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Charles Blake Roberts
Sep 27, 2013
Charles Blake Roberts,age 86, of Galax passed away Friday, September 27, 2013 at his home. Mr. Roberts was born in Grayson County Virginia on February 11, 1927 to Sidney and Ollie Mae Williams Roberts. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Kirby Roberts of the home; son and daughter-in-law Danny Blake Roberts & Ann Carol of Galax; Sisters-in-law and husband:...
Katherine Cox Johnson
Sep 26, 2013
Katherine Cox Johnson age 89 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, September 26, 2013 at the home. Mrs. Johnson was born in Carroll County, Virginia on March 3, 1924 to Sidney Rufus and Carrie Edwards Cox. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Carroll Johnson. She is survived by a sister Clyde Baker of...
Nancy Boyer Elswick
Sep 24, 2013
Nancy Boyer Elswick age 79 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday September 24, 2013 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Elswick was born in Akron, Ohio on August 18, 1934 to the late Clifford and Grace Carico Boyer. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Earl Elswick. She is survived by her sisters and...
Delta Faye Sumner Burcham
Sep 24, 2013
Delta Faye Sumner Burcham age 87 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2013 in Trinity Mission in Hillsville, Virginia. Mrs. Burcham was born on June 12, 1926 in Carroll County, Virginia to Andrew Porter Sumner and Margaret Christley Sumner. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Orbon Burcham; daughters Joyce Carico and...
Nona Fae Cooley
Sep 23, 2013
Nona Fae Faddis Cooley age 84 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday September 23, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Cooley was born in Carroll County, Virginia on June 16, 1929 to the late Lee and Ethel Bedsaul Faddis. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband H.G. Cooley, Jr.; son Dennis Ray Cooley and grandson...
James Dallas Cline
Sep 23, 2013
James Dallas Cline age 75 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, September 23, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Cline was born in Carroll County, Virginia on July 30, 1938 to the late Wesley Carson and Ida Mae Catron Cline. He is survived by his wife Margaret Cline; sons and daughter-in-law James and Karen Cline; Rodney Allen Cline;...
Jessie (Baker) James Gravely
Sep 22, 2013
Jessie James (Baker) Gravely age 77 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Gravely was born on October 26, 1935 in Austinville, Virginia to Jessie and Maggie Viars Gravely. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Peggy Gravely. He is survived by his daughters and...
James "Skip" Edward Henderson
Sep 19, 2013
James Edward (Skip) Henderson age 90 of Galax, Virginia passed away peacefully Thursday, September 19, 2013 at his home. Skip was born in Ohio on July 31, 1923, son of the late C.H. and Mary Alice Rhudy Henderson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a son Samuel Lacy McAlpine. He was a 1942 graduate of...
Rev. James Wesley Lawson, Sr.
Sep 16, 2013
Rev. James Wesley Lawson, Sr. age 85 of Woodlawn Virginia passed away Monday, September 16, 2013 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Rev. Lawson was born in Carroll County, Virginia on June 8, 1928 to John Wesley and Lula Mae Phillips Lawson. He is survived by his wife Linda Faye Lawson of Woodlawn, Virginia; daughter Deborah Boyd...
Pauline W Littreal
Sep 14, 2013
Pauline W. Littreal, 81, of Fries, passed away Saturday, September 14, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Pauline was born in Fries on June 4, 1932 to Arnold and Iva Funk Moore. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son Larry (Butch) Jefferson. Pauline is survived by her husband of 22 years, James D....
Jacquline (Jacque) Denise Rowe
Sep 13, 2013
Jacque Denise Rowe, 56, of Galax, VA passed away Friday September 13, 2013 in the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home, Winston-Salem, NC. Jacque was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on August 15, 1957 to the late Ralph and Jeannette Frost Davidson. She is survived by her daughters: Denise Brown of Galax and Elizabeth Rowe of Pulaski; three grandchildren Darian Brown, Cameron...
Raymond Phipps Bartlett
Sep 13, 2013
Raymond Phipps Bartlett, 86 of Trinity, North Carolina and formerly of Galax passed away Friday, September 13, 2013 at his home. Mr. Bartlett was born December 25, 1926 in Grayson County to the late Samuel Earl Bartlett and Ethel Williams Bartlett. He is survived by his wife Iris Bartlett of the home; three sisters and brother-in-law: Burlene Burnett and Arlene...
Mattie "Sue" Coleman
Sep 12, 2013
Mattie Sue Coleman, 78, of Galax passed away Thursday in the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. Sue was born June 25, 1935 in Grayson County, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband, Franklin Coleman, mother Marie Alden and sister Sharon Trimble. She is survived by four daughters and one son-in-law: Terri Rittwage, Joan Burcham, Jean Alley, Cathy...
David Franklin Payne
Sep 12, 2013
David Franklin Payne age 59 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday September 12, 2013 in the Forsyth Medical Center. David was born in Grayson County, Virginia on June 14, 1954 to Verlon and Goldie Alexander Payne. In addition to his mother Goldie Payne of Galax, Virginia, David is survived by his wife Lena Payne; daughter Misty Day; special son Rascal...
Timothy Wayne Linville
Sep 8, 2013
Timothy Wayne Linville age 31 of Fries, Virginia passed away Sunday, September 8, 2013 at his home. Timmy was born on July 14, 1982 in Grayson County, Virginia to Downey Leon and Patricia Price Linville. In addition to his mother Patricia Linville of Fries, Virginia, Timmy is survived by his sisters and brothers-in-law Terry and Melvin Bourne; Tina and Richard...
Fred Fleming Mcgee
Sep 7, 2013
Fred Fleming McGee, age 86, Galax, VA, passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 in the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC. Mr. McGee was born in Mt. Airy, NC Feb. 4, 1927 to the late Richard Logan and Evelyn Booker McGee. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Alene Manus McGee. He...
Lois Geneva Roberts Cox
Sep 7, 2013
Lois R. Cox, wife of the late George H. Cox, of Hebron Road, Galax, joined him in Heaven Saturday morning September 7, 2013. The daughter of Louie C. and Stella Mae Roberts of Hebron Road, Lois was born in Carroll County May 21, 1928. She was the only daughter of four children, which included brothers, Jack, Rex and William Roberts....
Ricky Lee Phillips
Sep 4, 2013
Ricky Lee Phillips age 52 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2013. Ricky was born in Bluefield, West Virginia on August 16, 1961 to Roy Lee and Nannie Alice Asbury Phillips. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Deborah Black and brothers Robert Phillips and Jimmy Asbury. He is survived by his...
James (Jim) Aaron Chipman
Sep 3, 2013
James Aaron Chipman age 67 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2013 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center in Independence, Virginia. Jim was born on May 6, 1946 in Grayson County, Virginia to Robert Stratton and Euna Lee Bedsaul Chipman. He is survived by his daughters and son-in-law LaConna Moretz; Amanda and James Anders and Ashley Chipman...
Fay Estell Luper
Sep 3, 2013
Fay Estell Leagan Luper age 82 of Fries, Virginia went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Luper was born on June 16, 1931 in Wythe County, Virginia to William Glenn and Ruby Irene Brammer Leagan. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Edgar...
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