Irene Burcham Spence
Aug 13, 2011
Mildred Irene Burcham Spence age 80 of Fries, Virginia passed away Saturday, August 13, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Spence was born on October 31, 1930 to Dan and Della Willie Burcham. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband James C. Spence; brothers Glen Burcham and Bill Burcham. She is survived...
Betty Jo Vaughan
Aug 13, 2011
Betty Jo Vaughan, age 73, of Fries, VA died Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011 at the Wake Forest Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC. Ms. Vaughan was born April 10, 1938 in Grayson County, VA to Elmer and Lizzie Funk Littreal. She is survived by one son, Bryan Vaughan, Fries, VA; daughters & son's-in law, Mary Elizabeth and Scott Paisley, Troutdale, VA;...
Rickie Lee Payne
Aug 8, 2011
Rickie Lee Payne age 50 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Monday, August 8, 2011 in Twin County Regional Hospital. Rickie was born on May 9, 1961 in Radford, Virginia to Carroll and Ila Faye Harrison Payne. He is survived by his mother Ila Faye Payne of Woodlawn, Virginia; brothers and sister-in-law Terron and Patricia Payne of Roanoke, Virginia; Carroll Lewis...
Opal Smythers Alford
Aug 6, 2011
Opal Ann Smythers Alford, age 95, of Galax, VA died Saturday, August 6, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. Mrs. Alford was born in Carroll County, Virginia on July 05, 1916 to Walter and Augusta Jones Smythers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin M. Alford and sister, Emma Louise...
Evelyn Stoneman Beamer
Aug 5, 2011
Evelyn Stoneman Beamer, 92, of Galax passed away Friday, August 5, 2011 at Golden Living/Blue Ridge Nursing Home in Galax. Mrs. Beamer was born November 13, 1918 in Galax to Grover Cleveland and Ella Moore Stoneman. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Beamer was preceded in death by her husband Ballard Beamer and a sister Eva Blevins. She is survived...
Kate Lindsay Dickens
Aug 1, 2011
Katherine (Kate) Lindsay Dickens, born 1920 in Almond, North Carolina passed into a new and peaceful life on August 1, 2011. Kate taught school in Galax City Schools from 1952 until her retirement in 1982. She was a graduate of Western Carolina University, a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and a member of the Virginia Education Association. Kate was...
Tressie Caudill Edwards
Jul 30, 2011
Tressie Caudill Edwards, 88, formerly of the Baywood Community, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the home of her son Earnest in Sparta, NC. She was born August 4, 1922 in North Carolina to Joe and Mae Edwards Caudill. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Hastin C. Edwards, son Don R. Rector,...
Katherine Elizabeth Felts
Jul 29, 2011
Katherine Elizabeth Felts age 78 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, July 29, 2011 in Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Felts was born in Carroll County, Virginia on February 16, 1933 to William and Matilda Wooten White. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Early Felts, son Michael Felts, and daughter Sandra Felts. She is...
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...
