Galax High Virginia Alumni Obituaries

Imogene Higgins Frye passed away peacefully on January 31 in WinstonSalem North Carolina where she had moved three years ago to be near her daughters grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Mamagene as her grandchildren called her was 101 years old and just two months shy of her 102nd birthday. She wa...

    Reta Mae Glasgow-Davison, 88, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Monday, September 15, 2025 at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri.    She was born on March 10, 1937, near Knox City, Missouri, the daughter of Millard Clifton and Opal Irene Weaver Goodwin.  &nbsp...

Elwin Eugene Fayne age 94 of Denton North Carolina and formerly of Galax Virginia passed away Tuesday January 27 2026 in Hospice of the Piedmont in High Point North Carolina. Mr. Fayne was born in Carroll County Virginia on July 27 1931 to Arthur Robert and Stella Mae Nail Fayne. In addition to his ...

Edward Roy McGuire age 78 of Galax Virginia passed away Friday January 2 2026 in Woltz Hospice House in Dobson NC. Edward was born on August 18 1947 in Cottonwood Idaho to the late Edward and Margie Flannery McGuire. He was also preceded in death by his three sisters and a brother as well as a lifet...

William Bill Lee Strong age 74 of Independence VA passed away at his home on Wednesday December 17 2025. Coach Strong was born in Bluefield West Virginia to the late Grover Reese Strong and Shirlene Burgess Strong. He is survived by his brother Brad Strong and wife Mary Ann of Bristol TN two nephews...

Ernest Malcolm Mac Wilkinson Jr. age 96 of Covington Virginia passed away on Thursday December 11 2025 at the Brian Center in Low Moor Virginia. Mac was born on February 9 1929 in Richmond Virginia to the late Dr. Ernest Malcolm Wilkinson Sr. and Addie May Johnson Wilkinson. He lived in Welch WV un...