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Stella B. Diamond
Sep 19, 2006
Stella B. Diamond age 86 of Galax, Va. passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at Twin County Regional Hospital. She was born in Wayne County, West Virginia on November 20, 1919 to the late Archie D. and Isabell Crouse Brown. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Diamond, Sr. and a son Thomas...
Raymond Wiley Eller
Sep 19, 2006
Raymond Wiley Eller age 89 of Galax, Virgina passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2006 in Twin County Regional Hospital. He was born in Grayson County, Virginia on November 3,1916 to the late William & Lessie Hash Eller. He is survived by his wife Ann Creed Eller; daughter and son-in-law: Jean & Gary Kelley; a son and daughter-in-law, Ray & Regina...
Paul Umpford Bobbitt
Sep 18, 2006
Paul Umpford Bobbitt, 88, formerly of Galax, passed away after a brief illness September 18, 2006, surrounded by his two daughters in Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, Virginia. He lived at the Village At Woods Edge in Franklin. Mr. Bobbitt was born December 3, 1917 to James Green and Cynthia Tilson Bobbitt in Carroll County, Virginia. He had seven brothers and...
Avis Bedsaul Bryant
Sep 18, 2006
Avis Bedsaul Bryant age 83 of Galax, Va. passed away Monday, September 18, 2006. She was born on June 5, 1923 in Galax, Va. to the late Charlie Coon and Tishia Donithan Bedsaul. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Edgar Bryant. She is survived by a son, Gwynn Bryant and a sister Ruth...
Laura Ruth Worrell Cooper
Sep 18, 2006
Laura Ruth Worrell Cooper, born July 24, 1916, left this earth and joined the heavenly host on September 18, 2006. She was the daughter of Blanche Larrowe Worrell and W. Flernoy Worrell. She leaves behind her beloved husband of 40 years, Dwight Franklin Cooper and two daughters, Jane McKee and son-in-law Douglas McKee of Huntington, West Virginia; and Shirley Melton...
Everett Frank Caudell, Sr.
Sep 17, 2006
Everett Frank Caudell, Sr. ge 93 of Galax, Va. and formerly of Fries, Va. passed away Sunday, September 17, 2006 in Waddell Nursing Home. He was born in Alleghany County, N.C. on December 9, 1912 to the late Shady Mack and Flora Jane Taylor Caudell. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Lola Mary...
Zona Melba Williams
Sep 17, 2006
Zona "Susie" Melba Williams age 52 of Galax, Va. passed away Sunday, September 17, 2006 at her home. She was born in Galax, Va. on September 15, 1954 to the late Elmer Lee and Dorothy Manuel Williams. She is survived by her sisters and brothers-in-law, Barbara & Bill Bond; Sharon & Jerry Walls all of Galax, Va.; her brothers &...
Clara Kyle Blair
Sep 16, 2006
Clara Kyle Blair age 78 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, September 16, 2006 at Waddell Nursing Home. She was born on October 16, 1927 in Grayson County, Va. to the late Conley and Daisy Kyle Maxwell. She is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Mildred Lea; Rebecca "Becky" & Odell Bryson all of Galax, Va.; a son and...
Ozelle Elizabeth Kyle
Sep 15, 2006
Ozelle Elizabeth Kyle age 85 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, September 15, 2006 at Twin County Regional Hospital. She was born in Cullen, Va on October 7, 1920 to the late Robert and Elizabeth Johnson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Jessie James Kyle. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law,...
Virginia B. Higgins
Sep 15, 2006
Virginia B. Higgins age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, September 15, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Patte, Idaho on December 20, 1919 to the late Luther and Lona Jennings Bedsaul. She is survived by her husband Thomas Higgins; daughter, Janie Higgins Alderman of Galax, Va; sons and daughter-in-law, Kerry T. & Carol L. Higgins of...
Faye Dell Whitter
Sep 12, 2006
Faye Dell Whitter age 86 of Galax, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 in North Carolina Baptist Hospital. She was born in Wythe County, Va. on January 31, 1920 to the late Cabel and Cora Wright Sexton. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Paul Whitter. She is survived by a son...
John Rex Phipps
Sep 12, 2006
Phipps: John Rex age 87 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Grayson County, Virginia on October 17,1918 to the late John and Nannie Cox Phipps. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his beloved daughter, Louisa P. Chrisley and a brother, T. Ralph Phipps. He was...
Chester Anderson Robinson
Sep 11, 2006
Chester Anderson Robinson age 60 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, September 11, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Grayson County, Va. on November 27, 1945 to David Anderson and Lena Bryson Robinson. He was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by his wife, Evangelist Sandra Robinson of Galax, Va.; a daughter and son-in-law, Daphane...
Donald Bowman
Sep 11, 2006
Donald Bowman age 67 of Galax, Va. passed away Monday, September 11, 2006 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born December 19,1938 in Carroll County, Virginia to Paul Jones & Mittie Coulson Bowman. He is survived by his wife, Betty Ruth Isom Bowman and a son, Donnie Bowman both of Galax, Virginia; his mother, Mittie L. Coulson Bowman of Austinville,...
Ethel Anders Boyles
Sep 10, 2006
Ethel Anders Boyles age 99 of Fries, Va passed away Sunday, September 10, 2006 in Waddell Nursing Home.She was born in Grayson County on Septemer 4, 1907. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Russell Boyles. She is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Helen Gravley; Wanda & Fred Kirby; a son &...
Ralph Lee Funk
Sep 10, 2006
Ralph Lee Funk age 51 of Cana, Va. passed away Sunday, September l0, 2006 in Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Galax, Virginia on May 31, 1955 to Foster Graham and Verla Robertson Funk. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by his first wife, Linda Sue Burcham Funk. He is survived by his...
Elma Harriett Andrews
Sep 8, 2006
Elma Harriett Andrews passed away Friday, September 8, 2006 in Beverly Blue-Ridge Healthcare. She was born January 27, 1912 in Grayson County, Va. to the late Tom and Candice Delp Williams. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Kemper Andrews. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Robert & Ruth Andrews of...
Alvin Fred Woods
Sep 7, 2006
Alvin Fred Woods age 75 of Woodlawn, Va. passed away Thursday, September 7, 2006 in North Carolina Baptist Hospital. He was born in Carroll County, Va. on May 1, 1931 to the late Fred and Dorthus Shumate Woods. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Margie (Steve) Shupe. He served as a U.S. Army...
Nettie Bowman Vaughan
Sep 7, 2006
Nettie Bowman Vaughan age 88 of Galax, Va. passed away Thursday, September 7, 2006 in Twin County Regional Hospital. She was born on July 21, 1918 in Carroll County, Va. to the late Washington and Eliza Cox Bowman. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Fielden Vaughan; sisters, Valerie Bowman; Minnie McAlexander and Essie...
Daisy Carpenter Vaughan
Sep 3, 2006
Daisy Carpenter Vaughan age 81 of Galax, Virginia passed away on Sunday, September 3, 2006 at her home. She was born on October l, 1924 in Carroll County, Va. to the late Lawrence P. and Ola Lartha Frost Alley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by son Dr. Lawrence Carpenter, Jr. and a sister, Mildred Boyer....
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