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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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