Mrs. Loyce Gaye McKenzie McMillian, age 81, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at her home. She was born on August 11, 1944 in Grayson County, Virginia to the late Geroge and Mary Ann Bobbitt McMillian. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who will surely be missed by all who knew her. Left...
Mrs. Judy Carolyn Fain Goins Bowman, 73, of Meadows of Dan, VA, passed away peacefully on Monday afternoon, December 29, 2025, at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, with family and friends by her bedside. Mrs. Bowman was born July 8, 1952, in Patrick County, VA, one of sixteen children born to the late Leonard John and Myrtle Sarah...
Mrs. Dorothy Estell Johnson Snow, age 76, of Pinnacle, passed away early Monday morning, December 29, 2025, at Novant Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Snow was born in Bassett, Virginia on May 19, 1949, to the late Curtis Johnson and Estell Atkins Johnson. She worked many years as a waitress in various restaurants and even did home health care for a...
Mrs. Joan Carolyn Sparks Easter, age 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, December 29, 2025, at Northern Regional Hospital. Mrs. Easter was born in Grayson County, Virginia, March 8, 1942, to the late Boyd James Sparks and Magnolia Payne Sparks. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, who will be deeply missed by all who knew her....
Mr. Norman Byrl Bork, 94, formerly of Peoria, IL, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2025, in Mount Airy, NC.
Norman was born May 17, 1931, in Peoria, IL, the son of the late Morris L. “Mike” and Rhea Kaskowitz Bork. He attended Bradley University and later served in the United States Coast Guard aboard the USS Humboldt in the North Atlantic,...
Mr. Jimmy Lee Bunker, age 52 of Mount Airy, NC went peacefully home to the Lord on Sunday, December 28, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County, NC on November 5th, 1973 to James Garner Bunker and Karen Elaine Sawyer Bunker, and grew up in the White Plains community. Jimmy attended North Surry High School,...
Ms. Beverly Jean Alexander Konwinski, 78 of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Sunday December 28, 2025, at Chatham Nursing and Rehabilitation in Elkin, NC. She was born June 25, 1947, in Chicago, IL to the late Paul Alexander and Eleanor Veronica Dockery Bailey. Ms. Konwinski worked in banking for many years. Beverly loved her family, loved playing computer games,...
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Greene Webb, age 83, of Mount Airy, passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2025, at Northern Regional Hospital in Mount Airy, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Webb was born on January 16, 1942, in Surry County to the late Miles Wilson Green, Sr. and Mary Frances Boles Greene. Mary was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and...
Mr. William “Jesse” Jones, age 92 of Stuart, Virginia went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, December 28, 2025, at his home. He was born in Patrick County, on August 15, 1933 to the late William Sanders Jones and Lucy Holt Jones. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 64 years...
Mrs. Virginia Mae Thomas Norman, 95, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, December 28, 2025, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Norman was born May 17, 1930, in Surry County, one of ten children born to the late John Samuel and Annie Mathis Thomas. Virginia was employed for many years as a beautician and later served as manager...
Mrs. Kathy Edwards Handy, age 71 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2025 at her home. She was born in Mount Airy North Carolina on September 6, 1954 to the late Roscoe Emmit Edwards and Georgia Eaton Edwards. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Handy was preceded in death by a daughter, Jillian Handy Anderson; and a brother, Barry...
Mrs. Hazel Goins Hunter, age 99, of Westfield, passed away on Sunday December 28, 2025 at SECU Hospice Center in Yadkinville. Mrs. Hunter was born in Stokes County on March 19, 1926, to the late Simon Peter “Sam” Goins and Susie Helen Montgomery Goins. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great- grandmother who will surely be missed by...
Ms. Anita Louise Newman Bowlen, age 71 of Mount Airy, passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2025, at Canterbury Rehab and Healthcare Center in Richmond, Virginia, surrounded by her loving family. Ms. Bowlen was born on December 4, 1954, in Grayson County, Virginia to the late Bernard and Hattie McCraw Newman. Anita was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and...
Ms. Marsha Louise Smith, age 71 of Stuart, Virginia, passed away at Skyline Nursing Home on Friday, December 26, 2025. She was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, on August 28, 1954, to the late Frank Smith and Betty Louise Morris Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Tracy Smith. Marsha was a faithful...
Mr. Wesley Monroe Bowman, age 82, of Dobson, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, December 26, 2025, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Bowman was born November 5, 1943, in Stokes County NC to the late Johnny William Bowman and the late Annie Roberta Koins Bowman. Mr. Bowman was a devoted husband, loving father and grandfather and a member of...
James Elmer “Jim” Wagoner of Mount Airy, NC, passed away the evening of December 25th, 2025, at the age of 87. He was born in in Surry County in May 1938 to Elmer and Ruth Wagoner, who both preceded him in death. Jim is survived by his wife of 33 years, Peggy, his daughters Kara Lewis and her husband Gene...
Mr. Lane Eden Hubbard, age 77 of Meadows of Dan, Virginia, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2025, surrounded by his family at his home. He was born in Patrick County on October 12, 1948, to the late Clayton Eugene Hubbard and Eileen Quesinberry Hubbard. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hubbard was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Jerry Keith...
Mrs. Virginia Lea Beasley Sheppard, age 82 of Walkertown, North Carolina, passed away on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was born in Patrick County to the late Marshall Edgar Beasley and Madeline Handy Beasley. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Sheppard was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Marion “Poppy” Sheppard....
Mr. Winfred Ray “Wink” Hall, 83 of Mount Airy, passed away at his home on Wednesday December 24, 2025. He was born in Randolph County, February 26, 1942, to the late James Wesley Hall and Stella Irene Bennett Hall. Mr. Hall proudly served our country in the US Navy and retired from Pilot Mountain Cabinet Shop. He and his late...
Mr. Joe Delbert Brim, 93, of Mount Airy, went to join his Savior on Wednesday morning, December 24, 2025, from the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Brim was born on July 31, 1932, in Surry County, to the late Romney Samuel and Voda Gammons Brim. Delbert retired from Flav-O-Rich Dairies and Brim’s Nursery and was an...