Obituaries

Michael Benton Cochran

Apr 14, 2021

Michael Benton Cochran, 51 of Hillsville, passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at UVA Medical Center. Mr. Cochran was born in Radford, Virginia on June 1, 1969. He was preceded in death by his father, Benton Rush Cochran.

Survivors include his mother, Elsie Webb Cochran; sister and brother-in-law, Kimberly and Jeff Bunn; and nephew, Bo Bunn....

Barry Wayne Flowers

Apr 13, 2021

Barry Wayne Flowers, 59 of Ashburn, passed away on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at The Sunrise at Reston Town Center due to frontotemporal dementia.  Mr. Flowers was born in Winston Salem, NC on March 26, 1962.  He was preceded in death by his father, Daryl Reid Flowers, Sr. and a brother, Daryl Reid Flowers, Jr.

Survivors include...

Jerry Nelson Sowers

Apr 12, 2021

I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course.  I have kept the faith.

Master Trooper Jerry Nelson Sowers, 53 of Woodlawn, VA formerly of Ridgeway, VA passed away peacefully at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC on April 12, 2021 after a four-year battle with cancer.

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Harden Branscome

Apr 12, 2021

Harden Branscome,  formerly of Hillsville and Mount Airy, passed away April 12, 2021.

Bebee Branscome, age 46, his son,  of Ormond  Beach, Florida and formerly of Mount Airy, North Carolina, passed away April 1, 2021.

Inurnment and burial will be held at Mountain Plains Cemetery at a later date.

There will be no...

Marie H. Lewis

Apr 12, 2021

Marie H. Lewis, 84 of Woodlawn, passed away on Monday, April 12, 2021 at her home.  Mrs. Lewis was born in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Elmer and Hattie Whitt Hall.  In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husbands, Clyde Monroe Tate and Nelson Lewis; son, Gary Clyde Tate; brothers, Doug Whitt,...

Vada Irleen Largen

Apr 9, 2021

Vada Irleen Largen, 94, passed away Friday, April 9, 2021 at Heritage Hall Laurel Meadows.

Mrs. Largen was born August 26, 1926 in Carroll County to the late James Edgar and Alta Pearl Quesinberry Semones. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Charlie Bolden Largen, and siblings Elizabeth Smythers, Christine Patton,...

Joe Willard Midkiff

Apr 9, 2021

Joe Willard Midkiff 83 of Galax passed away on Friday, April 9, 2021 at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond and Maggie Midkiff; grandparents, Joseph and Mallie Midkiff, and Guy and Mary Ellen Nelson; sibling's, Opal Jones, Guida Midkiff, Nancy Carol Reece, Sandra Gunter, Lonnie Midkiff, Johnny Midkiff, Jerry Midkiff, and Jimmy Midkiff.

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Clifford " Cliff" Wayne Smith

Apr 9, 2021

Clifford "Cliff" Wayne Smith 57 of Hillsville passed away on Friday, April 9, 2021 at his home.

Survivors include his father and step mother, Willie (Bo) and Jenny Smith of Galax; mother, Ruth Watson; sister, Kelly Sanders and husband of Florida; brother, Randy Dorr and wife of Arizona; special friend, Jerri Lynn Crain of Woodlawn.

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Dustin Ray Cassell

Apr 8, 2021

Dustin Ray Cassell 37 of Hillsville passed away unexpectedly at home on Thursday, April 8, 2021.

He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Cecil and Evelyn Bruce, Ellis and Icy Cassell, and Lonnie and Zula Nester.

Dustin graduated Carroll County High School in 2001 and Wytheville Community College in 2005.

He is...

Anna Ruth White Sharpe

Apr 8, 2021

Anna Ruth White Sharpe, 93 of Fancy Gap, passed away on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at her home.  Mrs. Sharpe was born in Carroll County to the late Homer and Carrie Beasley White.  In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Junior Carlos Sharpe; and daughter, Patricia D. Jackson.

Anna was...

Otoki "Penny" Mabry

Apr 7, 2021

Otoki "Penny" Mabry passed away April 7, 2021. She came to this country as a military bride with only a small vocabulary in English.  She learned to read and write the language on her own. For Penny, family was the most important thing. She raised 7 children by working in a sewing factory teaching her children hard work and...

Alvin Thomas

Apr 1, 2021

Alvin Thomas, 95 of Hillsville, passed away on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at Heritage Hall Laurel Meadows.  Mr. Thomas was born in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Frank and Bertha Worrell Thomas.

Survivors include his wife, Violet Juanita Thomas; son and daughter-in-law, Journel Thomas and Caryl Brt; brother, Branson Thomas; sister, Gwen Kurtz; and two grandchildren....

Bebee Branscome

Apr 1, 2021

Bebee Branscome, age 46, of Ormond  Beach, Florida and formerly of Mount Airy, North Carolina, passed away April 1, 2021.

His father, Harden Branscome, formerly of Hillsville and Mount Airy, passed away April 12, 2021.

Inurnment and burial will be held at Mountain Plains Cemetery at a later date.

There will be no...

Warren Ray Clontz

Mar 30, 2021

Warren (Baby Doll) Ray Clontz, 67 of Hillsville, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.  Warren was born in Pulaski to the late Willie James and Margie Eloise Clontz.

Survivors include his brothers, James Clontz, Wayne Clontz and Kim, and William Clontz and Melissa; sisters, Debra Clontz Bolen and Ben, Linda Clontz Gibson and Jimmy, and Sandi...

Duane Lynn Piatt

Mar 30, 2021

Duane Lynn Piatt, 58 of Fancy Gap, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at his home.  Mr. Piatt was born in Ohio to the late Melvin Eugene Piatt and Carolyn Jean Hartshorne Kindale.

Survivors include his wife, Patricia Hall Piatt; son Carson Lynn Piatt; step-daughters, Brandy Dalton and Deirdra Michelle Shupe; and siblings, Christine Baker and...

Edgar R. Farmer

Mar 29, 2021

Edgar R. Farmer, 82, of Mansfield, Ohio passed away on Monday, March 29, 2021 at Winchester Terrace Nursing Home. He was born in Hillsville, Virginia on December 7, 1938 to the late Willie and Beryl Farmer.

Edgar received a Masters Degree of Divinity at Asbury Theological Seminary. Having dedicated his life to the Lord,...