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Adron Mcgrady Amburn
Mar 31, 2008
Adron McGrady Amburn age 88 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Monday, March 31, 2008 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Amburn was born in Carroll County, Va. on December 2, 1919 to Rufus Frank & Lena Mae Cocke Amburn. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Etta Mae Moore Amburn. He is survived by...
Walter Daniel Martin
Mar 30, 2008
Walter Daniel Martin age 81 of Galax, Va. passed away Sunday, March 30, 2008 at his home. Mr. Martin was born on February 2, 1927 in Carroll County, Va. to Charlie & Susie Hanks Martin. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Clara Martin. He is survived by his daughters & sons-in-law Judy K....
Maxine Melton Green
Mar 29, 2008
Maxine Melton Green, 77, of Independence and formerly of Galax, passed away Saturday at the Wake Forest University North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. She was the widow of Harry Leon Green. Mrs. Green is survived by the following: daughters & sons in law, Percela Green & Marcus Edwards, Galax, Marie & Jim Morrison, Galax, Cedella & Johnny Helfrich,...
Hazel N. Jennings
Mar 27, 2008
Hazel N. Jennings age 86 of Galax, Va. passed away Thursday, March 27, 2008 at South Roanoke Nursing Home. Mrs. Jennings was born on April 27, 1921 in Grayson County, Va. to Walter & Rosa Brooks Nichols. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband William Howard Jennings. She is survived by a daughter &...
Betty Jo Martin
Mar 25, 2008
Betty Jo Quillen Martin age 83 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, March 25,2008 at her home. Mrs. Martin was born n Wise County, Va. on April 25, 1924 to C.E. & Myrtie Vanover Quillen. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by sisters Marie Hand, Rae Holder, Elleta Eichelberger and Ann Todd; brothers C.E. "Eddie" Quillen,...
Glenna Gail Stamper
Mar 24, 2008
Glenna Gail Blankenship Stamper age 67 of Galax, Va. passed away Monday, March 24, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center. Glenna was born in Piedmont, West Virginia on October 9, 1940 to Raymond & Pauline Clark Phillips. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Scott Stamper, sister Brenda Young, brother Curt Phillips and granddaughter Amanda...
Billy James Burcham
Mar 23, 2008
Billy James Burcham age 71 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, March 23, 2008 in Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Burcham was born in Grayson County, Va. on September 3, 1936 to James Daniel & Della Mae Willie Burcham. He is survived by his wife Linda Burcham of Galax, Va.; a son & daughter-in-law Kevin & Lynn Burcham of Dobson,...
Sidney Glenn "Bill" Williams
Mar 23, 2008
Sidney Glenn "Bill" Williams of Galax, Va. went to his rest on Sunday, March 23, 2008. He was born January l, 1923 in Carroll County, Va. to Roby and Belzora Burcham Williams. Glenn was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Donald; his wife Alma, a son Myron and a daughter, Glenna Richardson. He is survived by three daughters...
Eddie Robert Slayton, Jr.
Mar 18, 2008
Eddie Robert Slayton, Jr. age 78 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2008 in Cooper City, Florida. Mr. Slayton was born on August 22, 1929 in Danville, Virginia to Eddie Robert & Christine Powell Slayton. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Peggy Lou Slayton and son Eddie Robert Slayton III. He...
Dovy Thomas Choate
Mar 17, 2008
Dovy Thomas Choate age 82 of Galax, Va. departed to his Heavenly Home March 17, 2008 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Choate was born in Alleghany County, North Carolina on May 2, 1925 to John & Annie Choate. In addition to his parents Dovy was preceded in death by loving wife of 57 years Lillian Choate and loving wife...
Nancy Elizabeth Ingo
Mar 13, 2008
Nancy Elizabeth Ingo age 82 of Ivanhoe, Virginia passed away Thursday, March 13, 2008 at the Bristol Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Ingo was born in Carroll County, Va. on December 29, 1925 to Robert & Nellie Scott Hill. A graveside service will be held Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 2:00 pm the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Ivanhoe, Va. with Pastor...
Marvin Lester Arnold, Jr.
Mar 13, 2008
Marvin (Bo) Lester Arnold, Jr. age 64 of Galax, Va. passed away Thursday, March 13,2008 at the VA Medical Center in Salem, Va.. Mr. Arnold was born on March 30, 1943 in Grayson County, Va. to Marvin Lester Arnold, Sr. & Edna Sutherland Arnold. Mr. Arnold was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church; former chairman of Carroll County Republican party;...
Harold Wayne Lineberry
Mar 12, 2008
Harold Wayne Lineberry age 57 of Austinville, Va. passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at his home. Wayne was born in Pulaski, Va. on June 17, 1950 to Leonard & Martha Madeline Fender Lineberry. He is survived by his wife Diana Hester Lineberry; daughters & sons-in-law Jennifer Lynn & Timothy Dunford, Sr.; Samantha Lineberry & Doug Ayers all of Austinville,...
Harold Warren Burnette
Mar 11, 2008
Harold Warren Burnette age 68 of Galax, Va. passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at his home. Mr. Burnette was born in Carroll County, Va. on April 7, 1939 to Edward & Anna Sutphin Burnette. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother Harry Burnette. He is survived by his children and their spouses Kevin...
Emma V. Caudill Anders
Mar 10, 2008
Emma V. Caudill Anders age 91 of Galax, Va. passed away Monday, March 10, 2008 at Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Anders was born on July 21, 1916 in Grayson County, Va. to James Sidney & Fannie Osborne Caudle. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Bayard E. Anders, daughter Wanda L. Anders and...
Jimmy Charles Bates
Mar 10, 2008
Jimmy Charles Bates age 60 of Elliston, Virginia passed away Monday, March 10, 2008 at his home. Jimmy was born in Carroll County, Va. on August 10, 1947 to Lonnie & Bessie Cox Bates. He is survived by a sister & brother-in-law Gertrude & Chuck Williston of Baltimore, Maryland; brother & sister-in-law John Franklin & Lisa Bates of Roanoke, Va.;...
Charlie Smith
Mar 10, 2008
Charlie Smith age 89 of Galax, Va. passed away Monday, March 10, 2008 at Waddell Nursing Home. Mr. Smith was born on April 28, 1918 in Grayson County, Virginia to Jackson & Dora Walker Smith. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Doll Russell Smith, daughter Bonnie Bobbitt and sons Gene Russell and Sandy...
Aaron Michael (Big Show) Cockerham
Mar 8, 2008
Aaron Michael Cockerham, better known as "Big Show", age 31. of Elkin, NC, and formerly of Galax, VA, died Saturday, March 8, 2008 in Elkin. He was born in Montgomery County, Maryland, Feb. 2, 1977. Surviving are his parents, Brother Michael Stuart and Wilma Collins Cockerham, Elkin, NC, brothers & sister in law, Alan Cockerham, Elkin, NC, Ryan and Anita...
Eva Sue Caudill
Mar 8, 2008
Eva Sue Caudill, widow of James Howard Caudill, age 72, of Woodlawn, VA, died March 8, 2008 at the Forsyth Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC. Mrs. Caudill was born July 30, 1935 to James Delbert and Cynthia Velin Sparks Cox in Carroll County, VA. Survivors include sons & daughters-in-law, Tim and Patty Caudill, Fries, Terry & Sofia Caudill, Woodlawn, J....
James Wayne Wilson
Mar 8, 2008
James Wayne Wilson age 76 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, March 8, 2008 in Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Wilson was born on November 22, 1931 in Surry County, N.C. to James Raymond & Alverta Edmonds Wilson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife Ruby Sizemore Wilson and a brother Roy Wilson....
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