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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Pat Ruddick Harris
Nov 1, 2014
Mrs. Pat Ruddick Harris, wife of the late Henry Laton Harris Jr., died Saturday, November 1, 2014 at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. She was the daughter of the late Helen Deiss Ruddick and Howard George Ruddick. Born May 10, 1933, Pat grew up in Patterson, New Jersey. She was preceded in death by her brother, Peter Ruddick. Pat attended...
Larmie Mae Ballard Hall
Oct 31, 2014
Larmie Mae Hall, 89, of Galax, Virginia passed away at her home Friday, October 31, 2014. Mrs. Hall was born April 10, 1925 in Grayson County to the late Herbert Sidney Ballard and Gertie Patton Ballard. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by grandson Sammy Brown and great granddaughter Ella Grace Hall. Mrs. Hall is survived...
Lala B. Spurlin
Oct 30, 2014
Lala B. (Smith) Spurlin born on May 22, 1925 in Galax, Virginia to the late Emmett And Sarah Davis Smith, passed away Thursday October 30, 2014 at Waddell Nursing & Rehab Center at the age of 89. Lala was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She enjoyed being a homemaker and was a dear friend to many. She was a...
Manuel Guillermo Firgau
Oct 30, 2014
Dr. Manuel Guillermo Firgau, 43, of Galax, peacefully passed away at his home on October 30, 2014. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela to the late Konrad Christian Firgau Yanes and Maria Celeste Quintero de Firgau. He is survived by his wife, Dr. Sarah Friend and children, Elizabeth Grace and Johannes Firgau, of the home; brother Konrad Christian Firgau of...
G. E. Isaacs
Oct 29, 2014
G.E. Isaacs age 61 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at his home. G.E. was born in Galax, Virginia on March 13, 1953 to Grayson Eugene and Verna Dunford Isaacs. In addition to his father Grayson Eugene Isaacs of Jacksonville, Florida, he is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Ami Isaacs and Christopher Mills of Hillsville, Virginia;...
Ralph Houston Nichols
Oct 28, 2014
Ralph Houston Nichols age 84 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2014 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mr. Nichols was born in Grayson County, Virginia on October 20, 1930 to Glen and Margie Higgins Nichols. He proudly served our country in the US Army. He is survived by his wife Jamalee Nichols of Galax, Virginia; daughter Dreama Reynolds...
Harve Walls
Oct 25, 2014
Harve Walls age 89 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Saturday, October 25, 2014 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Mr. Walls was born in Carroll County, Virginia on May 21, 1925 to Adam and Martha Ann Bullion Walls. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Ruth Walls and four brothers Ray...
Louise Altizer Lineberry
Oct 23, 2014
Louise Altizer Lineberry age 88 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Thursday, October 23, 2014 at the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Lineberry was born in Dublin, Virginia on March 1, 1926 to Albert and Lula Moorehead Altizer. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Gleaves Thomas Lineberry. She is survived by her daughter and...
Patsy Marie Heldreth Jones
Oct 21, 2014
Patsy Marie Heldreth Jones, 96, of Coble Healthcare, Twin Lakes Community, Burlington, NC, died at the Hospice Home at 3 pm on Tuesday, October 21, 2014, after several years of declining health and a two week critical illness. A native of Rural Retreat, VA, Patsy "Pat" was born August 7, 1918, to Frank B. and Lula Belle (Vaught) Heldreth. She...
Noah Scott Amstutz-Blevins
Oct 20, 2014
Infant Noah Scott Amstutz-Blevins infant son of Randy Blevins and Kristin Amstutz-Byrd of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, October 20, 2014 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. In addition to his parents Noah is survived by two sisters Amanda Swinney and Emily Blevins; a brother Adam Blevins; maternal grandparents Raymond and Carol Amstutz and paternal grandparents Dennis and Joyce Blevins;...
Georgia Fern Oliver
Oct 19, 2014
Georgia Fern Oliver age 82 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, October 19, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Oliver was born in Oklahoma on October 12, 1932 to Frank and Lexie Giddens Johnson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Robert Oliver and a daughter Paula Oliver Hickey. She is survived by her daughter...
Ola Helen Goins
Oct 18, 2014
Ola Helen Goins, age 70, Galax, VA, died Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Goins was born Jan. 1, 1944 in Grayson County, VA to Alfonzo & Virginia Brown Coletrain. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jackie E. Goins. She is survived by daughters, Tracy Owens, Galax, VA, Tera Tucker, Charlotte,...
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