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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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