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Laurence Lee Wensel
Feb 11, 2014
Laurence Lee Wensel age 94 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2014 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Wensel was born in Garrett County, Maryland on March 15, 1919 to Floyd Lee and Bertha Mae Nicholson Wensel. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers Ralph and Walter Wensel. Mr. Wensel proudly...
Olen Webster Spivey
Feb 10, 2014
Olen Webster Spivey age 83 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, February 10, 2014 in the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mr. Spivey was born in Galax, Virginia on May 5, 1930 to Ed and Ruby Houseman Spivey. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Blanche Miller Spivey. Mr. Spivey...
Jack Redd
Feb 8, 2014
Jack Redd age 75 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Jack was born in Galax, Virginia on December 9, 1938 to Emmett and Rosa Robinson Redd. He is survived by his wife JoAnn A. Redd of Galax, Virginia; son and daughter-in-law Terry J. and Brenda Redd of Norwich, New York; grandchildren...
Coy Robert Branscome
Feb 7, 2014
Coy Robert Branscome age 89 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, February 7, 2014 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mr. Branscome was born on February 28, 1924 in Carroll County, Virginia to Isaac W. and Callie Mitchell Branscome. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Opal Branscome and a sister. He is survived by...
Juanita Faye Phillips
Feb 7, 2014
Juanita Faye Phillips age 88 of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday, February 7, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Phillips was born on June 18, 1925 in Fieldale, Virginia to James Robert and Minnie Clyde Jennings Hutchinson. She is survived by her husband Arnold J. Phillips of Fries, Virginia; sons and daughters-in-law Randy and Nancy Phillips; David Phillips all of Fries,...
Troy Clark Mcmillan
Feb 4, 2014
THE FOLLOWING IS A COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT BY VAUGHAN-GUYNN FUNERAL HOME: Troy Clark McMillan, 92, of Leesburg, FL and Galax, VA, went to be with the Lord on February 4, 2014. He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Ireson McMillan and parents Lonnie Clayton McMillan and Georgia Higgins McMillan Howard. His grandfather Troy Clark Higgins, was Galax first Police...
Wilma Pearl Hanks Jones
Feb 4, 2014
Wilma Pearl Hanks Jones age 93 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2014 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Jones was born in Carroll County, Virginia on September 9, 1920 to Josh C. and Clennie Dickens Hanks. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Herman L. Jones; sisters Edna Shumate and...
Sanford Bela Lam, Sr.
Feb 2, 2014
Sanford Bela Lam, Sr. age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, February 2, 2014 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Lam was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia on March 4, 1925 to Virgil and Nellie Roach Lam. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Viola Burnette Lam. He is survived by his...
Inez Louise Roberts
Feb 2, 2014
Inez Louise Roberts age 69 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, February 2, 2014 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Inez was born on March 7, 1944 in Michigan to James Arthur and Thelma Inez Foster Eden. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband James Billy Roberts. She is survived by her children and...
Eugene Grant Huffman
Feb 2, 2014
Eugene Grant Huffman age 68 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, February 2, 2014 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Eugene was born on July 18, 1945 in Grayson County, Virginia to Robert Lee and Annie Byrd Huffman. He is survived by his wife Wanda Huffman of Galax, Virginia; daughter and son-in-law Jenette and Randy Triplett; son and daughter-in-law Jeff and...
George Edward Mckenzie
Jan 31, 2014
George Edward McKenzie better known as Edward McKenzie age 77 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, January 31, 2014 at his home. Mr. McKenzie was born on August 20, 1936 in Galax, Virginia to George William and Mary Ann Bobbitt McKenzie. He is survived by his wife Alma Brannock McKenzie of Galax, Virginia; sons and daughters-in-law Keith and Scarlett McKenzie...
David Green Brewer
Jan 30, 2014
THIS IS A COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT David Green Brewer, 88, of Salem, passed courageously into the arms of his Lord after suffering with Alzheimer's and the complications it brings on Thursday morning, January 30, 2014. The family would like to thank Richfield Recovery and Care Center, The Veterans Administration Medical Center, and Good Samaritan Hospice for their care and support. David...
Dennis Carlie Johnson
Jan 29, 2014
Dennis Carlie Johnson age 55 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2014. Dennis was born in Grayson County, Virginia on February 3, 1958 to Noah Hershell and Mary Lou Pugh Johnson. He is survived by his wife Darlene Johnson of Fries, Virginia; daughter and son-in-law Chrystal and Allen Faulkner of Galax, Virginia; sons Phillip Norman and Robbie Johnson...
Anna Ruth Hardin Hale
Jan 29, 2014
Anna Ruth Hardin Hale age 92 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Hale was born in Wythe County, Virginia on February 7, 1921 to Michael J. and Ocie Umberger Hardin. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Marvin Richard Hale. She is survived by a daughter and...
Elizabeth Moore Bedsaul
Jan 27, 2014
Elizabeth Moore Bedsaul age 81 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday January 27, 2014 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Miss Bedsaul was born on May 8, 1932 in Carroll County, Virginia to Curtis Lee and Kate H. Pope Bedsaul. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister Dorothy Lee Bedsaul Williams and a nephew Curtis...
Connor Ristol Edward Perry
Jan 27, 2014
Connor Ristol Edward Perry infant son of Kelton Edward Sean and Candace Dawn Walker Perry of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, January 27, 2014 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. In addition to his parents Connor is survived by his maternal grandmothers Tina Crott and Gail Campbell of Fries, Virginia; maternal grandfather Dennis Walker of Galax, Virginia; paternal grandparents Mark and...
Nita Sue Sizemore
Jan 25, 2014
Nita Sue Sizemore, age 74, Galax, VA, died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 in the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC. Mrs. Sizemore was born Aug. 31, 1939 in Carroll County, VA to William Hugh & Bertha Helen Cox Isom. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, James Sizemore. She is survived by sons & daughters-in-law,...
Sage Timothy Joseph Allen
Jan 22, 2014
Sage Timothy Joseph Allen 16 month old son of Amber Allen and David Rosenbaum of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2014 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Sage was born on September 5, 2012 in Galax, Virginia. In addition to his parents he is survived by two half-brothers Brayden Rosenbaum and Romeo Rosenbaum both of Tennessee; maternal grandmother...
Lee Ann Dowell
Jan 22, 2014
Lee Ann Dowell age 48 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at her home. Lee Ann was born in Havre De Grace, Maryland on October 7, 1965 to Alfred and Estelle Ruff Kegley. In addition to her parents of Darlington, Maryland she is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law Selena Ann and Melvin Goodson of Edgewood, Maryland;...
James Monroe Williams
Jan 21, 2014
James Monroe Williams age 90 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2014 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mr. Williams was born on December 27, 1923 in Grayson County, Virginia to Vance and Maggie Caudell Williams. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Brenda Williams Rose and Arlin of Chesterfield, Virginia; son Dennis Roberts of Galax, Virginia; grandchildren...
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