Wanda K. Barrett
Jan 29, 2011
Wanda K. Barrett age 61 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Wanda was born on June 13, 1949 in Radford, Virginia to Ellis Clyde and Dula Baugus Lundy. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Douglas Walker Barrett. She is survived by her daughter and...
Joe Blake Gillespie
Jan 28, 2011
Joe Blake Gillespie age 82 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Gillespie was born on September 6, 1928 in Galax, Virginia to Henry and Jennie Allen Gillespie. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his daughter Mona Lisa Sizemore and brothers Carroll, Johnny and Dewitt Gillespie....
Donna Young
Jan 28, 2011
Donna Young age 62 of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 in the Kindred Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina. Donna was born in West Virginia on September 21, 1948 to the late Walter and Mae Eddy Osburn. She is survived by her husband William "Turk" Young of Fries, Virginia; daughters and son-in-law Carrie Buckley and Darnell Young of...
Annie Carolina Carver
Jan 26, 2011
Annie Caroline Carver, 82, passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. Mrs. Carver was born October 5, 1926 in Virginia to Charlie and Ethel Todd Moser. In addition her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Arlen Carver. She is survived by a grandson Charlie Cox of Galax; daughter-in-law Chyrl Cox of...
C. P. "Dick" Owen
Jan 23, 2011
C. P. "DICK" OWEN, of Morristown, TN went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 23, 2011. Survived by wife, Verta Q. Owen; daughter, Candi Owen Bolden and husband, Brian Bolden; his grandchildren, the light of his life, Collin Field, Braden Field and Ana Bolden; sister, Joann Phillips; brothers, Reggie Owen, Henry Owen and Danny Owen. Funeral service will...
Vickie Lee Gillespie
Jan 23, 2011
Vickie Lee Gillespie age 55 of Rural Retreat, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 23, 2011 in the Wythe County Community Hospital. Vickie was born on September 17, 1955 in Galax, Virginia to Dice and Oleda Cochran Burnette. She is survived by her husband Gene Gillespie of Rural Retreat, Virginia; step-daughter Gina Largen of Woodlawn, Virginia; sister and fiance' Denise Burnette...
Goldie Beamer Rakes
Jan 23, 2011
Goldie Beamer Rakes, age 93, of Fries, VA, died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011 in the Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, VA. Mrs. Rakes was born July 5, 1917 at Woodlawn, VA to Posey Beader and Annie O. Marshall Beamer. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clinton Arnold Rakes and sisters and brothers; Pauline Barger, Mattie Landis, Iva Lou Gillespie,...
Wanda Louise Billings
Jan 23, 2011
Wanda Louise Taylor Billings age 76 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 23, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Billings was born on January 12, 1935 in Fries, Virginia to William Kyle and Ollie May Holcomb Taylor. She was preceded in death by her father and mother Will and Ollie May Taylor, brother and sister-in-law James and Beulah Taylor, her...
Perry Ayscue Frye
Jan 21, 2011
Perry Ayscue Frye, 87, of Galax, passed away Friday, January 21, at his home surrounded by family, friends, and his Gambetti cat, Maggie. He was born on June 28, 1923, in Carthage, North Carolina, and named after two preachers, a Baptist and a Presbyterian. He was the third of three sons to Annie, a devoted practical nurse, and Carlos Frye,...
William Donald Sharp
Jan 20, 2011
William Donald Sharp age 76 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, January 20, 2011 at his home. Mr. Sharp was born on July 15, 1934 in Carroll County, Virginia to Howard Clifford and Lena Burnette Sharp. He is survived by his wife Mary Lee Brown Sharp of Galax, Virginia; daughter and son-in-law Audrey and Kenneth Funk of Elk Creek, Virginia;...
Harvey Bailey Forrest
Jan 19, 2011
Harvey Bailey Forrest, 67, of Galax, VA passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax. Mr. Forrest was born In Davie County North Carolina on December 10, 1943 to Clarence Franklin Forrest and Sadie Mae Barneycastle Forrest. Mr. Forrest is survived by his wife Brenda Dailey Forrest of Galax; sons and daughters-in-law: Kenneth & Anita Forrest...
Russell Thomas Sayers
Jan 18, 2011
Russell Thomas Sayers of Roanoke, VA, formally of Wythe County, went home to be with the Lord on January 18, 2011. He was a loving husband and a devoted father, grandfather and great grandfather. He served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1956. He retired from the Kroger Co. in 1996. He is survived by his wife of 58...
Dorcas Lenora Blevins
Jan 18, 2011
Dorcas Lenora Blevins age 84 of Ivanhoe, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at her home. Mrs. Blevins was born on October 21, 1926 in Wythe County, Virginia to William Marshall and Alberta Edna Davis Ceary. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Harvey Clyde Blevins and her daughter Lois Anders. She is...
Dewey Camden Carter
Jan 17, 2011
Dewey Camden Carter age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, January 17, 2011 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mr. Carter was born in West Virginia on October 22, 1922 to George T. and Hattie Bottomley Carter. He is survived by his wife Alma Grace Smith Carter of Galax, Virginia; daughters and son-in-law Mary Leda Treptow of Georgia; Hattie Mae...
Suedell Stoneman (Wagoner) Bedsaul
Jan 14, 2011
Lillie Suedel Stoneman (Wagoner) Bedsaul, known to many as "Mama Sue," passed away Friday morning, January 14, 2011 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby, N.C. from advanced Parkinson's Disease complications and respiratory problems. Suedel was born September 19, 1935 in the Pipers Gap community near Galax, Virginia, youngest daughter of Coy Bruce Stoneman and Lemma Joyner Stoneman, both deceased....
Jerry Dennis Bedsaul
Jan 14, 2011
Jerry Dennis Bedsaul age 87 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, January 14, 2011 at his home. Mr. Bedsaul was born in Carroll County, Virginia on February 2, 1923 to George and Julie Robinson Bedsaul. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Ina Mae Bedsaul and son-in-law Roy Lawson. He is survived by his...
June Carolyn Smith
Jan 14, 2011
June C. Smith, age 61, of Galax, VA, died Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 in the Forsyth Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC. Mrs. Smith was born May 26, 1949 in Galax, VA to James Carroll and Dee Brinkley Gillespie. She is survived by her husband, Scottie Smith of the home; daughters & son-in-law, Jill & Shannon Akers, Elliston, VA, Amanda Crouse,...
George Nathaniel Hester
Jan 13, 2011
George Nathaniel Hester age 75 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, January 13, 2011 at his home. Mr. Hester was born on November 23, 1935 in Grayson County, Virginia to Wilmer Hudson and Aleen Fielder Hester. He is survived by his wife Lucille Hester of Fries, Virginia; daughter and son-in-law Tammy and Joey Trimble of Fries, Virginia; son and daughter-in-law...
Connie Lee Liddle
Jan 11, 2011
Connie Lee Liddle age 46 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2011 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Connie was born in Maryland on July 28, 1964 to Gary David and Robin Brooner Heffner. She is survived by her husband Douglas Lee Liddle of Galax, Virginia; daughter Jodi Nicole Shaffer; son Joseph Lee Shaffer both of Fries, Virginia; granddaughter...
Connie Lou Osborne
Jan 10, 2011
Connie Lou Osborne age 46 of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, January 10, 2011 in the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Connie was born on March 17, 1964 in Galax, Virginia to Jack and Ella Mae Gravley Summey. In addition to her mother she was preceded in death by a sister Cora Swinney and a brother Dicky Lee. In addition to her...
