James Greeley Hylton
Aug 3, 2019
Mr. James Greeley Hylton, age 86 of Stuart, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on December 6, 1932 to the late Greeley and Lena Hylton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Mildred Minter;...
Barbara Joan Marion
Aug 3, 2019
Mrs. Barbara Joan Jackson Marion, 84, of Jacksonville, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019. Mrs. Marion was born August 31, 1934, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Roy and Thelma Boyd Jackson. She graduated from Mount Airy High School and then lived the majority of her life in Onslow County. She is survived by a son, Randall Lane...
Shirley Esther Hodges
Aug 2, 2019
Mrs. Shirley Esther Smith Hodges, 83, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, August 2, 2019 at Surry Community Health and Rehab in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on April 2, 1936 to the late, John D. and Irene Shelton Smith. Mrs. Hodges retired from Renfro Manufacturing. She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Cindy and Dean Carpenter,...
Ronald Watts, Jr.
Aug 2, 2019
Mr. Ronald Watts, Jr., 31, of Yadkinville, passed away Friday, August 2, 2019, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Watts was born August 26, 1987, in Orlando, FL, to Nancy Jean Michaud Watts and the late Ronald Watts, Sr. Ronald was a loving father, son, and brother. He is survived by two daughters, Layla Rayne Watts and...
Percy Batten Thore
Aug 1, 2019
Mr. Percy Batten Thore, 96, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, August 1, 2019, in Hillsville, VA. Mr. Thore was born August 27, 1922, in Patrick County, VA, one of six children born to the late James William and Maggie Mae McBride Thore. Percy proudly served our country in the United States Army and retired from J.P....
Minnie Louise Coleman
Aug 1, 2019
Mrs. Minnie Louise Anderson Coleman, 90, of Wilmington, formally of Round Peak, passed away August 1, 2019 at New Hanover Regional Hospital. She was born in Grayson County, VA on May 14, 1929 to the late Robert Lee Anderson and Cora Monday Anderson. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and friend who will be dearly missed. Left to cherish her...
Illene Viars Higgs
Aug 1, 2019
Illene Vrise Higgs, age 89 passed away Thursday, August 1, 2019, at Northern Hospital of Surry County, in Mt. Airy, NC. She was born in Richmond, VA to the late Ernest Viars Higgs and to the late Cora Dell Pyles. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sons Mike Higgs, Eddie Dean Akers, Steven Higgs; sister,...
Thelma Ruth Wilson
Aug 1, 2019
Ms. Thelma Ruth Gilbert Wilson, age 94 of Stuart, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on April 25, 1925 in Patrick County to the late Sebastian I. and Lizzie Dalton Gilbert. In addition to her parents, Ms. Wilson was...
Mary Lee Jenkins
Aug 1, 2019
Mrs. Mary Lee Hawks Jenkins, 77, of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, August 1, 2019. She was born in Welch WV July 23, 1942 to the late Raymond and Mary Frances Lavender Hawks. Mrs. Jenkins was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, sister and friend. She is survived by her husband, Lewis Edgar Jenkins; a son, Robert Kelly “Charlie Brown”...
Michael Leon Smart
Jul 31, 2019
Michael Leon Smart of Winston Salem, North Carolina, passed peacefully from this life on the morning of July 31, 2019, after a long and tough battle with cancer. Mike was surrounded and supported by his loving family during the final days of his life. He was born in Martinsville, VA on July 10, 1962, to the late Leon Smart and...
Stephen Wrenn Smith
Jul 31, 2019
Mr. Stephen Smith, 44, passed away Wednesday evening, July 31, 2019 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born in Surry County on June 12, 1975 to the late Charles Leroy and Alice Ophelia Cox Smith. Mr. Smith worked for the Virginia Industries of the Blind for many dedicated years and was an avid video gamer. Left...
James "Jimmy" Albert Layman
Jul 31, 2019
Mr. James “Jimmy” Albert Layman, age 77 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at his home. He was born in Burlington, North Carolina on September 23, 1941, to the late Georgia Layman Lawson. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by his step-father Eugene Lawson. Jimmy retired from Bassett Chair Company with...
Grace Louzane Adams
Jul 31, 2019
It is with great sadness that the family of Grace Louzane Adams announces her passing at the age of 86. Grace was born April 17, 1933, in Surry County, the second child born to the late Isom and Elsie Gunnell Adams. She served as an office manager for a successful chiropractic practice in Mount Airy for many years. She was...
William Clarence "C.H. Hooker
Jul 30, 2019
Mr. William Clarence “C.H.” Hooker, age 62, of Thurmond, NC passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Guilford County, NC. He was born to the late William Junior Hooker and the late Nellie Mae Murphy Hooker.
He worked for Kimsey Mechanical for thirty years. Was a former Master Mason for the Elkin Chapter 454, and also a former president...
Lettie Mae Wilson Atkins
Jul 30, 2019
Mrs. Lettie Mae Eades Wilson Atkins, 89, of Mount Airy, passed away and entered heaven’s gates Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Atkins was born in Surry County to the late James Elwood and Verda Mae Hall Eades. She retired from Renfro, and was of the Baptist faith. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and...
Mary Jane Goins
Jul 30, 2019
Mrs. Mary Jane Reynolds Goins, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, July 30, 2019, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Goins was born September 21, 1935, in Surry County, the oldest of two children born to the late Early and Jennie Pack Reynolds. Mary retired as a seamer from Oakdale Knitting Company. She is survived by four...
Dennis Gray Davis
Jul 29, 2019
Dennis Gray Davis, age 74, of Mt. Airy, NC, passed away on July 29, 2019 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Davis was born in Surry County on February 26, 1945 to the late Robert Hall Davis and Esther Neoma Easter Davis. He was a veteran of the US Army and a self-employed appliance repairman....
Jack Davis Childress
Jul 29, 2019
Mr. Jack Davis Childress, 82, of Mount Airy, passed away early Monday morning, July 29, 2019, at Surry Community Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Childress was born April 13, 1937, in Surry County, the son of the late Robert Summerfield and Beatrice Bowman Childress. Jack served our country in the United States Air Force and was a member of the...
Nellie Ruth Golding
Jul 28, 2019
Mrs. Nellie Ruth Golding, 91, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Sunday, July 28, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born in Surry County on October 8, 1927 to the late John C. Sr. and Pearl Tolbert Rose. Mrs. Golding was a loving homemaker, and a member of Haymore Memorial Baptist Church. She is survived by a...
Rosa Holt
Jul 28, 2019
Mrs. Rosa Nichols Holt, 88, formerly of Pilot Mountain, passed away on July 28, 2019, in Rochester, NY. She was born in Surry County, North Carolina on March 27, 1931, to the late Jesse Franklin and Mittie Marion Nichols. Mrs. Holt retired from the Winston-Salem Journal after more than 20 years of dedicated service. Before working at the Journal, Rosa worked...