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Edith R. Keith
Sep 5, 2010
Edith R. Keith, 89, of Fries passed away Sunday, September 5 at the Waddell Nursing Home in Galax. She was born in Echels, West Virginia on May 5, 1921 to Albert Clayton Keith & Mary Hettie Underwood Keith. She is survived by nieces & nephew: Janet & Early Boyles, Jr., Brenda Aldridge and Charles Roop all of Fries and Kathy...
Mary June Lovell
Sep 3, 2010
God welcomed home a beautiful angel, Mary June Lovell, on Friday September 3, 2010. Mrs. Lovell was born on May 13, 1934 in Grayson County, Va. to Dwight and Topsy Moss Moore. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister Nadine Underwood and a brother Landon Moore. She is survived by her husband Jessie Lovell...
Jane Giersch Mccarter
Sep 2, 2010
Jane Giersch McCarter age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, September 2, 2010 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. McCarter was born on October 22, 1921 in Tennessee to Warren B. and Minnie Houseman Giersch. She is survived by her husband Dr. Van B. McCarter of Galax, Va.; sons and daughters-in-law Dr. Van & Janet McCarter of Roanoke, Va.;...
Howard Gordon Jones
Sep 1, 2010
Howard Gordon Jones age 92 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2010 in Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Jones was born on September 19, 1917 in Galax, Va. to Guy and Mollie Daugherty Jones. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years Beatrice Ayers Jones. He is survived by his...
Lela Jean Robinson
Sep 1, 2010
Lela Jean Roten Dixon Robinson age 82 of Woodlawn, Virignia passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2010 in Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Robinson was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina on December 21, 1927 to Millard Fillmore and Verlie Osborne Roten. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Willard Garland Robinson; a daughter Jean...
Joy Lynn Pinyan Dickerson
Aug 25, 2010
Joy Lynn Pinyan Dickerson age 45 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at her home. Joy was born on August 1, 1965 in Savannah, Georgia to Daniel W. Pinyan, Sr. and Patricia Ann Hubbard Pinyan. In addition to her parents of Garden City, Georgia she is survived by her husband Alan Dickerson of Galax, Va.; sisters Michelle...
Phyllis Ann Barton Edwards
Aug 24, 2010
Phyllis Ann Barton Edwards age 70 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Edwards was born in Grayson County, Va. on October 21, 1939 to Harvey Vance and Vita Lee Osborne Barton. In addition to her mother of Galax, Virginia she is survived by her husband Lowell Lee Edwards of Galax, Virginia; daughter and...
David Glen Hylton
Aug 24, 2010
David Glen Hylton age 35 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at his home. David was born on July 25, 1975 in Patrick County, Va. to Robert and Bonnie Hylton Roten. He is survived by his fiance' Carolyn Lane of Galax, Va. ; parents Mr.& Mrs. Robert Roten of Ennice, N.C.; brother and sister-in-law Robert & Annette...
John Bishop Davis
Aug 23, 2010
John B. Davis age 93 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, August 23, 2010 at Twin County Regional Hospital. John was born on September 15, 1916 in Galax, Virginia. He was a graduate of Galax High School and became a member of First Christian Church during his teen years. He was a Boy Scout and became an assistant Scoutmaster under...
Ruby Hackler Roberts
Aug 20, 2010
Ruby Hackler Roberts age 94 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Friday, August 20, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Roberts was born on August 18, 1916 in Grayson County, Virginia to Mina and Ruth Catron Hackler. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Alva Griggs Roberts . She is survived by two daughters Linda Roberts...
Becky Bryson
Aug 20, 2010
Becky Bryson, 66, passed away Friday at her home in Galax. Becky was born in Galax to Clare Marie Kyle on December 26, 1943. Becky is survived by her husband, Odell R. Bryson of the home, son and daughter-in-law: Eric B. Bryson & Julie of Bowie, Maryland; daughter & son-in-law Elizabeth Bryson Gary & Leonard of Clinton, Maryland; sisters and...
Ruby Stoneman Hill
Aug 18, 2010
Ruby Stoneman Hill age 85 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Hill was born in Carroll County, Virginia on July 31, 1925 to Ted Stanford and Phoebe Davis Stoneman. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a grandson Brad Hill. She is survived by her husband Martin...
Thomas James (Jimmy) Sexton
Aug 18, 2010
Thomas James (Jimmy) Sexton age 65 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Jimmy was born on June 16, 1945 in Surry County, North Carolina to Thomas Jefferson and Edra Lundy Sexton. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law Sylvia and Christopher Frost of Galax, Va.; sons and daughters-in-law Timothy Michael and...
William G. "Bill" Bryant
Aug 16, 2010
William G. ("Bill") Bryant, of Bristol, TN, died August 16, 2010, after a long battle with cancer. He was 66. The son of the late Joseph and Mary Lou Bryant, he was born and raised in Washington County, VA, and graduated from Patrick Henry High School in 1961. Bill then attended Emory & Henry College, where he was an all-American...
Quinton Chester Turner
Aug 14, 2010
Quinton Chester Turner, age 87, of Woodlawn, VA died Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010 at the Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax. Mr. Turner was born in Carroll County, VA, Feb. 5, 1923 to Palmer Frank and Mary F. Gray Turner. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Turner, sons and daughters-in-law, Quinton, Jr. and Tsuyako Turner, Pampano Beach, FL and...
John A. Ricks, Jr.
Aug 13, 2010
The Reverend Mr.John A. Ricks,Jr. passed away early Friday morning, August 13, 2010 at Waddell Nursing Home in Galax, Virginia. Mr. Ricks, the son of John A. Ricks, Sr. and Ruth Harriss Ricks, was born December 23, 1906 in Greenville, N.C.. He was a proud and loyal alumnus of Davidson College, graduating from there in 1929, and from Union Theological...
Eva Nail Lineberry
Aug 11, 2010
Eva Nail Lineberry age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Lineberry was born on October 2, 1921 in Carroll County, Virginia to James K. Polk & Grace Hanks Nail. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Lester Lineberry. She is survived by daughters and...
Baby Robinson
Aug 10, 2010
Baby Robinson child of Bobby and Sarah Robinson of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at Twin County Regional Hospital. In addition to the parents survivors include a sister Haley Robinson; maternal grandparents Richard and Sandy Price all of Galax, Va.; paternal grandparents Terry & Marie Horton of Hillsville, Va.; maternal great-grandparents Phillip & Martha Hall of Fries,...
Richard Lee Beamer
Aug 9, 2010
Richard Lee Beamer age 82 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, August 9, 2010 in Blue Ridge Nursing Home in Stuart, Virginia. Mr. Beamer was born in Fries, Va. on June 10, 1928 to Fred and Mary Brown Beamer. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three sisters Evelyn Brown, Ruth Davis & Hilda Thomas; two...
Arnie Faye Hunt
Aug 6, 2010
THIS IS A COURTESY ONLINE ANNOUNCEMENT Mrs. Arnie Faye Hunt, age 73, went home to be with the Lord on Friday August 6, 2010 at Moses Cone Hospital. A graveside service will be 2:00 Pm Monday at McKenzie Cemetery in Galax, Va. Arnie was born in Galax, Va to the late Ernest and Mary Dale Hunt on May 17, 1937,...
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