Place an obituary in the Galax Gazette with Legacy.

Galax, VA

TELL THEIR STORY

Share your loved one's life and legacy with the communities they cared about.

ADD A PHOTO

A picture says so much. Include up to four favorite photos of your loved one.

SHARE THE MEMORIES

Give family, friends, and the community a place to connect online and reminisce.

Not sure what to write in an obituary? Use our Interactive ObitWriter® template to get a write-up instantly.

How to place an obituary in the Galax Gazette with Legacy

To place an obituary in the Galax Gazette, use the "Publish Now" link below or contact our customer service team. They can assist with placing your obituary in the Galax Gazette and other newspapers across the U.S. Call us at (888) 823-8554 or send us an email.

Customer Service Hours

Available 7 days a week, 7AM-7PM Central Time.

Obituary Package Information

See our FAQ for additional information and guidelines.

Submission Deadline

The deadline to submit an obituary for publication varies. Click here to use our online intake tool to find the latest deadline information. We encourage all families to submit as early as possible to allow time for verification of the death.

Submission Criteria

For death verification purposes, Legacy.com may contact you or the funeral provider directly.


Legacy.com is a place of comfort and celebration. Obituaries that contain profanity, negative comments about others, or other violations of our terms of use, will be removed at our discretion.

FAQ

Placing an obituary in the Galax Gazette starts at $72.79. Package prices can vary depending on the edition of the paper (weekday, weekend, or Sunday editions) and other factors such as the length of the obituary.

Obituaries placed with Legacy.com for the Galax Gazette will be published locally on the day(s) you specify. Your loved one will also have a lasting memorial with a place to share memories on Legacy.com. Your obituary will also appear in search engine results and can be found through the universal search bar on the website.

Use our Obituary Search to look up an obituary for anyone who has passed away since the year 2000. If you need to find an obituary for a specific person who died longer ago or is not in our database, you can ask at your local library for help, or search the historic records at Newspapers.com. 

Obituaries will remain online permanently, subject to the Terms of Use.

If you’re not sure what to write, our free online ObitWriter® template can create a full obituary that you and your family can review and customize. Or, if you prefer to write from scratch, these how-to articles written by Legacy’s obituary writing experts at Legacy will help you get started:

 

It may take up to one (1) hour for the obituary to appear online. The link to access the obituary can be found in your confirmation email and account dashboard.

The cost of producing and distributing physical newspapers has increased over the past decade, due to nationwide changes in the manufacturing, labor, and advertising industries. The average cost for obituary placements today is driven by publishers’ commitment to providing local customers with the most valuable local news product the community has to offer. Specific factors that impact the price of a particular newspaper obituary include the size of the newspaper’s readership and the length of the obituary text.

In VA, there is no legal mandate to publish an obituary in a newspaper when someone dies. The official state paperwork is a death certificate, which is filed with the state’s office of vital statistics by a medical certifier or a licensed funeral home director, not by the family of the deceased individual.   

For general help and questions on publishing directly to Legacy.com, email us at at [email protected] or call 888-823-8554.