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Evelyn Kay Bryant
Feb 25, 2012
Evelyn Kay Bryant, age 54, of Galax, VA passed away Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 at her home. Kay was born on March 31, 1957 in Galax, Virginia to Jefferson Davis and Avis Willis Hiatt. She is survived by her husband Ricky Bryant of Galax, Virginia; daughter Cher Dean of Galax, Virginia; son Phillip Dean of Richmond, Virginia; sisters Jane Marshall...
Daphna Smythers Rosenbaum
Feb 24, 2012
Daphna Ilene Smythers Rosenbaum died Friday, February 24, 2012 at Twin County Regional Hospital. She was born April 18, 1918 to the late Walter P Smythers and Augusta Jones Smythers in Carroll County, Virginia. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Kenneth E and Shirley Ann A Rosenbaum of Galax; her daughter-in-law Linda A Rosenbaum of High Point, NC...
Everett Elwood Newman, Sr.
Feb 24, 2012
Everett Elwood Newman, Sr. age 87 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, February 24, 2012 at his home. Mr. Newman was born in Galax, Virginia on October 24, 1924 to Everett V. and Cleo Hackler Newman. He is survived by his wife Patty Newman of Galax, Virginia; daughter and son-in-law Pat and Roger Martin of Galax, Virginia; son Elwood (Sonny)...
Pauline Agnes Painter
Feb 21, 2012
Pauline Agnes Painter age 83 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Painter was born on June 5, 1928 in Carroll County, Virginia to Richard Monroe and Ethel Edwards Smith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Ralph Painter. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law Ricky...
Harold William Funk
Feb 18, 2012
Harold William Funk, age 79, of Fries, VA died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 at his home. Mr. Funk was born Oct. 26, 1932 to Marzell and Emma Patton Funk in Grayson County, VA. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Evelyn Sena Funk. He is survived by his daughter & son-in-law, Sheila and Doug...
Ethel Nina Hanks
Feb 17, 2012
Ethel Nina Hanks age 83 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, February 17, 2012 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Hanks was born on May 10, 1928 in Carroll County, Virginia to Troy and Ada Lowe Rippey. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Eugene Hanks. She is survived by her sisters...
Mrs. Allen Bowman Lyons
Feb 15, 2012
Mrs. Allen Bowman Lyons, age 90, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2012 in the Waddell Nursing Home and Rehab, Galax, VA. Mrs. Lyons was born August 20, 1921 in Grayson County, Virginia to Curtis Lafayette and Lena Martin Bowman. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Dale Lyons and sons Cody Allen Lyons and...
Lundus Harvey Neff, Jr.
Feb 15, 2012
Lundus Harvey Neff, Jr., age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Neff was born in Pocahontas, Virginia on August 31, 1925 to the late Lundus Harvey Neff, Sr. and Lucile Hicks Neff. A long time attorney in the Galax area, he is survived by his wife of 53 years...
Luther Joseph Hanks, Jr.
Feb 14, 2012
Luther Joseph Hanks, Jr. age 63 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at his home. Mr. Hanks was born on July 28, 1948 in Galax, Virginia to Luther Joseph Hanks, Sr. and Ida Louise Roberts Hanks. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by a brother Thomas Wesley (Red) Hanks. He is survived by...
Pauline J. Sawyers
Feb 13, 2012
Pauline J. Sawyers age 84 of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, February 13, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Sawyers was born in Grayson County, Virginia on March 16, 1927 to Samuel Thomas "Buck" and Myrtle Ann Myers Johnson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Charles Lacy Sawyers. She is survived by her daughter...
Joseph Dale Hash
Feb 11, 2012
Joseph Dale Hash age 79 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, February 11, 2012 at his home. Mr. Hash was born on June 24, 1932 in Virginia to Charles Gleason and Christie Halsey Hash. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his step-son Richard D. Spurlin. He is survived by his wife Myra Cox Hash of...
Jimmy Ray Boyer
Feb 9, 2012
Jimmy Ray Boyer age 69 of Mt. Airy, North Carolina passed away Thursday, February 9, 2012 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Jimmy was born in Radford, Virginia on February 25, 1942 to James Woodrow and Reva Jeanette Tolliver Boyer. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Barbara B. Adams and...
Lona Mae Nell Linville
Feb 9, 2012
Lona Mae Nell Bryant Linville age 79 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, February 9, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Linville was born in Carroll County, Virginia on November 7, 1932 to Logan and Lula Kirby Bryant. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Luther Linville. She is survived by her children and spouses...
Jerry Dale Harmon
Feb 7, 2012
Jerry Dale Harmon age 63 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2012 at his home. Jerry was born on April 12, 1948 in Carroll County, Virginia to William and Eva Myers Harmon. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his special in-laws Ralph and Alberta Anders Edwards and a special niece Jenny Lundy. He...
Paul Ryan Littreal
Feb 6, 2012
THIS IS A COURTESY HAMPTON - Paul Ryan Littreal, 29, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Born in Galax, Va., Paul and his family moved to the Hampton Roads area 22 years ago. He attended Gloucester High School and graduated in 2000 from Jamestown High School in Williamsburg. He began his college education at CNU and then transferred to the College...
Eric Bryan
Feb 6, 2012
Eric Bryan age 53 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, February 6, 2012 at his home. Eric was born in Galax, Virginia on May ll, 1958 to Rudolph Bryan, Sr. and Madeline Edwards Bryan. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother Walter F. Bryan. He is survived by his sisters and brothers-in-law Elizabeth and...
Shirley Mae Hill
Feb 5, 2012
Shirley Mae Eller Hill age 73 of Fries, Virginia passed away Sunday, February 5, 2012 at her home. Shirley was born on May 7, 1939 in Grayson County, Virginia to Walter and Dorothy Bourne Eller. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a son Clarence Edward Hill, Jr. She is survived by a daughter Shelia Hill...
Odell Edward Hamden
Feb 4, 2012
Odell E. Hamden, 82, went home to the Lord on February 4, 2012. Hamden, a long-time resident of Galax, Va., was born in Kimball, WV, to Linda and Ed Hamden. Upon graduating from Welch High School at age 17, he served the country in the United States Army in St. Louis, MO, in the office of finance. Honorably discharged in...
Virginia Helen Burcham
Feb 3, 2012
Virginia Helen Burcham age 82 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, February 3, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Burcham was born on March 31, 1929 in Galax, Virginia to Arthur and Clara Belle Tate Melton. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Clinton W. Burcham. She is survived by her son...
Claude Edward Turner, Jr.
Feb 3, 2012
Claude Edward Turner, Jr., 73, of Galax, passed away Friday, February 3, 2012 at Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC. Born in Scott County Virginia on June 17, 1938. He was the son of the late Jeanella McCormick Turner and Claude Edward Turner, Sr of Gate City, VA. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Irene Noell Turner; one...
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