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Sam Sparger East

Sam Sparger East

Nov 25, 2014

Sam Sparger East, 94, of Galax, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, at Twin County Regional Hospital. He was born on June 14, 1920 to Tom and Lucille East. He was a proud World War II Veteran, having served as a Sergeant with the Army Air Force from 1942-1945. After his service to our country, he worked as an engineer for...

Angela Kaye Harmon

Angela Kaye Harmon

Nov 22, 2014

Angela Kaye Harmon age 39 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, November 22, 2014 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Angela was born in Carroll County, Virginia on July 14, 1975 to Joseph Daniel and Mary Ruth Holderfield Isaacs. Her mother Mary Ruth Holderfield Walton preceded her in death. In addition to her father Joseph Isaacs of Dobson, North Carolina...

Grace Roberts Cole

Grace Roberts Cole

Nov 22, 2014

Mrs. Grace Roberts Cole, age 97, of Galax, VA, died at the Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, VA, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014. Mrs. Cole was born Dec. 28, 1916 in Carroll County, VA to Andy and Callie Lineberry Roberts. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Cole. She is survived by sisters & brother-in-law...

Cora Mae Wooten

Cora Mae Wooten

Nov 22, 2014

Cora Mae Wooten age 80 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, November 22, 2014 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Wooten was born in Carroll County, Virginia on October 9, 1934 to Aros Walter and Vera Grace Robinson Alderman. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband William Junior Wooten; son Larry Douglas Wooten...

Paul P. Liddle, Jr.

Paul P. Liddle, Jr.

Nov 21, 2014

Paul P. Liddle, Jr. age 70 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday November 21, 2014 in the VA Medical Center in Salem, Virginia. Mr. Liddle was born on April 22, 1944 to Paul P. Liddle, Sr. and Rose Reeves Liddle. He proudly served our country in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. He is survived by his wife Joyce...

Elmo Lineberry

Elmo Lineberry

Nov 21, 2014

Elmo Lineberry age 76 of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday, November 21, 2014 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mr. Lineberry was born on July 4, 1938 in Carroll County, Virginia to Charlie Elmer and Minnie Ila Newman Lineberry. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Ineda and brothers Leonard, Buford, Gene and Jim....

James Franklin Leonard

James Franklin Leonard

Nov 21, 2014

James Franklin Leonard, 85, of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, November 21, 2014 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Leonard was born May 20, 1929 in Grayson County to the late Dewey Dewight Leonard and Grace Melton Leonard. He is survived by nieces,nephew and their spouses: Debbie and David Menadier of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Anita and Cary Weatherly of...

Ralph "Tony" Anthony Montgomery

Ralph "Tony" Anthony Montgomery

Nov 20, 2014

Ralph Anthony Montgomery May 19, 1954 - November 20, 2014 Ralph Anthony Montgomery, also known as Tony Montgomery, of Rock Hill, SC, native of Galax, Virginia, went to be with the LORD Friday, Nov. 20, 2014. He is preceded in death by his father Ralph Phipps Montgomery. He is survived by sons Zachary Montgomery and Nicholas Montgomery, grandson Taylor Montgomery,...

Ruth Elizabeth Fannin Bedsaul

Ruth Elizabeth Fannin Bedsaul

Nov 19, 2014

Ruth Elizabeth Fannin Bedsaul age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014 in the Lewis Gale Medical Clinic in Salem, Virginia. Mrs. Bedsaul was born in Kentucky on August 16, 1926 to John Emery ad Emma Preece Fannin. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband McGinnis Carl "Mac" Bedsaul; son John...

Ret. Sergeant 1St Class William Henry (Pete) Kyle

Ret. Sergeant 1St Class William Henry (Pete) Kyle

Nov 17, 2014

THIS IS A COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT Ret. Sergeant 1st Class William Henry Kyle (Pete), 70, Born October 14, 1944 passed away at his home in Wytheville, VA, on November 17, 2014. He was born in Galax, Virginia, to the late Charles and Della Kyle. He attended Oldtown Elementary and Scott Memorial High School in Wythe County. Before joining the U. S....

Floyd Edward Leonard

Floyd Edward Leonard

Nov 16, 2014

Edward Floyd Leonard age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, November 16, 2014 in the Golden Living Center. Mr. Leonard was born in Carroll County, Virginia on March 23, 1926 to Champion and Callie Bourne Leonard. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Phyllis Leonard. Mr. Leonard proudly served our country in the...

Virgil Bronda Inman

Virgil Bronda Inman

Nov 12, 2014

Virgil Bronda Inman age 60 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday morning in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mr. Inman was born on March 21, 1954 in Waynesville, North Carolina to the late Virgil Henry and Joyce Mary Marie Williams Inman. Mr. Inman proudly our country in the US Marines. He is survived by his wife Mary Ann Inman of Galax,...

Jerel Dean Jones

Jerel Dean Jones

Nov 10, 2014

Jerel Dean Jones, 65, of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, November 10, 2014 in Waddell Nursing And Rehab Center, Galax. Jerel was born November 14, 1948 in Galax to the late Glenn William Jones, Sr. and Alma Lineberry Jones. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Linda Mae Lineberry Jones. Jerel proudly served his...

Ruth Cline Jones

Ruth Cline Jones

Nov 9, 2014

Ruth L. Cline Jones, age 86, of Galax, Virginia, formerly of Fries, VA, died Sunday, Nov 9, 2014 at the Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, VA. Mrs. Jones was born January 29, 1928 in Virginia to Crockett and Mary Dickens Cline. Preceding her in death were her parents and husband, Billy David Jones. She is survived by daughters & sons-in-law, Diane...

Virginia Phipps Lyons

Virginia Phipps Lyons

Nov 7, 2014

Virginia Phipps Lyons, 58, of Galax, Virginia, passed away Friday, November 7, 2014 at the Kindred Specialty Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina. Virginia was born September 16, 1956 to the late Glade Phipps and Pauline Spears Phipps. She is survived by her daughter Denise Lyons of Laurel Fork, Virginia; two step daughters : Melissa Burleson of Laurel Fork, Virginia; Sheila Quesenberry...

Shirley Gray Burris

Shirley Gray Burris

Nov 7, 2014

Shirley Gray Burris, 77, of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, November 7, 2014 in the Woltz Hospice Home, 945 Zephyr Road, Dobson, North Carolina. Mrs. Burris was born in Galax, Virginia on May 31, 1937 to the late Luther Lorenzo Burton and Vinnie Lowe Burton. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Charles Lake...

Mildred Fields Liddle

Mildred Fields Liddle

Nov 6, 2014

Mildred Odell Fields Liddle, 83, of Galax, passed away Thursday November 6, 2014 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Liddle was born June 21, 1931 in Grayson County, Virginia to the late Jackson Fields and Annie Belle Melton Fields. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her beloved husband Charles B. Liddle and sisters Rose Smith...

Kathy Jane Gravley

Kathy Jane Gravley

Nov 4, 2014

Kathy Jane Simpkins Gravley age 50 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at her home. Kathy was born in Pulaski County, Virginia on March 31 1964 to Arlie and Kitty Duncan Simpkins. She is survived by two sons Charles Eric Gravley and Jesse James Gravley both of Galax, Virginia; sisters and brothers-in-law Joyce and Ray Cox of...

Tom (Tomahawk) Carico

Tom (Tomahawk) Carico

Nov 1, 2014

Tom (Tomahawk) Carico, age 49, Galax, VA died Saturday, Nov. 01, 2014 at the Woltz Hospice Home, Dobson, NC. Mr. Carico was born June 2, 1965 in Grayson County, VA to Fred Clay, Jr. and Patricia Alice Galyean Carico. He is survived by his wife, Amy Rector Carico, Galax, VA, father and step-mother, Fred Carico, Jr. and Margie, Galax, VA,...

Katherine Martin Parks

Katherine Martin Parks

Nov 1, 2014

Katherine Martin Parks, age 88, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 at the Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, VA. Mrs. Parks was born in Mt. airy, NC Feb. 13, 1926 to Luther and Lucille Parker Martin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Graham Parks. She is survived by her sons & daughters-in-law, Marty & Cathy...

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