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Mary Raye Mayberry
Sep 14, 2009
Mary Raye Mayberry age 72 of Galax, Va. passed away Monday, September 14, 2009 at Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Mayberry was born in Danville, Va. on May 29, 1937 to Charlie & Mary Harris Vicks. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Mack H. Mayberry. She is survived by a daughter & son-in-law Teresa...
Lillie Roberta Mabe
Sep 14, 2009
Lillie Roberta Rakes Mabe age 71 of Fries, Va. passed away Monday, September 14,2009 at the home of her daughter in Wytheville, Va.. Roberta was born in Fries, Va. on September 24, 1937 to Willie Gordon & Hazel Marie Bratton Rakes. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother Paul McNeal Rakes. She is survived...
Virginia Rhudy Vaughan
Sep 14, 2009
Virginia Rhudy Vaughan age 98 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, September 14,2009 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Vaughan was born on March 27, 1911 in Grayson County, Va. to Steve & Ina Rhudy. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Charlie C. Vaughan. She is survived by several cousins; a host of...
Byrum Gray Melton
Sep 13, 2009
Byrum Gray Melton age 78 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, September 13,2009 at Golden Living Center. Mr. Melton was born on Sunday, September 13, 1931 in Carroll County, Va. to Eli & Alice Cain Melton. He is survived by his wife Jo Carico Melton of Galax, Va.; sons & daughters-in-law Jeffrey & Sabrena Melton of Fancy Gap, Va.; Jerry...
Wayne Edward Kirby
Sep 11, 2009
Wayne Edward Kirby age 80 of Fries, Va. passed away Friday, September 11, 2009 at Golden Living Center. Mr. Kirby was born on July 2, 1929 in Grayson County, Va. to Edgar Kyle & Rose Ella Wilson Kirby. He is survived by his wife Ella Mae Pearman Kirby; daughter Vicki Lynn Kirby both of Fries, Va.; sister & brother-in-law Jane...
Harold Bayne Tompkins
Sep 6, 2009
Harold Bayne Tompkins age 76 of Galax, Va. passed away Sunday, September 6, 2009 at Avante' at Roanoke. Mr. Tompkins was born in Alleghany County, N.C. on November 16, 1932 to John Morgan & Eunice Arlene Galyean Tompkins. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by an an infant daughter Bonnie Jane Tompkins; sister Anna Tompkins and...
Mildred Duncan Bobbitt
Sep 2, 2009
Mildred Duncan Bobbitt age 76 of Independence, Virginia passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at her home. Mrs. Bobbitt was born in Carroll County, Va. on October 19, 1932 to Earl Leonard & Darcus Criner Duncan. She is survived by her daughter & son-in-law Vickie & Charles Jones of Independence, Va.; sons & daughters-in-law Allen & Karen Bobbitt; Dennis &...
Hazel Hanks Larrowe
Aug 29, 2009
Hazel Hanks Larrowe, age 94, of Galax, VA died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009 at her home. Mrs. Larrowe was born May 17, 1915 in Carroll County, VA to Loyd M. and Edna C. Calloway Hanks. She is survived by her husband, Horace Larrowe and one daughter and son-in-law, Betty & Brandon Gunn, 111, Picayune, Miss., two sons and daughters-in-law, Edward...
Lalah Edwards Wolfe
Aug 28, 2009
Lalah Edwards Wolfe age 93 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, August 28, 2009 in Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Wolfe was born in Alleghany County, North Carolina on April 14, 1916 to Wiley & Stella Edwards. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband McKinley Fred Wolfe. She is survived by her daughters Nancy...
John Frederick Lovelace
Aug 28, 2009
John Frederick Lovelace age 80 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, August 28, 2009 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Lovelace was born in Pennsylvania on December 4,1928 to Frederick & Ester Keim Lovelace. He is survived by his wife Betty Lovelace of Galax, Va.; daughters Dr. Nance Lovelace of Galax, Va.; Dawn Seals of Fredericksburg, Va.; son Mark Lovelace...
Linda Diane Leath
Aug 27, 2009
Linda Diane Leath age 54 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, August 27, 2009 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Linda was born on April 13, 1955 in Grayson County, Va. to Ernest Paul & Annie Haline Cockerham Cole. In addition to her father she was preceded in death by a brother Scotty Cole. She is survived by her husband Randy...
Doris Edna Russell
Aug 27, 2009
Doris Edna Russell age 75 of Hillsville, Va. passed away Thursday, August 27, 2009 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Russell was born in Grayson County, Va. on May 8, 1934 to Carl Luther & Mae Bowers Holbrook. She is survived by her husband Coy B. Russell of Hillsville, Va.; daughters & sons-in-law Vicki & Ed Kellough of Watkinsville, Ga.;...
John Hampton Hackler
Aug 25, 2009
John Hampton Hackler age 85 of Fries, Va. passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at his home. Mr. Hackler was born on January 4, 1924 in Grayson County, Va. to Kennley & Clara Williams Hackler. He is survived by his wife Mildred Hackler of Fries, Va.; daughters & sons-in-law Nickie L. Hackler of Meeteetse, Wyoming; Linda & Ralph Jones of...
Beatrice Akers
Aug 25, 2009
Beatrice Akers age 84 of Galax, Va. passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at her home. Mrs. Akers was born in Fries, Va. on June 13, 1925 to Roy & Lillie Ann Bond Walls. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Grover Akers. She is survived by her son & daughter-in-law Terry & Rachel...
Blanche Ethel Dean
Aug 24, 2009
Blanche Ethel Dean age 94 of Fries, Va. passed away Monday, August 24, 2009 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Dean was born on March 15, 1915 in Alleghany County, N.C. to Shady Mack & Flora Taylor Caudill. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Charles Gilmer Dean and an infant son Charles Randolph...
Josie Imogene Stoneman Combs
Aug 23, 2009
Josie I. Stoneman Combs, age 87, of Galax, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2009 at the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax. Mrs. Combs was born August 11, 1922 in Carroll County, Virginia to Friel & Odessa Hill Stoneman. In addition to her parents Mrs. Combs is preceded in death by her husband: Arnold Noah Combs and infant son Kyle Raymond...
Homer Gene Burnette
Aug 23, 2009
Homer Gene Burnette age 62 of Galax, Va. passed away Sunday, August 23, 2009 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Gene was born in Carroll County, Va. on June 10, 1947 to Homer Jackson & Wilma Lawson Burnette. He is survived by his wife Dianna Faye Burnette of Galax, Va.; sons & daughters-in-law Kenneth E. & Sherry Burnette of Galax, Va.;...
Harry Lee Isom
Aug 22, 2009
Harry Lee Isom, 60, of Floyd, Virginia passed away Saturday, August 22, 2009 at his home. He was born December 10, 1948 in Galax, Virginia to Guy B. & Curtie V. Williams Isom. Harry is survived by his wife: Margaret Smith Isom of Floyd; daughter & son-in-law: Carla & Phillip Thorpe of Wilmington, North Carolina; son Chad Isom of Stafford,...
Elizabeth Nicole Chandler
Aug 21, 2009
Elizabeth Nicole Chandler age 24 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Friday, August 21, 2009 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Elizabeth was born on July 27, 1985 in Ohio to James & Sherry Pearson Chandler. She is survived by her mother Sherry Chandler of Pulaski, Va.; father James Chandler of Hillsville, Va.; sister Maranda Lee Chandler of Dobson, N.C.; brothers David Wayne...
Marvin Lester Colson
Aug 20, 2009
Marvin Lester (Pete) Colson age 62 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, August 20, 2009 in Twin County Regional Hospital. Pete was born on May 20, 1947 in Galax, Va. to Marvin & Ellen Iretha Hinshaw Colson. He is survived by his sister and brother-in-law Elizabeth & Gary Russell of Woodlawn, Va.; nephew Jared Russell; several aunts & cousins. A...
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