Obituaries
Mala Mae (Jones) Sellers
Apr 29, 2023
Mrs. Mala Mae Ruth Jones Sellers, age 72 of Lexington, formally of Mount Airy, passed away on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at Village Care of King in King, North Carolina. Mrs. Sellers was born February 24, 1951, in Grayson County, Virginia to the late Clyde Walter and Annie Arr Villa Lowe Jones. Mala was a loving wife, mother, grandmother,...
Victor Keith Rakes
Apr 28, 2023
Mr. Victor Keith Rakes, age 67 of Critz, Virginia passed away at his home on Friday, April 28, 2023. He was born in Martinsville on September 25, 1955, to the late Walter Raleigh Rakes, Sr., and Rachel Martin Rakes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Walter Raleigh Rakes, Jr.
Victor was a 1973 graduate of...
Douglas Steven Kallam
Apr 28, 2023
Mr. Douglas Steven “Steve” Kallam, 85, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday night, April 28, 2023, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Kallam was born October 1, 1937, in Surry County, one of eight children born to the late William Allen and Lilliam Simpson Kallam. Steve was reared on a family farm in the White...
Christine (Sleight) Ayers
Apr 28, 2023
Mrs. Christine Sleight Ayers, age 85 of Mount Airy, passed away on Friday evening, April 28, 2023, in Mount Airy. Mrs. Ayers was born in Surry County to the late George Franklin Sleight and Minnie Pearl Payne Sleight Shelton. Christine was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend. She will be deeply missed by all that...
Bertie Hiatt Hicks
Apr 28, 2023
Mrs. Bertie Hiatt Hicks, 94, of Surry County, passed away Friday, April 28, 2023, at Chatham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Elkin, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Hicks was born September 26, 1928, in Surry County, to the late Joe and Hattie Edwards Hiatt. She was admired and adored by the many that knew her. Left to cherish her...
Eunice Rorrer Goode
Apr 27, 2023
Mrs. Eunice Rorrer Goode, age 80, formerly of Stuart, Virginia passed away on April 27, 2023, at Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Rich Creek, VA. She was born in Patrick County on March 3, 1943, to the late Jessie and Alice Chaney Rorrer. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 58 years,...
Wanda Grey Slate
Apr 27, 2023
Mrs. Wanda Grey Dixon Slate, 78, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, April 27, 2023, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Surry County on September 26, 1944, to the late Garvie Roe Dixon, Sr. and Nellie Jane Lowe Dixon. Mrs. Slate retired from Quality Mills and was a faithful member of Genesis Full Gospel...
Mary Alice Frye Styers
Apr 27, 2023
Mrs. Mary Alice Frye Styers, age 90 of Patrick Springs, passed away Thursday, April 27, 2023, at her home. She was born in Iredell County, NC on August 1, 1932, to the late Jesse Frank Frye and Phosey Mae Caudle Frye. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold...
Richard Dale Pell
Apr 27, 2023
Mr. Richard Dale Pell, age 63, of Mount Airy passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at Atrium Wake Forest Health in Winston Salem, NC. He was born in Surry County, May 24, 1959, the son of the late Elbert Franklin and Katherine Holyfield Pell. Mr. Pell was employed by Beck Trucking in Dobson, NC and was of the...
Darrell Lovill
Apr 26, 2023
Mr. Richard Darrell Lovill, age 67, of Cana, VA, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday evening April 26, 2023, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC surrounded by his loving family. Darrell was born in Surry County on February 12, 1956, to Betty Lou Slate Lovill and the late Richard Arlis “Butch” Lovill. He worked at NC Granite...
Patricia Sue Hice Lowe
Apr 26, 2023
Mrs. Patricia Sue Hice Lowe, age 74, of Lowgap, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at her residence. She was born August 1, 1948, in Surry County, to the late Robert Woodrow Hice and the late Ruth Odell Vernon Hice. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister and brother-in-law, Sylvia and Bert...
Kenneth Arnold Martin
Apr 26, 2023
Mr. Kenneth Arnold Martin, 82, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday night, April 26, 2023, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Martin was born May 18, 1940, in Surry County, the son of the late Elisha and Emma Pell Martin. Kenneth served our country in the United States Army from 1963 until 1965, just as the Vietnam...
Caleb James Donnelly
Apr 25, 2023
Obituary for Caleb James Donnelly
In Loving Remembrance of our Son, Gunny Caleb James Donnelly
Caleb will be sorely missed by his Family and Friends. Caleb was, and is, deeply loved. What’s more, he was admired by the men who served under him, many of whom referred to him as Dad because they could always go to him in a...
Barbara Jean Jenkins Reece
Apr 25, 2023
Mrs. Barbara Jean Jenkins Reece, age 78, of Dobson, NC passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born in Surry County on August 2, 1944, to the late Connie William Jenkins and the late Lola Belle Childress Jenkins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a...
Barbara Jo Inman Persinger
Apr 25, 2023
Mrs. Barbara Jo Inman Persinger, age 68, of Ararat, N.C., passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born June 18, 1954, in Surry County to the late Beulah and Grady Inman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Charldean Tobert; and her brother, Freddy...
Elizabeth Mae "Betty" Gaston
Apr 24, 2023
Elizabeth “Betty” Gaston, 87, of Mount Airy, NC peacefully passed to the other side of the Veil on Monday, April 24, 2023. Born on Mother’s Day May 13, 1935, in Far Hills, NJ to Charles & Nellie Mae (Pickell) Bowker. Elizabeth “Betty” Mae Bowker Gaston was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Robert Thomas Gaston; her son,...
Rena Ann Smith
Apr 24, 2023
Mrs. Rena Ann Taylor Smith, 72, of Ararat, VA passed away Monday, April 24, 2023, at Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart, VA. She was born in Delaware County, NY on November 26, 1950, to George and Verna Robbins Taylor. Mrs. Smith was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who will be dearly missed. In addition to her...
Lillian Carlene Martin Creed
Apr 24, 2023
Mrs. Lillian Carlene Martin Creed, age 85, of Lowgap, passed away on Monday, April 24, 2023, at Northern Regional Hospital in Mount Airy. Mrs. Creed was born on May 15, 1937, in Surry County to the late Yank and Nettie Lowery Martin. Carlene was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She will be deeply missed by all...
Mary Ruth (Flippen) Harward
Apr 23, 2023
Mary Ruth Flippen Harward gained her angel wings on April 23, 2023, at her home in Derita, a neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mary was 81 years old. She was born November 2, 1941, in Surry County, North Carolina to Claude and Lelia Flippen.
Those of us who were blessed to be touched by Mary’s life understand the imprint she...
Donna Michelle Hull Clark
Apr 23, 2023
Ms. Donna Michelle Hull Clark, 40, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday evening, April 23, 2023, at her home. Ms. Clark was born September 27, 1982, in Surry County, the daughter of Debbie Dollyhigh Atkins and Donnie Joe Hull. Michelle earned her associate degree in nursing and worked as a registered nurse for several years. She is survived by her...
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