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Freida Lindsey Patton
Feb 3, 2010
Freida Lindsey Patton age 84 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 3,2010 in Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs.Patton was born on April 27, 1925 in Carroll County, Virginia to Ernest & Malesia Reynolds Lindsey. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Ralph Lee Patton. She is survived by a sister & brother-in-law Sue...
James Michael Holderfield
Feb 2, 2010
James Michael Holderfield, 57, passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at the Morehead Memorial Hospital in Eden, North Carolina. He was born April 25, 1952 in Galax, Virginia to James Holderfield and Ruth Aldred Holderfield. He is survived by his fiancée; Tina Pulliam of Eden, three sons & daughters-in-law: Michael Dwayne & Corrine Holderfield of South Boston, VA; Mack &...
Elbert (Ebbie) Hale Wampler, Sr.
Jan 30, 2010
Elbert Hale Wampler, Sr passed away on January 30th 2010. Ebbie as he was known to his friends was born April 16, 1927 in Galax, VA. His parents were Wythe Fielder and Agnes Scott Wampler of Galax His brother Graves Wythe Wampler of Martinsville, VA preceded him in death. Ebbie married Margaret Ann (Peggy) Carter in August of 1952. They...
Betty Ann Horne
Jan 30, 2010
Betty Ann Horne age 77 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, January 30, 2010 at her home. Mrs. Horne was born on November 18, 1932 in Virginia to Tom & Dora Gullian Proffitt. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Raymond H. Horne and her son Stephen Horne. She is survived by her daughters...
Alice Joye Taylor Hill
Jan 28, 2010
Alice Joye Taylor Hill of Woodlawn, VA passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2010. She was born May 23, 1933 at Elbert WVA to George Charles and Glema Warf Taylor. Joye was preceded in death by her father, mother and step-father; Fred Burnett; a sister, Dorothy Jean Taylor; and Brother, Lester Edward Taylor. She is survived by her husband: Coy...
Glen Douglas Montgomery
Jan 27, 2010
Glen Douglas Montgomery age 63 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2010 in Forsyth Medical Center. Glen was born on October 7, 1946 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Frank & Mary Louise Montgomery. He is survived by his wife Geraldine Montgomery of Galax, Va.. At the request of the family Glen's body was cremated.
Rickey Allen Hash
Jan 26, 2010
Rickey Allen Hash age 54 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at his home. Rickey was born in Hillsville, Virginia on February 9, 1955 to Charles Blaine & Virginia Robinson Hash. He is survived by his wife Tammy Felts of Woodlawn, Virginia; son Rickey Jermaine Hash of Raleigh, North Carolina; sister Phyllis Jane Harris of Virginia Beach,...
Daisy Litteral Sharp
Jan 25, 2010
Daisy Litteral Sharp age 89 of Fries, Virginia passed away Monday, January 25, 2010 at Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Sharp was born on August 22, 1920 in Carroll County, Va. to Lilburn & Verna Williams Litteral. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Buford Sharp. Mrs. Sharp was employed by the Grayson County School...
Hastin Clifford Edwards
Jan 23, 2010
Hastin Clifford Edwards, age 84, of Galax, VA, died Jan. 23, 2010 in the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax. Mr. Edwards was born Dec. 31, 1925 in Grayson County, VA to Claude and Tressie Sparks Edwards. He is survived by his wife, Tressie Edwards, son & daughter-in-law, John & Mary Edwads, Harker Heights, Texas, daughter, Linda Haley, Galax, step-son, Earnest...
Virginia Lucille Beatty
Jan 23, 2010
Virginia Beatty, known to friends as "Jinx", passed away Saturday , January 23, 2010, at Jefferson City, TN. She was born on June 26, 1909 in Elk Creek, VA, to Eli Scott and Eva M. Hale. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband William A.(Bill) Beatty, siblings Richard Scott Hale, Rachel Booher, Thornton(Tony) Horne, and Martha Fields,...
Jeanette Caudill
Jan 22, 2010
Jeanette Caudill age 82 of Galax, Va. passed away Friday, January 22, 2010 in Golden Living Center. Mrs. Caudill was born on April 21, 1927 in Grayson County, Virginia to James & Pearl Davis Cooley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Ralph Caudill. She is survived by her daughter & son-in-law Dorothy Caudill...
Virginia Carol Cox
Jan 20, 2010
Virginia Carol Cox age 51 of Herndon, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at her home. Carol was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia on March 21, 1958 to Kent & Laila Grubb Cox. Carol graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in computer science. She worked many years in the Washington, DC area as a computer systems analyst for government...
Wayne Edward Bobbitt
Jan 20, 2010
Wayne Edward Bobbitt age 83 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at his home. Mr. Bobbitt was born in Virginia on September 18, 1926 to Kelly Swanson & Gertrude Akers Bobbitt. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Addie Vaughan Bobbitt. He is survived by his daughter & son-in-law Rhonda &...
Lottie Mae Carico
Jan 19, 2010
Lottie Mae Carico age 73 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2010 in North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Miss Carico was born in Grayson County, Virginia on May 19, 1936 to Rennie Franklin and Emma Claire Funk Carico. She is survived by her sisters Helen Frances Smith of Independence, Virginia; Ella Molly Hall of Midlothian, Virginia; brothers & sister-in-law...
Sherman Mcdaniel Sawyers
Jan 17, 2010
Sherman McDaniel Sawyers age 56 of Fries, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 17, 2010 at his home. Sherman was born in Patrick County, Virginia on April 24, 1953 to William Walker and Susan Delia Smith Sawyers. He is survived by his special friend Janice Melton of Fries, Va.; sisters and brothers-in-law Louise & Ron Jones of Pinnacle, N.C.; Josephine &...
Dixie L. Lineberry
Jan 17, 2010
Dixie L. Lineberry, age 73, of Fries, Va. passed away Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Surviving Mrs. Lineberry are her children and their spouse Lucy Byrd, Pipers Gap section, Galax, VA, Leisa & Mike Unrue, Baywood Community, Galax, VA,; Dennis & Serome Tate, Fries, VA, sisters & brother-in-law, Betty &...
Henry Benjamin Mckinney
Jan 14, 2010
Henry Benjamin "Bud" McKinney, age 83, of Galax, Virginia passed away Jan. 14, 2010. Mr. McKinney was born Nov. 4, 1926 in Lake Worth, Florida to Clarence H. & Leila Mae Harpe McKinney. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Barbara Ann in 2000. He is survived by four children, James A. McKinney of Buford, GA, Matthew E....
Howard Harrison Smith, Jr.
Jan 13, 2010
Howard Harrison Smith, Jr. better known as "Smitty" age 73 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, January 14, 2010 at his home. Mr. Smith was born on April 17, 1936 in Gary, West Virginia to Howard Harrison Smith, Sr. and Susie Day Smith. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a niece Kathy Hicks. He is...
Alex Irwin Koji
Jan 9, 2010
Alex Irwin Koji,88, of Galax passed away Sunday, January 9, 2010 at the Waddell Nursing Home, Galax, VA. Alex was born May 11, 1921 in New York to Stephen and Mary Toth Koji. Alex was a 1943 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an aeronautical engineer. His first job was working on the gull wing Corsair fighter project. He served...
John Preston Rutherford
Jan 7, 2010
John Preston Rutherford better known as J.P. Rutherford age 62 of Fries, Virginia passed away Thursday, January 7,2010 in Twin County Regional Hospital. J.P. was born on November 11, 1947 in Grayson County, Virginia to Garnett & Odell McMillan Rutherford. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Dixie Gail Rutherford; father-in-law & mother-in-law Charlie...
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