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...
Ruth Elizabeth Hubbard
Jul 28, 2019
Mrs. Ruth Elizabeth Conner Hubbard, age 87 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Sunday, July 28, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Patrick County on August 4, 1931 to the late Irby Elijah Conner and Nellie Alice Rorrer Conner. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hubbard was preceded in death by her husband, Harlie Elton Hubbard;...
Jimmie Albert Parrish
Jul 27, 2019
Mr. Jimmie Albert Parrish, age 82 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on Saturday, July 27, 2019, at Blue Ridge Nursing Center. He was born on October 11, 1936, to the late Clyde Barnett Parrish, Sr. and Emily Pruitt Parrish. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by brothers, Bobby Parrish and C. Junior Parrish; sisters, Margie...
Donna Michelle Creed
Jul 27, 2019
Mrs. Donna Michelle Steele Creed, 58, of Lowgap, passed away Saturday, July 27, 2019, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born December 12, 1960, in Surry County, to the late Donald Ray and Shelby Lee Nelson Steele. She was a faithful member of Roaring Gap Baptist Church. Left to cherish her memory are her...
Ernestine Celeste Chappell
Jul 27, 2019
Mrs. Ernestine Celeste Collins Chappell, age 83, of Mount Airy passed away Saturday, July 27, 2019, at Universal Health Care of King. Mrs. Chappell was born in Surry County on June 25, 1936, to Ernest McKinley and Lela Jones Collins. She was retired from Northern Hospital. Surviving are a daughter, Valerie Sports; a granddaughter Sydney McKenzie; a brother and two...
Billy Ray Smith
Jul 26, 2019
Mr. Billy Ray Smith, age 67, of Pilot Mountain, passed away and Friday, July 26, 2019 at his home. He was born on March 8, 1952 to the late Warren Harden and Martha Ellen Taylor Smith. Mr. Smith retired from Pike Electric. Left to cherish his memory is sisters, Sally and David McBride, Pauline “Polly” Smith; brothers Claude and Loretta,...
James "Jim" Wiley Collins
Jul 26, 2019
Mr. James “Jim” Wiley Collins, age 82 of Martinsville, Virginia (formerly of Midlothian, Virginia) passed away on Friday, July 26, 2019, at his home. He was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina on November 1, 1936, to the late Harvey Collins and Mamie Epperson Collins. Jim loved to travel, fly fish, and dance.
Mr. Collins is survived by...
Mary Ethel Berrier
Jul 26, 2019
Mrs. Mary Ethel Towe Smith Berrier, age 90, of Cana, passed away on Friday, July 26, 2019 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born on November 25, 1928 to the late William Roscoe and Mattie Frances Monday Towe. Mrs. Berrier was retired from Carroll County Schools where she taught for many years at St....
Mildred Hazel McDaniel
Jul 25, 2019
Mrs. Mildred Hazel Skipper McDaniel, 88, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday afternoon, July 25, 2019, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. McDaniel was born May 6, 1931, in Spartanburg County, SC, the fifth child born to the late Garner Cleveland and Bernice Wilson Skipper. Mildred graduated from Mill Spring High School as salutatorian, and she earned an associate degree...
Dallas Wilford Marshall
Jul 25, 2019
Mr. Dallas Wilford Marshall, 81, of Ararat, VA, passed away Thursday night, July 25, 2019, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Marshall was born October 30, 1937, in Patrick County, VA, one of seven children born to the Rev. Edward Green and Nannie Evelyn Peele Marshall. Wilford served our country in the United States Army in the late 1950s. ...
Ruth Dufresne
Jul 24, 2019
Mrs. Ruth Mooney Dufresne, age 89, of Dobson, NC passed away on Wednesday morning July 24, 2019, at Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Harnett County, NC on July 11, 1930, to the late Squire Mooney and the late Nora Lee Boles Mooney. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
James "J.F." Franklin Easter
Jul 22, 2019
Mr. James Franklin “J.F.” Easter, 77, of Cana, VA went to be with the Lord on Monday, July 22, 2019. He was born in Carroll County, VA December 3, 1941 to the late James and Maude Leonard Easter. He bravely served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Mr. Easter attended New Beginnings Church attending faithfully as long as...