Joe Bill Adams
Dec 9, 2020
Mr. Joe Bill Adams, 84, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday evening, December 9, 2020, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on September 25, 1936 to the late Howard Adams and Versie Haymore Adams Gammons. Mr. Adams bravely served in the United States Army for three years. Mr. Adams was...
Bertie Mae Roberts
Dec 9, 2020
Mrs. Bertie Mae Bowman Roberts, 95, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at Surry Community Health and Rehabilitation in Mt. Airy. She was born in Patrick County, on February 3, 1925 to the late Otie and Rosie Lawson Bowman. Mrs. Roberts retired from Adams Millis, and was of the Baptist Faith. She is survived by daughters and...
Ester Hernandez
Dec 9, 2020
Mrs. Esther Garcia Hernandez, 97, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Mexico on January 3, 1923 to the late Ilario Garcia and Rosa Ramirez Rodriguez. Mrs. Hernandez was a loving homemaker who will be dearly missed by all who knew her. She is survived by...
Robert Lee Thompson
Dec 9, 2020
Mr. Robert Lee Thompson, 90, of Clemmons, formerly of Mt. Airy, passed away at Forsyth Medical Center, Wednesday, December 9, 2020. He was born in Surry County, September 22, 1930, to the late Roby and Margie Watson Thompson. He bravely served in the U.S. Army, and graduated from Roanoke Business College. Mr. Thompson was a talented and interesting man, he...
James Thomas "J.T." Palmer
Dec 9, 2020
Mr. James Thomas “J.T.” Palmer, 92, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. Mr. Palmer was born June 9, 1928, in Surry County, one of four children born to the late Vester and Irene Collins Palmer. J.T. served our country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He retired as an executive vice president...
Travis Daniel Glad
Dec 8, 2020
Mr. Travis Daniel Glad, age 27 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at his home. He was born in Charlotte, NC on January 30, 1993. Travis was fascinated with anything mechanical and loved astronomy. He loved to build engines striving to make the next one better than the last. At night, he would spend many hours with...
Bobby Lee Hawks
Dec 8, 2020
Mr. Bobby Lee Hawks, 78, of Mt. Airy, passed away at his home Tuesday, December 8, 2020. He was born in Carroll County, Virginia, October 17, 1942, to the late Albert Fred Hawks and Virginia Faye Edwards Hawks. Mr. Hawks is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Ricky and Barbara Hawks, Michael and Lisa Hawks; grandchildren, Heather Hawks and husband,...
Jerry Wayne Knowles
Dec 8, 2020
Mr. Jerry Wayne Knowles, age 35 of Meadows of Dan, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. He was born in Patrick County on July 4, 1985. He enjoyed playing his guitar and singing in church. He loved attending Faith Baptist Church, and would lead congregational singing while playing his guitar. He had worked at Wood’s Produce since he...
Helen Anne Cowley
Dec 7, 2020
Helen Anne Buck Cowley
March 13, 1928 - December 7, 2020
Helen Anne Buck Cowley died December 7, 2020. She was 92 years old. She lived on her beloved property in Patrick County, Virginia until 2 weeks before her death. She and her husband fed countless birds and deer and also fed the family and many friends with the...
Helen Lorraine Beesmer
Dec 7, 2020
Mrs. Helen Lorraine Bishop Beesmer 72, of Mount Airy NC, passed away at her home, Monday, December 7, 2020. She was born in Honesdale, PA to the late Virgil and Helen Hazen Bishop. Mrs. Beesmer was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She worked for the Wayne County PA Family Center as a Parent Educator, prior to retirement...
Faye Martin
Dec 6, 2020
Mrs. Faye Earles Martin, 80, of Mt. Airy passed away at Central Continuing Care, Sunday, December 6, 2020. She was born in Henry County, Virginia, December 18, 1939, to the late Rev. Dewey and Rives Hopkins Earles. Mrs. Martin was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She had an incredible sense of humor and loved to play practical jokes. ...
Eldridge Worrell
Dec 6, 2020
Mr. Edgar Eldridge Worrell ‘Big Un’, as many knew him, 82, of Mount Airy, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, December 6th, 2020 surrounded by family. Eldridge was born October 8, 1938 in Carroll County and was a faithful member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Lowgap. Anyone who knew him knew he was a...
Porter Harold Smith
Dec 6, 2020
Mr. Porter Harold Smith, 94, of Mount Airy passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Smith was born in Surry County, North Carolina on September 19, 1926, to the late Granville Harold and Blanche Mayes Smith. Porter served our grateful nation in the United States Army during World War II. He retired...
Garland E. Hall
Dec 6, 2020
Mr. Garland E. Hall, age 78 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020 at his home. He was born in Randleman, NC on June 24, 1942 to the late Moir Leonard Hall and Louise Spencer Hall. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Janelda H. Turman, and a brother, Robert Leonard Hall. ...
Mabel Shaw
Dec 5, 2020
Mrs. Mabel Pitzer Shaw, 101, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Saturday afternoon, December 5, 2020, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Shaw was born September 18, 1919, in Stokes County, the daughter of the late Charles Snow and Myrtle Neal Pitzer. Mabel attended Old Town High School and graduated with the Class of...
Everdina Bartha Nieuwenhuis
Dec 4, 2020
Miss Everdina Bartha Nieuwenhuis, 82, of Winston-Salem, NC, passed away at Homestead Hills, December 4, 2020. She was born in Den Helder, Netherlands, December 28, 1937, to the late John and Annie Mackenzie Nieuwenhuis. Miss Nieuwenhuis came to the US in 1945 at the age of eight. She graduated from Mt. Airy High School, and then Agnes Scott College in...
Gertrude Arbutus Carte
Dec 4, 2020
Mrs. Gertrude Arbutus Honaker Carte, age 85 of Beulah passed away, Friday, December 4, 2020 at the SECU Hospice Home in Yadkinville. She was born April 3, 1935 in West Virginia to the late Mr. Elsie Arthur Honaker and Louise Dorsey Honaker. In addition to her parents, She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Ray Carte; and her...
Chelsea Blauvelt Barnes
Dec 4, 2020
Mrs. Chelsea Blauvelt Banta Barnes, 42, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday afternoon, December 4, 2020, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Barnes was born March 3, 1978, in Onslow County, the daughter of Robert and Mary Engler Banta. Chelsea was an educator in North Carolina for 16 years. She taught first grade in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School...
Gracie Veo "Mema" Amos
Dec 4, 2020
Mrs. Gracie Veo “Mema” Collins Amos, 95, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, December 4, 2020 at Northern Regional Hospital in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on August 7, 1925 to the late Wiley and Gracie Lowe Collins. Mrs. Amos retired from Spencer’s after 40 years of employment, and was a member of River of Life Community...
Corina Faye Sechrist
Dec 3, 2020
Mrs. Corina Faye Linville Sechrist, 75, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020 at Northern Regional Hospital in Mt. Airy. She was born in Grayson County, VA on September 18, 1945 to the late Richard and Artha Lineberry Linville. Mrs. Sechrist was a loving homemaker and a member of Trinity Fellowship. She is survived by a daughter and...