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Dorothy Hazel Bowers

Dorothy Hazel Bowers

Jan 19, 2012

Dorothy Hazel Burnette Bowers age 95 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012 in the Golden Living Center. Mrs. Bowers was born in Carroll County, Virginia on June 29, 1916 to Roby and Ocie Sizemore Burnette. In addtion to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Sherman Bowers; son Frazier Bowers and grandchildren Teresa Bowers...

Betty Ann Bartlett Burnette

Betty Ann Bartlett Burnette

Jan 17, 2012

Betty Ann Bartlett Burnette age 70 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at her home. Betty was born on October 8, 1941 in Carroll County, Virginia to Arthur G. and Ocie Lineberry Bartlett. She is survived by her husband Claude E. Burnett; daughter and son-in-law Donna and Tommy Arnold; sons and daughters-in-law Steve and Krista Burnette; Mark...

Ruth Jane Davis

Ruth Jane Davis

Jan 16, 2012

Ruth Jane Davis age 94 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, January 16, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Davis was born on May 25, 1917 in Wilkesboro, North Carolina to Jess and Alice Handy Alexander. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband John Davis. She is survived by her daughter Mary Crouse Ashby of...

Mildred Williams Sawyers

Mildred Williams Sawyers

Jan 13, 2012

Mildred Williams Sawyers, 73, of Woodlawn, VA passed away Friday, January 13 at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. Mildred was born in Ivanhoe (Wythe County) Virginia on October 30, 1938 to the late Dorothy Richardson Hicks and Nile Hicks. Mildred is survived by her husband: Cleve Sawyers of the home; son Kenneth Combs of the Pipers Gap...

Louella Kay James

Louella Kay James

Jan 10, 2012

Louella Kay James age 49 of Independence, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2012 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Louella was born on February 22, 1962 in Alleghany County, North Carolina to Jackie and Ruby Ward Long. In addition to her parents of Independence, Virginia she is survived by her daughter Crystal James of Independence, Virginia; grandchildren Kandace James...

Lacon Navada Renea Johnson

Lacon Navada Renea Johnson

Jan 7, 2012

Lacon Navada Renea Johnson age 24 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012 in Galax, Virginia. Lacon was born in Galax, Virginia on May 12, 1987 to Earnest Marshall and Helen JoAnn Felts Marshall. In addition to her parents Helen JoAnn and Eric Carrico of Galax, Virginia, she is survived by her children Alexandria Johnson, Jessie Johnson and...

Mary Belle Horton Myers

Mary Belle Horton Myers

Jan 5, 2012

Mary Belle Horton Myers age 76 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Thursday, January 5, 2012 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Myers was born on February 26, 1935 in Carroll County, Virginia to Raymond and Pearl Mae Gardner Dickenson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Benjamin Howard Myers. She is survived by her...

Irene Alderman

Irene Alderman

Jan 3, 2012

Irene Nuckolls Viola Alderman passed away on January 3, 2012 at her home at 48 Parkwood Drive, Galax, Virginia. She was born July 13, 1913 in Grayson County, Virginia to the late John Michael and Eliza Hankla Nuckolls. She was a native of Galax and lived most of her 98 years there. In addition to her parents she was preceded...

Robert Sidney Combs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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