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Nancy Sarah Jones
Nov 1, 2024
Nancy Sarah Jones, 81, of Ellicott City, Maryland
Nancy Jones, passed away at home surrounded by family on November 1, 2024.
Nancy was born in Baltimore, MD to Jack and Geraldine Leasher. Â Nancy married the love of her life, Robert Emmett Jones III (Bob) in 1971. They spent many years moving from place to place...
Edna Arlene Todd
Oct 30, 2024
Edna Arlene Smith Todd, age 91, of Galax, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday October 30, 2024 at Grayson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Independence, Virginia.
Mrs. Todd was born in Grayson County, Virginia on August 21, 1933 to Claude and Alta Jennings Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Robert...
Rita Jean Mull
Oct 29, 2024
Rita Jean Mull age 92 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2024 in the Galax Health and Rehab Center.
Rita was born in Bel Air, Maryland on May 7, 1932 to Edgar and Macie McCoy Mull.
She is survived by several special friends including Kevin and Brandi Cox and their children Samuel and...
Ruth I. Turner
Oct 28, 2024
Ruth I. Williams Turner, 97 of Woodlawn, passed away on Monday, October 28, 2024 at Heritage Hall-Laurel Meadows in Laurel Fork, Virginia.
Mrs. Turner was born in Carroll County, Virginia on March 5, 1927 to the late Roby Curtis and Belzora Burcham Williams. Â In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband,...
Michael Shane Gray
Oct 27, 2024
Michael Shane Gray, 35, of Galax, Virginia passed away on October 27, 2024. He was a beloved son, grandson, brother, friend, and father whose bright smile, determined spirit, and joyful personality touched everyone he met.
Shane was born February 26, 1989, in Galax, Virginia. Shane spent his younger years participating in Boy Scouts and playing sandlot football....
Kim William Bourque
Oct 24, 2024
It is with great sadness that the family of Kim Bourque announce his passing of natural causes, at his home, on October 24, 2024, at the age of 69. He was born in Laconia, New Hampshire, to Joseph and Helena Bourque, who preceded him in death. Kim had been employed by the Arizona Department of Transportation for numerous years...
Judith Parrish Hennis
Oct 24, 2024
Judith Parrish Hennis, 79 years old of Galax, Virginia went peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday October 24, 2024.
She was surrounded by family and friends when she left this Earth.
Judith was born in North Carolina on March 18, 1945 to Walter Carmel and Virginia Wilson Parrish. In addition to...
Harold Gordon Akers
Oct 21, 2024
Harold Gordon Akers age 84 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, October 21, 2024 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina.
Mr. Akers was born in Galax, Virginia on December 4, 1939 to Estell and Bertha Bullins Akers.
He is survived by his wife Carolyn Akers of Galax, Virginia; daughter and son-in-law Elizabeth...
David Harlow Hill
Oct 20, 2024
David Harlow Hill age 64 of Fries, Virginia passed away Sunday, October 20, 2024 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina.
David was born on June 13, 1960 in Fries, Virginia to Edgar Phipps and Leona Sue Wright Hill. In addition to his parents, David was preceded in death by a sister Earlene Hill and...
Harley Jackson Lineberry
Oct 20, 2024
Harley Jackson Lineberry age 82 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Sunday, October 20, 2024 at his home.
Jack was born in Carroll County, Virginia on July 6, 1942 to John and Jettie Liddle Lineberry. In addition to his parents, Jack was preceded in death by his first wife Carol Joyce Jennings Lineberry; grandchildren Jared Wayne Lineberry; James...
Anise Jean Jones
Oct 11, 2024
Anise Jean Kennedy Jones age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away on Friday, October 11, 2024. She was the daughter of the late Francis and Gladys Kennedy of Jolo, West Virginia. In addition of her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandson Bobby Lee Jones, III; and brothers Joseph Kennedy and Clark Kennedy.
Anise Jean...
Barbara Ruth Byrd Williams
Oct 10, 2024
Barbara Ruth Byrd Williams passed away peacefully in Gainesville, Virginia on October 10, 2024. Barbara was born at home on the family farm, September 9, 1935, in McKenney Virginia. She was the youngest of eight children born to Aldine Kiefer Byrd and Margie Lee Bourne and raised on a tobacco & dairy farm.
The Byrd siblings always...
Thelma "Logene" Irene Miller
Oct 9, 2024
Thelma Irene Miller, known as Logene Miller, age 95, of Fries, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center. Born in Fries, Virginia, on July 23, 1929, she was the daughter of Elbert and Sallie Johnson Anders. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Garfield...
Troy "Charlie" Rippey
Oct 6, 2024
Troy Charlie Rippey age 87 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, October 7, 2024 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina.
Mr. Rippey was born on September 22, 1937 in Carroll County, Virginia to Troy and Ada Lowe Rippey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Geraldine Eastridge Rippey....
Samuel Lynn Blair
Oct 5, 2024
Samuel Lynn Blair passed away on the morning of Saturday, October 5, 2024, at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Sammie was born on January 31, 1945, in Galax, VA, to parents Lynwood and Anna Blair.
From an early age, he harbored a love for sports. He played baseball and football at Galax...
Raymond Eugene Byrd Sr.
Oct 5, 2024
THE FOLLOWING IS A COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE BYRD FAMILY:
Raymond Eugene Byrd Sr., 81, passed away peacefully on October 5, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. Born on January 10, 1943, to the late Gladys Farmer Byrd and Oscar Ranard Byrd, Raymond was a devoted husband to Mrs. Linda Reeves Byrd for many years.
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Debra Sue Robinson
Oct 4, 2024
Debra Sue Robinson, age 69, of Dobson, North Carolina, passed away on Friday, October 4, 2024, at High Point Medical Center. Born on December 26, 1954, in Galax, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Clinton and Jewel White Cox. Debra was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Richard Robinson, her sister Diane Cox, and her brother...
Verl Bobbitt Brown, Sr.
Sep 30, 2024
Verl Bobbitt Brown, Sr. age 87of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, September 30, 2024 at his home.
Mr. Brown was born in Grayson County, Virginia on September 17, 1937 to James Levi and Lettie McMillan Brown. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his step-mother Tenny Brown; his wife Mary Joann Cox Brown...
James Darrell Galyean
Sep 29, 2024
James Darrell Galyean age 92 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday September 29, 2024 in the NHC Cavette Hill in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Mr. Galyean was born in Surry County, North Carolina on February 3, 1932 to Iveris and Grace Smith Galyean. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Ruby Triplett Galyean;...
David Allen Snow
Sep 17, 2024
David Allen Snow age 56 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2024 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
David was born in Galax, Virginia on March 3, 1968 to John Henry Snow, Jr. and Lula Jones Snow. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister Pamela Snow and a brother Robert...
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