Irma "Peg" Josephine Brown
Feb 9, 2011
Irma "Peg" Todd Brown age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2011 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Brown was born on May 14, 1924 in Gary, West Virginia to William Glen and Ora Ella Doby Todd. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband William Brown. She is survived...
Ronnie Douglas Nelson
Feb 9, 2011
Ronnie Douglas Nelson, 57, of Galax passed away February 9, 2011 at his home. Ronnie was born February 11, 1953 in Galax to Kent Douglas Nelson and Ella Eastridge Nelson. In addition to his parents he was preceded by death by his wife Sandra Nelson. Ronnie is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law: Tammy & Christopher Ingo of Woodlawn; Heather...
Virginia Catherine Goins
Feb 8, 2011
Virginia Catherine Goins, 66, of Independence, VA passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax, Virginia. She was born February 26, 1944 in West Virginia to Rev. James Taylor and Virginia Lee. She is survived by her husband: Billy E. Goins of Galax; mother Virginia Lee of Columbus, Ohio; three daughters and a son-in-law: Yvetta...
Beulah Rose Jones
Feb 5, 2011
Beulah Rose Fayne Jones age 82 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, February 5, 2011 in the Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Jones was born in Carroll County, Virginia on February 20, 1928 to Roy and Myrtle Wilson Fayne. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a daughter Joyce Parrish and a brother Harold Fayne. She is...
Betty Mae Easter
Feb 5, 2011
Betty Mae Easter of Galax, VA died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 in the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. Mrs. Easter was born Dec. 2, 1937 in Carroll County, VA to Alvin and Hopie Alley Nester. Her parents and one brother, Arvin Nester preceded her in death. Surviving is her husband, Darrell Perry Easter of the home and daughter, Rebecca...
Mary Lou Frieze
Feb 3, 2011
Mary Lou Frieze, 79, of Sparta, NC passed away Thursday, February 3, 2011 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC. Mary Lou was born March 19, 1931 in Alleghany County to Paul Miles and Verdie Stamper Miles. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by husbands: Herbert Edwards and Walter Frieze; sister Nancy Royal; brothers Wade Miles...
Lillian Marie Haskin
Feb 3, 2011
Lillian Marie Haskin, age 82, of Galax passed away Thursday, February 3, 2011 at her home. She was born June 28, 1928 in Miami, Florida to Amadee Renuart and Blanch Roy Renuart. In addition to her parents, a son Richard "Ricky" Haskin (1957-1963) preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband Richard Howard Haskin of the home; seven...
Amanda Leigh "Amy" Felts
Jan 30, 2011
Amanda Leigh "Amy" Felts age 35 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 30, 2011 at her home. Amy was born on May 15, 1975 in Galax, Virginia to David and Mary L. Tate Felts. She is survived by her daughter Ambriel Jade Felts of Galax, Virginia; mother Lucy Byrd of Galax, Virginia; father and step-mother David and Tina Felts...
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...
