Curtis L. Anderson, 49, of Flat Ridge, died in a Waynesboro hospital Sunday, June 25, 1972.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Edith Ring Anderson, Fries; five daughters, Mrs. Arlene Blevins, Galax, and Miss Brenda Anderson, Miss Patty Anderson, Miss Vicky Anderson and
Miss Anita Anderson, Fries; two sons, Bobby Anderson, Galax, and Larry Anderson, U.S. Army, Vietnam; and five brothers, Estel Anderson, Flat Ridge; Cecil Anderson, Independence; Gaither
Anderson, Trout Dale, and Lamon Anderson and Oscar Anderson, Galax.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today (Thursday) at Baptist Union Church, Flat Ridge.
Interment was in Monta Vista Memory Gardens.
The body is resting at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, until time for removal to the church to lie in state for 30 minutes before the services.
E. Smith Anderson, 55, died Saturday, March 16, 1985, at his home in the Crossroads community near Troutdale.
Born Nov. 13, 1929, in Grayson County, he was the son of Albert Anderson and Adder Anderson Anderson. He was a member of the Baptist Union Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Hazel A. Anderson; one son, Michael J. Anderson, Troutdale; one daughter, Miss Hazel Louise Anderson, Independence; three sisters, Mrs. Gladys
Jones and Mrs. Ida Phipps, both of Mouth of Wilson, and Mrs. Annie Smith, Baltimore, Md.; and two brothers, Marshall Anderson, Flatridge and Commie Anderson, Troutdale.
The funeral was conducted Tuesday, March 19, at 11 a.m. in the Baptist Union Church. The Rev. Wilmer Shepard, the Rev. Ralph Jones and the Rev. Fred E. Jennings officiated.
Entombment was in the church cemetery.
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, handled arrangements.
Estil J. Anderson, 80, of Flatridge died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1999, at Twin County Regional Hospital.
He was born March 5, 1918, in Flatridge to Lonnie and Celia Testerman Anderson.
Survivors include his wife, Ethel Jones Anderson; two daughters and a son-in-law, Mary Jane and Lonnie Triplett of Flatridge and Virginia McClure of Sparta, N.C.; a sister,
Hazel Anderson of Independence; two brothers, Cecil Anderson of Independence and Lamon Anderson of Galax; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; six step great-grandchildren;
two great-great-grandchildren; and a step great-great-grandson.
A funeral was held Friday at the Baptist Union Church in Flatridge with burial at the church cemetery. The Rev. Mike Owens, the Rev. Wilmer Shepherd and the Rev. Fred E. Jennings
officiated.
Memorial contributions may be made to Independence Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 607, Independence, Va. 24348.
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
ANDERSON, Ethel Jones, 88, of Flatridge, passed away Sunday, June 4, 2000. She was the widow of Estil J. Anderson. Funeral service Thursday, 2p.m. in Baptist Union Church, Flatridge,
Va. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, Va. in charge of arrangements.
Gaither Anderson, 40, of Galax, formerly of Flat Ridge, died in Galax Sunday night, May 23, 1982.
He was born to Lonnie Anderson and Celia Testerman Anderson. He was employed at Consolidated Glass Co. in Galax. He had also worked several years at Dixon Lumber Company and
Webb Furniture Company. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Diana Mills, Miss Sondra Jean Anderson, Miss Wanda Carol Anderson and Miss Carlene MeLinda Anderson, all of Fries; three brothers, Estel
Anderson, Flat Ridge; Lamon Anderson, Haywood, and Cecil Anderson, Independence; and one sister, Mrs. Hazel Anderson, Troutdale.
The funeral was held Thursday, May 27, at 2p.m. in the Baptist Union Church at Flat Ridge. The Rev. Fred Jennings and the Rev. Wilmer Shephard officiated.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Military rites were conducted at the gravesite by Grayson Post 7725, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Oscar J. Anderson, 54, of Rt. 5, Galax, the Delhart community, formerly of Flat Ridge, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 1981, at his home.
He was born May 2, 1927, in Flat Ridge, to Lonnie Anderson and Celia Testerman Anderson. He was employed with Dixon Lumber Company in Galax.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Smith Anderson, Independence; four brothers, Estel Anderson, Flat Ridge; Lamon Anderson, Baywood; Cecil Anderson, Independence; and Gather
Anderson, Galax; and several nieces and nephews.
Services were held Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2p.m. in the Baptist Union Church at Flat Ridge by the Rev. Wilmer Shepherd and the Rev. Fred E. Jennings.
Internment was in the church cemetery.
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, handled arrangements.
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Anderson, Vergie E. Independence - Mrs. Vergie E. Anderson, age 98, passed away at her home, Friday, August 24, 1990. She was the widow of Lee A. Anderson.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Kaye Wellborn, Mrs. Lucie Wright, both of Independence, Va; Mrs. Logene Roberts of Roanoke, Va.; Mrs. Nona Swanson of Rancho Mirage, Calif.; two sons,
Herbert Lee Anderson, D. L. Anderson, both of Independence; one sister, Mrs. Mattie Adams, Grant, Va.; thirteen grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren.
Arlene A. Blevins, 57, of Fries, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2002, at Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax.
She was born Oct 5, 1944, in Fries, the Turkey Knob Community, to Curtis and Edith Ring Anderson.
Survivors include her husband, Dennis Blevins; a son and daughter-in-law, Randy and Patsy Blevins of Fries; her mother, Edith Anderson of Fries; four sisters and two
brothers-in-law, Brenda Jackson of Galax, Patty Combs, Becky and Alan Jones and Anita and Larry Williams, all of Fries; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Larry Anderson of Fries and
Bobby and Vera Anderson of Independence; two brothers-in-law, Jessie Jackson and Freddie Combs, both of Fries; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral was held Thursday at North Fries Tabernacle, Fries, with burial in the St. Peter's Cemetery, Cripple Creek. The Rev. Joe Arnold and Allen Jones officiated.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Fries Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 9, Fries, Va. 24330.
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
FUNK, Dorothy Ann Hash, 46, of Elk Creek, Va., passed away Monday, March 19, 2001. She is the wife of John Allen Funk.
Funeral service Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home Chapel, Independence, Va. The family will receive friends Tuesday night from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral
home.
Kate W. Hash, 71, of Independence, the Grubb's Chapel Community, died Saturday, May 25, 2002, at Alleghany Memorial Hospital, Sparta, N.C.
She was the widow of Robert Eugene Hash.
Survivors include four daughters and sons-in-law, Mattie and Preston Edwards of Bedford, Rosa and Kenneth Moxley and Shirley and Mike Jones, all of Rural Retreat, and Luemmia
and Steve Rosenbaum of Independence; three sons and a spouse, Dwight Hash, Dewey and Anona Hash and Arthur Hash, all of Independence; two sisters, Stella Dowell of Independence and
Myrtle Testerman of Galax; a brother, Luther Woods of Independence; a son-in-law, Allen Funk of Elk Creek; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one step grandson.
A graveside service was held Monday at Grubb's chapel Cemetery with Wilson McGruger officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to Independence Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 607, Independence, Va. 24348;or Twin County Hospice, P.O. Box 106, Galax, Va. 24333.
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Ruth Woods Pollard, 75, of Fries, died Thursday, Oct. 12, 1995, at Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax. She was the widow of John Robert Pollard.
She was born Aug. 1, 1920, in Troutdale to Arthur Woods and Rene Dowell Woods.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Thelma Jean and David Reese of Sylvatus and Mallie Irene and Buddy Hickman of Independence; four sons and daughters-in-law,
Joe Junior and Nancy Anderson and A.G. and Margie Anderson, all of Independence, William Robert "Bob" and Mary Jane Pollard and Roger Lee Pollard, all of Galax; three sisters, Kate Hash
and Stella Dowell, both of Independence, and Annie Myrtle Testerman of Galax; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Luther Woods and Hardin and Georgie Woods, all in Independence; 16
grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Dorothy Mallory of Fries.
A funeral was held Saturday at 2p.m. in the Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Crouse Cemetery in Alleghany County, N.C., The Rev. Myron Dalton, the Rev. Frank
Jones, and the Rev. Robert Lanter officiated.
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, was in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Fries Rescue Squad.
Elbert Letcher Ross Jr., 80, of Grayson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Independence, formerly of Flatridge, the Central Community,
died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003, at the center.
He was born March 30, 1922, in Flatridge to Elbert Letcher and Eliza Viola Anderson Ross.
Survivors include a nephew and spouse, Lewis Jr., and Carolyn Ross of Independence; a niece and spouse, Vera Kay and Jackie Dickens of Galax; several other nieces and
nephews and great-nieces and nephews; and a special firend, Bobbie Jo Summey of Dryden.
A graveside service was held Saturday at Central Cemetery, Flatridge, with the Rev. Reeves Jones officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to Central Cemetery, c/o Richard and Dori Hodgkinson, treasurer, 13237 Comers Rock Road, Troutdale, Va. 24378; or the charity of the
donor's choice.
Reins-Sturdivant Furneral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Harding Woods, 72, of Independence, the Grubbs Chapel Community, died Sunday, May 7, 2000, at Twin Counties Regional Hospital, Galax.
He was born Jan. 20, 1928, in Mouth of Wilson to Arthur Woods and Reney Dowell Woods.
Survivors include his wife, Georgia Fortner Woods of the home; two daughters and a son-in-law, Bonnie and Richard Barker of Independence and Brenda Phipps of West Jefferson,
N.C.; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Ronald and Pat Woods if Independence and Larry Woods of the home; three sisters, Stella Dowell and Kate Hash, both of Independence and Myrtle
Testerman of Galax; one brother, Luther Woods of Independence; and one grandson, Devin Phipps of West Jefferson, N.C.
A funeral was held Tuesday at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home with burial in the Grubbs Chapel Cemetery, Independence. The Revs. Alan Graham and David Farmer officiated.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Independence Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 607, Independence, Va. 24328.
