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Eunice Riggins Brown

Eunice Riggins Brown

Oct 3, 2010

Eunice Riggins Brown age 76 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, October 3, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Brown was born on November 16, 1933 in Ashland, Kentucky to Willie and Louise Riggins. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Alfred Brown. She is survived by her children and their spouses Alfred D. &...

Pearl Collins Osborne

Pearl Collins Osborne

Oct 3, 2010

Edna Pearl Collins Osborne, age 88, of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, October 3, 2010, at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Osborne was born on December 29, 1921, in Carroll County, Virginia, to Mahlon R. and Callie Snow Collins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clinton Floyd Osborne; daughter, Judi Carol King;...

Margaret Hill Frost

Margaret Hill Frost

Oct 2, 2010

Margaret Hill Frost, age 85, of Galax, VA died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010 in the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax. Mrs. Frost was born Sept, 23, 1925 in Carroll County, VA to Alexander and Flora Jane Harrison Hill. Her husband, Paul C. Frost, preceded her in death. She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law: Priscilla and Jack Rose, Max Meadows,...

Lucille Fields Leath

Lucille Fields Leath

Oct 2, 2010

Lucille Fields Leath, age 84, of Baywood Community, Galax, VA, died in Winchester, VA Oct. 2, 2010. Mrs. Leath was born Feb. 3, 1926 in Grayson County, VA to Isaac Fields and Celia Murray Fields. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Leath; brothers, Chancy Fields, Vancy Fields and Dan Fields. She is survived by son and daughter-in-law,...

Jesse Mac Whitaker

Jesse Mac Whitaker

Oct 1, 2010

Jesse Mac Whitaker age 72 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, October 1,2010 at Grayson Nursing and Reh Center. Mr. Whitaker was born in Sparta, North Carolina on September 24, 1938 to Arthur and Ada Delp Whitaker. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers Jerald Whitaker and James Frank Whitaker. He is survived by...

Aida Bazzi

Aida Bazzi

Sep 30, 2010

Aida Bazzi age 95 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, September 30, 2010 in Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Bazzi was born in New York on September 4, 1915 to Vito and Angela Fanelli Sportelli. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Harry Bazzi. Survivors include a niece Vetta McKnight and a nephew Michael Florio....

Nita Barbara Linville

Nita Barbara Linville

Sep 30, 2010

Nita Barbara Linville age 57 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Thursday, September 30, 2010 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Nita was born in Galax, Virginia on June 19, 1953 to Elbert and Myrtle Bowers Alderman. She is survived by her husband Eddie Linville of Hillsville, Virginia; daughter Tracey Meadows of Galax, Virginia; grandchildren Abigail Meadows, Tessa Meadows and Jaimee Meadows; sister...

Donald Otte Utt

Donald Otte Utt

Sep 28, 2010

Donald Otte Utt age 72 of Kernersville, North Carolina passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at Forsyth Medical Center. Donald was born on June 14, 1938 in Carroll County, Virginia to Rev. Otte Etto & Velma Rachel Alderman Utt. In addition to his parents Donald was preceded in death by two brothers Harold E. Utt and Ted E. Utt. He...

Wanda Faye Parish

Wanda Faye Parish

Sep 28, 2010

Wanda Faye Parish age 68 of Winston-Salem, North Carolina passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2010 in North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Wanda was born on October 2, 1941 in Carroll County, Va. to Arthur and Nettie Combs. She is survived by her husband Wayne Parish of Winston-Salem, N.C.; daughter and son-in-law Debra and Bill Dudley of Kernersville, N.C.; son and daughter-in-law...

Shirley Temple Melton

Shirley Temple Melton

Sep 25, 2010

Mrs. Shirley Temple Melton, age 74, of Lexington, NC died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010 in the Thomasville Medical Center, Thomasville, NC. Mrs. Melton was born in Carroll County, VA on April 28, 1936 to Daniel and Vertie Atkins Ring. She is survived by her husband, Linwood Dean Melton, Lexington, NC, daughters & sons-in-law, Pamela & Kenneth Hayes, Lexington, NC, Vicky...

Thomas Chester Leckey, Jr.

Thomas Chester Leckey, Jr.

Sep 24, 2010

Thomas Chester Leckey, Jr. age 51 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, September 24, 2010 at his home. Thomas was born in Ohio on April 23, 1959 to Thomas Chester Leckey, Sr. and Ethelene Pearl Carico Leckey. He is survived by his sister Eunice C. Leckey of Chattanooga, Tennessee; aunt and uncle Virginia and James Miller of Fries, Va.; uncle...

Euna Lee Chipman

Euna Lee Chipman

Sep 23, 2010

Euna Lee Chipman age 95 of Galax, Va. passed away Thursday evening at her home. Mrs. Chipman was born in Grayson County, Virginia on September 8, 1915 to Luther and Lona Jennings Bedsaul. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Robert S. Chipman. She is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law Roger & Mary...

James E Jackson

James E Jackson

Sep 22, 2010

Dr. James Jackson (Jim-Buddy) departed his life and went to be with the Lord on September 22nd, 2010. He was 88 years old. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved at an early age to Lynchburg, Va. and later resided in Galax, Va. He went to college and became an optometrist in Galax, Va. He served his country...

Roy Lee Moore

Roy Lee Moore

Sep 19, 2010

Roy Lee Moore age 50 of Abingdon, Virginia passed away Sunday, September 19, 2010 in Abingdon Manor Nursing Home. Roy Lee was born on January 12, 1960 in West Virginia to Stanley and Jo Moore. In addition to his mother Jo Moore of Shinnston, West Virginia Roy Lee is survived by a daughter Catherine Moore of Galax, Va.; grandson Isaiah...

Juanita Neal Johnson

Juanita Neal Johnson

Sep 17, 2010

Juanita Neal Johnson, 80, of Galax, VA passed away Friday, September 17, 2010, at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Johnson was born in Grayson County, Virginia on October 3, 1929 to the late Charlie & Mary Sexton Neal. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Claude Johnson and son, Jerry Lee Johnson as well...

Elly Molly Carrico Hall

Elly Molly Carrico Hall

Sep 15, 2010

Ella Molly Carrico Hall, 93, formerly of Roanoke and Galax, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 in Midlothian, Va. She was preceded in death by her husband of 72 years, Horton A. Hall; parents, Rennie Franklin and Vicie Belle Dillon Carrico; step-mother, Emma Funk Carrico; daughter, Dolores Barker; grandson, Sammy Hall; and siblings, Bertha, Forrest Hale, Bert, Jim, Donna...

Amelia (Milly) Fay Rector

Amelia (Milly) Fay Rector

Sep 15, 2010

Amelia Fay (Milly) Rector, age 5, of Fries, passed away Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at the Brenner's Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Milly was born October 30, 2004 in Galax, Virginia to Joshua Sinclair Rector and Misty Dawn Davis Rector. Milly is survived by her parents Josh & Misty Rector of the home; maternal grandparents Jack & Nellie Davis...

Dennis Michael Alderman

Dennis Michael Alderman

Sep 15, 2010

Dennis Michael Alderman, 56, of Galax passed away Wednesday morning at Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax. Mr. Alderman was born June 11, 1954 in Carroll County, Virginia to Dennis Everett Alderman and the late Shirley Ann Bartlett Alderman. He is survived by a daughter & son-in-law: Reanna & Joseph Jordan of Fort Hood, Texas; son and fianceé Michael Shane Alderman...

Bobby Ray Wilson

Bobby Ray Wilson

Sep 14, 2010

Bobby Ray Wilson age 73 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at his home. Mr. Wilson was born in Grayson County, Va. on December 2, 1936 to Elmer J. and Gertrude Lundy Wilson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Dorothy Louise Wilson; brothers and sister-in-law Bill and Catherine Wilson and...

Una Pearl Bedsaul

Una Pearl Bedsaul

Sep 13, 2010

Una Pearl Bedsaul age 90 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, September 13, 2010 in Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Bedsaul was born on April 9, 1920 in Carroll County, Virginia to Hager Stephen and Ada May Kirby Lowe. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Elmer Bedsaul. She is survived by a sister-in-law Geneva...

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