Odie Anderson Bowers
Oct 12, 2012
Odie Anderson Bowers age 90 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, October 12, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Bowers was born in Carroll County, Virginia on August 14,1922 to Emmett and Mahaley Taylor Bowers. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a son Timothy Blake Bowers. Mr. Bowers served his country proudly in...
Iva Rose Ward
Oct 10, 2012
Iva Rose Williams Ward age 95 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2012 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Ward was born in Grayson County, Virginia on June 19, 1917 to Clark Higgins and Laura Ida Stamey Williams. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Lonnie Woodrow Ward; sisters Agnes; Merle; Nellie...
Kathleen Shaw Farmer
Oct 10, 2012
Kathleen Shaw Farmer age 88 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2012 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Farmer was born in Pennsylvania on September 10, 1924 to Garnett and Callie Haynes Shaw. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Samuel Farmer. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Kathy...
Shirley Ann Brewer
Oct 7, 2012
Shirley Ann Blackburn Caudill Brewer age 70 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, October 7, 2012 at her home. Shirley was born on December 16, 1941 in the Fox Community of Grayson County, Virginia to Carl and Etta Duncan Blackburn. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband of 38 years Charles E. "Chuck"...
William Penn Isom
Oct 5, 2012
William Penn Isom age 89 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, October 5, 2012 at his home. Mr. Isom was born in Galax, Virginia on October 29, 1922 to Jim and Alice Trimble Isom. He is survived by his wife Ada Lee Isom; daughters and son-in-law Wanda Jones; Patty Hampton and Melvin Garcia all of Galax, Virginia; four grandchildren and...
Sarah Ethel Goodson Davis
Oct 4, 2012
Sarah Ethel Davis age 99 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, October 4, 2012 in the Golden Living-Blue Ridge Health & Rehab Center. Mrs. Davis was born in Carroll County, Virginia on December 13, 1912 to William and Caroline Dickens Goodson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Alexander Coy Davis and son Albert...
Darol Dean Roberts
Oct 3, 2012
The following is a courtesy announcement by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home: SSG Darol Dean Roberts, age 64 passed away at his home in Vass, North Carolina on Wednesday, October 3, 2012. He was born to Roy Lee and Opal Roberts in the Pine Mountain community of Grayson County on April 13, 1948. Darol is survived by his wife, Joan Edwards Roberts...
June Anders Lawrence
Sep 30, 2012
June Anders Lawrence age 75 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, September 30, 2012 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Lawrence was born on June 19, 1937 in Ennice, North Carolina to John and Marie Lowe Anders. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her daughter Kathy Anderson. She is survived by her husband Linwood...
David Wayne Kreitzer
Sep 29, 2012
David Wayne Kreitzer, age 47, Fries, VA died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 in the Woltz Hospice Home, Dobson, NC. Mr. Kreitzer was born in Bowie, MD June 1, 1965 to Lewis Buddy and Peggy Ann Dick Kreitzer. He was preceded in death by his mother. He is survived by his wife, Melissa Burcham Kreitzer of Fries, VA; children, Davenie Kreitzer,...
Edith Lorene Knight
Sep 29, 2012
Edith Lorene Knight, age 86, of Galax, VA, passed away Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 at the Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, VA Mrs. Knight was born July 29, 1926 in Foster Falls, Wythe County, VA to Mr. William Lee Tate. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her husband, James A. Knight; sisters, Elsie Tate and Dorothy...
Martha Lee Wade
Sep 28, 2012
Martha Lee Newman Wade, age 54, Hillsville, VA, died Sept, 28, 2012 in the NC Baptist Hospital, Winston Salem, NC. Mrs. Wade was born Nov. 30, 1957 in Galax, VA to Arlie Sandford and Eva Sue Cox Newman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Daniel Ray Beamer and sister, Arlene Moser-Davis She is...
Niriel Sawyers Alley
Sep 27, 2012
Niriel Sawyers Alley age 87 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, September 27, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Alley was born in Carroll County, Virginia on July 4, 1925 to Robert and Nolia Wright Sawyers. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Sanford Alley; children; Dionna Alley; Ted Alley, Jesse Alley and Bitha Alley....
Margaret Imogene Jones
Sep 26, 2012
***THIS IS A COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE JONES FAMILY*** Following a brief illness, Jean Jones passed away on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at Hart Heritage Estate in Street, Maryland. She was born on May 20, 1936 in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Rufus L. and Daisy Gardner Burnette. She was a 1953 graduate of Hillsville High School. She was...
Mary Louise Lineberry
Sep 26, 2012
Mary Louise Lineberry age 58 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2012 in the Montgomery Regional-Lewis Gale Hospital in Blacksburg, Virginia. Mary was born on January 21, 1954 in Galax, Virginia to the late Alvin and Georgia Viars Cox. She is survived by her husband Gordon Lineberry of Woodlawn, Virginia; daughter Tammy Edmonds of Woodlawn, Virginia; son and...
Emma Jean Funk
Sep 24, 2012
Emma Jean Funk age 72 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Monday, September 24, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Funk was born in Montgomery County, Virginia on August 24, 1940 to Frank James and Mattie Bradford Yopp. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Lonnie Otis Funk, Jr.. She is survived by her sisters and...
Joseph Frazier Holderfield
Sep 21, 2012
Joseph Frazier Holderfield age 80 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, September 21, 2012 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mr. Holderfield was born on August 23, 1932 in Galax, Virginia to Jim and Ina Lyons Holderfield. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Mary Alice Holderfield and grandson Thomas Joseph Holderfield. He is survived...
Ben D. Carico
Sep 21, 2012
Ben D. Carico age 92 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, September 21, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Carico was born on August 20, 1920 in Grayson County, Virginia to Wiley and Hallie Byrd Carico. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Violet Mae Carico and grandson Kerry Cole. He is...
Mary Hattilene Combs
Sep 20, 2012
Mary Hattilene Combs age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, September 20, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Combs was born in Grayson County, Virginia on September 28, 1925 to J.Tom and Nancy Elizabeth Liddle Dixon. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Clarence Combs. She is survived by her son...
Dewey Carl Sturdivant
Sep 19, 2012
Dewey Carl Sturdivant age 85 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday evening in the Golden Living-Blue Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center. Mr. Sturdivant was born in Akron, Ohio on November 1, 1926 to Lynn and Alla Rose Wingate Sturdivant. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Dora L. Sexton Sturdivant and son Thomas Dewey...
Wo1 Israel Lee Day
Sep 13, 2012
WO1 Israel Lee Day, US Army, 39, of Woodlawn, Virginia, passed away Thursday, September 13, 2012 in Marion, Virginia. Israel was born November 1, 1972 in Galax, Virginia to Garth A. Day, Sr. & Debra L. Taylor Pruitt. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Virginia & Harvey Hawkins and paternal grandparents, Robert Day & Katherine Pike. Israel...
