Gary Lee Martin
Sep 19, 2019
Mr. Gary Lee Martin, 56, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born in Surry County June 26, 1963 to the late Barbara Mitchell Martin and Clyde William Martin. He is survived by his daughter Brandi Forrester and husband Kevin; sons Christian Brintle and Ethan Stevens; grandchildren, Hunter Forrester and Seraphina Forrester;...
Rev. Billy Franklin Moore
Sep 19, 2019
Rev. Billy Franklin Moore, Sr., 81, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on February 28, 1938 to the late Arthur Odell and Docie Brown Moore. Rev. Moore was the pastor of Rocky Ford Christian Church in Cana, VA for over 40 years. He...
Earl Clifton Inman
Sep 19, 2019
Mr. Earl Clifton Inman, went home to be with Jesus and so many loved ones on Thursday, September 19, 2019 after a short stay at Surry Community Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Surry County on October 18, 1913 to the late George Lee and his wife Lillie Belle Simmons Inman. He is survived by his wife of...
Frances Patry Collins
Sep 19, 2019
Mrs. Frances Beamer Collins, 92, of Mount Airy, joined her husband, John A. Collins and the Lord on September 19, 2019. She was born in Surry County on December 30, 1926 to the late Elbert Earl Beamer and Irene Pearl Gowen Beamer. She was blessed with many friends and Dickson Records and Gift Store customers for over 65 years. During...
Ruby "Nanny" Aliene King
Sep 19, 2019
Mrs. Ruby “Nanny” Aliene Gallimore King, 93, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Pulaski County, VA on May 23, 1926 to the late Earl and Samantha Jarrell Gallimore. Mrs. King was wife, mother, and grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and...
Billie Ray Goins, Sr.
Sep 18, 2019
Mr. Billie Ray Goins, Sr., 74, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday evening, September 18, 2019, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Goins was born November 30, 1944, in Surry County, one of ten children born to the late Roscoe Gene and Martha Emillie Puckett Goins. Billie served our country in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam...
Walter Michael Gilley Sr.
Sep 16, 2019
Mr. Walter Michael “Mike” Gilley, Sr., 68, of Mt. Airy passed away at Northern Hospital of Surry County Monday, September 16, 2019. He was born in Surry County January 11, 1951 to the late James Monroe and Dorothy Gordon Gilley. He graduated from Mt. Airy High School in 1969 and was an inductee into the Mount Airy Sports Hall of...
Jackie Paul Tilley, Sr.
Sep 16, 2019
Mr. Jackie Paul Tilley, Sr., 75, Mt. Airy passed away Monday, September 16, 2019, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home after a brief illness. He was born in Surry County on January 10, 1944, to the late Hugh Stanley and Linda Combs Tilley. Mr. Tilley retired from Smith Brothers Trucking, and was of the Baptist faith. Left behind...
Bobby Franklin Rogers
Sep 16, 2019
Mr. Bobby Franklin Rogers, 86, of Mt. Airy passed away at his home Monday, September 16, 2019. He was born in Patrick County, VA December 23, 1932 to the late Claude and Annie Anderson Rogers. Mr. Rogers bravely served in the U.S. Airforce during the Korean War. He worked for Niblock Typewriter Company for many years before starting his own...
Herbert Hoover Gentry
Sep 14, 2019
Mr. Herbert Hoover Gentry, 91, of Lowgap, passed away Saturday, September 14, 2019, at his home. Mr. Gentry was born May 24, 1928, in Surry County, the son of the late Anderson Hampton and Callie Goodson Gentry. Most people only knew him as the man who would help them however he could, but throughout his life he had many careers. ...
Brandon Lee France
Sep 14, 2019
Brandon Lee France, age 19 of Stuart, Virginia passed away at his home on Saturday, September 14, 2019. He was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina on March 7, 2000. He was preceded in death by maternal grandfather, Allen George Blair; great-grandmothers, Ida Mae Blair, Claris Mabe Doss, and Pearl Blackard; and great-uncle, Tom Blair. Brandon loved fishing, hunting, riding...
Norma Jean Atkins
Sep 13, 2019
Mrs. Norma Jean Quesinberry Atkins, age 74, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on December 12, 1944 to the late Rupert Ray and Ida Mae Hutson Quesinberry. She was an Office Manager for Lanier Williams Realtors. She was a loving...
Billy Gray Burton
Sep 13, 2019
Mr. Billy Gray Burton, age 78, of Elkin, NC passed away on Friday morning September 13, 2019, at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on February 18, 1941, to the late James Conley Burton and the late Pearl Sneed Burton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Nancy Ruth Stevenson
Sep 13, 2019
Mrs. Nancy Ruth Atkins Stevenson, 65, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, September 13, 2019, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Forsyth County on January 29, 1954 to the late Clifton and Mary Ruth Hutson Atkins. Mrs. Stevenson was a loving homemaker, and a member of Temple Baptist Church. She is survived by...
Vera Mae Plaster
Sep 12, 2019
Mrs. Vera Mae Martin Plaster, age 103 of Patrick Springs, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, September 12, 2019. She was born in West Virginia on November 15, 1915.
She was a loving mother, grandmother, and friend to many. She was a homemaker and a wonderful cook. She enjoyed flower gardening and watching the birds.
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Lois Marie Gammons
Sep 12, 2019
Mrs. Lois Marie Faulkner Gammons, age 78, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville. She was born on October 2, 1940 to the late Claude Jerome and Ruth Alene Golding Faulkner. Mrs. Gammons retired from Proctor Silex and was a long time member of Holly Springs Baptist Church. She...
Kenzie Marie Baker
Sep 11, 2019
Mrs. Kenzie Marie Craddock Baker, age 69, of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at Surry Health & Rehab. Mrs. Baker was born in Surry County on April 1, 1950, to Oliver Glenn and Carrie Chaney Craddock. She was a loving sister and dear friend who will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved her. Surviving...
Verna Coleman
Sep 11, 2019
Mrs. Verna “Granny” Coleman, age 88 of Spencer, passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at Sovah Health of Martinsville. She was born in South Carolina on May 7, 1931, to the late Jesse Herbert Bonds and Cora Lee Gunter Bonds. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Tom Coleman; two...
Mary Ruth Temple
Sep 10, 2019
Mrs. Mary Ruth Temple, age 83 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at her home. She was born in Baltimore, MD on December 15, 1935 to the late John Henry Zinkham and Evelyn Mildred Shaw. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her 1st husband, John Mitchell; her...
Margaret Everlene Lamb
Sep 10, 2019
Mrs. Margaret E. Scott Lamb, 80, of Mount Airy, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at Central Continuing Care. She was born on Earth to Bloom in Heaven on April 16, 1939 to the late Walter and Sadie Pack Scott in Mount Airy. She retired from Perry Manufacturing as supervisor of the shipping department after 40 years of dedicated...