Ruth Slate Brown
Dec 28, 2013
Ruth Slate Brown age 69 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013 at her home. Ruth was born in Galax, Virginia on March 8, 1944 to Preston J. and Hallie Elizabeth Rosenbaum Slate. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two grandchildren Anthony Adam Bishop and Aiden Paul Bishop and a brother William Slate....
Loyde C. Rippey
Dec 27, 2013
Loyde C. Rippey age 80 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, December 27, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Rippey was born on August 18, 1933 in the Lambsburg Community of Carroll County, Virginia to Troy and Ada Lowe Rippey. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son Danny Rippey. He is survived...
Jenny Lee Moore
Dec 23, 2013
Jenny Lee Moore age 77 of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, December 23, 2013 at her home. Jenny was born on March 21, 1936 in Grayson County, Virginia to Elmer and Margaret Haynes Moore. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law Delores and Mike Freeman; Ann and Curtis Shupe; Debbie Archer all of Fries, Virginia; Susie Williams of Florida;...
Michael Allen Williams
Dec 22, 2013
Michael Allen Williams, age 62, Ivanhoe, VA, passed away Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013 at the Wythe County Community Hospital, Wytheville, VA. Mr. Williams was born Oct. 13,1951 in Carroll County, VA to Therron B. and Mary K. Barber Williams. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Hicks Williams and three sisters. He is survived...
Melba Louise Burcham
Dec 22, 2013
Melba Louise Chappell Burcham age 82 of Winston-Salem, North Carolina passed away Sunday December 22, 2013 at the Oaks of Forsyth in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mrs. Burcham was born on July 6, 1931, in Grayson County, Virginia to Clyde and Sadie Kegley Chappell. She was a member of the Camp Zion Church in Galax, Virginia. She is survived by her...
Betty Ruth Easter
Dec 19, 2013
Betty Ruth Wheatley Easter age 75 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, December 19, 2013 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Easter was born on September 10, 1938 in Grayson County, Virginia to Jessie Frank and Hazel Dowell Wheatley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Willie Ray Easter. She is survived...
Steven Bradford Caldwell
Dec 17, 2013
Steven Bradford Caldwell, 46, of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2013 in the Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC. Steven was born October 21, 1967 in Galax, Virginia to Carroll Gene Caldwell and Jo Ella Hill Caldwell. He was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his son Hunter James Caldwell, Galax, Virginia; mother Jo Ella...
Faye Helen Beamer Early
Dec 13, 2013
Little Faye Helen Beamer Early was the third child of ten born on January 15, 1922, to the late Reverend Joe Bill and Daisy Hasamaclora Willis Beamer in Carroll County Virginia. Growing up in the hills of Galax, Virginia, Faye learned the teachings of GOD directly from her father. She was just as enthusiastic about his sermons as he was...
Warren Hannibal Carrier
Dec 12, 2013
Warren Hannibal Carrier better known as Han Carrier age 92 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, December 12, 2013 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mr. Carrier was born April 3, 1921 in Grayson County, Virginia to Warren Lester and Vergie Elizabeth Rhudy Carrier. He proudly served his country in the US Navy during World War II. He is survived by...
Helen Roberta Williams
Dec 11, 2013
Helen Roberta Anderson Williams age 62 of Mt. Airy, North Carolina passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at her home. Helen was born in Carroll County, Virginia on October 17, 1951 to Andy and Sue Gillespie Anderson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother Donald Floyd Anderson. She is survived by her husband Charles...
Deborah Jean Orduna Garcia
Dec 11, 2013
Deborah Jean Orduna Garcia age 62 of Sparta, North Carolina passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013 in the Alleghany Memorial Hospital. Deborah was born on August 20, 1951 in Havre De Grace, Maryland to Thomas Guynn and Barbara Alice Long Spurlin. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Jackie and Paulino Santiago of Sparta, North Carolina; sons and daughter-in-law...
Anna (Ann) Marie Jackson Felts
Dec 9, 2013
Anna Marie Jackson Felts, age 79 entered heaven December 9th , surrounded by her family. Born January 1, 1934 to Reverend John R. Jackson and Mary Pricilla West Jackson in Pampa, Texas, she was the 9th of 10 children. The family traveled following her daddy's preaching which brought her to Galax, Virginia, where she finished school and met James Keith...
"L.J." Lindsey Jefferson Creed
Dec 9, 2013
Lindsey Jefferson Creed Better Known as L. J., age 62, passed away Monday, December 9, 2013 at his home. He was born July 30, 1951 to the late Maggie Jane McRoberts Creed and Lindsey McClure Creed. L. J. is survived by four sisters and brothers-in-law: Ruby and James Norman, Holly Carr all of Galax, Virginia; Gladys Lanoria and Archie Slater...
Shirley Ann Amburn Vaught
Dec 9, 2013
Shirley Ann Amburn Vaught, 77, passed away Monday, December 9, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. Shirley was born March 24, 1936 in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Fred & Ruby Amburn. She is survived by her husband Dallas L. Vaught of the home; daughter and son-in-law: Carmen and Dwight Osborne of Woodlawn, Virginia; son and...
Harry Lee Barrett, Sr.
Dec 7, 2013
Harry Lee Barrett, Sr., age 71, of Fries, VA, died Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013 at his home. Mr. Barrett was born May 5, 1942 in Fries, VA to Roy & Verla Billings Barrett. He is survived by sons & daughter-in-law, H. Lee Barrett, Jr. and Sally, Fries, VA & Joe Barrett, Fries, VA; daughters & friend, Lynn Barrett & Edward...
Peggy Wingate Prillman
Dec 7, 2013
THIS IS A COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT Peggy Wingate Prillaman, 83, of Martinsville, VA passed away on December 7, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Prillaman was born in Akron, Ohio on September 6, 1930 to the late Muncy Thomas Wingate and Nell Carico Wingate. She was preceded in death by one sister, Martha Wingate Weddle, one brother Billy Gene Wingate and a...
Thomas "Dan" Martin
Dec 7, 2013
Thomas "Dan" Martin of Galax, VA , 59, answered God's call on December 7, 2013. He was born October 22, 1954, to the late Thomas W. Martin and Vada Billings Martin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister Shirley Lane. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Lepresca Torres and Luis Torres, Jr, of Yokosuka, Kanagawa,...
Billy Gray Beasley
Dec 4, 2013
Billy Gray Beasley age 78 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at his home. Mr. Beasley was born in Surry County, North Carolina on November 3, 1935 to James Robert and Myrtle McMillan Beasley. Mr. Beasley proudly served his country with forty-one years combined service in the United States Air Force. He is survived by his wife...
Edna Faye Smythers Bryant
Dec 2, 2013
Edna Faye Smythers Bryant, age 82, entered into Heaven's gates on December 2, 2013 at the Twin County Regional Hospital She was born May 13, 1931 to the late Michael S. Smythers and Cora Melton Smythers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Cecil Ray Bryant; a son Larry Cecil Bryant;...
Beulah Mae Crockett Youngblood
Dec 2, 2013
Beulah Mae Crockett Youngblood, age 97, of Fries, Va. went to be with the Lord on December 2, 2013, having passed away while in Golden Living Center Nursing Home in Galax, VA. She was born in Cripple Creek, VA. on November 20, 1916 and was the daughter of the late James David and Ida Summers Johnson Crockett. She was the...
