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Relda Arlene Holdaway
Apr 26, 2012
Relda Arlene Holdaway age 76 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Thursday, April 26, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Ms.Holdaway was born in Carroll County, Virginia on February 19, 1936 to Lee S. and Annie Ethel Adkins Eastridge. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother Wilbur Eastridge. She is survived by her daughters...
Otis Corbin Horton
Apr 26, 2012
Otis Corbin Horton, 90, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, passed away at his home Thursday, April 26, 2012. Mr. Horton was born on October 28, 1921 in Carroll County, Virginia to Dennie & Lucinda Hawks Horton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters Geneva McKenzie and Wanda Brown and brothers Arlie Horton & Jerry Horton....
Whitmore R. Farmer
Apr 23, 2012
Whitmore R. Farmer age 91 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Monday, April 23, 2012 in the Blue Ridge Health and Rehab Center. Mr. Farmer was born in Carroll County, Virginia on August 6,1920 to Elmer and Maggie Ella Montgomery Farmer. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Nell Robinson Farmer. He is survived by...
Ethel Marie Kegley
Apr 23, 2012
Ethel Marie Kegley age 85 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, April 23, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Kegley was born in Maryland on November 7, 1926 to Roy and Lela Anderson McMeans. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Fred Kegley. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law...
John H. Leonard
Apr 22, 2012
John H. Leonard, formerly of Pipers Gap, Va. was called to his Heavenly Home, Sunday, April 22, 2012. Mr. Leonard was born January 30, 1926 in Carroll County, Va. to Conner and Rhoda Surratt Leonard. He is preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Laura Mae Burcham Leonard, along with an infant son. He is also preceded in...
Roger Tiller Combs, Jr.
Apr 21, 2012
Roger Tiller Combs, Jr., 49, of Fries, VA passed away at his home on Saturday, April 21, 2012. Roger was born in Atlanta, Georgia on October 31, 1962 to Roger Tiller Combs, Jr. & Joan Cox Combs. Roger is survived by his wife: Regina Combs of Fries; parents Roger Sr., & Joan Combs of Fries; daughter Amber Renee Combs of...
Jane Pitt Robinson
Apr 21, 2012
Jane Haddon Pitt Robinson, age 82, passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at home, leaving behind family and friends who loved her dearly. A native of Richmond, Virginia, she was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Grace Pitt, a brother, Reverend R. Douglas Pitt, and her devoted husband of 62 years, Dr. E. Hiter Robinson, Jr. She...
Clifton Eugene Phibbs
Apr 21, 2012
Clifton Phibbs, 88, long-time resident of Fries, passed away Saturday, April 21. He was the last surviving child of Oscar & Colombia Horton Phibbs. He proudly served in the US Armed Forces during World War II. He journeyed to Cairo and Africa and returned with stories and glimpses of culture he continued to share with others throughout his life. He...
Donald "Donnie" Ray Anders
Apr 20, 2012
Donald Ray Anders, 61, of Fries passed away Friday, April 20, 2012 at Twin County Regional Hospital. He was born on June 8, 1950 in Fries, Virginia (Carroll County). He was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Carolyn Anders, his parents, Dewey Anders and Elizabeth Goad Anders. Donnie put up a courageous battle against Multiple Sclerosis all his adult...
Hasten Alexander Brown
Apr 20, 2012
Hasten Alexander Brown, 84, of Galax, VA passed away Friday, April 20, 2012 at his home. Mr. Brown was born in Grayson County, Virginia on July 15, 1927 to Joe Brown SR and Bertie Kyle Brown. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Reba Kyle Brown. Mr. Brown is survived by four sons &...
Beulah Juanita Murphy
Apr 19, 2012
Beulah Juanita Frost Murphy age 84 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, April 19, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Murphy was born in Virginia on September 13, 1927 to Richard and Clara Thomason Frost. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Harl Worth Murphy and brothers Roy Lee Frost and Rex...
Juanita Stroupe
Apr 16, 2012
Juanita Stroupe age 75 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, April 16, 2012 in the Wytheville Community Hospital. Ms. Stroupe was born in Grayson County, Virginia on November 3, 1936 to Alexander Bayne and Mamie Ellen Jones Stroupe. She is survived by her sisters Betty Marie Pratt of Cumberland, Rhode Island; Mamie Josephine Porterfield of Galax, Virginia; brothers William A....
Auralea Cox Curtis
Apr 15, 2012
Auralea Cox Curtis passed from this life on April 15,2011 in Galax, Virginia. She was born in Carroll County October 14, 1927. She was preceded in death by her husband, John E. Curtis of Long lsland, NY and by her parents Floyd and Blanche Cox of Galax, Virginia and niece, Virginia Carol Cox. She is survived by her brother and...
Myrtle L. Marsh
Apr 14, 2012
Myrtle L. Marsh, age 92, Fries, VA, died Saturday, April 14, 2012 in the Grayson Nursing & Rehab Center, Independence, VA. Mrs. Marsh was born in Carroll County, VA, Aug. 13, 1919 to James William and Arilla Robertson Jones. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse B. Marsh and a son, Hubert Gene Marsh. Surviving are the following:...
Mary Lee Dickens
Apr 13, 2012
Mary Lee Dickens passed away peacefully on Friday, April 13, 2012, at Waddell Rehab and Nursing Home in Galax, Virginia. She is survived by her devoted husband of 66 years, Cecil Dickens. She also leaves two sons and daughters-in-law: Shane & Brenda Dickens of Richmond, VA and Michael & Sue Dickens of Woodlawn, VA.; sisters Nona Faye Cooley of Galax,...
Agnes Vernelle Littreal Simpson
Apr 12, 2012
Agnes Vernelle Simpson the last surviving child born to John Phelmon and Eva Lora Patton Littreal, age 82 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, April 12, 2012 in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Simpson was born in Grayson County, Virginia on September 15, 1929. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Jesse...
Ayden Paul Bishop
Apr 12, 2012
Ayden Paul Bishop 17 day old infant son of David and Kayla Nicole Bishop of Galax, Virignia passed away Thursday, April 12, 2012 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Ayden was born on March 26, 2012 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was preceded in death by his brother Antony Adam Bishop. In addition to his parents Ayden is survived by...
Patricia Gail Gayheart
Apr 10, 2012
Patricia Gail Dooley Gayheart age 75 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2012 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Gayheart was born in Mullins, West Virginia on December 9, 1936 to Henry and Ara Canterbury Dooley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her sisters Peggy Jean Dooley, Charlotte Lacy and Billie Beth Calfee....
Maxine Savannah Cox
Apr 10, 2012
Maxine Savannah Cox age 65 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2012 in the Golden Living-Blue Ridge Health & Rehab Center. Maxine was born in Galax, Virginia on March 5, 1947 to McKinley and Blanche Willis Blair. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Andre and Kimberly Cox of Galax, Virginia; step-mother Orville Maxwell of Galax, Virginia;...
James Allen Lineberry
Apr 9, 2012
James Allen Lineberry age 70 of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, April 9, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Lineberry was born on July 14, 1941 in Grayson County, Virginia to Herman and Nora Ayers Lineberry. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a son Allen Lineberry; brothers Glendon Deuane and Homer Lineberry. He...
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