All Obituaries

Mrs. Mildred Irene Tate Edwards, age 72 of Mount Airy, passed away shortly before sunrise at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home on Wednesday, January 16, 2019.  Mrs. Edwards was born August 5, 1946 in Surry County, the daughter of the late Jesse Harris and Maude Viola Edwards Tate.  Mildred loved life, living life to the fullest, always seeing the best in every day.  She had a love for the land and spent her years on this earth farming and raising cows.  She lived the...

Mr. James Robert “Jim” Miller, 92, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 15, 2019, at his home.  Mr. Miller was born January 11, 1927, in Surry County, the younger of two children born to the late James Emmett and Stella Faye Blackburn Miller.  Jim proudly served with the 304th Signal Operations Battalion, 8th Army Headquarters, in Yokohama, Japan, during World War II.  He owned and operated Miller Construction Company for many years and was a...

Mrs. Rebecca Madeline Freedle Walker Roberts, age 84, of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019, at Central Continuing Care.  Mrs. Roberts was born in Davidson County on May 30, 1934, to Walter Lee and Violet Mae Sink Freedle.  She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed.  Surviving are daughters and a son-in-law, Chris and Charles Wilbun, and Martha Walker; grandchildren, Roschelle Reigh, Aaron Reigh, Randall Reigh, and Austin...

Mary Pauline Hiatt Edwards Payne, age 93, went home to her Heavenly Father on Monday, January 14th, 2019, at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living.  “Polly” was born in Surry County to the late Albert and Macy Hiatt on November 11th 1925.  She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-laws; Mary and Dennis Stone and Sue and Dale Shinault of Mount Airy, and one son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Frances Edwards of Rutherfordton.  She has 5 grandchildren and 11 great...

          Mrs. Virginia Estelle “Tootsie” Pilson Wright, age 98 of Stuart, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019 at the Landmark Center in Stuart.  She was born in Patrick County on June 21, 1920 to the late William Royal Pilson and Jeanette Alice “Nettie” Pendleton Pilson.  In addition to her parents, Mrs. Wright was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Arnold Wright; a granddaughter, Stephanie Wright; a son-in-law, Jesse...

Mrs. Rachel Magdalene Hall Tesh, age 81, of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019, at the Woltz Hospice Home.  Mrs. Tesh was born in Surry County on March 29, 1937, to Floyd Edgar and Ellen Chandler Hall.  She was a loving grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed.  Surviving are her granddaughters, Heather Montgomery; and Jessica Childress; great grandchildren, Ava Goodwin, and Owen Childress; a son-in-law, Randy Montgomery; special nieces, Linda...

         Mr. Joseph Abe “J.A.” Midkiff, Jr., age 78 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019, at Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart.  He was born in Patrick County on February 1, 1940, to the late Joseph A. Midkiff, Sr. and Elsie Brammer Midkiff.  In addition to his parents, Mr. Midkiff was preceded in death by an infant brother, Donald Edward Midkiff; a brother, William Henry Midkiff; and a sister-in-law, Nancy Midkiff.  He had...

          Mrs. Evelyn Morse Hughes, age 94 of Stuart, Virginia passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina.  She was born in Patrick County on July 6, 1924 to the late Jesse R. Morse and Beatrice Lawson Morse.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two husbands, Welborn P. Oakley and Dewey Herbert Hughes; a sister, Rachel Sheppard; sister-in-law, Frances Morse; and four brothers-in-law,...

Mr. Kermit Hampton Younger, 97, formerly of Mt. Airy passed away on January 12, 2019, at Walnut Ridge Assisted Living in Walnut Cove.  He was born in Surry County on September 21, 1921, to the late Harrison Seymore and Myrtle East Younger.  Mr. Younger retired from United States Postal Service in Mt. Airy, and was a member of Community Baptist Church.  Kermit was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather who will be dearly missed by all who knew him.  He...

Mrs. Verlie Nellie Gates Head, 98, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, January 11, 2019, at Central Continuing Care.  Mrs. Head was born April 17, 1920, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Charles Solomon and Bertha Utt Gates.  Verlie retired from Lynne Hosiery Mill and was a faithful member of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church until her health declined.  She is survived by a son-in-law, Earl Sellers of Mount Airy; a granddaughter, Lanae Sellers Pendleton of...