Michele Rene Stanley
Dec 13, 2024
Ms. Michele Rene Stanley, 61, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday night, December 13, 2024, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Ms. Stanley was born January 4, 1963, in Surry County, to the late Kenneth Wayne and Billie Jo George Stanley. Michele was a compassionate and dedicated social worker for more than four decades. She was a beacon of hope...
Sharon Renee Vaughn
Dec 13, 2024
Miss Sharon Renee Vaughn, age 55 of Stuart, Virginia passed away at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital on Friday, December 13, 2024. She was born in Patrick County on May 19, 1969. She was preceded in death by her father, Moir Ray Vaughn. Sharon was a registered nurse in the home health setting. She previously worked at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in...
Willie Joe Branch
Dec 12, 2024
Willie Joe Branch, 71, of Elkin, North Carolina passed away Thursday, December 12, 2024. Born February 14, 1953, to the late Willie John and Myrtle Adams Branch. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister and brother-in-law, Peggy Keiler and Joe. He is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Jason Branch and Sparrah, Jimmy Branch and...
Elizabeth Ann Wright Turner
Dec 12, 2024
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Wright Turner, age 84 of Martinsville, Virginia passed away at Sovah Hospital in Martinsville on Thursday, December 12, 2024. She was born in Patrick County on August 27, 1940, to the late Robert Alvin Wright and Elizabeth Naylor Wright. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Frances Wright Spencer.
Ann grew up...
Christopher Thomas Stovall
Dec 12, 2024
Mr. Christopher Thomas Stovall, age 57 of Bassett, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at his home. He was born in Patrick County on August 28, 1967, to the late Lloyd Thomas Stovall and Barbara Craddock Boothe. In addition to his parents, Chris was preceded in death by his grandparents, Otis and Edith Craddock and Ruth Stovall.
Chris is survived...
Barbara Ann Reynolds Pack
Dec 11, 2024
Mrs. Barbara Ann Reynolds Pack, 72, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday morning, December 11, 2024, at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Pack was born May 15, 1952, in Surry County, the daughter of the late James and Mary Jane Reynolds Goins. Barbara worked at Spencer’s Inc. for 29 years, and she later worked at Puckett’s Greenhouse....
Judy Vaughn Shelton
Dec 11, 2024
Judy Vaughn Shelton, age 77, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Martinsville, VA to the late Noel Vaughn and Dorothy Stedman McDaniel. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband James Douglas Shelton; one brother, Mike Vaughn. She was a lifelong member of New Hope Church...
Delana Grapes
Dec 10, 2024
Delana Catherine Grapes
Born August 27, 1958
And passed away December 10,2024
Delana has blessed all of us in our lives. Throughout her time, she was a loving, caring, selfless, strong beautiful person. She has left behind her many chihuahuas that she adored. Then she was also survived by her companion/friend of 22 years, Marty Spicer and their daughters, Robin Spicer and Sheena...
Pete Hamilton
Dec 10, 2024
Mr. Harold Delane “Pete” Hamilton, age 89 of Cana, VA passed away on Tuesday December 10, 2024, at Wythe County Community Hospital. He was born on September 21, 1935, in Grayson County, VA to the late Nina Ann Taylor Haumacher. He retired from Lowes Hardware and was a member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church. Pete proudly served our country in...
Billy Gray Collins
Dec 9, 2024
Mr. Billy Gray Collins, age 83, of Claudville, Virginia, passed away early Monday morning, December 9, 2024, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Collins was born on March 12, 1941, one of eighteen children to the late Victor and Alpha Mae Collins. Billy was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather,...
Aaron Michael McCoy
Dec 9, 2024
Mr. Aaron Michael McCoy, age 59, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, December 9, 2024, at his residence. He was born November 19, 1965, in Marshall, MI, to Gerald McCoy, who survives, and the late Kathryn Mae Thompson McCoy. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by his mother-in-law Joyce Watson; and his father-in-law, James Wendell “Wendy”...
Wain Roland Cole
Dec 8, 2024
Mr. Wain Roland Cole, 82, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday night, December 8, 2024, at his home. Mr. Cole was born March 2, 1942, in Carter County, TN, one of ten children born to the late Floyd Watson and Savada Miller Cole. Wain retired from Bassett Furniture after 20 years of dedicated service and was a member of New...
Avery Willard Sheets
Dec 8, 2024
Mr. Avery Willard Sheets, age 78, of Dobson, passed away Sunday December 8, 2024, at the SECU Hospice Home in Yadkinville. He was born September 3, 1946, in Smyth County, Virginia to the late Norman Judson Sheets and the late Effie Richardson Sheets. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings, Virginia Brooks, Josephine Pipes,...
Joshua Dell Hill
Dec 8, 2024
Joshua Dell Hill, age 39, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2024 at Northern Regional Hospital in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Joshua was born on January 4, 1985, in Stuart, VA to Linda Mize and Rick Hill.
He loved sports, especially basketball, and the Duke Blue Devils. He also loved wrestling and made many friends in the AIWF series. He was of Baptist...
Geneva Hicks Cooke
Dec 7, 2024
Mrs. Geneva Hicks Key Cooke, age 96 of Raleigh, North Carolina, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away on Saturday evening, December 7, 2024, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Cooke was born on May 26, 1928, in Surry County to the late James Pete and Mary Branson Hicks. Geneva was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother,...
Robert "Robby" Ephron Lincoln Dezern
Dec 7, 2024
Robert “Robby” Ephron Lincoln Dezern, age 54, passed away on December 7, 2024, at the RHA Wildcat Group Home in Deep Gap, NC. He was born June 1, 1970, in Elkin, NC to the late Paul and Margie Chrismon Dezern. To know Robby was to love him. Robby was known for his witty and loving personality. He would light up...
Linda Frances Sprinkle Spann
Dec 6, 2024
Mrs. Linda Frances Sprinkle Spann, age 77, of Elkin, passed away Friday, December 6, 2024. She was born August 20, 1947, in Surry Country, to the late Raymond Sprinkle and the late Sadie Benge Sprinkle. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, James Ronnie Spann; her son, James Patrick Spann; and a nephew,...
Gay Smart Browne
Dec 6, 2024
Gay Vernie Smart Browne passed away peacefully at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home at the age of ninety-two on December 6, 2024. She was born September 3, 1932, to Mamie Loranzory Williams Smart and Clarender Thomas Smart. She was the sixth of their thirteen children. Gay grew up in Patrick County, Virginia, near Stuart, on the family’s self-sustaining...
Linda Payne Smith
Dec 6, 2024
Mrs. Linda Payne Smith, age 76, of Ararat, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2024 at her home. She was born on October 6, 1948 in Patrick County to the late James Monroe and Claudia Marie Sutphin Payne. Mrs. Smith was a retired hairdresser, a job which she held for over 30 years. She was a loving mother, and grandmother...
Gene David Draughn
Dec 6, 2024
Mr. Gene David Draughn, age 84, of Mount Airy passed away on Friday, December 6, 2024, surrounded by his loving family, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Draughn was born in Surry County on June 8, 1940, to the late Dallas David and Anna Beatrice Smith Draughn. Gene proudly served his country in the US...