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Fred Hale

Fred Hale

Nov 14, 2011

Fred Hale age 70 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, November 14, 2011 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Fred was born on November 20, 1940 in Grayson County, Virginia to Gwyn and Lillian Crigger Hale. He is survived by his wife Ruth Hale; son and daughter-in-law Eric and Sharon Hale all of Galax, Virginia; granddaughter Lexi Hale; nieces Mary Ann...

Randy "Tubby" Gale Williams

Randy "Tubby" Gale Williams

Nov 11, 2011

Randy "Tubby" Gale Williams age 50 of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday, November 11, 2011 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Tubby was born in Galax, Virginia on November 26, 1960 to George "Mutt" and Bernice Moss Williams. In addition to his parents of Fries, Virginia he survived by a daughter and son-in-law Recie and Phillip Tripplett of West Jefferson,...

John Louis Waller

John Louis Waller

Nov 9, 2011

John Louis Waller age 89 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Waller was born on December 4, 1921 in West Virginia to John E. and Cora Lee Felts Waller. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Patsy Hall Waller. He is survived by many...

Charles Dewell Lineberry

Charles Dewell Lineberry

Nov 8, 2011

Charles Dewell Lineberry age 65 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at his home. Dewell was born on January 5, 1946 in Carroll County, Virginia to Harbert Thomas and Anna Belle Winesett Lineberry. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Phyllis Nelson. He is survived by his wife Doris Jean King...

Bonnie Lou Frost

Bonnie Lou Frost

Nov 8, 2011

Bonnie Lou Frost age 63 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2011 in the Lewis Gale Clinic in Salem, Virginia. Bonnie was born in Carroll County, Virginia on August 23, 1948 to Charles Earnest and Mazie Ella Combs Frost. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother Charles Frost. She is survived by...

Thurman Thelmois Parks

Thurman Thelmois Parks

Oct 29, 2011

Thurman Thelmois Parks, age 96 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, October 29, 2011 at the home of his son. Mr. Parks was born in Jonesville, North Carolina on October 25, 1915 to Millard and Carrie Morrison Parks.In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Alzelia Carter Parks; sons James Parks; Jerry Parks and Benny...

Ruth Wood Barbour

Ruth Wood Barbour

Oct 29, 2011

Ruth Wood Barbour age 90 of Fries, Virginia passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. Ruth was born on August 18, 1921 and was the daughter of William Pitt Wood and Gladys Vaughan Wood. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her two brothers Earl Wood and Robert Wood....

Helen Lee Cockerham Price

Helen Lee Cockerham Price

Oct 28, 2011

Helen Cockerham Price age 77 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, October 28, 2011 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Mrs. Price was born on October 7, 1934 in Grayson County, Virginia to Mack and Grace Lundy Cockerham. She is survived by her husband Garnett Price of Galax, Virginia; daughter Sandra Price of Mt. Airy, North Carolina;...

Frances (Pedie) Crigger Davis

Frances (Pedie) Crigger Davis

Oct 26, 2011

Frances (Pedie) Crigger Davis age 68 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Pedie was born on September 23, 1943 in Wythe County, Virginia to Marvin and Frances Feaganes Crigger. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister Bobbi Martin. She is survived by her husband John...

Euna Lee Fochtman

Euna Lee Fochtman

Oct 26, 2011

Euna Lee Fochtman age 92 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Fochtman was born in Carroll County, Virginia on November 22, 1918 to James Howard and Ella Bedsaul Ryder. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Charles F. Fochtman; infant grandson James Lee Stoneman, sisters Mary Ruth...

Warren Nelson Jones

Warren Nelson Jones

Oct 25, 2011

COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT Warren Nelson Jones, 68, went home holding the hand of Jesus, on October 25. Warren was born in Carroll County, VA to Lonnie Cole and Essie Hazel Byrd Jones. Mr. Jones was employed with Sands Vending for many years and retired with Greensboro Vending. Mr. Jones was active in his church, Pathway of Faith Baptist Church. The funeral...

Lois Jones Davis

Lois Jones Davis

Oct 25, 2011

Lois Jones Davis age 79 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2011 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Mrs. Davis was born on January 1, 1932 in Grayson County, Virginia to William and Vicie Moss Jones. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Buford Davis. She is survived by...

Beulah Jennings-Frost Grimes

Beulah Jennings-Frost Grimes

Oct 22, 2011

Beulah Jennings Frost Grimes, age 81, of Galax, Virginia passed away at her home Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Mrs. Grimes was born Aug. 21, 1930 in Virginia to Mike M. & Lola Newman Jennings. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by husbands Herbert Frost and Wayne Grimes. She is survived by son & daughter-in-law, Dale &...

Barbara Ann Bond

Barbara Ann Bond

Oct 20, 2011

Barbara Ann Williams Bond age 62 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday morning in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Barbara was born on Spetmeber 30, 1949 in Carroll County, Virginia to Elmer and Dorothy Manuel Williams. She is survived by her husband William (Bill) Bond of Galax, Virginia; step-daughter and husband Linda and Mike Carlan of Fries, Virginia; step-sons and...

Ardean Ham Miller

Ardean Ham Miller

Oct 19, 2011

Ardean H. Miller age 88 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2011 in the Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Miller was born on December 9, 1922 in North Carolina to Troy and Luna Matilda Greer Ham. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Worth Miller and brothers Garland Ham, James Ham and Worth...

William "Billy" Henderson Dixon

William "Billy" Henderson Dixon

Oct 19, 2011

The following is a courtesy announcement by Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home: William Henderson "Billy" Dixon of Charlotte Court House, Virginia passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2011. He is survived by Elizabeth Trent; children Cindy Dixon of Galax, Virginia; Larry Dixon; Billie Sue Bryant and Valerie Dixon; brother Dwight Dixon and many cousins and extended family members in the Galax area. A...

Mary Davis Morris

Mary Davis Morris

Oct 13, 2011

Mary Davis Morris age 84 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Morris was born on November 1, 1926 in Grayson County, Virginia to Luther Franklin and Alverda Cox Davis. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband Clinton Davis in 1959. She is survived by...

Myra Jeanne Willard

Myra Jeanne Willard

Oct 13, 2011

At 4:15 AM on October 13, 2011, the soul of Myra Jeanne Reeves Willard returned to its Creator, and will rest in peace in the Fries Cemetery until the return of Jesus Christ her Lord and Savior. She was born in Wythe County, Virginia on August 13, 1935 to William "Bill" E. Reeves and Myrtle E. Sawyers Reeves. In additon...

Jimmy Lawrence Cockerham

Jimmy Lawrence Cockerham

Oct 8, 2011

Jimmy Lawrence Cockerham age 54 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, October 8, 2011 in Galax, Virginia. Jimmy was born on March 26, 1957 in Roanoke, Virginia to Milo and Rubye Combs Cockerham. Jimmy is survived by his wife Jackie Cockerham of Galax, Virginia; children and future son-in-law Rachel Cockerham of Bristol, Tennessee; Emily Cockerham and Zachary Lee of Bristol,...

Rodney Allen Gunter

Rodney Allen Gunter

Oct 7, 2011

Rodney Allen Gunter, 42, of Fries, VA passed away Friday, October 7, 2011 at the Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center, Emporia, Virginia. Rodney was born May 23, 1969 to Dillard Twaughne and Jo Ann Evans Gunter. He was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his mother, Jo Ann Gunter, Fries, VA; brothers & sisters-in-law, Derrick &...

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