Ronald "Ronnie" Dale Combs
Sep 7, 2025
Mr. Ronald “Ronnie” Dale Combs, 71 of Mount Airy, passed away on Sunday night, September 7, 2025, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born October 12, 1953, in Surry County, the only boy of three children to the late Carlie Colen Combs and Dorsie Elizabeth Easter Combs. Ronnie was raised as a Southern Baptist boy. Ronnie always had...
Shirley Marie Moran Agnew
Sep 7, 2025
Mrs. Shirley Marie Moran Agnew, age 86 of Bassett, passed away Sunday, September 7, 2025 at SOVAH Hospital of Martinsville. She was born in Henry County on June 5, 1939 to the late Eldee Wilbert Moran and Ida Mae Parker Moran. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Agnew was preceded in death by her husband, Palmer Jesse Agnew; one son;...
George Michael "Mike" Hauser
Sep 6, 2025
After a tenacious battle with cancer, George Michael Hauser, known as “Mike” or “Hooz” by many, passed away on September 6, 2025, at the age of 66 with his daughter, Jessica, by his side. Mike is survived by his daughters, Elizabeth Hauser and Jessica Hauser-Flinchum and their spouses, Aysha Bodenhamer and Kenneth Flinchum; cherished grandchildren, Lenna and Lincoln Flinchum and...
Josefina Avila Guerrero
Sep 6, 2025
Josefina Guerrero Avila, age 72, of Dobson, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2025, at Novant Medical Center. She was born June 22, 1953, in Mexico, to the late Jesus Guerrero and the late Soledad Avilla. Left to cherish her memories are her children; Victor Hugo Gonzalez Guerrero, Liliana Gonzalez Guerrero, Alejandra Gonzalez Guerrero and Oscar Gonzalez Guerrero; nine grandchildren; and...
Peggy Sue Owen Mahone
Sep 5, 2025
Ms. Peggy Sue Owen Mahone, age 76, of Ararat, North Carolina passed away at her residence on Friday, September 5, 2025. Ms. Mahone was born in Surry County, March 2, 1949, to the late Paul Alfred Owen and Cora Pack Owen. She was a loving soon to be wife, mother, grandmother, sibling, and friend, she’ll be deeply missed by all...
Raymond (Ray) Branscom Rakes
Sep 4, 2025
Celebrating a life well lived
Raymond (Ray) Branscom Rakes, 89, of Stuart, VA passed away on September 4, 2025. Born on September 10, 1935 in White Gate, VA he was the son of the late Elder Dewey Branscom Rakes and Viola May (Sink) Rakes.
Ray proudly served in the United States Navy from 1954 to 1960, as a Boatswain's Mate aboard the...
Virginia Mae (Gwyn) Easter
Sep 4, 2025
Mrs. Virginia Mae Gwyn Easter, age 92 of Mount Airy, passed away on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Easter was born April 19, 1933, in Surry County to the late Jessie Lee and Rosa Bell Gwyn Gwynn. Mae was a loving wife mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great great-grandmother, sister, and friend. She and...
Esther Faye Lovill Haynes
Sep 4, 2025
Mrs. Esther Faye Lovill Haynes, age 71, of Cana, passed away on Thursday, September 4, 2025 at her home with her husband by her side. She was born on May 27, 1954 in Carroll County to the late Conley and Dorothy Ogle Lovill. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who will surely be missed by all who knew...
Alesia Rae Newman Brooks
Sep 4, 2025
Mrs. Alesia Rae Newman Brooks, age 62, of Dobson, passed away on Thursday, September 4, 2025 at her home. She was born on April 18, 1963 in Surry County to the late Jimmy Ray Newman and Celatha Collins Smith. She owned and operated Little Dumplins Daycare for 20 years, and later she worked as a housekeeper for Elkin Hospital. She...
Ellen Jeanette (Moore) Barber
Sep 3, 2025
Mrs. Jeanette Moore Barber passed away at Novant Forsyth Medical Center on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at the age of 91 years. She was born to the late George and Lula Flinchum Moore on July 20, 1934, in Surry County. She passed away on the 23rd anniversary of her mother’s death.
Her passion in life was always children, whether it be...
Danny Jackson Hazelwood
Sep 3, 2025
Mr. Danny Jackson Hazelwood, age 71 of Stuart, Virginia passed away at Forsyth Medical Center on Wednesday, September 3, 2025. He was born in Henry County on September 18, 1953, to the late Homer R. Hazelwood and Nancy Thornton Hazelwood. In addition to his parents, he was preceded by his beloved wife, Patty Harris Hazelwood; and one sister, Donna Kay...
Freda Jo (Boggs) Johnson
Sep 2, 2025
Ms. Freda Jo Boggs Johnson, 70, of Mount Airy passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Ms. Johnson was born in Austin, Texas on September 24, 1954, to the late Fred and Dovie Reich Boggs. Freda was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend. She had a strong faith...
Randy Christopher Collins
Sep 2, 2025
Mr. Randy Christopher Collins, age 70 of Mount Airy, passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, surrounded by his family. Mr. Collins was born in Surry County on November 13, 1954, to the late Moses Collins, Jr. and Frances Pauline Lowe Collins. Randy was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother,...
Jimmy Nathan Draughn
Sep 2, 2025
Mr. Jimmy Nathan Draughn, 80, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, September 2, 2025, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Draughn was born October 8, 1944, in Surry County, one of six children born to the late Dallas David and Anna Smith Draughn. Jimmy grew up in the White Plains community and...
Patricia May Hawks Hill
Sep 2, 2025
Ms. Patricia May Hawks Hill, age 67, of Mount Airy passed away at her residence on September 2, 2025. She was born in Surry County on November 25, 1957, to the late Richard Aldean Hawks and Mary Elizabeth Meredith Hawks. Ms. Hill did home health until she became disabled. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Candace Hill Conner...
Kaya Joan Elizabeth Waage
Sep 1, 2025
To her mother and Aunt Zoe, Kaya was affectionately known as Kitta Kai, to her Grandmother Wendy, she was her sweet Ke-Ke, and to her Great Grandmother, June, she will forever be remembered in her heart as KEEKS, Kaya Elizabeth Eleanor Katherine Shough. Kaya Joan Elizabeth Waage Shough passed away on September 1, 2025, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at the...
Earl Ray Shelton
Sep 1, 2025
Mr. Earl Ray Shelton, 74 of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Monday morning September 1, 2025, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. He was born October 22, 1950, in Surry County to the late Rev. Bernie Ellis Shelton and Ruth Ella Key Shelton. He was a retirement planner for...
Beverly Ann Harold
Aug 31, 2025
Beverly Ann Harold, age 78, of Nashville, TN, passed away on August 31, 2025. She was born November 10, 1946, to the late Bernie Franklin Payne and Mary Pauline Young Payne. Surviving is her son, Dennis Ray Harold, Jr.; two grandchildren, Eve Harold and Morgan Harold; and one brother, Terry Alan Payne. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Harold is...
Vergie Ilene Quesinberry Bolt
Aug 31, 2025
Mrs. Vergie Ilene Quesinberry Bolt, age 89 of Stuart, Virginia passed away Sunday, August 31, 2025, at SOVAH Health Martinsville. She was born in Carroll County on September 3, 1935, to the late Charlie Larkin Quesinberry and Annie Eunice Burnett Quesinberry. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bolt was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Bolt; three sisters, Glaspa...
Grier Eugene Epperson
Aug 31, 2025
Mr. Grier Eugene Epperson, 83, of Ararat, VA, a devoted and loving husband, daddy, and pa, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, August 31, 2025, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Epperson was born May 5, 1942, in Patrick County, VA, one of five children born to the late Albert “Ab” and Era Jessup Epperson....