Obituaries
Opal Pauline Wright Lawrence
Feb 26, 2024
Mrs. Opal Pauline Wright Lawrence, age 96, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully Monday, February 26, 2024, at her residence, surrounded by her loving family. She was born December 5, 1927, in Surry County to the late William and Ada Hill Wright. Left to cherish her memories are her loving husband, Ernest Grey Lawrence Sr; her children and their spouses,...
Carroll Elwood Bowman
Feb 25, 2024
Carroll “Woofie” Elwood Bowman January 24, 1975 - February 25, 2024.
Carroll “Woofie” Elwood Bowman, beloved father, grandfather, sibling, son, and friend, passed away on February 25, 2024, at the age of 49. Carroll was known for his larger-than-life personality, an infectious laughter, and for being a genuinely kind man. Jovial and outgoing, Carroll always had a smile on his face...
Kenneth Michael Arrington
Feb 25, 2024
Mr. Kenneth Michael “Mike” Arrington, age 54, of Elkin, passed away peacefully at home, Sunday, February 25, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 26, 1969, in Surry County. Left to cherish his memories are his loving wife, Tina Marie Arrington; his daughter, Cassie Sneed Arrington; stepsons, Jonathan Gardner, and Toby Potts; grandchildren, Carson Soriano, Kannon Gardner,...
Edward "Eddie" Preston Paitsel, Jr.
Feb 24, 2024
Edward, Eddie, Preston Paitsel, Jr. went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 10:58pm while at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. Eddie was preceded in death by his wife, Joan Smith Paitsel, his father, Edward Preston Paitsel, and his mother, Gertrude Angelina Boone Paitsel. He was also preceded in death...
Jewel Carolyn Vernon Hutchens
Feb 24, 2024
Mrs. Jewel Carolyn Vernon Hutchens, 79 of Mount Airy, passed away on Saturday morning February 24, 2024, at Dunmore Plantation in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on March 1, 1944, to the late Claude and Gennie Poore Vernon. Mrs. Hutchens was a loving homemaker and retired from the textile industry. Left to cherish her memory are two sons...
Kathleen "Kitty" Snow Crabb
Feb 24, 2024
Mrs. Kathleen “Kitty” Snow Crabb, 83, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, February 24, 2024, at her home. She was born in Surry County on June 28, 1940, to the late John Quincy and Mamie Odell Collins Snow. Mrs. Crabb retired from Wayne Farms and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Tammy...
Hunter Jacob Gertsch
Feb 23, 2024
Hunter Jacob Gertsch gained his Pilot's License on Friday February 23,2024. He has said since he was 3 that he wanted to take a plane to Heaven to see his cousin Emmitt and his Uncle Jay Jay. In Hunter's 8 years on Earth he touched so many lives. He lit up every room he walked in and was loved by...
Nathaniel Lee Harrison
Feb 22, 2024
Mr. Nathaniel Lee Harrison, or as some of his friends called him “NateDawg” unexpectedly ended his life on February 22, 2024, at the age of 21.
Nate was a very private person in life and probably wouldn’t want to end that life with people gawking at him laying in a coffin. His family...
Bertha "Granny" Alice Gwyn Stevens
Feb 22, 2024
Mrs. Bertha Alice Gwyn Stevens, age 95 of Mount Airy, passed away on Thursday, February 22, 2024, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Stevens was born in Carroll County, Virginia on November 8, 1928, to the late Andrew and Rose Gwyn. Bertha was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend and retired from Perry Manufacturing. Surviving are...
Ruth Willard Hutchens
Feb 22, 2024
Mrs. Barbara Ruth Willard Hutchens, age 90 of Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, formerly of Stuart, Virginia passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, February 22, 2024. She was born in Patrick County on December 6, 1933, to the late Ervin Wesley Willard and Ima Lee Hodges Willard. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Wayne Robert Denny
Feb 22, 2024
Mr. Wayne Robert Denny, age 80, of Mount Airy passed away on Thursday, February 22, 2024, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born in Surry County, July 22, 1943, the son of the late Curtis and Helen Scott Denny. Mr. Denny retired from farming and developing real estate. He was a veteran of the United States...
Michael David Cummings
Feb 22, 2024
Mr. Michael David Cummings, age 69, of Elkin, passed away suddenly on Thursday, February 22, 2024. He was born May 8, 1954, in Johnston County NC, to the late Howard Claude Cummings and the late Ida Mae Moretz Cummings. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving wife, Dianne Fulk Cummings; and his son, Jason...
Buford Allen Barbour
Feb 22, 2024
Mr. Buford Allen Barbour, age 81 of Spencer, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2024, at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. He was born on March 10, 1942. He was raised by the late Johnie Cooper and Edith Cooper and his biological parents, the late Jim Pete Barbour and Estelle Deal Barbour. He was also preceded in death by...
Sharon Lynn Hunt
Feb 21, 2024
Ms. Sharon Lynn Hunt, age 57, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 19, 1966, in Surry County, to the late Clinton Lee Hunt and the late Princess Donna Ranson Hunt.
Left to cherish her memories are her daughter, Ali...
Harvey Ray Wall
Feb 20, 2024
Mr. Harvey Ray Wall, age 76 of Mount Airy, passed away on Tuesday afternoon February 20, 2024, at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born July 21, 1947, in Surry County to the late Harvey Wilson Wall and Evelyn Alice Hill Wall. Ray proudly served our country in the US Air Force. After leaving the military Ray...
Alejandro Valenzuela Lozano
Feb 20, 2024
Alejandro Valenzuela Lozano, 73, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday evening, February 20, 2024, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Alejandro was born April 22, 1950, in Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of the late Catalino Valenzuela and Hermelinda Lozano. Alejandro worked as a maintenance technician at Carolina Carports for many years. He is survived by his...
Denna Louise Brintle
Feb 20, 2024
Mrs. Denna Louise Hodges Brintle, 62, of Mount Airy passed away unexpectantly on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at Northern Regional Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Brintle was born April 2, 1961, in Forsyth County to the late Zula Hodges. She was employed at High Point Hospital for 17 years and worked at Renfro for 16 years before going...
Thomas "Tommy" Dean Kingsbury, Sr.
Feb 20, 2024
Mr. Thomas “Tommy” Dean Kingsbury, 80, of Mount Airy, passed away early Tuesday morning, February 20, 2024, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Kingsbury was born in Surry County to the late Robert Thomas and Naomi Quesinberry Kingsbury. Tommy was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend, who served many years as a pastor. He...
Kathy Denise Wood
Feb 19, 2024
Mrs. Kathy Denise Wood, age 61, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2024 at Surry Community Health and Rehabilitation in Mt. Airy. She was born on November 21, 1962 in Wilkes County to the late Edward and Shirley Moss Wood. Left to cherish her memory are a son, Edward Senter; grandchildren, Logan Senter, and Lilly Wood;...
Velma Nelson Wall
Feb 18, 2024
Mrs. Velma Nelson Wall, 99, of Charlotte, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2024, and was preceded in her passing by her husband of 66 years, John Kelly Wall, who in the 1980s was the elected sheriff of Charlotte Mecklenburg. Velma was born August 7, 1924, in Danbury, the only child of the late Roy M. and Annie Mae Nelson of...
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