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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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