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Ralph Hardin Spencer

Ralph Hardin Spencer

Oct 10, 2013

Ralph Hardin Spencer, 70, of Galax passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013 in the Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, Virginia. He was born in Pulaski, Virginia to the late George W. and Dorothy E. Craft Spencer. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by sisters and brothers-in-law: Norma and Bill Leonard, Bonnie Aldred, June and Howard Billings and...

Thelma Grace Lundy

Thelma Grace Lundy

Oct 6, 2013

Thelma Grace McCoy Lundy, age 92, Woodlawn, VA, died at the Forsyth Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Mrs. Lundy was born March 17, 1921 in Williamson, West Virginia to John Lee and Callie Harmon McCoy She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Lundy. Surviving are one daughter and son-in-law, Nancy & Jim Spicer, Hillsville,...

Beth Ellen Caldwell

Beth Ellen Caldwell

Oct 5, 2013

Beth Ellen Caldwell, age 69, Galax, VA passed away in Galax on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Mrs. Caldwell was born April 29, 1944 to Fred Lemuel and Ida Dillow Tickle. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brother, Fred Tickle; sisters, Jennifer Tickle and Sandra Lou Tickle She is survived by her husband, Donald Joe Caldwell;...

Samuel Roy Johnson

Samuel Roy Johnson

Oct 5, 2013

Samuel Roy Johnson age 52 of Ivanhoe, Virginia passed away Saturday, October 5, 2013 at his home. Samuel was born in Galax, Virginia on October 12, 1960 to the late Winfred Johnson, Sr. and Mildred Byrd Johnson. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law Brandon and Debbie Johnson of Ivanhoe, Virginia; grandchildren Blake Johnson, Cameron Johnson and Kimberly Johnson;...

Herman Warren Patton

Herman Warren Patton

Oct 4, 2013

Herman Warren Patton age 91 of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday, October 4, 2013 at his home. Mr. Patton was born on January 5, 1922 in Oxford, Pennsylvania to the late Ray and Molly Burris Patton. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Lucille Patton. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army...

Roger Dale Byrd

Roger Dale Byrd

Oct 4, 2013

Roger Dale Byrd, age 56, of Fries, VA, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC. He was born Dec. 17, 1956 in Grayson County, VA to James & Betty Shupe Byrd. He is survived by his wife, Diane Byrd; daughter, Christie Lundy, Fries, VA;; grandchildren, Nikki Lundy, Dillon Lundy; mother, Betty Byrd,...

Fannie Virginia Wilson

Fannie Virginia Wilson

Oct 4, 2013

Fannie Virginia Wilson known as Virginia Wilson age 93 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday morning at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Wilson was born on September 20, 1920 in McDowell County, West Virginia to George Vinton and Augusta Dishorn Wyatt. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband James F. Wilson. She is...

Mildred Vaught Overstreet

Mildred Vaught Overstreet

Sep 30, 2013

THIS IS A COURTESTY OBITUARY Mildred Vaught Overstreet, died on Monday, September 30, 2013. She was born in Roanoke, VA on January 27, 1932. Wife of the late Stanley W. Overstreet. Mother of Jeannie Overstreet Radosta (Martin) and David Overstreet (Edit), Grandmother of Courtney Hebert, Seth Radosta and Emma Overstreet. Sister of Joe Vaught (Anne), Doug Vaught (Doris) and Martha...

Charles Blake Roberts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

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