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Dyer Kemper Smythers

Dyer Kemper Smythers

Apr 19, 2011

Dyer Kemper Smythers age 90 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Tuesday night at his home. Mr. Smythers was born on February 28, 1921 in Carroll County, Virginia to Lawrence and Gertrude Lineberry Smythers. He is survived by his wife Madalene Smythers and daughter Sandra Smythers both of Woodlawn, Virginia. The funeral service will be held Friday, April 22, 2011 at...

Anna Allene Dotson

Anna Allene Dotson

Apr 18, 2011

Anna Allene Dotson age 91 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, April 18, 2011 at the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Dotson was born in Carroll County, Virginia on August 21, 1919 to Guy and Ella Hanks Stoneman. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband John Price Dotson. She is survived by a daughter and...

Sadie Beatrice Carico Higgins

Sadie Beatrice Carico Higgins

Apr 18, 2011

Sadie Beatrice Carico Higgins age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away at her home on Monday, April 18, 2011. Mrs. Higgins was born in Grayson County, Virginia on June 5, 1924 to the late Elbert Boyd and Dorothy Patton Carico. She was the seventh of thirteen children and was blessed with five sisters and seven brothers. Her brother, Dempsey, was...

Willard Davis Poe

Willard Davis Poe

Apr 17, 2011

Willard Davis Poe age 85 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, April 17, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Poe was born on July 16, 1925 in Grayson County, Virginia to Staley and Zollie Wright Poe. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Betty Mae Poe. He is survived by several nieces,...

Phoebe Hallie Liddle Cox

Phoebe Hallie Liddle Cox

Apr 16, 2011

Phoebe Hallie Cox age 98 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, April 16, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Cox was born in Grayson County, Virginia on April 20, 1912 to Joshua Burton and Lucie Edwards Liddle. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Everette Cleve Cox; son Dennis Cox; granddaughter Leisa Shepherd and great-grandson...

James M. Tompkins

James M. Tompkins

Apr 12, 2011

James M. Tompkins age 79 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mr. Tompkins was born on August 27, 1931 to Roby John and Grace Caroline Cockerham Tompkins. He is survived by his wife Jean Tompkins; daughter and son-in-law Cecelia and Cliff Patton; son Dennis S. Tompkins all of Galax, Virginia; grandchildren...

Sebert William Adams

Sebert William Adams

Apr 11, 2011

Sebert William Adams age 85 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, April 11, 2011 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mr. Adams was born on April 3, 1926 in Galax, Virginia to John William and Blanche Ellie Alley Adams. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Lura Virginia Adams. He is survived by his...

Billy Rufus Edwards

Billy Rufus Edwards

Apr 11, 2011

Billy Rufus Edwards age 74 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, April 11, 2011 at his home. Mr. Edwards was born on September 29, 1936 in Carroll County, Virginia to Calvin Rufus and Pauline White Edwards. In addition to his parents Billy was preceded in death by his sister Barbara Joan Edwards. He is survived by his wife Lalah Edwards;...

Infant Johann Lopez

Infant Johann Lopez

Apr 11, 2011

Infant Johann Lopez was born and passed away on Monday, April 11, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Johann is surived by his parents Juan Lopez-Martinez and Maria Lulu Lopez; brother Joshua Lopez all of Galax, Virginia; maternal grandparents Refujio Santiltian and Alicia Moncisuats of Guadalajara, Jal Mexico. The funeral service was held on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in...

Josephine White Brown

Josephine White Brown

Apr 10, 2011

Josephine White Brown age 79 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Brown was born in Wythe County, Virginia on August 25, 1931 to Ellis and Edna Gilliam White. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Wayne Brown; daughter Sherry Lea Jennings; sisters Bernice Brown; Magnole Crockett and...

Juanita Hartman Jones

Juanita Hartman Jones

Apr 9, 2011

Juanita Hartman Jones age 93 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, April 9, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Jones was born on August 16, 1917 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Elser E. and Anna Bell Holder Hartman. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Barton (J.B.) Jones. She is survived by several nieces...

Kathleen R. Barker

Kathleen R. Barker

Apr 9, 2011

Kathleen Robinson Barker, 59, of Galax, Virginia passed away at her home, Saturday, April 9, 2011. Mrs. Barker was born Dec. 23, 1951 in Galax, Virginia to Elmer Brooks and Mayme Lineberry Robinson. She was employed by the Carroll County School system for thirty six years and is survived by her husband, Donnie M. Barker, Galax; son & daughter-in-law, Wesley...

Thelma June Larue

Thelma June Larue

Apr 6, 2011

Thelma June LaRue age 73 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at her home. Miss LaRue was born on July 21, 1937 in Carroll County, Virginia to Errett H. and Susanna Hill Larrowe. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by brothers Wayne B. LaRue; Howard Larrowe and Dale W. LaRue. She is survived...

Zelma Lois Felts

Zelma Lois Felts

Apr 6, 2011

Zelma Lois Felts age 79 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Mrs. Felts was born in Center, Texas on February 15, 1932 to Edward Birdette and Etta Mae Adams Webb. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Gray Phipps Felts. She is...

Michael Eugene Bryant

Michael Eugene Bryant

Apr 5, 2011

Michael Eugene Bryant age 56 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday-April 5, 2011 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Michael was born on February 8, 1955 in Galax, Virginia to Pearlie Eugene and Betty Virginia Bartlett Bryant. In addition to his father Pearlie Eugene Bryant of Johnson City, Tennessee, Michael is survived by his wife Louise Gates Bryant of Galax,...

Clara Virginia Shupe

Clara Virginia Shupe

Apr 2, 2011

Clara Virginia Shupe, age 84, of Galax, VA died Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. Mrs. Shupe was born in Fries, VA. May 26, 1926 to Dwight and Emma Norman Anders. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Arvin Shupe; sisters, Ardith Gravley, Sylvia Shinault, brothers, Kelly Anders,...

Alice Leone Goodson

Alice Leone Goodson

Apr 2, 2011

Alice Leone Goodson age 90 of Fries, Virginia passed away Saturday, April 2, 2011 in the Golden Living-Blue Ridge Center. Mrs. Goodson was born on April 5, 1920 in Wythe County, Virginia to Sherd Asbury and Blanche Mae Delby King. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Paul Goodson. She is survived by her...

Frank L. Short

Frank L. Short

Apr 2, 2011

Frank L. Short, age 77, of Fries, VA died Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Veterans Medical Center in Salem, VA. Mr. Short was born in Steuben, NY Feb. 22, 1934. His parents were Frances I. and Ella Straight Short. He is s survived by his wife, Ruth Faye Short, 1074 Ivanhoe Road, Fries, Va; daughters & sons-in-law, Yvonne Plisko,...

Evelyn Marie Hodge

Evelyn Marie Hodge

Apr 1, 2011

Evelyn Marie Hodge, age 72, of Lexington, NC died Friday, April 1, 2011 in the Lexington Memorial Hospital, Lexington, NC. Mrs. Hodge was born Aug. 23, 1938 in Grayson County, VA to Clarence and Ada Kirby Snow. She was the widow of Willie Scott Hodge. Surviving are two sons, Terry Hodge and Charles Hodge both of Lexington, NC; grandson, Charles...

Sherry Lea Jennings

Sherry Lea Jennings

Mar 30, 2011

Sherry Lea Jennings age 54 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at her home. Sherry was born on September 8, 1956 in Carroll County, Virginia to Wayne W. and Josephine White Brown. In addition to her mother Josephine W. Brown of Woodlawn, Virginia she is survived by a son Courtland Elias Jennings of Roanoke, Virginia; grandson Dakir...

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