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Oneta Shaffner Bourne
May 12, 2009
Oneta Shaffner Bourne age 76 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Bourne was born on February 11, 1933 in Carroll County, Virginia to Tyre & Addie Bourne Shaffner. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband John Alfred Bourne, sister Edith Linville, brothers Marvin and Sam...
Nellie Mae Burnette
May 11, 2009
Nellie Mae Burnette age 75 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Monday, May 11, 2009 at Twin County Regional Hospital. She was born on January 9, 1934 in Carroll County, Virginia to David Roscoe & Lelia Elizabeth Thomason Burnette. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother Walter Roscoe Burnette. She is survived by her son...
George Woodford Williams
May 7, 2009
George Woodford Williams age 81 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, May 7, 2009. He was born in Grayson County, Virginia on July 11, 1927 to Claude S. and Sina C. Cooley Williams. He was a member of Mt. Vale United Methodist Church , a 1944 honors graduate of Galax High School,served in Korea and was a lifelong dairy and...
Frankie Ellen Lawson
May 6, 2009
Frankie Ellen Collins Lawson age 88 of Fries, Virginia passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Lawson was born on November 9, 1920 in Wythe County, Va. to Arthur Moody & Emma Holliday Collins. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Eugene F. Lawson. She is survived by her daughters...
Donald Bernard Raymer
May 6, 2009
Donald Bernard Raymer age 68 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Raymer was born in Washington, DC on September 6, 1940. He is survived by two sisters Pat Barr of Independence, Va.; Shirley Raymer of Maryland; one brother James Raymer of Washington, DC; several nieces & nephews; several friends and church family;...
Everett Lowman Jones
May 5, 2009
Everett Lowman Jones age 89 of Fries, Va. passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Jones was born on January 28, 1920 in Wythe County, Va. to Josiah and Arena Duncan Jones. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Annie Mae Stanley Jones, grandson Jonathan Akers, thirteen brothers and...
James Roy Dalton
Apr 30, 2009
James Roy Dalton age 87 passed away Thursday, April 30, 2009 at the Jennings Health Care Center in North Vernon. Services were held at the Sawyer-Pickett Funeral Home on Sunday, May 3,2009 at 2:30 PM. Burial and Masonic Rites will be held at Felts Memorial Cemetery on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 1:00 PM. The family will receive friends Thursday...
Jewel Fay Cox
Apr 29, 2009
Jewel Fay Cox age 85 of Elizabethtown, N.C. passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2009. She was born April 5, 1924 to James Oscar and Betie Mae Harrison White. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home at 11:00 am. Visitation will be held at 10:00 am prior to the funeral service. Burial will follow...
Mary Malinda Sizemore
Apr 29, 2009
Mary Malinda Shinault Sizemore age 105 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, April 29,2009 in Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Sizemore was born in Carroll County, Virginia on June 29, 1903 to Richard Galen & Lucy Jane Bryant Shinault. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Jacob (Jake) Sizemore; son Jacob Kyle Sizemore; daughter Pansy...
Jane Ella Stoneman
Apr 24, 2009
Jane Ella Haga Stoneman age 76 of Vinton, Virginia and formerly of Fries, Virginia passed away Friday, April 24,2009 at Pheasant Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after declining health. She was born October 16, 1932, in Fries, Virginia to John Daniel and Myrtle Belle Shupe Haga. She started her career in banking at the Bank of Fries before graduation. She...
Linda Rutherford Richardson
Apr 23, 2009
Linda Joyce Rutherford Richardson age 61 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, April 23,2009 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Linda was born on January 21,1948 in Galax, Virginia to Thomas & Ila Faye Galyean Rutherford. In addition to her mother Ila Faye Higgins of Galax, Va. Linda is survived by her daughter Erin D. Wagg of Galax,Va.; son & daughter-in-law...
Duma Lee Roberts
Apr 20, 2009
Duma Lee Roberts age 74 of Fries, Va. passed away Monday April 20, 2009 in Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Roberts was born on October 15, 1934 in Grayson County, Va. to Kenny E. & Clyde Hendricks Roberts. He is survived by his wife Treva Billings Roberts of Fries, Va.; daughter & son-in-law Debbie & Eddie Boyer of Fries, Va.;...
Boyd Nuckolls Sharp
Apr 20, 2009
Boyd Nuckolls Sharp age 86 of Woodlawn, Va. passed away Monday April 20, 2009 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Sharp was born in Carroll County, Va. on June 3, 1922 to Elmer & Missouri Burnett Sharp. He is survived by his wife Belva Ayers Sharp of Woodlawn, Va.; two daughters; two sons; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three sisters and...
Phyllis Wright Handy
Apr 20, 2009
Phyllis Wright Handy age 83 of Galax,Va. passed away Monday April 20, 2009 at her home. Mrs. Handy was born in Wythe County, Va. on July 8, 1925 to Roy James & Bernice Bratton Wright. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Claude Hardin Handy and a son Ronald Claude Handy. She is survived...
Edith Virginia Carpenter
Apr 19, 2009
Edith Virginia Jones Carpenter, widow of Durward Carpenter, died Sunday, April 19, 2009 at her home on Pipers Gap Road, Galax, VA. Mrs. Carpenter was born in Lambsburg, VA Nov. 2, 1925 to Earnest and Pattie Gray Jones. She is survived by her children and their spouses Durward Stanley Carpenter, Galax, John Wesley and Connie Crawley Carpenter, Galax, Nona Faye...
Roy Lee Shaffer
Apr 15, 2009
Roy Lee Shaffer age 69 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, April 15,2009 at Waddell Nursing Home. Mr. Shaffer was born on January 8, 1940 in Grayson County, Va. to James Walter & Mary Sexton Shaffer. In addition to his mother Mary Shaffer of Galax, Va. he is survived by his wife Anna Shaffer of Galax, Va.; daughter & fiance'...
Jerry Lee Vaughan
Apr 15, 2009
Jerry Lee Vaughan age 73 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at her home. Mrs. Vaughan was born in Fries, Va. on February 13, 1936 to Alfred & Jean Carter McMillan. She is survived by her husband Ralph "Boomy" Vaughan of Galax,Va.; daughter & son-in-law Lee & William Hunter of Tazewell, Va.; son & daughter-in-law Mark &...
Johnnie W. Roberts
Apr 15, 2009
Johnnie W. Roberts age 87 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, April 15,2009 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Roberts was born in Carroll County, Va. on June 13, 1921 to Jim & Annie Jean Ingersoll Roberts. He is survived by his wife Thelma L. Roberts of Galax, Va.; daughter Betty Bedsaul of Galax, Va.; sisters Lena Rose Dillon of...
Richard Warren Walton
Apr 15, 2009
Richard Warren Walton age 73 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Walton was born in Tennessee on October 9, 1935 to Marshall & Dora Comer Walton. He is survived by his wife Mary Walton of Galax, Va.; daughters & son-in-law Lori Harmon; Angie & Donald Harmon all of Galax, Va.; sons...
Dan Clifford Robinson
Apr 14, 2009
Dan Clifford Robinson age 85 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, April 14,2009 in Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Robinson was born on May 27, 1923 to the late Johnie S. & Amy Kirby Robinson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers Dean E. and Donald K. Robinson. He is survived by his wife...
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