Mr. Ronald Gray “Ron” Spivey, 70, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday morning, August 22, 2019, after a courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Spivey was born April 23, 1949, in Surry County, the older of two children born to the late Carlton Luther and Nellie Irene Stevens Spivey. Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 43 years, Vera...
Dr. Delphine Frances “Dee” Waddell Everhart, 82, of Cana, VA, passed away Thursday morning, August 22, 2019, at her home. Dr. Everhart was born March 25, 1937, in Cabarrus County, one of two children born to the late Paul Franklin and Virginia Mills Waddell. Dr. Everhart attended New Hanover High School and Baptist Hospital Nursing School (RN diploma). She later...
Mrs. Mary Lou White Lawson, 86, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on February 6, 1933 to the late George Washington and Rannie Hodge White. Mrs. Lawson retired from Hills Shoes and was a faithful member of New Life Baptist Church. ...
Mrs. Louise Taylor Underwood, age 93, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Underwood was born in Surry County on December 10, 1925, to Ed and Ida Mae Felts Taylor. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother who will be sorely missed by her family and many friends. ...
Mr. Henry Archie Jones, 71, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at his home. He was born in Surry County on October 18, 1947 to the late, Jim and Rosella Fulk Jones. Mr. Jones retired from NCFI as a fork lift operator, and was past president of Flat Rock Ruritan. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law,...
Mrs. June Elizabeth Thomas Bowman, 80, of Ararat, VA passed away at her home Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Mrs. Bowman was born in Carroll County, VA June 13, 1939 to the late Zelma Tobler Thomas and Alfred Lee Thomas. She was a loving mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. She was a talented seamstress, and quilter. She also enjoyed crocheting; she...
Mrs. Betty Shackelford Brown, 89, of Pilot Mountain passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 21, 2019. She was born in Surry County, February 12, 1930 to the late John Jackson and Cora King Shackelford. Mrs. Brown was a generous, kind and humble woman; a loving mother and grandmother whom will be dearly missed. She was a faithful member of Westfield...
Mrs. Celia Ines Crotts Tate, 76, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2019, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Crotts was born April 18, 1943, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Rufus McDaniel and Liney Allen Crotts. She was a loving mother and grandmother, who will surely be missed by all who knew her. Left to...
Mr. Gurney Harold Royall, age 88 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2019 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. He was born in Yadkin County, NC on October 4, 1930 to the late Wilson Gurney Royall and Grace Boggs Royall. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his 1st wife, Barbara Tesh...
Mr. Billy Russell Reynolds, age 78, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2019, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Reynolds was born in Surry County on June 15, 1941, to Bartie Coleman and Maude Mikels Reynolds. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather who will be dearly missed. He really enjoyed his “front porch time”...
Mr. Harold Dean Hodges, 79, of Mount Airy, went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 19, 2019, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born May 27, 1940, to the late William Gaston “Gat” and Lovie Mae Cundiff Hodges. Harold served in the United States Air Force as an airman second class and then co-owned Simmons Plumbing...
Herbert Arnold Hallett, 73, passed away on August 19, 2019 at his home in Mt. Airy North Carolina, with his loving wife and children by his side after a long hard battle with lung cancer. Herbert Arnold Hallett was born, January 25, 1946, in East St. Louis, Illinois to the late Herbert and Hallie Josephine (Flechsig) Hallett. Herb’s father had...
Ms. Mary Spiro Fields, age 93, of Lowgap, NC formally of Stuart Florida for 34, years, passed away on Saturday, August 17, 2019, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. She was born in Chicago IL. on October 12, 1925, to the late James A. Spiro and Esther Adams Spiro. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and...
Mrs. Avanelle “Sis” Johnson Elder, 92, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, August 17, 2019 at Surry Community Health and Rehab. Mrs. Elder was born in Surry County on November 4, 1926 to the late James Howard and Thelma Hennis Johnson. She loved playing golf with her friends, and was an excellent Artist. Mrs. Elder was a homemaker, a member...
Mr. Bobby Ray Collins, 77, of Ararat, VA passed away at his home Saturday, August 17, 2019. He was born in Carroll County, VA November 5, 1941 to the late John and Gladys Ayers Collins. He retired from Proctor-Silex after 30 years of service. Mr. Collins was a member of Mount Bethel Moravian Church. He was a loving husband, father...
William Gordon Allen, 97, died August 17th in Winston-Salem. Gordon was born in Greeley County, Nebraska to his parents Franklin and Isabella Allen. They moved to Farina, IL, where he met his future wife Maurine Fender while attending high school. He served in the Navy as a fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater during WWII. After the war, he married...
Mrs. Melissa Ella Sparks, age 39, of Mt. Airy, passed away on August 16, 2019. She was born on June 8, 1980 to Betty Worthington Sparks and the late Bobby Sparks. She was a loving mother who will surely be missed by all who knew her. Left to cherish her memories are her son, Tanner Sparks; daughters, Grace and Makayla...
Mrs. Ruby Jean Epperson Senter, age 75, of Lowgap, passed away on August 15, 2019 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born on May 24, 1944 to the late Rufus W. and Bessie King Epperson. Mrs. Senter was a long time nurse at Northern Hospital of Surry County, a member of Hope Church in...
Infant Levi Aurthur Milligan passed away August 15, 2019 at Northern Hospital of Surry County, NC. He was preceded in death by his maternal great grandfather, Syd Robee.
Surviving are his parents, Timmy Milligan and Britini Vaughn of Stuart; maternal grandparents, Paul and Kelly Vaughn of Ranchita, CA; paternal grandparents, John and Sherry...
Amelia Ellen Artz Edwards (“Amy”), of Pilot Mountain, was born in Woodstock, Va. on March 26, 1923. She died on August 15, 2019 at Surry Community Health and Rehab where she had resided following a stroke. Throughout her life with its many challenges, she always projected grace and elegance and a no-nonsense work ethic. In 1939 she left Woodstock, Va....