Debra Sue Aguilar
Nov 29, 2020
Mrs. Debra Sue Rutherford Aguilar, 64, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson with her loving family by her side. She was born in Surry County on May 18, 1956, to the late Ala Eugene and Mildred Anders Rutherford. Mrs. Aguilar retired from American Health Care. She was...
Ersie McIntyre
Nov 28, 2020
Mrs. Ersie Pell McIntyre, age 100, of Westfield, passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Twelve Oak Facility in Mount Airy. Mrs. McIntyre was born in Stokes County, North Carolina on March 2, 1920 to the late Richard Thompson and Isabella Mathews Pell. Ersie was a life-long member of Westfield Friends Church where she taught Sunday school and worked...
David Allan Coe
Nov 28, 2020
Mr. David Allen Coe, age 39, of Mount Airy passed away unexpected on Saturday, November 28, 2020. Mr. Coe was born in Broward County, Florida on December 14, 1980, to Tommy Orville Coe and Mary Jester Lyle. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Donnie Thomas Coe. No formal services will be held at this time. Moody...
Colene Ring
Nov 28, 2020
Mrs. Bessie Colene Smith Ring, 91, of Claudville, VA, passed away at her home Saturday morning, November 28, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on August 11, 1929, to the late Alexander and Levina Lowe Smith. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend who will be dearly missed. Left to cherish her...
Alfred "Gene" Eugene Garland
Nov 28, 2020
Mr. Alfred Eugene (Gene) Garland age 88, of Mount Airy passed away on November 28, 2020. He was born on February 22, 1932 in Avery County to Alfred Tarry and Ruby Daniels Garland. He graduated from Lees McRae Junior College and the University of North Carolina and served with the US Army Counter Intelligence Corp in Germany. Mr. Garland was...
Jesse Thompson
Nov 27, 2020
Mr. Jesse Thompson, age 99 of Meadows of Dan, Virginia passed away on Friday, November 27, 2020, at Commonwealth Senior Living in Hillsville, Virginia. He was born in New Jersey on July 11, 1921 to the late Joseph Thompson and Edith Bainbridge Thompson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by one grandson, Jesse Thompson and...
Nolie Mae Boyles
Nov 27, 2020
Mrs. Nolie Mae Durham Boyles, 103, of Pilot Mountain, passed away early Friday morning, November 27, 2020, at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living Facility in Mount Airy. Mrs. Boyles was born September 19, 1917, in Stokes County, one of eight children born to the late James William and Margaret Elizabeth Smith Durham. Nolie married Durward Wadesworth Boyles on December 25, 1940,...
Peggy Ann Clement
Nov 27, 2020
Mrs. Peggy Ann Goins Clement, 75, of Greensboro, passed away at Moses Cone Hospital, November 27, 2020. She was born in Danville, VA, February 3, 1945, to the late William McKinley and Lizzie Edna Goins. Mrs. Clement was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She was as beautiful inside as she was on the outside. Mrs. Clement selflessly gave...
James Edd McBride
Nov 27, 2020
Mr. James Edd McBride, age 84, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, November 27, 2020 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Mr. McBride was born on June 17, 1936 in Surry County, NC to the late Wade Hampton and Lillie Cook McBride. Edd was a loving husband, father, brother, and friend and will be deeply...
Margaret Belle Taylor
Nov 27, 2020
Mrs. Margaret Belle Blackburn Taylor, 92, of Mount Airy, passed away at her home Friday, November 27, 2020. She was born in Surry County, North Carolina on October 14, 1928, to the late Robert Ellis and Alice Shelton Blackburn. After high school, Mrs. Taylor attended the Martin Memorial School of Nursing, in Mount Airy, to graduate as a registered nurse. ...
Wendolyn Joyce Boyles
Nov 27, 2020
Ms. Wendolyn Venable Boyles, age 80, of Ararat, NC passed away on Friday evening November 27, 2020 at Surry Community Health & Rehab in Mt. Airy, NC. She was born in Surry County on September 25, 1940, to the late Rex Wayne Venable and the late Stacy Watson Venable. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Lessie Juanita Brindle
Nov 26, 2020
Mrs. Lessie Juanita Atkins Brindle, 82, of Pilot Mountain and formerly of Dobson, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born March 17, 1938, in Surry County, to the late Grover Merlin and Alma Lee Lewis Atkins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Zella Jane Stacy
Nov 26, 2020
Mrs. Zella Roberts Stacy, age 85 of Patrick Springs, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 at her home. She was born in Panther, WV on July 28, 1935 to the late Oscar Roberts and Ruby Ethel Roberts. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James H. Stacy, Jr., and a daughter-in-law, Joan Stacy. ...
Linda Jean Montgomery
Nov 25, 2020
Mrs. Linda Jean King Montgomery, 69, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at her home. She was born in Forsyth County on October 25, 1951 to the late Samuel Eugene and Lorraine Eaton King. Mrs. Montgomery retired from Sara Lee. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her...
Irby Junior Payne
Nov 24, 2020
Irby Junior Payne – March 26, 1935-November 24, 2020
On Monday, November 23, 2020, Irby Junior Payne, loving husband and father of four sons passed away at the age of 85.
Irby was born in Patrick County, Virginia and was 1 of 9 sons born to the late James (Jim) Payne and Minnie Lou Lankford Payne.
Survived by his wife...
Vance Taylor Puckett
Nov 24, 2020
Mr. Vance Taylor Puckett, 87, of Mount Airy, passed away early Tuesday morning, November 24, 2020, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Puckett was born August 20, 1933, in Patrick County, VA, the son of the late Herman Banner “Buddy” and Mina Bowman Puckett. Vance retired as the director of plant services at Northern Regional...
Ronald Joseph Cockerham
Nov 24, 2020
Mr. Ronald Joseph Cockerham, 74, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in McDowell County, WV on October 4, 1946 to the late Joseph Jackson and Sarah Adeline Jarrett Cockerham Duncan. Mr. Cockerham was a retired truck driver and he proudly served our country in...
Zella Lee Blackburn
Nov 24, 2020
Mrs. Zella Lee Easter Blackburn, age 92 of Mount Airy passed away peacefully with her family at her home on November 24, 2020. Mrs. Blackburn was born in Surry County, August 14, 1928, the daughter of the late Lucas Lafayette and Myrtle Lee Snow Easter. She was a devoted wife and Mother and loved spending time with her family. She...
Wilford "Will" Lee McCraw
Nov 24, 2020
Mr. Wilford “Will” Lee McCraw, 82, of Mount Airy traded his fight with pain for a flight to peace on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 from the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born on July 11, 1938 in Surry County to the late McKinley and Elizabeth Atkinson McCraw. Mr. McCraw retired from the North Carolina Department...
Lowery Melvin "Billy" Wilson
Nov 23, 2020
Mr. Lowery Melvin "Billy" Wilson, 77, of Cana, VA passed away Monday, November 23, 2020 at Northern Regional Hospital in Mt. Airy. He was born in Surry County on February 21, 1943 to the late Melvin and Virginia Reynolds Wilson. Mr. Wilson was a retired truck driver for H & W Trucking, and a member of the Ararat Church of...