Albert Lewis Bedsaul
Jun 17, 2015
Albert Lewis Bedsaul age 76 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at his home. Mr. Bedsaul was born on July 24, 1938 in Grayson County, Virginia to John Bruce and Leona Belle Crigger Bedsaul. He is survived by his wife Bertha Ellen Leath Bedsaul of Galax, Virginia; children and spouses Allen and Dreama Bedsaul; Ray Bedsaul; Janet...
Opal Taylor Funk
Jun 15, 2015
Opal Taylor Funk, 78, of Galax, VA passed away Monday, June 15, 2015 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Funk was born in Grayson County, Virginia on August 29, 1936 to the late Owen Taylor and Della Lineberry Taylor. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Robert Posey Funk. Mrs. Funk is...
Boone Allgier Miller
Jun 10, 2015
Boone Allgier Miller age 74 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in the Blue Ridge-Golden Living Nursing and Rehab Center Mr. Miller was born in Kingston, West Virginia on April 19, 1941 to Wiley and Mary Painter Miller. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Geneva Worley and a brother Jack...
Kevin Lee Alderman
Jun 7, 2015
Kevin Lee Alderman age 34 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Kevin was born on June 30, 1980 in Galax, Virginia to Yvonne Alderman. In addition to his mother Yvonne Alderman Hall of Galax, Virginia he is survived by a brother James Randall Alderman of Fancy Gap, Virginia; niece Layla Hall and...
Douglas Wayne Newman
Jun 5, 2015
Douglas Wayne Newman, age 54, died in Clyde, NC Saturday, June 5, 2015. Mr. Newman was born in Hillsville, VA Dec. 22, 1960 to Donald Asbury & Ruth Ann Amburn Newman. He is survived by his mother and brother, Ronald Newman, both of Hillsville, VA. Several aunts, uncles & cousins, also, survive. The funeral service will be held Tuesday, June...
James Roosevelt Combs
Jun 4, 2015
James Roosevelt Combs, 82, of Lexington, NC passed away Thursday, June 4, 2015 at his home. Mr. Combs was born May 6, 1933 in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Edgar Lee and Maggie Ethel Hawks Combs. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters Ruby Combs and Fern South. Mr. Combs is survived by his...
Kenneth Gale Bonham
Jun 2, 2015
Kenneth Gale Bonham age 72 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2015 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Gale was born on September 9, 1942 in Grayson County, Virginia to Orville and Wanda Carrico Bonham. He is survived by his wife Gloria Bonham of Fries, Virginia; daughter and son-in-law Rhonda and Eric Billings of Independence, Virginia; son and...
Ileta Dowell Porter
Jun 1, 2015
Ileta Graham Dowell Porter age 88 of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, June 1, 2015 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Porter was born in the Gold Hill Community of Grayson County, Virginia on April 21, 1927 to Charles and Alice Cox Dowell. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Robert Bruce Porter....
Dallas Larry Sizemore
Jun 1, 2015
Dallas Larry Sizemore age 71 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, June 1, 2015 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Dallas was born in Roanoke, Virginia on October 8, 1943 to Clinton H. and Ordel Lineberry Sizemore. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Lana Regina Sizemore. He proudly served his country in the...
Buford Bailey Crockett
May 31, 2015
Buford Bailey Crockett (United States Marines) age 93 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, May 31. 2015 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mr. Crockett was born in Galax, Virginia on December 31, 1921 to John Dyer and Ada Baker Crockett. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two sisters Catherine Higginbotham and Patty Robertson; two brothers...
Grace Johnson Smoot
May 30, 2015
Grace Johnson Smoot, 98, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2015 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab, Galax, Virginia. Mrs. Smoot was born March 10, 1917 in the Baywood Community of Galax to Isaac and Eveline Smith Johnson. In addition to parents she was preceded in death by her husband Jack Verlin Smoot. Mrs. Smoot is survived by four children: daughter...
Rex Rhudy Blevins
May 30, 2015
Rex Rhudy Blevins age 77 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, May 30, 2015 at his home. Mr. Blevins was born in Galax, Virginia on October 31, 1937 to Matha and Edith Vaughn Blevins. He is survived by his wife Carolyn Bryant Blevins of Galax, Virginia; daughter Amanda Blevins Leonard of Galax, Virginia; sons and daughter-in-law Maurye Blevins of Galax,...
Dossieree Ayers Williams
May 29, 2015
Dossieree Ayers Williams, 86, of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, May 29, 2015 in the Waddell Nursing Home and Rehab, Galax, Virginia. Dossieree was born February 17, 1929 in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Wesley Fonzo and Nellie Mary Bowers Ayers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Rex Williams. Dossieree was a...
Fred Stanley
May 28, 2015
Fred Stanley age 86 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, May 28, 2015 at his home. Mr. Stanley was born in Grayson County, Virginia on March 17, 1929 to Grat and Winnie Williams Stanley. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Mary Funk Stanley. He is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law Janet and...
Marie Bilbrey
May 27, 2015
Marie Bilbrey, 83, of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday May 27, 2015 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Bilbrey was born July 11, 1931 in Lunenburg County, Virginia to the late Harbert and Ida Sigmon Moose. She is survived by two daughters Donna Lightsey of Atlanta, Georgia and Evelyn Bilbrey of Fries, Virginia; son Roger Bilbrey of Atlanta, Georgia;...
Mildred Lorene Hackler
May 26, 2015
Mildred Lorene Hawks Hackler age 86 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2015 in the Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem, Virginia. Mrs. Hackler was born on December 25, 1928 in Grayson County, Va.to Ernest M. and Bertha Funk Hawks. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband John H. Hackler. She is survived...
Daniel Melton Hamby
May 25, 2015
Daniel Melton Hamby age 43 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, May 25, 2015 at his home. Daniel was born in Galax, Virginia on July 10, 1971 to Melton Matthew and Jeanette Blevins Hamby. In addition to his father Melton Hamby of Galax, Virginia he is survived by a brother and sister-in-law Todd and Kelly Hamby of Independence, Virginia; one...
Juanita Taylor Wampler
May 21, 2015
Juanita Taylor Wampler age 75 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, May 21, 2015 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center. Juanita was born in Carroll County, Virginia on July 31, 1939 to Robert and Vera Elizabeth Swinney Taylor. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Randy and Ramona Wampler; four grandchildren Allen (April) Anders; Olivia Wampler, Kelsey Wampler...
Josie Ward Rippey
May 19, 2015
Josie Ward Rippey, 88 of High Point, North Carolina formerly of Galax, Virginia, passed away on May 19, 2015 at the Meridian Care Center in High Point. She was born in Carroll County Virginia on August 6, 1926 to Purley and Stella Ward. On October 8, 1945, Josie married Harlie Rippey who passed away in December 1993. She was also...
Emma Geneva Crockett
May 19, 2015
Emma Geneva Crockett age 80 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Crockett was born in Virginia on November 21, 1934 to Sterling Joseph and Cora Elizabeth Hanks Alexander. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Eugene Leo Crockett, Sr.; granddaughter April Leanne Crockett; sister...
