Bobby Gene Edwards
Feb 26, 2009
Bobby Gene Edwards age 63 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, February 26, 2009 at his home. Mr. Edwards was born in Grayson County, Virginia on February 9, 1946 to Van Olin & Sophia Reeves Edwards. In addtion to his father Van Olin Edwards of Independence, Virginia he is survived by his wife Avis Edwards of Galax, Va.; daughter &...
Dora Ila Hawkins
Feb 26, 2009
Dora Ila Hawkins age 76 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, February 26, 2009 in Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Hawkins was born in Grayson County, Va. on February 23, 1933 to Grover & Flora Phibbs Clyburn. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Walter Jefferson Hawkins.She is survived by her sons Ray Hawkins, Randy...
Joe Davis
Feb 25, 2009
Joe Davis age 71 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 25,2009 in Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Davis was born in Galax, Va. on August 24,1937 in Galax, Va. to John K. & Americas Carpenter Davis. He is survived by his wife Patty Davis of Galax, Va.; daughters & sons-in-law Kim & David Stamper of Galax,Va.; Angie & Mike...
Eugene Whitfield Sizemore
Feb 25, 2009
Eugene Whitfield Sizemore known as "Big Howdy" age 74 of Galax, Va. passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2009. Mr. Sizemore was born in Carroll County, Virginia on April 22, 1934 to Robert & Addis Norman Sizemore. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son Michael Sizemore. He is survived by his wife Gelene Sizemore of...
Mary Helen Bridges
Feb 25, 2009
Mary Helen Grinnell Bridges age 91 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 25,2009 in Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Bridges was born on April 3, 1917 in Wythe County, Va. to Henry A. & Kathleen Gillman Grinnell. She is survived by her daughters & son-in-law Nancy Lowe of Galax, Va.; Pat & Billy Evans of Sparta, N.C.; sister June Leonard...
Burlie Cecil Newman
Feb 23, 2009
Burlie Cecil Newman age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, February 23, 2009 in Alleghany Memorial Hospital. Mr. Newman was born in Carroll County, Va. on April 29, 1922 to Luther Preston & Ellen Slusher Newman. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Ella Jennings Newman. He is survived by his son &...
Ronald Claude Handy
Feb 19, 2009
Ronald Claude Handy age 62 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, February 19, 2009 at his home. Ronald was born on January 8, 1947 in Carroll County, Va. to Claude Hardin & Phyllis Wright Handy. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by his wife Leona Irene Handy. He is survived by daughter & son-in-law, Amy &...
Troy Holderfield
Feb 19, 2009
Troy Holderfield age 80 of Independence, Virginia passed away Thursday, February 19, 2009 at Grayson Nursing & Rehab Center. Mr. Holderfield was born on April 19, 1928 in Carroll County, Va. to Frank & Bertie Smith Holderfield. He is survived by his wife Edith Taylor Holderfield of Independence, Virginia; sons & daughter-in-law Troy Dale & Anita Holderfield of Dunwoody, Georgia;...
Michael Wayne King
Feb 18, 2009
Michael Wayne King age 58 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2009 in Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Michael was born in Wytheville, Virginia on July 1, 1950 to the late Roby & Mariam Copenhaver King. A graveside service will be held Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 2:00 pm in Felts Memorial Cemetery.
Ray Ralph Burnette
Feb 16, 2009
Ray Ralph Burnette age 70 of Galax, Va. passed away Monday, February 16, 2009 at his home. Ray was born on December 1, 1938 in Carroll County, Va. to George Monroe & Mittie Coulson Burnette. He is survived by his wife Inez Lineberry Burnette of Galax, Va.; sons & daughter-in-law David Ray & Jennifer Burnette of Hillsville, Va.; Jeffrey Scott...
Elsie Isabelle Williams
Feb 16, 2009
Elsie Isabelle Williams age 80 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, February 16, 2009 in the Salem Health & Rehab Center in Salem, Va.. Mrs. Williams was born in Carroll County, Va. on December 11, 1928 to Harvey & Effie Newman Phipps. She is survived by her husband Johnie James Williams of Galax, Va.; daughter Myra Allen of Roanoke, Va.;...
Elizabeth Raym Delong Brannock
Feb 15, 2009
Elizabeth Raym DeLong Brannock age 65 of Galax, Va.passed away Sunday, February 15, 2009 at Grace Health Care in Abingdon,Va.. Elizabeth was born on July 19, 1943 in Tazewell County, Va. to James H. & Cora White DeLong. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Odell Brannock. She is survived by her daughter &...
Richard Gayle Perry
Feb 14, 2009
Richard Gayle Perry, 80, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away Saturday, February 14, 2009 in the Stokes Memorial Hospital in Danbury, North Carolina. Mr. Perry was born March 27, 1928 in Pennsylvania to Dewey Edward & Eva Ruth Dixon Perry. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Louise Youngblood Perry. Mr. Perry is survived...
Mable Irene Lundy
Feb 14, 2009
Mable Irene Lundy, widow of William Chapman Lundy, Jr. age 84, of Galax, VA, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 at the Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax, VA. She was born in West Virginia, Sept. 4, 1924, to Clyde & Willie Davis Isaacs. Mrs. Lundy is suvived by one son & daughter-in-law, Dennis & Sandra Lundy, Bristol, TN and one daughter...
Susan Mahalie Sexton
Feb 11, 2009
Susan Mahalie Brown Sexton, 94, of Winston-Salem passed away Wednesday February 11, 2009 at the Oak Forest Health & Rehab in Winston-Salem. She was the widow of James Roscoe Sexton. Mrs. Sexton was born November 7, 1914 to Creed Emory Smith and Lydia Edwards Smith in Carroll County, Virginia. She is survived by daughter & son-in-law: Irene Brown and Otis...
Eoto Russell Stokes
Feb 10, 2009
Professor Eoto Russell Stokes of Tucson, Arizona passed away Tuesday, Feburay 10, 2009 at Peppi's House Hospice at TMC in Tucson, Arizona. Professor Stokes was born in Bluefield, West Virginia on December 3, 1922 to Disciples of Christ missionary parents Rev. H. Gray Russell (formerly of Galax) and Rev. Lois Hasselvander Russell. Eoto grew up in Africa in the Belgian...
Dorothy Lousie Wilson
Feb 6, 2009
Dorothy Louise Wilson, 74, of Fries, passed away Friday, February 6, 2009 at her home. Mrs. Wilson was born January 16, 1935 to Charlie & Anna Mae Arnold Jones in Grayson County, Virginia. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers Clarence Jones & Garfield (Sap) Jones; a sister Mildred Smythers, brothers-in-law & sister-in-law: Bill...
June I. Manus
Feb 5, 2009
June I. Manus age 85 of Galax, Va. passed away Thursday, February 5, 2009 at Waddell Nursing Home. Mr. Manus was born in Carroll County, Va. on June 16,1923 to Jerry Anderson & Lula Montgomery Manus.He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Hampton Manus of Galax, Va.; son & daughter-in-law Thomas J. & Layton Manus of Concord, Va.; sister Gail...
Howard Victor Jennings
Feb 2, 2009
Howard Victor Jennings age 89 of Galax, Va. passed away Monday, February 2,2009 at Golden Living-Blue Ridge Nursing Home. Mr. Jennings was born on March 16, 1919 in Carroll County, Va. to William & Etta Melton Jennings. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Ruth Jennings and three brothers Earnest, Bernard and Wise Jennings....
Hazel Elizabeth Valentine
Feb 2, 2009
Hazel Elizabeth Valentine, 81, of Fontana, California, passed away Monday, February 2, 2009 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. She was born August 7, 1927 in North Carolina to Connie & Lydia Thompson. She was the widow of James E. Valentine. Mrs. Valentine is survived by two daughters: Lydia Valentine of Fontana, California, and Mary Valentine of Nevada; sister...
