Fern Lillian Combs
Jul 8, 2007
Fern Lillian Combs age 85 of Galax,Va. passed away Sunday, July 8, 2007 in Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Combs was born in Carroll County, Va. on July 17, 1921 to the late Charlie & Ida Cox Jennings. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husand Clairon Edwin Combs. Mrs. Combs is survived by her daughter...
Betty Carolyn Hancock
Jul 8, 2007
Betty Carolyn Hancock age 75 of Fries, Va. passed away Sunday, July 8, 2007 in Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Hancock was born in Grayson County, Va. on February 22, 1932 to the late William & Vinnie Bourne Akers. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Elmer David Hancock. She is survived by her...
Emma Frances Lawson
Jul 7, 2007
Emma Frances "Frankie" Lawson age 81 of Fries, Va. passed away Saturday, July 7, 2007 at Grayson Nursing & Rehab Center. Mrs. Lawson was born in Wythe Co., Virginia on March 5,1926 to Paul Benjamin & Lizzy Oakley Moore Childress. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Denny Warren "Dink" Lawson and a son...
Juanita Faye Taylor
Jul 7, 2007
Juanita Faye Taylor age 62 of Galax, Va. passed away Saturday morning at her home. Ms. Taylor was born on March 10, 1945 in Galax, Va. to Walter Phillip & Virginia Wyatt Ayers. She is survived by her mother Virginia Wilson of Galax, Va.; sisters & brother-in-law Linda & Eddie Wilson; Elsie Cockerham; brother & sister-in-law Walter Phillip Ayers, Jr....
Eva N. Pate
Jul 1, 2007
Eva N. Pate age 85 of Galax, Va. passed away Sunday, July 1, 2007 at Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Pate was born in Surry County, North Carolina on March 28, 1922 to the late Isaac & Liza E. Anthony Norman. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Fred Pate. She is survived by a...
Rachel Nadine Hall Stamper
Jun 29, 2007
Rachel Nadine Hall Stamper, age 70, of Galax, passed away Friday, June 29, 2007 at her home. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law: Mary Jane and Michael Carico of Galax; two sons and one daughter-in-law: Gary A. Stamper and David & Kim Stamper all of Galax. One Grandson David Michael Carico. Also surviving are two sisters and one...
Carrie Doris Lundy
Jun 27, 2007
Carrie Doris Lundy age 78 of Austinville, Va. passed away Wednesday night in Twin County Regional Hospital. Mrs. Lundy was born on June 4, 1929 in West Virginia to Chester & Sadie Sharp Lineberry. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Reedford Paul Lundy, daughter Judy Lundy and a son Vincent Lundy. She is...
Carroll Dean Lanter
Jun 27, 2007
Carroll Dean Lanter, 71, of Galax, VA passed away Wednesday in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center,Independence, VA. Mr. Lanter was born in Grayson County, Virginia September 15, 1935 to Raymond Preston and Virginia Ruth Tomlinson Lanter. Mr. Lanter was of the Baptist faith and retired at Salisbury, NC as Chief of Building Management at the Hefner VA Medical Center....
Basil Thomas Rector
Jun 27, 2007
Basil Thomas Rector age 91 of Galax, Va. passed away Wednesday, June 27,2007 at his residence. Mr. Rector was born on April 16,1916 in Alleghany County, N.C. to Lennie Curtis and Fannie Ann Andrews Rector. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two sisters Beatrice Rose & Wilma Jones; five brothers Orien Rector; Homer Rector; Raymond...
James Kenneth Robinson
Jun 26, 2007
James Kenneth (Kent) Robinson age 66 of Galax, Va. passed away Tuesday, June 26,2007 in Twin County Regional Hospital. Mr. Robinson was born on October 15,1940 in Carroll County, Va. to the late Johnnie W. Robinson, Sr. & Bertie Isom Robinson. He is survived by his sister Christine Robinson Shupe of Galax, Va.; brothers Johnnie Robinson, Jr. of Pulaski, Va.;...
Buddy Ray Paisley
Jun 25, 2007
Buddy Ray Paisley of Galax, Va. passed away Monday morning, June 25, 2007 at his home. Mr. Paisley was born in Grayson County, Va. to the late J.C. & Ruby Suitt Paisley. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Alice Mae Cox Paisley. Buddy is survived by his daughter Kimberly Paisley of Greensboro, N.C.;...
Rhoda Fern Shores
Jun 23, 2007
Rhoda Fern Shores known as Fern Shores age 79 of Galax, Va. passed away Saturday afternoon in Beverly Blue-Ridge Healthcare. Mrs. Shores was born on January 27, 1928 in Grayson County, Va. to the late John Bruce & Easter Esther Goodson Galyean. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Benjamin Grady Shores. She is...
Betty Jane Richardson
Jun 22, 2007
Betty Jane Richardson "Janie" age 57 of Austinville, Va. passed away Friday, June 22, 2007 at her home. Janie was born on April 15, 1950 in Carroll County, Va. to Nevia & Alma Goad Newman. In addition to her father she is survived by a son & daughter-in-law Jeff & Hilary Richardson of Flowermound, Texas; husband Freddie Fender of the...
Gary Lee Hill
Jun 21, 2007
Gary Lee Hill age 29 of Galax, Va. passed away Thursday, June 21, 2007. Gary was born on October 29, 1977 in Pulaski, Va. to Horace Garrison & Linda Lineberry Hill. In addition to his parents he is survived by a son Damon Lee Hill; sister Melinda Hill and a brother Harold Garrison Hill both of Galax, Va.; maternal grandmother...
Patricia Ann Roberts
Jun 20, 2007
Patricia Ann "Trish" Roberts, went home to be with the Lord after a lengthy illness, June 20, 2007. She was born Jan. 20, 1960 in Okinawa, Japan. She graduated with a BA degree in English Literature from UNCG and worked as a technical writer at Research Triangle Park. She went on several mission trips including Haiti, Papua New Guinea and...
Ethel W. Leagan
Jun 18, 2007
Ethel W. Leagan age 87 of Galax, Va. passed away Monday afternoon in Waddell Nursing Home. Mrs. Leagan was born in Carroll County, Va. on February 3, 1920 to the late Joseph Kenley & Rosamond Higgins Ward. In additon to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband James Howard Leagan. She is survived by her son &...
Ella Mae Isom
Jun 15, 2007
Ella Mae Isom age 76 of Galax, Va. passed away Fridy, June 15, 2007 in Beverly Blue-Ridge Healthcare. Miss Isom was born March 24, 1931 in Grayson County, Va. to the late John Miller & Vergie Viola Weatherman Isom. She is survived by a sister Hope Isom and a brother-in-law Ted Jennings both of Galax, Va.; two nieces; one great-niece...
Robert Ernest Nixon
Jun 13, 2007
Robert Ernest Nixon age 71 of Galax, Va. passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2007 in Waddell Nursing Home. Mr. Nixon was born in Grayson County, Va. on April 21, 1936 to the late Ernest & Mozelle McMillan Nixon. He is survived by his wife Frances Anders Nixon of Galax, Va.; son & daughter-in-law Gregory & Angelia Nixon of Columbia, S.C.;...
Edith V. Linville
Jun 13, 2007
Edith V. Linville age 83 of Fries, Va. passed away Wednesday, June 13,2007 at her home. Mrs. Linville was born on January 3, 1925 in Carroll County, Va. to the late Tyra & Addie Bourne Shaffner. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a grandson Jerry Alderman and brothers Sam Shaffner and Marvin Shaffner. She is...
Viola Vacel Lam
Jun 12, 2007
Viola Vacel Lam age 80 of Galax, Va. passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Lam was born in Carroll County, Va. on March 29, 1929 to the late Roby Luther & Ocie Belle Sizemore Burnette. She is survived by her husband Sanford Lam, Sr. of Galax, Va.; daughter & son-in-law Sandra & Chapman Billings...
