Jane Elizabeth Woodman
Dec 29, 2020
Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Woodman, 56, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Surry Community Health and Rehab. Mrs. Woodman was born in Hudson County, New Jersey on February 3, 1964, to the late David and Mona Mallan Woodman. Jane was loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She will be deeply missed by all that knew her. Left...
Virginia Caroline Collins
Dec 29, 2020
Virginia Bryant Collins of Stuart died on December 29, 2020. She was 100 years old. During her long life, she had been a wife, mother, cook/caterer, amateur artist, factory worker, saleswoman, and museum docent. She was born May 20, 1920, near Stuart. Her father, Emmet Bryant, was a farmer and orchardist and her mother, Maude Gilbert Bryant, raised 9 children. ...
Jean Slate
Dec 29, 2020
Mrs. Jean Brooks Slate, 82, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 29, 2020, at her home. Mrs. Slate was born September 12, 1938, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late Kennard and Olga Mitchell Brooks. Jean was a homemaker and a member of Genesis Full Gospel Church. She is survived by her husband of 53 years,...
James "Jimmy" Carlyn Brotherton
Dec 29, 2020
James (Jimmy) Carlyn Brotherton. 68. Died on Tuesday December 29. 2020 in Mt Airy, North Carolina. He was born on April 10, 1952 to Jesse and Hazel (Clark) Brotherton in Albright, West Virginia. In addition to being an amazing father, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend Jimmy was an exceptional photographer and enjoyed watching the Redskins and NASCAR on the television. His greatest passion was music. Playing guitar and...
Betty White
Dec 29, 2020
Mrs. Betty Martin White, age 80, of Elkin North Carolina passed away on Tuesday morning December 29, 2020. She was born in Surry County on May 16, 1940, to the late Fletcher Alvis Martin. She was a retired seamstress and worked at Tultex in Dobson, NC. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roger...
June Virginia Gammons Brannock
Dec 28, 2020
Mrs. June Virginia Adams Gammons Brannock, 97, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, December 28, 2020, at Northern Regional Hospital. Mrs. Brannock was born June 18, 1923, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Willie Andrew and Emma Eliza Arrington Adams. June was a loving housewife and farmer. She was a faithful member of Woodville Baptist Church, serving...
Peggy Lou Hall
Dec 28, 2020
Mrs. Peggy Lou Hall, age 74 of Galax, passed away Monday, December 28, 2020 at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Pulaski. She was born on February 5, 1946 in Patrick County to the late Tommy Goard and Lucy Arnder Goard. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five brothers, Larry Goard, J.C. Goard, George Goard,...
Madge Jones Johnson
Dec 28, 2020
Madge Jones Johnson, age 92, of Mount Airy, North Carolina, died on December 28, 2020, after complications following surgery. She was born on August 19, 1928, to Joseph Hamilton Jones and Pearl Toms Jones of Lattimore, North Carolina.
Mrs. Johnson attended Appalachian State University and received her Bachelor of Science degree in music in 1949. Later, she received a Master’s...
Rena Irene Grimes
Dec 28, 2020
Mrs. Rena Irene Smith Grimes, 102, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, December 28, 2020 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on April 12, 1918 to the late Kenny and Tilda Turney Smith. Mrs. Grimes was a loving homemaker, and a member of Ivy Green Baptist Church. She is survived by daughters, Clara...
Jerry Mitchell Southern
Dec 27, 2020
Mr. Jerry Mitchell Southern, 76, of Mount Airy passed away at Forsyth Medical Center, Sunday, December 27, 2020 surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Southern was born in Surry County, North Carolina, on January 1, 1944 to the late Reid Henderson and Emma Nannie Jones Southern. Jerry was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend. He will be deeply...
Sandra Mae Mundy
Dec 27, 2020
Ms. Sandra Mae York Mundy, 74, of Mt. Airy, passed away at Forsyth Medical Center, Sunday, December 27, 2020. She was born in Surry County, July 6, 1946 to the late Howard York and Clara Stone York Woodard. Ms. Mundy was a loving, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She will be lovingly remembered by her daughter and son-in-law, Theresa and...
Pamela Faye Johnson
Dec 27, 2020
Mrs. Pamela Faye Dye Johnson, age 67 of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2020 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born April 23, 1953 in Hawaii to the late Russell Charles and Rosetta Holden Dye. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lanell Bryce Johnson. She is survived by her son and...
Joanne Patricia Needham
Dec 27, 2020
Mrs. Joanne Patricia (Crawford) Needham, 89, of Arlington, TX, passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020, in Keller, TX. Mrs. Needham was born on December 12, 1931, in Mt. Airy, to Robert Sidney and Princess Scales Crawford. Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Jennifer Needham of Southlake, TX; grandchildren, Ashlyn Needham, Dylan Needham, and Logan Needham, all of...
Jeanmarie Molnar
Dec 27, 2020
Elkin, NC
Ms. Jeanmarie Smith Molnar, age 64, of Elkin, NC passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020 at her home. She was born in New Bern, North Carolina to Ghislaine Geneste Smith and the late Thomas Alexander Smith.
She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Alex Smith. Surviving are...
Martha Sue Johnson
Dec 27, 2020
Mrs. Martha Sue Wilson Johnson, 75, of Pinnacle, passed away Sunday evening, December 27, 2020, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Johnson was born August 27, 1945, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Dean Worth and Myrtle Ruby Hodges Wilson. Martha worked as an administrative assistant for many years. Her career spanned at Spencer’s Inc., Mount Airy...
Patricia Katherine Hicks
Dec 26, 2020
Mrs. Patricia Katherine Neal Hicks, 88, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday afternoon, December 26, 2020, at Chatham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Elkin. Mrs. Hicks was born August 22, 1932, in Surry County, one of twelve children born to the late Eugene Jessup and Mattie Rogers Neal. Katherine graduated from Mount Airy High School in 1950. She was a...
Richard "Dick" Thomas McPeek
Dec 26, 2020
Mr. Richard Thomas McPeek, 87, of Mt. Airy, passed away at Forsyth Medical Center, Saturday, December 26, 2020. He was born in Bluefield, WV, April 19, 1933, to the late Clyde and Mary Bailey McPeek. Mr. McPeek bravely served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He owned a small antique store with his mother in Akron. Mr. McPeek...
Walter Elliot Harris
Dec 26, 2020
Mr. Walter Elliot Harris, age 64 of Meadows of Dan, Virginia passed away at Forsyth Medical Center on Saturday, December 26, 2020. He was born in Patrick County on September 27, 1956 to the late Benjamin Harris, Jr. and Mary Lawrence Harris. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Wilburn Harris. Walter was...
Betty Riggs
Dec 26, 2020
Mrs. Betty Felts Riggs, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday night, December 26, 2020, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Riggs was born March 12, 1937, in Wilkes County, the daughter of the late Dave McDaniel and Ruby Burchett Felts. Betty retired from Spencer’s Inc. after 23 years of service and was a member...
Ruby Ellen Jones
Dec 26, 2020
Mrs. Ruby Ellen Conner Jones, age 78 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2020 at Commonwealth Senior Living in Hillsville, VA. She was born in Patrick County, VA on October 3, 1942 to the late Q. D. Conner and Ella Boyd Conner. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack...