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Bessie Iona Lineberry

Bessie Iona Lineberry

Nov 29, 2012

Bessie Hill Lineberry age 98 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, November 29, 2012 in the Golden Living Blue Ridge Nursing Home in Galax, Virginia. Born on November 18, 1914 in Fries, Virginia, she was the daughter of Steven and Bell Hill. Bessie lived in the Fries area most of her life where she was a homemaker, an in-home care...

Louvenia May Sachs

Louvenia May Sachs

Nov 29, 2012

Louvenia May Sachs, 89, of Albermarle, North Carolina passed away Thursday, November 29, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Sachs was born on January 18, 1923 in Galax, Virginia to Edgar and Thelma Hodges Vaughan. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice Jack Sachs. Mrs. Sachs was a member of Glenwood United Methodist Church...

Edward Jewell King

Edward Jewell King

Nov 27, 2012

Edward Jewell King, 79, of Woodlawn VA passed away Tuesday November 27, 2012 at the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. Mr. King was born in Carroll County, VA to Davis King and Lizzie Mae Lawson King on Wednesday, June 28, 1933. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sons Barry and Larry King. Surviving are...

Winnie Gay Dalton Rector Staples

Winnie Gay Dalton Rector Staples

Nov 27, 2012

Winnie Gay Dalton Rector Staples, age 73, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at Golden Living Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Galax, VA. She was born to Roscoe and Tokie Dalton in Carroll County, Virginia on Wednesday August 9, 1939. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husbands Eric Rector and John Staples. She is survived...

Stephanie Rene Bryant

Stephanie Rene Bryant

Nov 23, 2012

Stephanie Rene Pack Bryant age 38 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, November 23, 2012 at her home. Stephanie was born on December 12, 1973 in Richmond, Virginia to Woodrow "Woody" and Cynthia "Sis" Spangler Pack. She was preceded in death by her brother Chip Pack; maternal grandparents Eugene and Betty Spangler; paternal grandparents Woodrow and Betty Pack. In addiition...

Nora D. Roberts

Nora D. Roberts

Nov 23, 2012

Nora D. Roberts age 91 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, November 23, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Roberts was born on May 30, 1921 in Low Gap, North Carolina. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Earl Roberts. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Wayne and Carolyn Roberts...

Dorothy Smith Higgins

Dorothy Smith Higgins

Nov 20, 2012

Dorothy Smith Higgins, 80, of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2012 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Galax, Virginia. Mrs. Higgins was born to Carl Smith and Katherine Mink Smith on Saturday, February 13, 1932. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her granddaughter Lisa Diane Higgins and great granddaughter Natalie Jane Keith....

Deloris "Peanut" Gayle Patton

Deloris "Peanut" Gayle Patton

Nov 19, 2012

Deloris Gayle Patton, better known as Peanut, age 62 passed away Monday November 19, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was born to the late Andrew Jackson Hill and Mary Edith Dowling Hill in Galax, Virginia on Monday, March 6, 1950. She is survived by daughter and son-in-law Robin and Chris Cox of Fries, Virginia; two sons...

Sonya Renee Lineberry

Sonya Renee Lineberry

Nov 18, 2012

Sonya Renee Lineberry, 30, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2012 at her residence in Galax Virginia. She was born February 27, 1982 to Ronnie Lineberry and Debra Adams Lineberry. She is survived by her mother Debra Adams Lineberry of Galax, Virginia; father and step mother Ronnie and Cindy Lineberry of Galax, Virginia; daughter Phoenix Rayne Lineberry of the home; maternal...

Paul Earnest Blevins

Paul Earnest Blevins

Nov 18, 2012

Paul Earnest Blevins, 85, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2012 at the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, Virginia. He was born Monday, June 27, 1927 in Surry County, North Carolina to John H. Blevins and Mollie Shores Blevins. He is survived by his wife Sarah Louise Blevins of the home; two daughters and sons-in-law : Janet and Jim Patterson of...

Pansy Ames Lawson Griffin

Pansy Ames Lawson Griffin

Nov 18, 2012

Pansy Ames Lawson Griffin, 83, of Austinville, Virginia passed away Sunday, November 18, 2012 at the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. Mrs. Griffin was born to Troy Lawson and Elva Burnett Lawson in Carroll County, Virginia on Wednesday, May 15, 1929. She is survived by her husband Coolidge Griffin of the home; daughters and sons-in-law Linda and Douglas Cooke...

William Harding Whitaker

William Harding Whitaker

Nov 16, 2012

William Harding Whitaker, 91, of Galax, Virginia passed Friday November 16, 2012 at his home. Mr. Whitaker was born to Louie Wiley Whitaker and Buria Martin Whitaker on March 27, 1921 in Grayson County, Virginia. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his wife Nellie Mae Patton Whitaker. He is survived by his daughter Linda Weatherman;...

John William (Bill) Leonard

John William (Bill) Leonard

Nov 13, 2012

John William (Bill) Leonard, 63, of Fries, VA passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was born to John Henderson Leonard and Virginia Ruth Taylor Leonard in Carroll County, Virginia on September 30, 1949. He was preceded in death by his father, his wife Norma Jean Leonard; brothers Bobby Leonard and...

Walter Howard Dotson

Walter Howard Dotson

Nov 12, 2012

Walter Howard Dotson, 86, formerly of Elk Creek, Virginia, passed way Monday, November 12, 2012 at his home in Galax, Va. He was born to Robert Lee & Josephine Anderson Dotson on February 11, 1926 in Carroll County, Virginia. He is survived by his wife: Mary Phillips Dotson of the home; two sons and daughters-in-law Phillip Howard and Sue Dotson...

Dorothy Lee Reavis Belton

Dorothy Lee Reavis Belton

Nov 11, 2012

Dorothy Lee Reavis Belton, 85, of the Baywood Community, Galax, VA passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC. Mrs. Belton was born to Jim and Nellie Reavis on January 8, 1927 in Grayson County, Virginia. She is survived by her husband: Warner Ray Belton of the home; daughters and sons-in-law: Janice and Doug...

Juanita Dix Davis

Juanita Dix Davis

Nov 10, 2012

Juanita Dix Davis, age 75, of Winston Salem,, NC, died at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC on Nov. 10, 2012. Mrs. Davis was born May 17, 1937 in Surry County, NC to James & V. Bascoe Boyd Dix. Her parents preceded her in death and, also, a son, Mark Atkins. She is survived by a sister & brother-in-law,...

Joseph A. Yow, Jr.

Joseph A. Yow, Jr.

Nov 9, 2012

Joseph A. Yow, Jr., 85, of Galax passed away Friday in the Wheatland Hills Retirement Center; Hillsville, VA. Mr. Yow was born August 15, 1927 to Joseph A. & Nina Elizabeth Dull Yow in Forsyth County, North Carolina. He is survived by his wife: Laura H. Yow of the home; two daughters & sons-in-law: Diane and Randy Reeves of Winston-Salem,...

Treva Elizabeth Branson

Treva Elizabeth Branson

Nov 9, 2012

Treva Elizabeth Branson, 87, of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday November 9th at her home. She was born on October 22, 1925 in Ashe County, North Carolina to Edward Franklin Combs and Laura Leann Thompson Combs. In addition to her parents, Treva was preceded in death by two husbands; Robert Thomas Johnson, who was the father of her children, and...

Mildred June Reeves

Mildred June Reeves

Nov 8, 2012

Mildred June Reeves was born May 4, 1926 to Kelly and Eula Montgomery. She departed this world on November 8, 2012 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC making her stay on earth 86 years, 11 months and 8 days. She was preceded in death by her husband Kyle Gene "Bill" Reeves, her parents, one sister Pat Rhudy and...

Ruby Mabe Lindamood

Ruby Mabe Lindamood

Nov 8, 2012

Ruby Mabe Lindamood, 86, of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, November 8, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, Virginia. Mrs. Lindamood was born October 18, 1926 in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Roby & Pearl Howlett Mabe. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Buford Lindamood. She is survived by her...

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