Mary Ethel Blair
May 19, 2015
Mary Ethel Blair age 97 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday May 19, 2015 in the Blue Ridge-Golden Living Center. Mrs. Blair was born in Clyde, North Carolina on May 20, 1917 to Chapel and Letha Hollingsworth Morris. In addition to his parents she was preceded in death by her husband James Walter Blair. She is survived by her son...
Herbert Lee Martin
May 18, 2015
Herbert Lee Martin age 78 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, May 18, 2015 in the Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem, Virginia. Mr. Martin was born on July 28, 1936 in Grayson County, Virginia to Isaac Marion and Forest Irene Shupe Martin. He proudly served his country in the US Navy. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Darlene...
Mildred Cochran Dickerson
May 18, 2015
MILDRED COCHRAN DICKERSON, 95, passed peacefully into the arms of Her Lord on May 18, 2015, at the Waddell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Galax, Virginia. She was born May 20, 1919, to Blanch Allen Cochran and Fitzhugh Lee "Boy" Cochran in Castleton/Patterson area of Wythe County. The oldest of their five children, she was predeceased by all of her siblings...
Jerry Lee Blevins
May 17, 2015
Jerry Lee Blevins known as Twelve String age 66 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Twelve String was born on March 23 1949 in Wythe County, Virginia to William Homer and Mildred Hamilton Blevins. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a granddaughter Taylor Blevins and a...
Joseph Thomas Wilson
May 17, 2015
Joseph Thomas Wilson age 77 of Fries, Virginia passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015 in the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mr. Wilson was born on March 16, 1938 in Creston, North Carolina to James T. and Josephine Sutherland Wilson. He is survived by his wife Kathy James of Fries, Virginia; daughters and son-in-law Melinda Lee...
Jerry Leon Faulkner
May 15, 2015
Jerry Leon Faulkner age 65 of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday night in the Blue Ridge-Golden Living Center. Jerry was born in Virginia on December 26, 1949 to Ralph and Pearly Jane Hill Edwards. He is survived by his wife Brenda Faulkner of Fries, Virginia; daughter and son-in-law Tammy and Michael Horton of Independence, Virginia; son and daughter-in-law Jason and...
Roy Boyd Lineberry
May 15, 2015
Roy Boyd Lineberry age 91 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, May 15, 2015 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center. Mr. Lineberry was born on September 27, 1923 in Cliffview, Virginia to Boyd and Nora Moore Lineberry. He began working at the Galax Gazette at the age of 16 until he entered the Army Air Force World War 11...
Ronald Joseph Fortner, Sr.
May 15, 2015
Ronald Joseph Fortner, Sr. age 65 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, May 15, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Ronald was born on July 5, 1949, in Galax, Virginia to the late Howard Bishop and Myrtle Gallimore Fortner. He honorable served in the Army during the Vietnam War. He spent his entire work career doing plumbing, heating, and...
Debra Lynn Shaffner
May 11, 2015
Debra Lynn Stuart Shaffner age 63 of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, May 11, 2015 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Debra was born in the Cripple Creek Community of Wythe County, Virginia on December 16, 1951 to Dewey and Jackie Jonas Stuart. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister Amy Stuart. She is...
James Monroe Harrell
May 9, 2015
James Monroe Harrell age 70 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mr. Harrell was born on July 2, 1944 in Grayson County, Virginia to James and Rose E. Bryant Harrell. In addition to his mother Rose E. Parks of Galax, Virginia he is survived by his wife Carolyn Stepp Harrell of...
Shirley Ann Talley
May 4, 2015
Shirley Ann Talley age 75 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, May 4, 2015 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Miss Talley was born in Surry County, North Carolina on January 6, 1940 to N.H. and Ada Driver Talley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister and brother-in-law Virginia and Robert Rudolph and a brother...
Glenn Graybill Wilson
Apr 30, 2015
Glenn Graybill Wilson age 77 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, April 30, 2015 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mr. Wilson was born in Galax, Virginia on March 22, 1938 to Victor and Lura Edwards Wilson. He is survived by his wife Loretta Musser Wilson of Galax, Virginia; sons and daughters-in-law Glenn, Jr. and Jackie Wilson of Marion, Virginia; William...
Alice Joan Watson
Apr 28, 2015
Alice Joan Fling Watson age 74 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in the Smyth County Community Hospital. Mrs. Watson was born in Charleston, West Virginia on January 23, 1941 to Earl and Florence Harnest Fling. She is survived by her husband Curtis Watson of Fries, Virginia; daughter and son-in-law Mandi and Tim Pickett of Rural Retreat,...
Waymon "Red" Ray Dalton
Apr 28, 2015
Waymon "Red" Ray Dalton age 66 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at his home. Red was born on November 30, 1948 in Carroll County, Virginia to Marvin and Eula May Clontz Dalton. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his step-father James Horton and a brother Randy Dalton. He is survived by...
Annie Marie Stoneman
Apr 24, 2015
Annie Marie Sikes Stoneman age 93 of Roanoke, Virginia passed away Friday, April 24, 2015 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Stoneman was born in Galax, Virginia on April 18, 1922 to Marvin R. and Laura Isom Sikes. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Creed Harrison Stoneman and son Ned Harrison Stoneman. She...
Charles O. Bailey
Apr 23, 2015
Charles O. Bailey age 74 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015 in the Blue Ridge-Golden Living Center. Mr. Bailey was born on June 15, 1940 in West Virginia to Lawrence and Bertha Branham Bailey. He proudly served his country in the US Army. He is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law Rhonda and Herman Dudley of Galax,...
Brenda (Jackie) Jacqueline Sexton
Apr 21, 2015
Brenda Jacqueline Goodson Sexton better known as Jackie Sexton age 67 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2015 in the Forsyth Medical Center Specialty Select Hospital. Jackie was born on June 13, 1947 In Mt. Airy, North Carolina to Johnny and Mabel Goodson. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Sylvia and Christopher Frost of Galax, Virginia;...
Mary Frances Roberts
Apr 20, 2015
Mary Frances Roberts age 87 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday April 20, 2015 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Roberts was born on December 16, 1927 in Carroll County, Virginia to Rufus Ray and Mary Sutphin Dunford. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Curtis Roberts, sister Verna Isaacs Liddle and special...
Hazel Boyer Hackler
Apr 18, 2015
Hazel Boyer Hackler, age 101 of Winston Salem, North Carolina passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Springwood Care Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Mrs. Hackler was born on October 18, 1913 in Baywood (Grayson County) Virginia to Don M. and Violet Hampton Boyer. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Andrew Lee...
Hazen Reed Burnette
Apr 14, 2015
Hazen Reed Burnette age 77 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday April 14, 2015 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mr. Burnette was born in Carroll County, Virginia on May 31, 1937 to Garnett Thomas and Zella LeGatha Newman Burnett. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Geneva Cox and a brother K.C. Burnette. He...
