Gregory Walter Vincent Upchurch
May 18, 2019
Mr. Gregory Walter Vincent Upchurch, 25, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Saturday evening, May 18, 2019, due to injuries resulting from an auto accident. Mr. Upchurch was born July 6, 1993, in Surry County, the son of Pamela Jane Leach and James Michael Upchurch. He is survived by his mother, Pamela Jane Leach; his father, James Michael Upchurch; his brother,...
Phyllis Kaye Pyles
May 18, 2019
Ms. Phyllis Kaye Pyles, age 68, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Central Continuing Care. Ms. Pyles was born in Surry County on June 6, 1950, to Thomas Franklin and June Willis Pyles. Surviving are sisters and brothers-in-law, Shirley Arnder, Margaret and Mike Noonkester, Ruth and Michael Brown, brothers and sisters-in-law, Clarence and Betty Pyles, Homer...
Frances Marie Poole
May 18, 2019
Frances Marie Williamson Poole went home to be with her heavenly Father on Saturday, May 18th, 2019. She grew up at the Children’s Home of Winston Salem and graduated from Reynolds High School. She was inducted into the Winston Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame in May 1989. She attended Central United Methodist in Mt Airy, where she...
Gabrielle Teresa Harless
May 18, 2019
Mrs. Gabrielle Teresa Weinberger Harless, age 74, of Lowgap, NC passed away at her home on Saturday evening May 18, 2019. She was born in Straubing Germany on January 12, 1945, to the late Max Weinberger and Francesca Weinberger. She was of the Catholic faith and had worked at Adams-Millis in Mt. Airy. Surviving is her husband, Barry Eugene “Hopper”...
Erlene Marshall
May 17, 2019
Mrs. Erlene Cain Bowman Marshall, age 83, of Ararat, VA, passed away Friday, May 17, 2019, at Blue Ridge Nursing Center, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Marshall was born in Stokes County to Johnny Cain, Sr. and Edna Moorefield Cain. She was a member of Willis Gap Baptist Church. Erlene was not only a loving wife, mother, and grandmother...
Gray Lee Senter
May 16, 2019
Mr. Gray Lee Senter, 51 of Morganton, NC formerly of Mt. Airy passed away unexpectedly at his home Thursday, May 16, 2019. He was born in Surry County May 7, 1968 to Louis Gray and Brenda Gail Stone Senter. Mr. Senter was a kind man, a loving son, father, grandfather and brother. He worked in sales and enjoyed strength training...
Oscar Alvin Dodson
May 16, 2019
Mr. Oscar Alvin Dodson, 90, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, May 16, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Surry County on September 7, 1928 to the late Oscar Amos and Virginia Easter Dodson. Mr. Dodson retired from Northern Hospital of Surry County, and was a faithful member of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. He...
Billy Wade Carter
May 15, 2019
Mr. Billy Wade Carter, 55, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away Wednesday afternoon, May 15, 2019, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Carter was born March 5, 1964, in Forsyth County, to Barbara Lee Murray Carter and the late Billy Edward Carter. Wade was a service technician at Mount Airy Oil Company and a member of...
Beatrice Jane Miles
May 15, 2019
Mrs. Beatrice Jane Bowman Miles, 81, of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Patrick County, VA on September 18, 1937, to William Hobart and Renie Niten Bowman. Mrs. Miles retired from Cosmair Inc. after 42 years of employment. She is survived by her husband, Claude Edward...
Marian York
May 14, 2019
Marian Johnson York, 97, passed away peacefully on May 14, 2019. She was born in Surry County, NC on March 1, 1922 to J. Brady and Christine Nichols Johnson, and celebrated 68 years of marriage to Thomas Baity York of White Plains. Marian was a life-long member of White Plains Friends Meeting, where she valued her Sunday school class, the...
Dorothy Mae Cave
May 14, 2019
Mrs. Dorothy Mae Branch Cave, age 90, of Dobson, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at Pruitt Healthcare. She was born November 13, 1928 in Surry County to the late James Hardin and Mary Bet Jones Branch. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husbands, Kenneth Ray Payne and George Washington Cave; daughters, Gaynell Hayslip and...
Norman Gayle Cummings, Sr.
May 14, 2019
Mr. Norman Gayle Cummings, Sr. age 72, of Stuart, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. He was born in Montgomery County, Virginia on July 15, 1946, to the late Harold Wayne Cummings and Irene Altizer Cummings. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Logan Douglas Cummings; and one brother, Jerry Wayne Cummings. ...
Bonnie Sue Ashburn
May 14, 2019
Ms. Bonnie Sue Eldridge Ashburn, age 76, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Tuesday evening May 14, 2019, at her home. She was born in McDowell County, WV on February 7, 1943, to the late Garland and Helen Sessor Eldridge. She was a member of Pine Hill Friends Meeting and was a knitter. In addition to her parents, she...
Andrea Williams
May 12, 2019
Mrs. Andrea Corbett Williams, age 55 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2019 at her home. She was born in New York on November 27, 1963.
Surviving are her husband, Eddie Williams of Meadows of Dan; a daughter, Nicole “Nikki” Corbett and fiancé, Jason Shelor of Meadows of Dan; a son, Jordan Barco...
Stella Creed
May 12, 2019
Mrs. Stella Lowe Creed, age 96, of Lowgap passed away Sunday, May 12, 2019, at her home. Mrs. Creed was born in Surry County on June 8, 1922, to Clingman and Lelia Galyean Lowe. She was a loving mother who raised her children and then worked at Woodruff Evergreen and retired after working at Washington Mills (Tultex). Among the many...
Lt. Col. David Burnnet Hatcher (Ret.)
May 12, 2019
Lt. Col. David B. Hatcher (Ret.), 85, of Mount Airy, entered the eternal presence of our Lord on Sunday, May 12, 2019 at the Woltz Hospice home surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 27, 1934, in Surry County, the son of the late Walter Edward and Elizabeth Gambill Hatcher. David grew up in Slate Mountain, NC and...
Michael Lee Reynolds
May 12, 2019
Mr. Michael Lee Reynolds, 47, of Mt. Airy passed away May 12, 2019. He was born in Surry County to Susan “Susie” Smith Reynolds and the late Macarthur “Mac” Francis Reynolds. In addition to his mother, Mr. Reynolds is survived by three children, Whitney Reynolds and partner Kelsey Smith, Ashley Reynolds and Caleb Reynolds and wife Mackenzie, grandchild Bailey Reynolds and...
Karen Paulette Sechrist
May 11, 2019
Ms. Karen Paulette Zurcher Sechrist, 67, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday night, May 11, 2019, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Ms. Sechrist was born February 8, 1952, in Albuquerque, NM, the daughter of the late Robert Zurcher and Pauline Willard Zurcher Collins. Karen worked as a waitress in several local restaurants throughout the years. She is...
Shirley Mae Parker
May 11, 2019
Mrs. Shirley Mae Parker, age 75, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at her home. She was born in Guilford County on April 15, 1944 to the late William and Lillian Myers Puckett. Mrs. Parker was retired from Kentucky Derby Hosiery. She was a loving mother and grandmother who will surely be missed by all who...
Jeanette Moir
May 11, 2019
Mrs. Jeanette George Moore Moir, age 90 of Stuart, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2019 at Blue Ridge Rehab in Martinsville. She was born in Patrick County on June 28, 1928 to the late Jerry George and Jenny Smith George. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her 1st husband, Fred...