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Shirley Ann Edmonds Bowers
Apr 12, 2013
Mrs. Shirley Ann Edmonds Bowers, 66, of Ivanhoe, Virginia passed away Friday, April 12, 2013 In the Wythe County Community Hospital, Wytheville, Virginia. Mrs. Bowers was born October 13, 1946 in Surry County, North Carolina to William Roy Edmonds and Clearsie Hutson Edmonds. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 44 years, Walter...
Fred Padgett
Apr 11, 2013
Fred Padgett age 84 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013 in the Heritage Hall-Laurel Meadows Nursing Home. Mr. Padgett was born in Carroll County, Virginia on June 3, 1928 to Edward and Mary Phibbs Padgett. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Esther Padgett. He is survived by his son and...
Janie Mae Hamby
Apr 11, 2013
Janie Mae Hamby age 46 of Independence, Virginia passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013 in Independence, Virginia. Janie was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on July 29, 1966 to John Locke and Janie Mae Morton Hamby. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by her grandparents. She is survived by her mother Janie Mae Hamby of Independence, Virginia;...
Rives Frances Smith
Apr 10, 2013
Rives Frances Hill Smith age 91 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Smith was born in Carroll County, Virginia on Tuesday, January 31, 1922 to Kelvie and Levie Williams Hill. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband William Smith; sisters Ada Scott, Carrie Crowder, Hattie...
Joe Reid Edwards
Apr 4, 2013
Joe Reid Edwards, 81, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2013 at the Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, VA. Mr. Edwards was born May 8, 1931 in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Iver Edwards and Ola Thompson Edwards. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Mary Edwards. He is survived by brother & wife Billy...
Wanda Gail Marshall
Apr 2, 2013
Wanda Gail Marshall age 67 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Tuesday April 2, 2013 in the Golden Living Center. Wanda was born in Carroll County, Virginia on August 30, 1945 to Wilmer and Margaret Nelson Riggins. She is survived by her husband Donald Ray Marshall; daughter and son-in-law Margaret Sue and Damon Hall all of Woodlawn, Virginia; step-children and spouses...
Billie Burke Brown
Apr 1, 2013
Billie Burke Brown age 82 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, April 1, 2013 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Brown was born on December 1, 1930 in Galax, Virginia to Walter and Bertha Ruby Bedsaul Sexton. She is survived by her husband Howard Cecil Brown of Galax, Virginia; sons and daughters-in-law Michael and Norma Jean Brown of Graham,...
Ralph Winesett
Mar 28, 2013
Ralph Winesett age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, March 28, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Winesett was born in Grayson County, Virginia on March 9, 1927 to Louis Eli and Grace Elizabeth Liddle Winesett. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his sister Mattie Adkins and brothers Junior Winesett; Billy Winesett...
Donald Ray Bobbitt
Mar 24, 2013
Donald Ray Bobbitt age 44 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013 in Richmond, Indiana. Donald was born on August 2, 1968 in Fort Benning, Georgia to Charles and Nancy Himes Bobbitt. He was preceded in death by his mother Nancy Bobbitt and is survived by his wife Tammy Bobbitt; son Steven Ray Bobbitt; daughter Rebecca Barnett; father...
Gladys Marylene Cruise
Mar 22, 2013
Gladys Marylene Cruise age 96 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Friday, March 22, 2013 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Cruise was born in Carroll County, Virginia on February 13, 1917 to Yancey Burton Hall, Sr. and Maude Mitchell Hall. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law Alta and Carol Vaughn; Shirley and Leonard Marshall all of Woodlawn, Virginia;...
Dossie Melton Higgins
Mar 20, 2013
Dossie Melton Higgins age 90 of South Port, North Carolina and formerly of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice in North Port. Mrs. Higgins was born on January 21, 1923 in Carroll County, Virginia to Thomas Wade and Thelma Green Melton. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Virginia Elizabeth Moser
Mar 19, 2013
Virginia Elizabeth Davis Moser age 89 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Moser was born in Grayson County, Virginia on February 20, 1924 to Lemuel and Mary Dodson Davis. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Irvin Lloyd Moser and a granddaughter Mickey Lynn Bartlett. She is...
Mary Neal Tidline
Mar 17, 2013
Mary N. Tidline age 105 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Tidline was born in Crumpler, North Carolina on January 17, 1908. She was married to Mr. Samuel K. Tidline and they had one son John Neal. They made their home in the Old Town Community. Sister Mary was converted at...
Johnny Allen Fleming
Mar 17, 2013
Johnny Allen Fleming age 54 of Fries, Virginia passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Johnny was born in High Point, North Carolina on March 3, 1959 to Kendrick and Hazel Stanley Fleming. He was preceded in death by his step-father who raised him, Hillard Brown. He is survived by his mother Hazel S. Brown...
Wayne Howard Chappell, Jr.
Mar 14, 2013
Howard Wayne Chappell, Jr. better known as Chicken Chappell age 76 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday evening, March 14, 2013 at his home. Mr. Chappell was born in Galax, Virginia on April 26, 1936 to Howard Wayne and Ila Goodson Chappell. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife Rose Marie Chappell and...
Nelson Roy Jarrell
Mar 14, 2013
Nelson Roy Jarrell age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mr. Jarrell was born on December 24, 1924 in Galax, Virginia to Noah Bolen and Emma Frost Jarrell. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a son Roy Nelson Jarrell, Jr.. Mr. Jarrell proudly served his...
Laura H. Yow
Mar 12, 2013
Laura H. Yow age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Wheatland Hills in Hillsville, Virginia. Mrs. Yow was born on July 25, 1926 in Forsyth County, North Carolina to Henry Lake and Lena Money Hastings In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Joseph A. Yow, Jr.. She is survived...
Geraldine "Dean" Hill
Mar 12, 2013
Geraldine Hill better known as Dean Hill age 83 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Ms. Hill was born in Fries, Virginia on December 28, 1929 to Luther Jefferson and Mamie Ellen Farmer Hill. She is survived by several nieces and nephews; several great-nieces and nephews; several great-great-nieces and nephews. A...
Randolph Delbert Jennings
Mar 11, 2013
Randolph Delbert Jennings age 85 of Glenville, West Virginia passed away Monday, March 11, 2013 in the Glenville Nursing Home. Mr. Jennings was born in West Virginia on February 6, 1928 to Delbert and Hazel Edith Ayers Jennings. Mr. Jennings proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He is survived by his wife Shirley Jennings...
Leonia Jennings Mckinney
Mar 11, 2013
Leonia Jennings McKinney age 79 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, March 11, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Jennings was born on July 12, 1933 in Galax, Virginia to Thomas and Ruby Kyle Jennings. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Rex McKinney. She is survived by her children Rhoda Jean...
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