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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Jason Randolph Dixon
Feb 3, 2013
Jason Randolph Dixon age 38 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013 at his home. Jason was born in Mt. Airy, North Carolina on May 6, 1974 to Kenneth Randolph and Susan Bowman Dixon. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents John and Alene Bowman and paternal grandparents Wayne and Georgine Dixon. In addition to his...
Edgar Mayo Martin
Feb 2, 2013
Edgar Mayo Martin, age 72, of Galax, VA, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2012 at the Forsyth Medical Hospital, Winston Salem, NC. Mr. Martin was born Sept. 21, 1940 in Carroll County to Ross and Norma Lee Quesinberry Martin. He is survived by his wife Verna Lou Martin,Galax, VA; daughter and son-in-law: Jeanie and Craig Quesenberry, Galax, VA, sons and daughter-in-law,...
Johnny Mark Brown
Jan 30, 2013
Johnny Mark Brown age 61 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, Janaury 30, 2013 at his home. Johnny was born on April 22, 1951 in Wyandotte, Michigan to Junior Johnson and Mildred Wisner Brown. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his step-father Emmett Ryder who raised him. He is survived by his children and their...
Oscar "Ray" Hill
Jan 29, 2013
Oscar Ray Hill (Better Known as Ray) 96, of Fries passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at the Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, Virginia. He was born in Carroll County, Virginia on March 5, 1916 to Kelvy and Levie Williams Hill. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by four sisters Ada Scott, Carrie Crowder, Mattie Hill and...
Vincent Claude Swinney
Jan 28, 2013
Vincent Claude Swinney age 84 of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, January 28, 2013 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Swinney was born in Carroll County, Virginia on December 7, 1928 to Terry and Emma Waller Swinney. He is survived by his wife Anna M. Swinney of Fries, Virginia; children and spouses Joyce and Larry Akers of Galax, Virginia;...
Edna Wanda Heddinger
Jan 27, 2013
Edna Wanda Heddinger,83, of Galax, VA passed away Sunday, January 27, 2013 at Golden Living Nursing & Rehab Center, Galax, Virginia. She was born May 19, 1929 in Grayson County to Enoch Bolt and Bertie Carico Bolt. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Marce Heddinger. She is survived by two sons: John Wayne...
Irene Tomlinson Hodges
Jan 24, 2013
Irene Tomlinson Hodges age 98 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, January 24, 2013 in the Golden Living Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Hodges was born in Virginia on May 31, 1914 to Eard and Mary Ellen Parks. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husbands Frank Tomlinson and Lindsey Hodges. She is survived by...
Phyllis Margaret Porter
Jan 17, 2013
Phyllis Margaret Porter, 87, passed away Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Golden Living Center Nursing & Rehab in Galax, VA. Mrs. Porter was born in Wythe County, Virginia on December 7, 1925 to the late Marshall Thomas and India Pearl Fields Vaughan. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Alfred Kent Porter. She is...
Beverly Bowman Frost
Jan 11, 2013
Beverly Bowman Frost age 78 of Jacksonville, Florida passed away Friday, January 11, 2013 in Jacksonville, Florida. Mrs. Frost was born on July 2, 1934 in Kimball, West Virginia to Samuel T. and Bessie Bowman. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Braselton D. (Dean) Frost. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law...
Donald F. Wilson
Jan 11, 2013
Donald F. Wilson, 75, of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, January 11, 2013 at his home. He was born December 1, 1937 in Galax, Virginia to the late John William and Vera Virginia Porter Wilson. He is survived by his wife Betty J. Wilson of the home; three children and their spouses: Donna and Tommy Haigler, Randy and Christina Wilson,...
Edward Paul Hill
Jan 9, 2013
THE FOLLOWING IS A COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT BY VAUGHAN-GUYNN FUNERAL HOME. Edward Paul Hill age 54 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2013. Paul was born on October 7, 1958 to Edward Junior and Betty Young Hill and was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Mae Hill; sons and daughter-in-law David Michael...
Thelma Sutherland Carico
Jan 9, 2013
Thelma Sutherland Carico, 94,of King North Carolina and formerly of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC. She was born October 29, 1918 in Galax, Virginia to the late Muncey Sutherland and Ella Hawkins Sutherland. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Glenn Carico and...
