, Sr.; daughter Joanna Belle...

Mary Ann Tate Waller

Mary Ann Tate Waller

Nov 25, 2015

Mary Ann Tate Waller age 82 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday, November 252015 in the Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Carroll County, Virginia on September 2, 1933 to Arnold and Jeanette Willard Tate. She is survived by her children and their spouses Emily Jane Potts and Charles Lovelace of Kingsport, Tennessee; Marti Regina and Paul Reynolds; Bonnie...

Bernard Wade Bedsaul

Bernard Wade Bedsaul

Nov 23, 2015

THIS IS A COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BEDSAUL FAMILY. Bernard Wade Bedsaul, age 75, of Oceyedan, Iowa died November 23, 2015 at Country View Manor in Iowa. He was born on December 12, 1939 to Bruce and Leona Crigger Bedsaul of Galax, Virginia, the Coal Creek area. He was preceded in death by his wife Peggy of Iowa,...

Lawrence Jennings

Lawrence Jennings

Nov 23, 2015

Lawrence Jennings age 77 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, November 23, 2015 in the Blue Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center. Mr. Jennings was born on September 15,1938 in Grayson County, Virginia to Thomas and Ruby Goins Jennings. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three sisters and eight brothers. He is survived by sisters and...

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