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Patricia Louise Isom
Aug 15, 2013
Patricia Louise Isom age 77 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Isom was born in Carroll County, Virginia on April 6, 1936 to C.W. and Lille Isom Roberts. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband John Clayton Isom. She is survived by two daughters Susan...
Elsie Faye Carico
Aug 13, 2013
Elsie Faye Kirby Carico age 81 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Carico was born in Alleghany County, North Carolina on February 20, 1932 to Ralph and Lillie Tolliver Kirby. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Berlie Lee Carico; son Stevie Willard Carico; sister Hattie Jane...
Barbara Joan Shepherd
Aug 12, 2013
Barbara Joan Ward Shepherd age 68 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Monday, August 12, 2013 in the Forsyth Medical Center Specialty Hospital. Barbara was born in Carroll County, Virginia on January 24, 1945 to Walter and Lola Amburn Ward. Barbara was followed in death by her daughter Angela Shackelford of High Point, North Carolina on Tuesday. She is survived by...
Ruth Bedsaul Dotson
Aug 10, 2013
Blanch Ruth Bedsaul Dotson, age 93, of Galax, VA died Aug. 10, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Dotson was born Jan. 29, 1920 to Charlie C. and Tishia Donathan Bedsaul. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Boyd Dotson, brother, Johnny Bedsaul, sisters, Avis Bryant, Mary Bryant, Barbara Martin and son-in-law, Basil Douglas. She...
Joyce Stanley Harrell Isom King
Aug 9, 2013
Joyce Stanley Harrell Isom King, 75, of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday August 9, 2013 at her home. Joyce was born April 7, 1938 in Grayson County, Virginia to Hix and Esther Snow Stanley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Phipps Harrell, sister Eloise Murray and brothers Earnest and Darrell Stanley. She is...
Doris Jones
Aug 8, 2013
Doris Jones, age 74, Galax, VA died Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013 in Golden Living Nursing Home, Galax. Mrs. Jones was born Sept. 18,1938 to Bruce & Gladys Hawks Wright in Grayson County, VA. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Henry Jones. She is survived by one son & daughter-in-law, Robert & Delia Porter,...
Barbara Sue Neaves-Turman
Aug 7, 2013
Barbara Sue Neaves-Turman, 55, of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2013 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. She was born October 1, 1957 in Smyth County, Virginia to the late Billy Joe & Virginia Richardson St. John. She is survived by her husband Homer Lee Turman of the home; daughter Brandi Neaves of Galax, Virginia;...
Glie Thomas Whitaker
Aug 7, 2013
Glie Thomas Whitaker, 64, of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. He was born March 7, 1949 to Glie Thomas Whitaker Sr and Sarah Clara Glascoe Whitaker in Mount Airy, North Carolina. He is survived by his wife Diana Marie Whitaker of the home; brother and sister-in-law Robert and Cathy Whitaker of...
Lessie Alma Taylor
Aug 5, 2013
Lessie Alma Taylor, 82, of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, August 5, 2013 in the Palliative Care Center and Hospice of Catawba County in Newton, North Carolina. Lessie was born February 15, 1931 in Grayson County, Virginia to Grover Cleveland Clyburn and Flora Margaret Phibbs Clyburn. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Lester....
Gayland "Rowdy" Powers
Aug 5, 2013
Gayland "Rowdy" Powers, 65, of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, August 5, 2013 at his home. Rowdy was born June 6 1948 in High Point, NC to W. O. Powers and Estrella Vaughn Powers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a step daughter Marcy Hendrix. He is survived by Joan Burris Weatherman of Galax; daughters...
Major Levie Howell
Aug 4, 2013
Major L. Howell, 74,of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Sunday August 3, 2013 in the Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, VA. Major was born March 30, 1939 in Goldsboro, North Carolina to Tom and Sudie Harrison Howell. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brother, Rev. R. D. Howell. He is survived by his wife Pauline Howell...
Bernard Dieter Hellmich
Aug 3, 2013
Bernard Dieter Hellmich, age 64, Woodlawn, VA, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013 at his home. Mr. Hellmich was born in Germany July 31, 1949 to Friedrich and Rose Marie Fuchs Hellmich. He is survived by his wife, Petra Hellmich of the home; sons and daughters-in-law, Karl John and Christina Hellmich, Portland, OR, Eric Lee & Eileen Hellmich, Phoenix, AZ; step-sons,...
Nena Hale Hash
Aug 1, 2013
Nena Hale Hash departed this life August 1, 2013, surrounded by her loving husband Kelly, her sisters, and nieces. She was born February 20, 1920, the daughter of the late William Lee and Florence Patton Hale of Galax. In 1942 she married Kelly G. Hash, and to this union were born two daughters, Diana Kay and Sharon Kelly. Nena was...
Ovis Edgar Funk
Jul 30, 2013
Ovis Edgar Funk age 65 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Ovis was born on April 13, 1948 in Grayson County, Virginia to Warren Anderson and Virginia Hawks Funk. He is survived by his wife Lena Trimble Funk of Fries, Virginia; sons and daughters-in-law Steven Edgar and Misty Funk of Fancy...
Odell Reynolds Bryson
Jul 28, 2013
Odell Reynolds Bryson age 72 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, July 28, 2013 in the VA Medical Center in Salem, Virginia. Mr. Bryson was born in Grayson County, Virginia on September 28, 1940 to Ray Charles and Mary Elizabeth Roberts Bryson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Rebecca Kyle Bryson; sisters Mattie...
Robert Cashman Lynch
Jul 27, 2013
Robert Cashman Lynch age 61 of Mt. Airy, North Carolina passed away Saturday, July 27, 2013 at the home of his son. Robert was born on August 22, 1951 in Pennsylvania to Robert and Eileen Delaney Lynch. In addition to his mother Eileen Lynch of West Gilgo Beach, New York he is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Rebecca and...
Alvah Jacob Mabe
Jul 26, 2013
Alvah Jacob Mabe age 59 of Ridgeway, Virginia passed away Friday, July 26, 2013 at the home of his mother. Alvah was born in Galax, Virginia on September 21, 1953 to Alvah Marlin and Jeanette Lineberry Mabe. In addition to his mother Jeanette Mabe of Bassett, Virginia he is survived by his wife Roxia Mabe of Ridgeway, Virginia; sister and...
Paullette G. Hatfield
Jul 24, 2013
Paullette G. Hatfield of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Paullette was born in Carroll County, Virginia to Marvin and Stella Mae England Goad. She is survived by her husband Richard Hatfield of Galax, Virginia; sister and brother-in-law Darnell and Manuel Clontz of Hillsville, Virginia; brother and sister-in-law Gene and Lisa Goad...
Lacey Elizabeth Montgomery Coffey
Jul 23, 2013
Lacey Elizabeth Montgomery Coffey age 39 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at her home.Lacey was born on July 24, 1973 in Baltimore, Maryland to John and Betsy Wroten Coffey.In addition to her father John Coffey of Galax Virginia she is survived by her sisters and brother-in-law Eden and Scott Sykes of Baldwin, Maryland; Heather Coffey of...
Opal Reavis Weatherman
Jul 20, 2013
Virginia "Opal" Reavis Weatherman, age 88, Galax, VA died Saturday, July 20, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Weatherman was born August 25, 1924 to Ed and Zella Higgins Reavis. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Weatherman and granddaughter, Marcy Hendrix. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Thelma and C.L. Poe,...
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