Troy Clifford Rippey
Mar 27, 2012
Troy Clifford Rippey age 72 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at his home. Mr. Rippey was born on December 9, 1939 in Carroll County, Virginia to Dallas and Beulah Jones Rippey. He is survived by his wife Helen Rippey of Galax, Virginia; daughters and sons-in-law Cindy and James Riggins of Galax, Virginia; Melissa and Bill Floyd...
Gary Richard Vaughan
Mar 22, 2012
Gary Richard Vaughan age 57 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, March 22, 2012 at his home. Gary was born in Virginia on November 25, 1954 to H.B. and Mary Carico Vaughan. He is survived by his son Josh Vaughan of Independence, Virginia; special uncle James Carico of Fries, Virginia; several other aunts and uncles; special friends Gary James, Martie...
Rita Goad Edwards
Mar 19, 2012
Rita Goad Edwards of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, March 19, 2012 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Edwards was born in Virginia to Marion and Mary Cox Goad. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Ornan Edwards. She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law Elizabeth Edwards of Danville, Virginia; Mary...
Ruth C. Combs
Mar 18, 2012
Ruth C. Combs age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Combs was born in Grayson County, Virginia on March 18, 1926 to John and Rose Higgins Cooley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Robert Sidney Combs; daughter Becky Parish and brother Herbert Cooley. She is...
Hallie Lowe Brannock
Mar 17, 2012
Hallie Lowe Brannock, age 83, Galax, VA, died March 17, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Brannock was born March 1, 1929 in Grayson County, VA to Doctor Duncan and Melba Candis Goodson Lowe. She is survived by her husband, Johnny C. Brannock of the home; sons & daughter-in-law, Larry & Judy Brannock, Galax, VA, Gary Brannock, Galax, VA, grandchildren, Douglas...
Curtis Lewis (C.L.) Bowers, Jr.
Mar 17, 2012
Curtis Lewis Bowers, Jr., (C.L.) age 68 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, March 17, 2012 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. C.L. was born on May 14, 1943 in Carroll County, Virginia to Curtis Lewis and Gertrude Taylor Bowers. He is survived by his wife Faye Rosemary Bowers; sons and daughters-in-law Lewis Leon and Rhonda Faye Bowers; Terry Lee...
Ruth K. Winesette
Mar 16, 2012
Ruth K. Winesette age 97 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, March 16, 2012 at the home of her son in Midlothian, VA. Mrs. Winesette was born on July 28, 1914 in Virginia to James Alexander and Lucy Poindexter Kegley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob Winesette and daughter, Sharon Osborne. Surviving are daughters and son-in-law, Mrs....
Juanita Isabel Robinson
Mar 15, 2012
Juanita Isabel Robinson, age 89, of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, March 15, 2012 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Juanita was born in Galax on August 26, 1922 to Sidney Rufus and Carrie Edwards Cox. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, John Paul Robinson (Pete) and a granddaughter Sonya Gill. She is survived...
Linnnie Ray Newman
Mar 15, 2012
Linnie Ray Newman age 53 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, March 15, 2012 at his home. Linnie was born in Maryland on November 3, 1958. He is survived by his children London Michelle Edwards, Joshua David Newman, Linnie Keaton Newman; father and step-mother Dylis and Virginia Faye Newman of Woodlawn, Virginia; his birth mother Nancy Lee Gullion of Maryland;...
Pearl Marie Chappell
Mar 11, 2012
Pearl Marie Chappell age 80 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, March 11, 2012 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Chappell was born in Surry County, North Carolina on October 22, 1931 to Oscar and Hazel South Ramey. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Curtis Chappell and a daughter Peggy Lynn Chappell. She...
Bobby Lee Newman
Mar 7, 2012
Bobby Lee Newman age 50 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Bobby was born in Virginia on July 15,1961 to Archie and Rosa Lee Tompkins Newman. He is survived by his children and spouses Kristie and Kevin Hooven of Galax, Virginia; Cavin and Jennifer Newman of Independence, Virginia;...
Opal Alene Barber Robinson
Mar 7, 2012
Opal Alene Barber Robinson age 83 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Robinson was born in Grayson County, Virginia on April 16, 1928. She was the last of fourteen children born to Chap and Senia Bobbitt Barber. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a son Leon Robertson. She...
Harry Wade Rutherford
Mar 6, 2012
THE FOLLOWING IS A COURTESY BY VAUGHAN-GUYNN FUNERAL HOME Harry Wade Rutherford age 82 of Santa Paula, California and formerly of Elk Creek, Virginia passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in the Santa Paula Memorial Hospital. Mr. Rutherford was born on May 10, 1929 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Virgil and Ola Funk Rutherford. In addition to his parents he...
Larry Wayne Gravely
Mar 6, 2012
Larry Wayne Gravely age 66 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Larry was born in Virginia on September 26, 1945 to George Dewey and Lyndell "Lois" Cregger Gravely. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son Ricky Gravely; two brothers Bill and Arlen Gravely and step-brother...
Charlotte George Dunbar
Mar 3, 2012
THIS IS A COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT Charlotte George Dunbar, 91, died March 3, 2012 in Galax, Virginia, where she had lived with her son since 2010. She was a resident of St. Elmo from birth until 2003 when she moved to Maryland to live with family members there. She was a 1938 graduate of Chattanooga High School. She was a member...
Mildred Ruth Blevins
Mar 3, 2012
Mildred Ruth Blevins age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, March 3, 2012 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Blevins was born on July 11, 1923 in Mahan, West Virginia to Morton and Mary Dotson Hamilton. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband William Homer Blevins; daughter Margaret Ann Williams; grandson Jason Cutshall;...
Tommy Went Mcmillan
Mar 1, 2012
Tommy Went McMillan, age 71, of Lancaster, PA, died Thursday, March 1, 2012 in the Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA. Mr.McMillan was born July 24, 1948 in Sparta, NC to Arthur Phil and Ruth Bell Burcham McMillan. He is survived by his wife, Martha McMillan, Landcaster, PA,; sons, Timothy Adams, PA, Tony McMillan, PA, Johnny McMillan, Maryland, David McMillan, Florida;...
Janice Jean Wilson
Feb 29, 2012
Janice Jean Wilson age 69 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 29, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Janice was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on August 21, 1942 to Charles Edgar and Harriett Pauline Thomas Daley. She is survived by her husband James M. Wilson of Galax, Virginia; daughters Kristi Wright of Pulaski, Virginia; Monica Marshall of...
David Edward Melton
Feb 28, 2012
David Edward Melton age 63 of Roanoke, Virginia passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at his home. David was born on October 18, 1948 in Carroll County, Virginia to Homer and Wilma Jennings Melton. He is survived by his sisters and brothers-in-law Carolyn and Glen Robinson of York, South Carolina; Debra and David Reeves of Woodlawn, Virginia; several nieces and...
Tammy Alderman Alden
Feb 27, 2012
Tammy Renee Alderman Alden age 42 of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, February 27, 2012 in the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. Tammy was born on January 3, 1970 in Galax, Virginia to Douglas Wainwright and Dorothy Linville Alderman. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by a brother Jerry Alderman. She is survived by...
