Hobert Thomas Akers
Jul 28, 2011
Hobert Thomas Akers age 72 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, July 28, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Akers was born in Carroll County, Virginia on August 10, 1938 to William and Vinnie Bourne Akers. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a granddaughter Amber Marie Clyburn. He is survived by his wife...
Connie Sue Mcbride
Jul 28, 2011
Connie Sue McBride age 62 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, July 28, 2011 at her home. Connie was born in Galax, Virginia on May 8, 1949 to John Clayton and Annabelle Isom Bunn. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by her husband Larry McBride and sister Linda Bunn. She is survived by her children Yvonne...
Helen Marie Jones
Jul 27, 2011
Helen Marie McMillan Jones age 90 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at the home of her son in Mocksville, North Carolina. Mrs. Jones was born in Virginia on April 6, 1921 to Thomas Alfred and Lula Shelton McMillan. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Harrison Monroe Jones and daughter...
Mary Darlene "Dot" Anders
Jul 26, 2011
THIS IS A COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT Mary Darlene "Dot" Williams Anders, born and raised in Cripple Creek, Va. and a 1961 Rural Retreat High School graduate, joined her son, Rodney,at the feet of Jesus on Tuesday,July 26, 2011 at 4:20 in the afternoon. She is our cherished wife, mama, nana, sister,and friend. She was a devoted, faithful, minister's wife for forty...
Robert Nelson Hampton
Jul 26, 2011
This is a courtesy Announcement!! Dr. ROBERT NELSON HAMPTON (Age 91) Passed away on July 26, 2011 in McLean, VA in the presence of his loving family. Born March 23, 1920 in Galax, VA, He served on destroyers during WWII in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. After the war, he completed post-graduate work on the GI Bill and received...
Douglas Wainwright Alderman
Jul 22, 2011
Douglas Wainwright Alderman age 65 of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday, July 22, 2011 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Douglas was born on October 19, 1945 in Carroll County, Virginia to Charles Everette and Hallie McRoberts Alderman. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a son Jerry Wayne Alderman. He is survived by his wife Dorothy...
Robert Oscoe Taylor
Jul 22, 2011
Robert Oscoe Taylor age 82 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, July 22, 2011 at his home. Mr. Taylor was born on March 27, 1929 in Gary West, Virginia. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death a son Robert Bristol Taylor; daughter Mourning Devine Carter; by two sisters Kaula Bush and Janice Hampton; three brothers Randolph Hampton,...
Jarrell Lovella Lemons, Jr.
Jul 21, 2011
Jarrell Lovella Lemons Jr. better known as Hommie Lemons age 63 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, July 21, 2011 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Hommie was born on October 12, 1947 in Mt. Airy, North Carolina to Jarrell L. Lemons, Sr. and Pauline Rutherford Lemons. In addition to his mother Pauline Lemons of Galax, Virginia he is survived...
Thornton Ray Pearman
Jul 20, 2011
Thornton Ray Pearman age 81 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2011 in the Golden Living Nursing and Rehab Center. Mr. Pearman was born on May 9, 1930 in Carroll County, Virginia to Jim and Rose Cox Pearman. He is survived by his wife Janie Pearman; son and daughter-in-law Jay and Joyce Pearman all of Fries, Va.; grandson...
Blanche Reavis Rector
Jul 19, 2011
Blanche Reavis Rector, 89, of Fancy Gap, Va., passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2011 in Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Rector was born in the Reavistown community of Grayson County, Va., on Feb. 5, 1922 to Bruce and Maude Phillips Reavis. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Rupert Rector; sister Georgia Reavis Rhudy amd...
Nora Marie Shaw
Jul 17, 2011
Mrs. Nora Marie Lyons Shaw, age 93, of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, July 17, 2011 at the home of her daughter in Ennice, North Carolina. Mrs. Shaw was born on April 6, 1918 in West Virginia to Leonard and Mattie Shupe Lyons. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Connie Jefferies Shaw. She...
David Webster Spraker
Jul 13, 2011
David Webster Spraker age 84 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday evening, July 13, 2011 in the Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. Mr. Spraker was born in Galax, Virginia on April 22, 1927 to Harry P. and Callie Beasley Spraker. He is survived by his wife of 59 years Rexene Davis Spraker; son and daughter-in-law Tim and Rhonda Spraker...
Kathy Lawrence Anderson
Jul 12, 2011
Kathy Lawrence Anderson age 53 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Anderson was born in Galax, Virginia on March 28, 1958 to Linwood "Doodle" and June Anders Lawrence. In addition to her parents of Galax, Virginia Kathy is survived by her husband John Anderson of Galax, Virginia; sons and daughter-in-law...
Dorothy Mae Murphy
Jul 11, 2011
Dorothy Mae Murphy age 86 of Ennice, North Carolina passed away Monday, July 11, 2011 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Murphy was born on June 3, 1925 in Lily, West Virginia to Lawrence M. and Mary Leona Smith Gray. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Clyde Junior Murphy. She is survived by...
Elizabeth Currie Colchie
Jul 10, 2011
Elizabeth Currie Colchie, age 95, died at her home in Woodlawn, VA on Sunday, July 10, 2011. Mrs. Colchie was born in Scotland June 5, 1916 to Adam and Bela Lockhart Currie. In addition to her parents whe was preceded in death by her husband, John Colchie. She is survived by one daughter, Katherine Morrell, Portland, Maine; one son, Tom...
William Ferrel Isom
Jul 9, 2011
William F. (Bill) Isom, age 70, of Galax, VA passed away Saturday, July 09, 2011 at the NC Baptist Hospital, Winston Salem, NC. Mr. Isom was born in Carroll County, VA to Orville Andrew and Thelma Lawson Isom March 30, 1941. In additon to his parents he was preceded in death by brothers Dallas & Bob Isom. He is survived...
Geneva Carico Higgins
Jul 7, 2011
Geneva Carico Higgins age 95 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, July 7, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Higgins was born on June 21, 1916 in Carroll County, Virginia to Charlie and Lola Kirby Carico. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Wayne Worth Higgins; sisters Winnie Carico Cox and Jessie Carico Cox. She...
Hazel Louise Brannock
Jul 5, 2011
Hazel Louise Brannock age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Brannock was born in West Virginia on September 4, 1922 to Guwyn and Bessie Smith Edwards. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Letcher Brannock; sons Kyle Dean Brannock and Billy Banks Brannock and brothers Emory...
Kyle Hancock
Jul 5, 2011
Kyle Hancock age 80 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2011 in the VA Medical Center in Salem, Virginia. Mr. Hancock was born in Cripple Creek, Virginia on August 6, 1930 to Burrell and Ida Mae Linville Hancock. He is survived by his wife Lena Frost Hancock of Galax, Virginia; daughter and son-in-law Julie and Clifford Mullins of...
Jessie Keister Roberts
Jul 3, 2011
Jessie Keister Roberts, age 89, of Galax, VA died Sunday, July 3, 2011 at the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. Mrs. Roberts was born Oct. 04, 1921 in Carroll County, Virginia to Lawrence & Mary Ann Andrews Farmer. She is the widow of Harold O. Roberts. Surviving are the following: daughter & son-in-law, Gaye & Don Taylor, Mt. Airy,...
