Obituaries
Bobby Josiah Needham
Oct 23, 2026
Mr. Bobby Josiah Needham, 91, of Pilot Mountain, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, October 23, 2026. He was born March 7, 1935, in Surry County, the son of the late Bart and Myrtle Needham. Mr. Needham was a longtime farmer and home builder who built homes for many families throughout the Pilot Mountain area. He was member...
Jane Leach Snow
Oct 21, 2026
Mrs. Beverly Jane Leach Snow, age 80 of Mount Airy, NC, passed away on October 21, 2026. She was born in Surry County, November 24, 1945, the daughter of the late Jack Lee Leach and the late Virginia Poore Leach. Mrs. Snow was a graduate of Mount Airy High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and...
H.C. "Tom" Harold
Oct 21, 2026
Mr. H.C. “Tom” Harold, 93, of Ararat, VA, passed away Wednesday evening, October 21, 2026, at his home. Mr. Harold was born February 13, 1933, in Patrick County, VA, the son of the late M.F. and Agnes Puckett Harold. Tom spent many years working in his orchard, H.C. Harold Orchard, where he was known for his strong work ethic and...
Gerald Randolph Lyons
Oct 20, 2026
Mr. Gerald Randolph Lyons, 60 of Lambsburg, VA, passed away at his home on Tuesday October 20, 2026. He was born in Carroll County, February 3, 1966, to Eva June Quesenberry Lyons and the late Brady Byard Lyons. He was a Minnesota Vikings football fan and loved watching NASCAR especially Jeff Gordan and then Chase Elliott. When Gerald was in...
Norma Dean Woodruff Haynes
Oct 20, 2026
Mrs. Norma Dean Woodruff Haynes, 88, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Tuesday afternoon, October 20, 2026, at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Haynes was born November 15, 1937, in Surry County, one of nine children born to the late Andrew Click and Bessie Lee Coe Woodruff. On December 4, 1959, Norma married Archie Daniel Haynes,...
Susie Lee Spencer Wilson
Oct 20, 2026
Mrs. Susie Lee Spencer Wilson, age 74, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born on May 27, 1952 in Surry County to the late Raymond and Pearl Howlett Spencer. She was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church. She was a loving wife who...
Faye Ann Love Bowman
Oct 19, 2026
Mrs. Faye Ann Love Bowman, age 76, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2026 at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born on November 25, 1949 in Surry County to the late Harsel K. Love and the late Lucy Joyce Love. She was a member of Mt. Airy Wesleyan Church. She was a...
James Dean Sawyers
Oct 19, 2026
Mr. James Dean Sawyers, age 44, of Mount Airy passed away on Monday October 19, 2026 at his home. The son of Mr. James Ray Sawyers and Mrs. Tammy Smith, Mr. Sawyers was a loving and devoted son and friend who will surely be missed by all who knew him. Mr. Sawyers worked as a beautician and cosmetology instructor, where...
Frances Hazlewood Martin
Oct 19, 2026
Frances Hazlewood Martin, age 98 of Stuart, VA, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2026 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on April 20, 1928, to Richard Irvin Hazlewood and Essie Newman Hazlewood. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank A. “Possum” Martin, one sister, Nelda Hutchens, and...
Mary Alice Epperson Hiatt
Oct 18, 2026
Mrs. Mary Alice Epperson Hiatt, 84, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Hiatt was born July 17, 1942, in Patrick County, VA, one of ten children born to the late Rufus and Bessie King Epperson. Mary was a hardworking and devoted woman who dedicated...
Debbie Hope (Capps) Bowman
Oct 17, 2026
Mrs. Debbie Hope Capps Bowman, age 63, of Mount Airy, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at her son’s home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Bowman was born on May 20, 1963, in Roanoke, Virginia to the late Joseph Cecil and Hope Harrison Capps. Debbie was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. Debbie spent...
Jerry Lynwood Joyce
Oct 17, 2026
Jerry Lynwood Joyce, age 75 of Patrick Springs went to the Lord on October 17, 2026. He was born to the late Raymond Swanson Joyce Sr. and Iva June Fain Joyce.
He was a faithful servant at Pleasant View Baptist Church as a deacon. Serving others and greeting everyone gave him much joy.
He was a 1969 Bassett High School graduate. He...
Jimmy Lane Quesinberry
Oct 16, 2026
Mr. Jimmy Lane Quesinberry, age 65 of Stuart, Virginia, passed away peacefully at SOVAH Hospital of Martinsville on Friday, October 16, 2026. He was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina on June 2, 1965, to the late Herman Cecil Quesinberry and Tecora Lucinda Williams Quesinberry. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Timmy Ray...
Violet Jewell Chappell Boyd
Oct 16, 2026
Mrs. Violet Jewell Chappell Boyd of Ararat and Roanoke, Virginia, 94, left this earth to join her loved ones in heaven October 16, 2026. She is the daughter of Columbus Franklin Chappell and Lillie Mae Edwards Chappell, Cana, Virginia. She was born at home on July 11, 1932. She was predeceased by her parents Frank and Lillie; her husband of...
Howard Roosevelt "Lightning" Pike, Jr.
Oct 16, 2026
Mr. Howard Roosevelt “Lightning” Pike, Jr., age 77, of Mount Airy passed away Friday, October 16, 2026, at Novant Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Pike was born in Surry County, October 18, 1948, to the late Howard Roosevelt Pike, Sr., and Mary Elizabeth Chandler Pike. He was a loving husband, brother, uncle and friend, who will be deeply missed by all...
Ronda Kay Vernon Butler
Oct 16, 2026
Mrs. Ronda Kay Vernon Butler, 79, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, October 16, 2026, at her home. Mrs. Butler was born May 29, 1947, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Earlie W. and Irene Parker Vernon. Kay was a loving and devoted mother and grandmother who cherished her family and found her greatest joy...
Billy Jack Snow
Oct 15, 2026
Billy Jack Snow, 91, of Dobson, North Carolina passed away Thursday, October 15, 2026, at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Born September 26, 1935, in Surry County to the late William Virgil and Ora Johnson Snow. Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Carol Gay Pratt Snow; son and daughter-in-law, Billy “Dale” Snow and Beth Cockerham Snow;...
Kim Bohannon Bledsoe
Oct 14, 2026
Kim Bohannon Bledsoe, 61, of Elkin, North Carolina passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Born January 4, 1965, in Flint, Michigan to the late Simon Orrell and Goldie White Bohannon. If you were lucky enough to know Kim, you know how deeply she loved her people. Her husband, “RayBuck”, was her safe place and love of her life. Her girls...
Turner Thompson
Oct 14, 2026
Mr. Turner Thompson, a proud World War II veteran, lifelong farmer, and dedicated family man, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at the age of 101 at Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart, Virginia.
Born on July 3, 1925, in Patrick County, Virginia, Turner was the son of the late John Henry Thompson and Notie Alice Puckett Thompson. Turner...
Mike Todd Tucker
Oct 14, 2026
Mike “Todd” Tucker
On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, Todd was welcomed into his heavenly home.
Born November 18, 1966, Todd lived a full life bringing joy to the lives of all those who encountered him. Todd was the best friend and wonderful husband to Audrey for 40 years; a proud dad, the best Pa, compassionate father-in-law, and a beloved brother, son-in-law, and...
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