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...
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...
