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Dylis Dean Newman

Dylis Dean Newman

Feb 27, 2013

Dylis Dean Newman age 72 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2013 in the Blue Ridge/ Golden Living Center in Galax, Virginia. Dylis was born on July 27, 1940 in Carroll County, Virginia to Lennie Jordan and Margaret Beatrice King Newman. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a son Linnie Ray Newman. He...

Charles Pierce Collins

Charles Pierce Collins

Feb 24, 2013

Charles Pierce Collins age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, February 24, 2013 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mr. Collins was born on April 4, 1924 in Carroll County, Virginia to Mahlon R. and Callie Snow Collins. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a son Dennis Mahlon Collins. Mr. Collins proudly served his...

Mary Ann Combs

Mary Ann Combs

Feb 23, 2013

Mary Ann Combs, age 71 of Galax, VA, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Combs was born Nov. 24, 1941 in Carroll County, VA to Randel Alexander and Lissie True Hill Wilson. She is survived by her husband, Rudolph Combs of the home; daughter, Cathy Ann Combs, Greensboro, NC; son, Tony Randolph Combs, Galax, VA; sisters &...

Clinton Muncy Vaughan

Clinton Muncy Vaughan

Feb 22, 2013

Clinton Muncy Vaughan age 82 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, February 22, 2013 at his home. Mr. Vaughan was born in Grayson County, Virginia on December 24, 1930 to Radley and Sally Patton Vaughan. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Addie Bobbitt. He is survived by his daughters and son-in-law Lynn Ball...

Mildred (Betty) Elizabeth Sawyers

Mildred (Betty) Elizabeth Sawyers

Feb 21, 2013

Mildred Elizabeth Johnson Sawyers better known as Betty Sawyers age 81 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Sawyers was born in Grayson County, Virginia on October 23, 1931 to Samuel Thomas and Myrtle Myers Johnson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Eldridge...

Kathryn Ruth Aldred

Kathryn Ruth Aldred

Feb 19, 2013

Kathryn Ruth Aldred age 81 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Aldred was born on April 4, 1931 in Galax, Virginia to James Alfred and Jeanettie Hollins Isom. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Paul Aldred and a grandson Kyle Roberts. She is survived by her...

Carolyn Bartlett Lyons

Carolyn Bartlett Lyons

Feb 15, 2013

Carolyn Bartlett Lyons age 73 of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday morning at her home. Carolyn was born in Galax Virginia on April 3, 1939 to Albert Gladstone and Agnes McKnight Bartlett. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother A.G. Bartlett. She is survived by her husband Don L. Lyons of Fries, Virginia; daughter...

Jo Ann Wright

Jo Ann Wright

Feb 15, 2013

Jo Ann Wright age 90 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, February 15, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Wright was born in Akron, Ohio on October 15, 1922 to Paul and Elsie Ireton Bonner. She is survived by her husband Leonard C. Wright of Galax, Virginia; daughter and son-in-law Helen W. and Rick Feete of Galax, Virginia;...

Linwood B. "Doodle" Lawrence

Linwood B. "Doodle" Lawrence

Feb 15, 2013

Linwood B. "Doodle" Lawrence, 87, passed away Friday, February 15, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. He was born in Cambria, Virginia on Monday, February 16, 1925 to Lemuel and Amanda Taylor Lawrence. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife June Lawrence, daughter Kathy Anderson, and sisters Anna Byrd and Margaret...

Bobby Gene Williams

Bobby Gene Williams

Feb 13, 2013

Bobby Gene Williams age 68 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at his home. Bobby was born in Norfolk, Virginia on September 14, 1944 to Woodrow Wilson and Myrtle Bryant Williams. He is survived by his wife Jane Williams of Galax, Virginia and sister Patricia Edwards of Norfolk, Virginia. A graveside service will be held Saturday, February...

Helen Faye Reeves

Helen Faye Reeves

Feb 12, 2013

Helen Faye Reeves, 86, of Galax, Virginia and formerly of Downingtown and New Holland, PA passed away in the Woltz Hospice Home, Dobson, North Carolina on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. She was born August 1, 1926 in Galax, Virginia to William Ben and Hassie Mae Edwards Wooten. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband...

Helen Louise Mabe Frost

Helen Louise Mabe Frost

Feb 12, 2013

Helen Louise Mabe Frost, 82, of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, Virginia. She was born in Carroll County, Virginia on November 29, 1930 to Benjamin Mabe and Martha Lawson Mabe. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband William Howard Frost. She is survived by...

Earnest Chapman Billings

Earnest Chapman Billings

Feb 11, 2013

Earnest Chapman Billings age 64 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Monday, February 11, 2013 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Chapman was born on May 7, 1948 in Grayson County, Virginia to Earnest McKinley and Edith Moretz Billings. He is survived by his wife Sandra Lam Billings of Hillsville, Virginia; daughters and sons-in-law Wendi and Michael Odum of Max Meadows, Virginia;...

Kyle Allen Compton

Kyle Allen Compton

Feb 9, 2013

Kyle Allen Compton, age 85, of Galax, VA, died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 at his home. Mr. Compton was born July 19, 1927 in Richlands, VA to Elden Walter and Pearl Etta Profitt Compton. He is survived by his wife, Hazel Hale Compton of the home; daughters & sons-in-law, Kyleene & Larry Hill, Charlotte, NC, Barbara Dillman of the home,...

Jessie Grace Cooley

Jessie Grace Cooley

Feb 9, 2013

Jessie Grace Cox Cooley age 97 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, February 9, 2013 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Cooley was born in Carroll County, Virginia on December 15, 1915 to Dan and Dona Golden Cox. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband James H. Cooley; oldest son John Mack Cooley and...

Frances Alean Carico

Frances Alean Carico

Feb 9, 2013

Frances Alean Farmer Carico age 88 of Fries, Virginia passed away Saturday, February 9, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Carico was born on June 3, 1924 in Grayson County, Virginia to William and Emma McGlothan Farmer. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Billy June Carico. She is survived by her...

Linda Kay Burnette

Linda Kay Burnette

Feb 6, 2013

Linda Kay Burnette age 54 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at her home. Linda was born on March 31, 1958 in Galax, Virginia to Duard Harold and Ethel Russell Burnette. She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law Jane and Tommy Calhoun of Sparta, North Carolina; nephews Bobby Calhoun and Ben Calhoun; several aunts and uncles;...

Alice Lucille Steverson

Alice Lucille Steverson

Feb 6, 2013

Alice Lucille Steverson age 77 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Steverson was born on April 2, 1935 in Grayson County, Virginia to Paul and Beulah Fielder Russell. She is survived her daughters and son-in-law Jewell Newsome of Galax, Virginia; Kathy and Dennis Akers of Hillsville, Virginia; sons and daughters-in-law...

Frank Edward Morris

Frank Edward Morris

Feb 3, 2013

It is with great love, affection, and sadness that we announce the unexpected death of Frank E. Morris of Galax, Virginia on Sunday evening February 3, 2013. Frank was 72 years old. He was the son of the late Tom and Louise Morris, and was preceded in death by his daughter Kelly Morris. He leaves behind his devoted wife and...

Iva Imogene Rector

Iva Imogene Rector

Feb 3, 2013

Iva Imogene Rector, age 94, of Woodlawn, Va died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. Mrs. Rector was born April 27, 1918 in Carroll County, VA to Robert Hesikah and Gertie Viola Bolen Bunn. She is survived by daughters and son-in-law,, Patsy Sue Brown, Galax, VA and Elizabeth and Gene Myers, Woodlawn, Va; foster...

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