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Paul Edgar Akers

Paul Edgar Akers

Nov 12, 2006

Paul "Huck" Akers age 83 of Fries, Va. passed away Sunday November 12, 2006 in Twin County Regional Hospital. He was born on December 25, 1922 in Fries, Va. to the late Buford and Lula Crowder Akers. He is survived by his wife Doris Fender Akers; daughters Glenda Akers Lyons & Linda Lou Akers all of Fries, Va.; one granddaughter...

Munsey Willard Webb

Munsey Willard Webb

Nov 11, 2006

Munsey Willard Webb age 79 of Galax, Va. passed away Saturday, November 11, 2006 in Twin County Regional Hospital. He was born on February 16, 1927 in Allisonia, Va. to the late Kennard McKennly and Bessie Montgomery Webb. He is survived by his wife Hazel Webb of Galax, Va.; daughter & son-in-law, Margo & Gene Moretz of Bristol, Va.; sister...

Maxine Marie Hasley

Maxine Marie Hasley

Nov 11, 2006

Maxine Marie Hasley age 88 of Mouth of Wilson, Va. passed away Saturday November 11, 2006 at Grayson Nursing & Rehab Center. She was born on September 14, 1918 in Iowa to the late Clyde & Ethel Gerand Cockran. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Hasley. She is survived by her sons...

Virginia Irene Hawkins

Virginia Irene Hawkins

Nov 11, 2006

Virginia Ring Hawkins age 84 of Galax, Va. passed away Saturday November 11, 2006 at her home. She was born on June 17, 1922 in Carroll County, Va. to the late Guy S. & Maggie Isom Ring. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband William Harvey Hawkins. She is survived by daughters & son-in-law...

H. Booker Bunn

H. Booker Bunn

Nov 5, 2006

H. Booker Bunn Minister of the Gospel age 84 of Woodlawn, Va. passed away Sunday November 5, 2006 in Twin County Regional Hospital. He was born in Carroll County, Va. on January 20, 1922 to the late Sidna Washington & Gertrude Stoneman Bunn. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Mary Hundley Bunn. He...

Gregory Fred Patton

Gregory Fred Patton

Nov 2, 2006

Gregory Fred Patton age 49 of Pipers Gap Road Galax, Va. passed away Thursday, November 2, 2006. He was born to William A. Patton , Jr. & Betty Jewel Cockerham Patton on March 8, 1957. He is survived by one son Christopher Ryan Patton and his parents of Galax, Va.. Greg was a graduate of Carroll County High School, Roanoke...

Luther Berlin Leonard

Luther Berlin Leonard

Nov 2, 2006

Luther Berlin "Luke" Leonard age 87 of Galax, Va. passed away Thursday afternoon at his home. He was born in Carroll County, Va. on June 24, 1919 to the late James Conner and Rhoda Surratt Leonard. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Kate Leonard; daughter Bonnie Lyons; grandson Blaine Lyons; three sons-in-law; sisters...

Dwight Franklin Cooper

Dwight Franklin Cooper

Nov 1, 2006

Dwight Franklin Cooper 1915-2006 Dwight Franklin Cooper, 91 years old, left this earthly life to join the heavenly host on Wednesday, November 01, 2006. He was the son of Sarah Blevins Cooper and Newton L. Cooper of Ashe County, North Carolina. He spent his boyhood and early adult years in Ashe County, moving to Galax, Virginia, in 1945 to work...

Minnie Brown Horsley

Minnie Brown Horsley

Nov 1, 2006

Minnie Brown Horsley age 98 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Wednesday November 1, 2006 at Beverly Blue Ridge Healthcare. She was born in Crumpler, North Carolina on March 6, 1908 to the late Emmett and Izabelle Callahan Brown. In addition to the parents she was preceded in death by her husband James E. Horsley, Jr.. She is survived by two...

Margaret Sue Carico

Margaret Sue Carico

Oct 31, 2006

Margaret Sue Carico age 82 of Fries, Va. passed away Tuesday night in Beverly Blue Ridge Healthcare. She was born on August 8, 1924 in Grayson County, Virginia to the late Harvey Ray and Larma Hill Carico. She is survived by a niece and her husband Linda & Wayne Frazier of Galax, Va.; nephew Ronnie Patton of Fries, Va. and...

Jessie Lee Cox

Jessie Lee Cox

Oct 31, 2006

Jessie Lee Carico Cox age 92 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday October 31, 2006 in Twin County Regional Hospital. She was born on November 20, 1913 in Carroll County, Va. to the late Charlie Mitchell and Lola Kirby Carico. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Harlie Anderson Cox. She is survived by...

Myrtle Louise Dillon

Myrtle Louise Dillon

Oct 31, 2006

Myrtle Louise Ayers Dillon age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday October 31, 2006 at Waddell Nursing Home. She was born on December 26, 1919 in Carroll County, Va. to the late Phillip and Ida Frost Ayers. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Gordon Dillon. She is survived by nephews and their...

Eleanor M Barr

Eleanor M Barr

Oct 28, 2006

Eleanor M. Barr, 80, of Galax passed away Saturday, October 28, 2006 in the Grayson Nursing & Rehab Center in Independence. She was born September 2, 1926 in Savannah, GA to Merrell & Nell Byrd Mock. She is survived by her husband: Rudolph Barr of the home; two daughters: Julie Kennedy of Alva, Florida, Stephanie Bolt of Lenoir, NC, one...

Harry Blaine Banks, Jr.

Harry Blaine Banks, Jr.

Oct 28, 2006

Harry Blaine Banks, Jr., 64, of Galax, VA passed away Saturday October 28, 2006 at Heritage Hall- Laurel Meadows in Laurel Fork. He was born in Mt. Airy, NC on June 19, 1942 to Harry Blaine and Bernice Hall Banks. He is survived by two daugthers & one son-in-law: Barbara & Matthew Anderson of Bluefield, VA; Patty Banks of Galax....

Donald Eugene Hensdell

Donald Eugene Hensdell

Oct 28, 2006

Donald Eugene Hensdell, 58, passed away Saturday October 28, 2006 in North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC. He was born November 1, 1947 in Carroll County, VA to Elmer Glen Hensdell and Daisy Elizabeth Burnett Hensdell. He is survived by his daughter, Erin Hensdell of Galax, a step son, Eric Hensdell of Winston-Salem, NC; two brothers and one sister-in-law: James...

Mallie Elizabeth Pearman

Mallie Elizabeth Pearman

Oct 26, 2006

Mallie Elizabeth Linville Pearman, 89, of Brush Creek Road in Ivanhoe died Thursday, October 26, 2006 at Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center in Independence. She was born May 17, 1917 in Ivanhoe to Henry Anderson Linville and Ella Mae Mooney Linville and was retired from Washington Mills in Fries. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry & Ella...

Eckman R Alderman

Eckman R Alderman

Oct 26, 2006

Eckman R. Alderman, age 89, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2006 at his home in Woodlawn, VA. Mr. Alderman was born October 1, 1917 in Carroll County to William S. Alderman and Mattie Bolen Alderman. His wife, Clydie Maude Thomas Alderman, preceded him in death. He is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law: Bonnie & Guy Hanks of Hillsville,...

Joseph Edgar Poe

Joseph Edgar Poe

Oct 23, 2006

Joseph Edgar Poe age 75 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday October 23, 2006 at Twin County Regional Hospital. He was born on April 25, 1931 in Carroll County, Va. to the late Ralph Talmadge and Flora Jones Poe. He is survived by his wife Tessie Poe and sister Oritha Poe both of Galax, Va.. Several nieces and nephews also...

Arthur Ralph Parks

Arthur Ralph Parks

Oct 20, 2006

Arthur Ralph Parks age 81 of Galax, Va. passed away Friday October 20, 2006 in Laurel Meadows Lifecare. He was born in Grayson County, Va. on October 30, 1924 to the late John & Ollie Cornett Parks. He is survived by his step-mother Ruth Parks of Roanoke, Va.; brother Cornett Parks of Galax, Va.; sisters-in-law & spouse Marie & Colen...

Alice Winona Bobbitt

Alice Winona Bobbitt

Oct 20, 2006

Alice Stevens Bobbitt age 67 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday in Waddell Nursing Home. She was born on June 3, 1939 in Grayson County, Va. to the late Blane & Minnie Surratt Stevens. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Buddy F. Bobbitt. She is survived by a daughter & son-in-law Mary &...

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