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Phillip Carlton Pack

Phillip Carlton Pack

Feb 2, 2024

Phillip Carlton Pack, 60, passed away on Friday, February 2, 2024 at his home surrounded by his wife and children after a long battle with cancer.

Phil was born April 22, 1963 in Surry County, North Carolina to Elizabeth Ann Goings Pack and the late Carlton Marion Pack. After attending Surry Community College, he went on to...

Roger Garry Brown

Roger Garry Brown

Feb 2, 2024

Roger Garry Brown age 77 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday, February 2, 2024, in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center.

Roger was born in Carroll County, Virginia on January 3, 1947, to Harry and Imogene Lundy Brown. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister Norma Jean Brown and two brothers...

James (Jim) Thomas Ward, Sr.

James (Jim) Thomas Ward, Sr.

Jan 31, 2024

James (Jim) Thomas Ward, Sr. age 78 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2024 in the Lewis gale Medical Center in Salem, Virginia.

The arrangements will be made at a later date.

Derek Van Rose

Derek Van Rose

Jan 29, 2024

Derek Van Rose age 59 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, January 29, 2024 at his home.

Derek was born on January 8, 1967 in Galax, Virginia to Van Perry and Carolyn Douglas Rose. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents Leff and Margie Douglas; paternal grandparents Ellis Price and...

Cynthia Ellen Coleman

Cynthia Ellen Coleman

Jan 27, 2024

Cynthia Ellen Coleman age 82 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, January 27, 2024 in the Forsyth Medical Center.

Mrs. Coleman was born on May 7, 1941 in Galax, Virginia to Elwood Ernest and Evelyn Gray Blair. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter Tamara Lynn Jefferson and a sister Sandra...

Andy Richard Hodges

Andy Richard Hodges

Jan 26, 2024

Andy Richard Hodges age 90 of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday in the Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center.

Mr. Hodges was born on May 30, 1933 in Grayson County, Virginia to James Arnold and Elsie Burcham Hodges. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother Roger Dale Hodges.

He proudly...

Bobby Joe Pickett

Bobby Joe Pickett

Jan 26, 2024

Bobby Joe Pickett, age 77, of Wytheville, Virginia passed away Friday January 26, 2024 in Lewis Gale Montgomery Hospital.

Bobby Joe was born on March 4, 1946 in Fries, Virginia to the late Eldridge Clark and Shirley Hill Pickett. He was also preceded in death by his sister Betty Sexton and brother E.C. Pickett Jr.

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William Eugene Sawyers

William Eugene Sawyers

Jan 21, 2024

William Eugene Sawyers age 78 of Woodlawn, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 21, 2024  in the Carilion New River Valley Medical Center.

Eugene was born on May 17, 1945 in Grayson County, Virginia to Garland and Velma Lucille Hawkins Sawyers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother Arless Sawyers.

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John Paden Mckenzie

John Paden Mckenzie

Jan 20, 2024

John Paden McKenzie age 92 of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday, January 20, 2024 in the Senior Home Shares at Quail Ridge Court.

Mr. McKenzie was born in Grayson County, Virginia on August 24, 1931 to George G. and H. Florence Leonard McKenzie. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife...

Betty Ruth Peake

Betty Ruth Peake

Jan 16, 2024

Betty Ruth Peake age 80 of Waynesboro, Virginia and formerly of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 16th in Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

Ms. Peake was born on October 17, 1943 in Grayson County, Virginia to Abner Joshua and Sue Emma Barton Peake. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters Louise...

James Robert Leonard

James Robert Leonard

Jan 16, 2024

James Robert Leonard, 82, of Morristown, TN, formerly of Fries, Virginia died at his home after a long battle with COPD.

James is preceded in death by his parents Paul and Mabel Leonard and sister Ruth Ann Carr.

He is survived by his wife Dora; son Mark and wife Kathy; daughter Melissa and husband Carl...

Betty Jean Hodge

Betty Jean Hodge

Jan 16, 2024

Betty Jean Hodge age 80 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2024 in the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina.

She was born on November 26, 1943 in Galax, Virginia to Richard and Mabel Pearman Lane.

She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law Shawneai and Dewey Wimmer of Galax, Virginia; three...

Jimmy Lee Dye

Jimmy Lee Dye

Jan 16, 2024

Jimmy Lee Dye age 70 of Ivanhoe, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at his home.

Jimmy was born in Grayson County, Virginia on April 9, 1953 to Clyde and Kathern Elizabeth Akers Dye. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother Steve Dye.

He is survived by his...

Curtis Teresa Leath Burcham

Curtis Teresa Leath Burcham

Jan 15, 2024

Curtis Teresa Burcham age 62 of State Road, North Carolina passed away Monday January 15, 2024 in the Northern Surry Hospital in Mt. Airy, North Carolina.

Teresa was born in Galax, Virginia on July 3, 1961, to Oatie and Shirley Horton Leath.

Teresa proudly served her country in the U S Army.

She...

Doris Diamond Spangler

Doris Diamond Spangler

Jan 15, 2024

Doris Diamond Spangler, age 81, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 15, 2024 in the Palliative Care Unit of Novant Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mrs. Spangler was born October 2, 1942 in Grayson County, Virginia and was a lifelong resident of the City of Galax. She was married to her loving husband Larry Spangler for 38...

Milo Gray Padgett

Milo Gray Padgett

Jan 15, 2024

Milo Gray Padgett, age 83, passed away peacefully, on Monday, January 15, 2024, at Commonwealth Senior Living Memory Care Facility in Abingdon, Virgina, following a long illness.

He was born in Carroll County, Virginia, son of Wilmer "Harold" Padgett and Juanita Alverta Padgett on May 17, 1940..

In addition to his parents, Milo was predeceased...

Gladys May Reed

Gladys May Reed

Jan 14, 2024

Gladys May Hathaway Reed age 69 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 14, 2024 at her home.

Mrs. Reed was born in Glens Falls, New York on July 15, 1954 to Kenneth and Joan Whipple Hathaway. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sibling.

She is survived by her...

William Paul Patterson

William Paul Patterson

Jan 14, 2024

COURTESY ANNOUCEMENT

With heavy hearts, we bid farewell to William Paul Patterson, 63, who passed peacefully on Sunday, January 14, 2024.

Born on May 1, 1960, to the late Robert "Bob" Bryan Patterson Jr. and Mae Katherine Brown Patterson. Growing up in Grayson County, Virginia, he was a proud Southwest Virginia native. A...

Norma Lee Quesenberry

Norma Lee Quesenberry

Jan 11, 2024

Norma Lee Nuckolls Quesenberry age 89 of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday, January 11, 2024 at a Senior Home Share Residence in Galax, Virginia.

She was born in (Galax) Grayson County, Virginia at home to Alexander Heath and Sarah Luella Lundy Nuckolls. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Olen Quesenberry;...

Thomas Dewey Sturdivant, Jr.

Thomas Dewey Sturdivant, Jr.

Jan 9, 2024

Thomas Dewey Sturdivant, Jr. age 46 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at this home.

Thomas was born on November 29, 1977 in Galax, Virginia to Thomas Dewey Sturdivant, Sr. and Patricia Ann Lineberry Sturdivant.  In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his wife Frances Rose  (Angel) Sturdivant; maternal grandfather...

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