Robert Sidney Combs
Jan 3, 2012
Robert Sidney Combs age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday,January 3, 2012 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mr. Combs was born on September 16, 1923 in Carroll County, Virginia to Clayton and Ione Stockner Combs. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a daughter Becky Parish and a brother Earl Combs. He is survived by...
Joyce Ann Lineberry
Jan 2, 2012
Joyce Ann Mahoney Lineberry age 66 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Monday, January 2, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Joyce was born on September 28, 1945 in Charlotte, North Carolina to John Roger and Ola Mae Beech Mahoney. She was preceded in death by her parents Leonard J. and Mattie Mae Linda Summey and a son Lee Lineberry....
Mary Ellen Weatherman
Jan 1, 2012
Mary Ellen Hudson Weatherman age 71 of Lambsburg, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 1, 2012 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Mary was born on June 26, 1940 in Surry County, North Carolina to Ambrose Jackson and Savannah Surratt Hudson. She is survived by her husband J.R. Weatherman of Galax, Virginia; sons Paul Jackson "Jackie' Weatherman of Ennice, North Carolina; James...
Reba Delp Mcgrady
Jan 1, 2012
Reba Delp McGrady, age 89, of Galax, VA died Jan. 1, 2012 at the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center, Galax, VA. Mrs. McGrady was born in North Carolina, Jan. 31, 1922 to Wiley and Mary Blevins Delp. Her husband, Ross McGrady, preceded her in death. She is survived by a daughter & son-in-law, Patricia & Charles Ray, Galax, VA; sons...
Bonnie Lee Hodge
Dec 26, 2011
Bonnie Lee Hodge age 61 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, December 26, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Bonnie was born on December 19, 1950 in Virginia to Matthew and Rosie Lee Hawkins Brown. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by her husband James Henry Hodge. In addition to her mother Rosie Cole of...
James Solomon Hamm
Dec 25, 2011
James Solomon Hamm age 86 of Fries, Virginia passed away Sunday, December 25, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Hamm was born in Grayson County, Virginia on December 7, 1925 to Levi and Mary Martin Hamm. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife Gladys Davis Hamm and sister Faye Johnson. He...
Lionel Foy Edwards
Dec 21, 2011
Lionel Foy Edwards age 84 of Fancy Gap, Virginia passed away Wednesday in Troutdale, Virginia. Mr. Edwards was born on July 23, 1927 in Grayson County, Virginia to John Edgar and Nellie Pearl Burcham Edwards. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Mary Ruth Lowe Edwards and brothers Homer, Dean, Vincent, Evan and Keith...
Guida Evelyn Buchanan
Dec 20, 2011
Guida Evelyn Buchanan age 87 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2011 in the Valley Falls Terrace Nursing Home in Boiling Springs, South Carolina. Mrs. Buchanan was preceded in death by her husband John William Buchanan, Jr. and her son John William Buchanan, III. She is survived by her sister Sarah B. Surratt; daughter-in-law Carolyn Buchanan of Galax,...
Kathern Elizabeth Dye
Dec 19, 2011
Kathern Elizabeth Dye age 80 of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, December 19, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Ms. Dye was born on July 31, 1931 in Grayson County, Virginia to Acy Lee and Mary Bourne Akers. She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law Sue and Tom Watson of Galax, Virginia; Kathy Faucett of Indiana; Debbie Avey...
Samuel (Sam) Franklin Sawyers
Dec 19, 2011
Samuel (Sam) Franklin Sawyers age 85 of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, December 19, 2011 in the Golden Living Center. Mr. Sawyers was born in Wythe County, Virginia on June 8, 1926 to Hobert and Rosetta Smith Sawyers. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Edith Sawyers and five brothers. He is survived by...
Edward Noel (Cowboy) Padgett
Dec 19, 2011
This is a Courtesy Announcement Edward Noel "Cowboy" Padgett, 73, of Blue Ridge Rehab Center, died Monday, December 19, 2011 at the Rehab Center. He was born in Woodlawn on August 27, 1938 to the late Roby Burton Padgett and Martha "Lena" Winesett Padgett. He had worked for J.D. Bassett Furniture Co, before becoming disabled. Edward was of the Holiness...
Hattie Sue Carico Trimble
Dec 16, 2011
Hattie Sue Carico Trimble, age 85, of Fries, VA died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 at the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. Mrs. Trimble was born August 27, 1926 in Virginia to the late Lonnie & Blanche Bartlett Carico. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Frank Trimble. Mrs. Trimble is survived by three...
Jerry Lee Lineberry
Dec 16, 2011
Jerry Lee Lineberry, age 59, of Galax and formerly of Fries, VA, passed away Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 at the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. Mr. Lineberry was born March 21, 1952 in Virginia. He is survived by his grandmother, Bessie Lineberry, Galax, VA; uncles, Billy Lineberry, Pulaski, VA, Carroll Lineberry, Galax, VA, Marshall Lineberry, Dublin, VA; aunts, Shirley...
Robert Posey Funk
Dec 15, 2011
Robert Posey Funk, age 76, of Galax, VA, died Wednesday, December 14, 2011 in Galax, VA. Mr. Funk was born Sept. 20, 1935 in Virginia to Hobert & Vergie Thornton Funk. He is survived by his wife, Opal Funk, Galax, VA; daughter, Lisa Funk, Galax, VA; son, Roger Funk, Galax, VA; sister, Gladys Pollard, Fries, VA; one very special granddaughter,...
Debra Sue Isom
Dec 15, 2011
Debra Sue Isom, age 55, of Independence, VA died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 in the North Carolia Baptist Hospital, Winston Salem, NC. Mrs. Isom was born in Virginia to Downy and Roena Funk Linville March 23, 1956. She is survived by her husband, Larry Jr. Isom of Independence, VA; sons, Robby Linville, Hillsville, VA, Michael Dye, Independence, VA and Joey...
Sonny Larue
Dec 13, 2011
Sonny LaRue age 65 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Sonny was born on October 13, 1946 in Pulaski County, Virginia to Steven and Lula Davis LaRue. He is survived by his wife Laura LaRue of Fries, Virginia; sons and daughter-in-law J.W. and Heather LaRue of Rural Retreat, Virginia; Eddie LaRue...
Randy Lee Smith
Dec 12, 2011
Randy Lee Smith age 56 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, December 12, 2011 at his residence. Randy was born on October 28, 1955 in Newport News, Virginia to Herbert Lewis and Faye Butcher Smith. He is survived by his sister Sandra Bunn of Galax, Virginia. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
Lawrence Gilmer Spencer
Dec 10, 2011
Lawrence Gilmer Spencer, age 76, of Galax, VA, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. Mr. Spencer was born in Pulaski County, VA, September 4, 1935 to William Elmer and Margie Alice Hoover Spencer. He is survived by his wife, Lessie Spencer of the home; sisters, Nancy Johnson, Woodlawn, VA, Mary Delp, Galax, VA...
Cora Della Hill Shaffner
Dec 8, 2011
Cora Della Hill Shaffner age 83 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, December 8, 2011 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Shaffner was born in Grayson County, Virginia on November 29, 1928 to Steve and Belle Wilson Hill. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Marvin M. Shaffner, sister Pearl Faulkner and brother Andy...
Louise North Brock
Dec 4, 2011
Louise North Brock, age 66, of Galax, VA died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Brock was born Dec. 8, 1944 in Hazard County, KY to Charles and Laura Sizemore North. She is survived by her husband, Spurgeon Brock, Ivanhoe, VA; daughter & son-in-law, Debbie & Steve Alderman, Ivanhoe, VA; grandchildren, Jessica Parnell, Melissa Alderman, Brooke Alderman and...
