Obituaries

Apr 29, 2024

Jean J. Bolen, 84, of Fancy Gap, passed away on Monday, April 29, 2024 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA.  Jean was born in Carroll County to the late Clifton and Bertha Mae Jackson.

Jean was a member of the Fancy Gap United Methodist Church, and worked as Deputy Clerk of Court for the Carroll County...

Apr 29, 2024

Donald Grey Sumner, 74 of Barren Springs, passed away on Monday, April 29, 2024 at his home.  Mr. Sumner was born in Carroll County, Virginia on November 17, 1949.   He was preceded in death by his parents, Clayton and Belva Hall Sumner; wife, Deborah Phillips Sumner; daughter, Melissa Jean Sumner; and sisters, Ima Morris and Maxine Felts.

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Apr 27, 2024

Emily Welch Kelly, 79 of Wytheville, passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2024. She was born in Pulaski, VA on April 14, 1945 to Harley Welch and Emily Cassell Welch.

Emily was raised in Wythe County, VA on the family-owned farm, otherwise known as Horseshoe Farm. It was here that she developed a love of riding and...

Apr 27, 2024

Everett Smith, Jr. ("Junior"), 92, of Hillsville, Virginia, passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Northern Regional Hospital in Mount Airy, North Carolina, with family present. He was preceded in death by his parents Samuel Everett and Mamie (Thomas) Smith, and his loving wife of 72 years, Vicie (Bowman) Smith, who passed away just five months ago in...

Apr 25, 2024

Elna Mae Goad, 94 of Hillsville, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at Hillsville Health and Rehabilitation Center.  Mrs. Goad was born in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Harvey Earl and Lila Vass Burcham.  In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Goad; daughter, Janet Porter; and several siblings.

Apr 23, 2024

David Stephen Webb, 66 of Independence, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center.  Mr. Webb was born in Radford, Virginia to the late William Jefferson and Virginia Evelyn Hylton Webb.

Survivors include his brother, Joe Webb and several other family members and special friends.

A graveside service with burial...

Apr 22, 2024

Robert Jeffrey Barr, 54 of Hillsville, passed away on Monday, April 22, 2024 at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center.  Jeffrey was born in Galax, Virginia on September 23, 1969.  He was preceded in death by his father, Carmie Barr and brother, Michael Todd Barr.

Survivors include his mother, Annie Ruth Barr; sister, Roxanne Bowers (Dean); one niece;...

Apr 22, 2024

Sonia Lucille Easter, 85 of Austinville, passed away on Monday, April 22, 2024 at her daughter's home in Clarksville.  Mrs. Easter was born in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Royal Early and Beulah Jane White Hancock.  In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles Ray Easter and several brothers and sisters....

Apr 19, 2024

Kenneth Harbert Sharp, 74 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away on Friday, April 19, 2024 at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harbert Lawrence and Dorothy Beasley Sharp.

He is survived by his wife, Glenda Sharp; son and daughter-in-law, Kevin Scott and Leann Sharp; granddaughter, Paige Lauren Sharp.

Graveside Service will be...

Apr 18, 2024

Betty C. Horton, 96, of Hillsville, Virginia passed away Thursday, April 18, 2024 in the Hillsville Rehabilitation and Health Center.  Mrs. Horton was born in Waynesburg, Ohio August 18, 1927 to the late Delmer and Frances Eibel Hockenberry.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Conley Preston Horton, eight (8) brothers and one...

Apr 17, 2024

Bette "Bitsy" Jonette Stanley, 87 of Laurel Fork, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at her home.  Mrs. Stanley was born in San Angelo, TX to the late James and Ilene Cornelison Lankford.

Bitsy met her husband, Lowell Stanley, when he was stationed in Albuquerque, New Mexico during his military service. They were married for 65...

Apr 16, 2024

Margaret Shockley Cox, 78 of Hillsville, went to be with her Lord and Savior early Tuesday morning, April 16, 2024.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar Guy and Reva Shockley.

Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Harold Cox; brother, Harold Shockley; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Margaret received a master's...

Apr 16, 2024

Kathryn Marie Blackburn Horton, better known as "Ma", was born the youngest of nine children to Spencer and Hattie Blackburn. She was predeceased by all but one brother.  She was married 62 years to Elton D. Horton, who also preceded her in death.  She was also preceded in death by a grandson, Brandon Ayers.

She was a...

Apr 15, 2024

Ralph Wayne Dalton, 82 of Woodlawn, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2024 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.  Mr. Dalton was born in Fancy Gap, Virginia on August 7, 1941 to the late Tommy Vernon and Mamie Sue Combs Dalton.  In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by brothers, Don Dalton and Ray Dalton.

Apr 8, 2024

Lucy Hendrick, age 91, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2024.  She was born May 28, 1932.

She was preceded in death by parents Al and Ona Ayers, her husband Morris C. Hendrick and daughter Juanita Hendrick Cocke.

She married Morris C. Hendrick on December 23, 1946.

She worked at Doe Run Lodge...

Apr 7, 2024

Ila Mae Spivey Largen, 98, of Dugspur and Galax, Virginia passed away early Sunday morning, April 7, 2024 at the Bedford County Nursing Home, Bedford, Virginia, surrounded by her niece and nephew, her primary caregivers, Linda Edwards and Jim Sikkema.

Born in Galax, Virginia on January 14, 1926 to James Fred and Mary Hall Spivey, Ila lived...

Apr 6, 2024

Sadie Marie Huff Moore,83 of Hillsville, Virginia passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2024 at her home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gleve and Ibrey Huff; husband, Arnold Travis Moore; brothers, Tommy Huff, Dexter Huff; sister, Lucille Bishop.

Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Vicky and Ronald Dean Quesenberry of Hillsville, Betsy and Tony...

Apr 5, 2024

Myrtle Joan Burnett, 71 of Austinville, Virginia passed away on Friday, April 5, 2024 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Nellie Myers Flanagan; brother, James L. Flanagan.

Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Eveston Burnett; sisters and brother-in-law, Mary Anne and Russell Hall, Cleva...

Apr 4, 2024

Jackie Lee Hamm, Sr., age 70, passed away April 4, 2024 in the Wythe County Community Hospital.  He was born May 30, 1953 in Grayson County, Virginia to the late Charlie Austin Hamm and Rosie Bell Proffitt Hamm.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Eldena Hamm.

Mr. Hamm...

Apr 1, 2024

Fern Linnie Devine, 100 of Hillsville, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2024 at Commonwealth Senior Living.  Mrs. Devine was born in Iowa to the late George R. and Ethel B. Clark Geeseka.  In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Alda B. Devine; siblings, Faye Crowley and Glen Geeseka; and great-grandchildren, Aurora...