Carol "Buddy" Wayne Gwyn
Apr 16, 2020
Mr. Carol Wayne “Buddy” Gwyn age 76 of Mt. Airy, NC, husband of Mrs. Edith Marion Gwyn passed away Thursday, April 16, 2020 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born February 21, 1944 in Surry County, NC to the late John Wilson and Beulah Edwards Gwyn. Mr. Gwyn was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great...
Wilma Shew Norman
Apr 15, 2020
Mrs. Wilma Shew Norman, age 76, of Dobson, NC passed away on Wednesday morning, April 15, 2020. She was born in Surry County on January 13, 1944, to the late Lloyd Shew and the late Geneva Freeman Shew Johnson. She was a member of Central View Missionary Baptist Church and was retired from Perry Manufacturing. In addition to her parents...
Mary Faye Davis
Apr 14, 2020
Mrs. Mary Faye Hill Davis, 92, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on August 3, 1927, to the late Ellis and Minnie Southern Hill. Mrs. Davis retired from Perry’s Manufacturing, and was a faithful member of Pine Ridge Baptist Church. She was a...
Lavon Thompson
Apr 14, 2020
Mrs. Fredna “Lavon” Atkinson Thompson, 81, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at Northern Regional Hospital. Mrs. Thompson was born May 13, 1938, in Surry County, one of four children born to the late William Fred and Eva Gentry Atkinson. Lavon graduated from Beulah High School in 1957. She was the retired owner and operator of The...
James Edward Key
Apr 14, 2020
Mr. James (Jim) Edward Key, 84, of Pfafftown, NC, passed away on Tuesday evening, April 14, 2020 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County, NC on September 19, 1935 to the late Robert William Key and Cora Mae Flinchum Key. Jim is survived by one son,...
Veda Webb
Apr 13, 2020
Mrs. Veda Cochran Webb, age 89 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020 in Waynesboro. She was born on October 9, 1930 to the late Ollie Cochran and Arlie Bolt Cochran. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Eugene Webb and a sister, Jewell Conner.
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Mary Ann Burnett
Apr 13, 2020
Miss Mary Ann Burnett, 64, of Mount Airy and Durham, passed away on April 13, 2020 at Murdoch Developmental Center in Butner, NC of natural causes. She was born in Mount Airy, December 9, 1955 to the late Jimmy and Rebecca (Quesenberry) Burnett. Miss Burnett lived in the Murdoch Developmental Center since she was 23 years old. She is survived...
Nancy Thacker
Apr 13, 2020
Mrs. Nancy Adams Thacker, 88, of Myrtle Beach, SC, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020, at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. Mrs. Thacker was born November 6, 1931, in Surry County, the daughter of the late George and Georgia Fulcher Adams. Following her retirement from First National Bank (Bank of America), she worked...
Atha Jean Collins
Apr 13, 2020
Mrs. Atha Jean Inman Collins, age 83, of Westfield, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2020 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice home in Dobson. Mrs. Collins was born March 11, 1937, in Surry County to the late Lavis Roberta Inman. She retired from Cross Creek Apparel in Mount Airy after many years of service, and a faithful member...
Mildred Mae Jarrell
Apr 12, 2020
Miss Mildred Mae Jarrell, 89, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Miss Jarrell was born August 18, 1930, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Fred Rufus and Cena Sutphin Jarrell. Mildred graduated from Franklin High School in 1950. She worked at Perry...
Thomas Garnett Steele
Apr 11, 2020
Mr. Thomas Garnett Steele, 93, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, April 11, 2020, at the SECU Hospice Home in Yadkinville. Mr. Steele was born January 23, 1927, in Surry County, the youngest of ten children born to the late Walter Leonard and Nancy Laster Steele. Garnett was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served during World...
Kenneth "Kenny" Melvin Leonard
Apr 11, 2020
Mr. Kenneth “Kenny” Melvin Leonard, 61, of Cana, VA, passed away Saturday, April 11, 2020. He was born in Forsyth County, NC, December 20, 1958 to Carrie Elizabeth Hiatt Leonard and the late Melvin Lawrence Leonard. In addition to his mother he is survived by his son, Christopher Kenneth Leonard; his sisters and brothers-in-law, Deborah and Darrel Leonard, Terri and...
Dale Thaxter Gammons
Apr 11, 2020
Mr. Dale Thaxter Gammons, age 68 of Kernersville, NC, went to be with the Lord Saturday, April 11, 2020 after battling a lengthy illness. He was born in Patrick County on January 12, 1952 to the late Elder Thaxter Gammons and Mae Juanita Anderson Gammons. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Stephen Denton Brintle
Apr 10, 2020
Mr. Stephen Denton Brintle, 70, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, April 10, 2020 at his home. Mr. Brintle was born in Surry County on April 23, 1949 to the late Hal Denton and Peggy Frye Brintle. Mr. Brintle worked many years for Proctor-Silex, Inc, and then retired from R.J. Reynolds. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great...
Helen Louise Pack
Apr 10, 2020
Mrs. Helen Louise Smart Pack, age 79, of Stuart, passed away Friday, April 10, 2020, at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection. She was born in Patrick County on May 16, 1940 to the late Delmar Smart and Ada Branch Smart. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Elroy Pack; two sons, Arnold...
Kenneth Michael Ross
Apr 10, 2020
Mr. Kenneth Michael Ross, age 76, of Siloam, passed away Friday, April 10, 2020 at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston Salem, NC. He was born January 31, 1944 in St. Joseph’s County Indiana to the late Floyd Earl and Florence Shaffer Ross. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Vickie Sue Brown...
Calvin Wayne Griffith
Apr 9, 2020
Mr. Calvin Wayne Griffith, age 76 of Ararat, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2020 at his home. He was born in Virginia on May 1, 1943 to the late Denzer James Griffith and Georgia Mae Underwood Griffith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Irene Cockram, Barbara Vipperman; one brother, James...
Roger William Atkins
Apr 9, 2020
Mr. Roger William Atkins, 78, of Ararat, North Carolina, passed on Thursday, April 9, 2020 at Northern Regional Hospital. Mr. Atkins was born May 8, 1941 to the late Claude and Viola Carter Atkins. Roger worked as a welder for Rack Works, Inc. before retiring. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, and friend, that will be dearly missed by...
Robert "Mike" Michael Branch
Apr 8, 2020
Mr. Robert Michael “Mike” Branch, 69, of Mt. Airy went home to be with his Lord Wednesday, April 8, 2020 after a short battle of cancer. He was born in Surry County April 4, 1951 to the late Warren Gilmer and Cassie Slate Branch. Mr. Branch was a wonderful husband, brother-in-law, uncle and friend. He was a dedicated member of...
Moody Elton Keith
Apr 8, 2020
Mr. Moody Elton Keith, 72, of Mount Airy, passed away early Wednesday morning, April 8, 2020, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Keith was born June 26, 1947, in Patrick County, VA, the son of the late George Elton and Barbara Mabe Keith. Moody served our country in the United States Army during the Vietnam...