Obituaries
Henry Holt
Feb 28, 2021
Mr. Henry Edward Holt, 79, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday morning February 28, 2021 at Northern Regional Hospital. He was born in Patrick County on April 14, 1941 to the late Joe and Polly Willard Holt. He was a self-employed painter for many years. Left to cherish his memory are two sons, Danny Edward Holt and Kenneth Henry Holt;...
Cecil Wayne Seal
Feb 27, 2021
Cecil Wayne Seal Sr. (1928-2021)
On Feb. 27,2021,Cecil Wayne Seal Sr. went to his heavenly home at age 92. He was born to William Lonzo and Ella Haymore Seal on Haystack Rd., Mt. Airy, N.C. He was preceded in death by sisters; Helen Seal Hayes, Alice Seal Horton, and brothers; Robert, Roger, Herman and Oliver Seal. He is...
Betty Perry
Feb 27, 2021
Betty Jane Hobbs Perry, 88, passed away on February 27, 2021 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. She was born outside Augusta, Georgia on May 4, 1932 to Floyd Thomas and Elizabeth Prescott Hobbs, who proceeded her in death along with a sister, Kathryn; brother, Ed; and her husband of 63 years, Erie Meredith Perry. Perry is...
Jimmie Easter
Feb 27, 2021
CSM(Ret) Jimmie Lee Easter, 86, of Mount Airy, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, February 27, 2021, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Easter was born to Lewis Arnold Easter and Minnie Alma Horton Easter on January 29, 1935. The son of a produce market owner and a textile worker, Jimmie grew up with his four sisters and...
Debra Wright
Feb 27, 2021
Mrs. Debra Susan Robertson Wright, age 59, of Cana, passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical center in Winston Salem. She was born in Carroll County on February 11, 1962 to Carlie and Rebecca Rigney Robertson. She was a loving mother and grandmother who will surely be missed by all who knew her. Left to...
Bessie Mills
Feb 26, 2021
Mrs. Bessie Parker Mills, 86, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, February 26, 2021, at Northern Regional Hospital. Mrs. Mills was born April 24, 1934, in Surry County, the daughter of the late James Henry and Minnie Slate Parker. She retired from Spencer’s Inc., and she worked as a CNA after her retirement. She was a member of Haymore Memorial...
Timothy Reece
Feb 26, 2021
Mr. Timothy Glen Reece, age 66, of State Road, passed away Friday, February 26, 2021 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born May 2, 1954 in Haywood County to the late Glen Lindsey Reece and the late Margie Gearldine Inman Beck. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his step dad, John Beck; and his granddaughter, Taylor...
Julius Deeg, Jr.
Feb 26, 2021
Mr. Julius Theodor Deeg, Jr., of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, February 26, 2021 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Philadelphia, PA on February 26, 1936 to the late, Julius Theodor Deeg, Sr. and Leah Binckley Deeg. Mr. Deeg was in Ministry. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Deeg; and brother...
Stephen "Tiger" Boyd
Feb 25, 2021
Mr. Stephen “Tiger” Wendell Boyd, 49, of Meadows of Dan, passed away at his home on Thursday, February 25, 2021. He was born in Henry County on September 26, 1971 to Josie “Jo” Bowman and the late Wendell Boyd. Mr. Boyd was truck driver and had a love for his CB’s. Mr. Boyd is survived by his mother and stepfather,...
Dexter Overton
Feb 25, 2021
Mr. Dexter Buel Overton, age 82, of Dobson, NC passed away on Thursday February 25, 2021 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born in McDowell Co. West Virginia on February 12, 1939, to Dorothy Simmons Overton and to the late James William Overton. He was in Law Enforcement in Alexander County and was of the Baptist...
Cleo Surratt
Feb 25, 2021
Mr. Cleo Preston Surratt, 87 of Mount Airy passed away at Northern Regional Hospital on Thursday, February 25, 2021. Mr. Surratt was born in Wilmington, Delaware to the late Dennie Howard and Josephine Farmer Surratt. Mr. Surratt was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend. He will be deeply missed by all that knew him. Left to cherish...
Mildred Wilmoth
Feb 25, 2021
Mrs. Mildred Magdalene Oakley Brown Wilmoth, 83 of Lowgap passed away at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, Thursday, February 25, 2021, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Wilmoth was born on October 27, 1937 in Grayson County, Virginia, to the late James Earl and Annie Rutherford Oakely. Mrs. Wilmoth was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. She will be...
Betty Jones
Feb 24, 2021
Mrs. Betty Pruitt Jones, age 79 of Stuart, Virginia went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Patrick County, to the late Posey Pruitt and Minnie Overby Pruitt. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Rachel P. Inman, Gracie...
Elvira Bernard
Feb 24, 2021
Mrs. Elvira Julia Olson Bernard, 63, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday night, February 24, 2021, at Northern Regional Hospital. Mrs. Bernard was born September 22, 1957, at Quonset Point Naval Air Station in Rhode Island, one of three children born to the late Wallace and Margaret Diangelo Olson. She was formerly employed as a medical transcriptionist supervisor at Northern...
Richard L. "Dick" Patterson, Sr.
Feb 23, 2021
Mr. Richard L. “Dick” Patterson, Sr., 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at Northern Regional Hospital. Mr. Patterson was born December 17, 1929, in Forsyth County, the son of the late Charles Wesley and Lillie Davis Patterson. He graduated from Pilot Mountain High School and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was...
Herbert Ogle
Feb 23, 2021
Mr. Herbert Clarence Ogle, 73 of Ararat, Virginia passed away at his home on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Mr. Ogle was born on September 7, 1947 to the late Henry and Lucy Guynn Ogle in Carroll County, Virginia. Mr. Ogle was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. He will be missed by all that knew him. Left to...
Mildred Joyce
Feb 22, 2021
Mrs. Mildred Bernice Joyce, age 56 of Claudville, passed away Monday, February 22, 2021 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born on July 31, 1964 in Patrick County to the late James Willie Joyce and Mildred Estella Joyce. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Jessie Mae Tatum and Priscilla Searcy; and...
James Rice
Feb 22, 2021
James T. Rice Sr., went to his heavenly home on Monday, February 22, 2021, at the age of 84. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clifford A. Rice, Sr. and Sarah Catherine Rice; a brother, Clifford A. (Sonny) Rice, Jr. He is survived by his wife, Linda Tillman Rice; a son James T (Tom) Rice, Jr. and a daughter,...
Joe Galyean
Feb 22, 2021
Joe Donald Galyean, 77, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, February 22, 2021 with his family by his side. Joe was born February 23, 1943 in Surry County, the youngest of five children to the late Otis Arthur and Lilla Parker Galyean. Joe was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He is survived...
Lester Strickland
Feb 21, 2021
Mr. Lester Ray Strickland, 76, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday night, February 21, 2021, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Strickland was born January 25, 1945, in Wilson County, the son of the late Luther and Lizzie Farmer Strickland. Ray retired as a power lineman foreman from Pike Electric and was a faithful member of Friendly Tabernacle. He...
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