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Ida Sizemore Bowers

Ida Sizemore Bowers

Jan 19, 2020

Ida Beatrice Sizemore Bowers age 96 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 19, 2020 at the Galax Health and Rehab Center.

Mrs. Bowers was born in Carroll County, Virginia on April 17, 1923 to Nige and Annis Sizemore. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Coy Bowers, son Coy Bowers,...

Lona Mae Cox

Lona Mae Cox

Jan 18, 2020

Lona Mae Cox, 88, of Galax died January 18, 2020. A well-known local artist, she was born April 2, 1931 in Akron, Ohio to Franklin Glenn and Daisy Garner Cox. She grew up in Cement, Oklahoma until moving to Galax at age 10.

She attended Coal Creek School and Radford College graduating with a degree in Business...

Lura Geneva Brewer Davis

Lura Geneva Brewer Davis

Jan 18, 2020

Lura Geneva Brewer Davis, known to her family and friends as "Ebbie", went to be with our Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 18th, 2020 after a long and hard battle of stage IV metastatic cancer. She passed in her home with her loved ones surrounding. She was born on Tuesday, July 16th, 1946 in the Grubbs Chapel community...

Micaela Lucia Carranza

Micaela Lucia Carranza

Jan 17, 2020

Micaela Lucia Carranza age 31 of Dobson, North Carolina passed away Friday, January 17, 2020 in the Forsyth Medical Center.

Lucia was born in Galax, Virginia on April 1, 1988. She was preceded in death by two brothers Octavio Carranza and Dustin Carranza.

She is survived by her husband Juventino Ochoa of Dobson, North Carolina;...

Foy Harold Hill

Foy Harold Hill

Jan 17, 2020

Foy Harold Hill, age 84, of Galax, Virginia passed away Friday January 17, 2020 in Surry Community Health and Rehab Center in Mt. Airy, North Carolina.

Mr. Hill was born in Carroll County, Virginia on January 29, 1935 to the late George and Ella Faddis Hill.

He is survived by daughter and son-in-law Connie and...

Leilla Anne Beeman

Leilla Anne Beeman

Jan 15, 2020

Leilla Anne Beeman age 55 of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in the Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem, Virginia.

Leilla was born in Long Branch, New Jersey on February 7, 1964 to Frances Thomas and Anne Mable Beam Haley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother Tom...

Archie "Bud" Eugene Burcham

Archie "Bud" Eugene Burcham

Jan 15, 2020

Archie "Bud" Eugene Burcham, 84, of Galax, Virginia passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in the Woltz Hospice Home, Dobson, North Carolina. Bud was born April 1, 1935 in Grayson County, Virginia to the late Robert and Rausey Burcham. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by four sisters: Alma Vaughan, Laura Mae Leonard, Dinah Delp...

Helen Burcham Leath Boyd

Helen Burcham Leath Boyd

Jan 12, 2020

On Sunday January 12, 2020, Helen Burcham Leath Boyd went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Helen was born to the Rev. Basil and Edith Rippey Burcham on June 5, 1942 in Carroll County, Virginia. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister Agnes Bryant and a step-daughter Brenda Quesenberry.

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Mildred Parks Wirt

Mildred Parks Wirt

Jan 12, 2020

Mildred Parks Wirt age 76 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020 in the Wythe County Community Hospital.

Mrs. Wirt was born in Galax, Virginia on November 9, 1943. In addition to her father Wayne Diamond she was preceded in death by a brother Mike Diamond.

She is survived by her husband Ezra...

Robert Thomas Wilson

Robert Thomas Wilson

Jan 7, 2020

Robert Thomas Wilson age 88 of Galax, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2020 in the Twin County Regional Hospital.

Mr. Wilson was born in Galax, Virginia on February 19, 1931 to Paul David and Roberta Combs Wilson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Peggy Gentry and a brother Richard...

Linda Beverley Martin

Linda Beverley Martin

Jan 6, 2020

Linda Beverley Martin age 70 of Galax, Virginia passed away Monday, January 6, 2020 in the Grayson Nursing and Rehab Center in Independence, Virginia.

Linda was born on January 19, 1949 in Wythe County, Virginia.

She is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law Mark and Karen Dickerson; Scotty Dickerson; two grandchildren Lois Haylee Dickerson and...

Dr. James "Jim" Garland Nuckolls

Dr. James "Jim" Garland Nuckolls

Jan 6, 2020

James "Jim" Garland Nuckolls, MD, MACP, age 80, of Galax, VA passed away peacefully on January 6, 2020, at Summit Square Retirement Community in Waynesboro, Virginia.

Jim was born September 20, 1939, in Galax, Virginia to Earl Garland Nuckolls and Virginia Witherow Nuckolls.  He graduated from Galax High School in 1957 where he was a standout athlete...

Roland Wade Lineberry

Roland Wade Lineberry

Jan 5, 2020

Roland Wade Lineberry age 71 of Galax, Virginia passed away Sunday in the Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem, Virginia.

Roland was born in Pulaski, Virginia on February 24, 1948 to John C. and Berlyne Caldwell Lineberry.

He proudly served his country in the US Air Force.

He is survived by a sister and...

Audrey Ann Kinser

Audrey Ann Kinser

Jan 4, 2020

Audrey Ann Kinser, age 79, of Galax, Virginia passed away Saturday January 4, 2020 in the Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Mrs. Kinser was born in Grayson County, Virginia on June 14, 1940 to the late Bayard and Emma Caudill Anders....

Haywood Harold "H.B." Blair, Ii

Haywood Harold "H.B." Blair, Ii

Jan 3, 2020

Haywood Harold Blair, II, affectionately called H.B. by family and friends, was born on February 26, 1958 to Haywood Blair, I and Peggy Goins Blair at Fort Polk Military Base in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. Haywood attended the Rosenwald Felts Elementary School until desegregation compelled him to be educated in the Galax City Schools.  He graduated from Galax High School...

Estelle Petty Spencer

Estelle Petty Spencer

Jan 2, 2020

Estelle Petty Spencer, age 90, of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday January 2, 2020 in Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina.

Mrs. Spencer was born on August 25, 1929 in Galax, Virginia to Adam Dempsey and Naomi Ruth Caudill Petty. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Reeves Isaac Spencer;...

Kathy Mae Thompson

Kathy Mae Thompson

Jan 2, 2020

Kathy Mae Thompson, age 63, of Galax, Virginia passed away Thursday January 2, 2020 at her home.

Ms. Thompson was born in Galax, Virginia on January 26, 1956 to Lester and Cynthia Wampler Price. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Mattie "Meme" Lillian Young

Mattie "Meme" Lillian Young

Dec 31, 2019

Mattie Lillian Young better known as "Meme" age 75 of Fries, Virginia passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at her home.

Ms. Young was born in Galax, Virginia on February 23, 1944 to Alfred Henry and Janie Cockerham Young.

She is survived by her nieces Dondea Young and finace' Celeste Archuleta of Galax, Virginia; Karen...

Dale Richard Webb

Dale Richard Webb

Dec 31, 2019

Reverend Dale Richard Webb, age 68, passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home, Dobson, North Carolina.  Born in Mount Airy, North Carolina on March 16, 1951, Dale was the son of the late Richard Paul Webb and Pauline Utt Webb of Fancy Gap, Virginia.

Dale was a 1969 graduate of...

Charlie Chappell Robertson Iii

Charlie Chappell Robertson Iii

Dec 29, 2019

Charlie Chappell Robertson III age 50 of Coral Springs, Florida passed away Sunday, December 29, 2019 in the Northwest Medical Center in Margate, Florida.

Charlie was born in Montgomery County, Maryland on May 1, 1969 to Charlie Walter Robertson II and Mary Jane Bedwell Robertson.

He is survived by his husband Kory Chappell of Coral...

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