Obituaries
Libby Florence Puckett
Dec 9, 2019
Miss Libby Florence Puckett, 101, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, December 9, 2019 at Northern Regional Hospital in Mt. Airy. She was born in Patrick County, VA on July 28, 1918, to the late Arthur Joseph and Etta Ada Hawks Puckett. Miss Puckett was a loving homemaker, and a member of Rome Baptist Church. She is survived by a...
Tommy Benten Bowman
Dec 7, 2019
Mr. Tommy Benten Bowman, 68, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Patrick County on June 30, 1951 to the late Delbert and Delia Handy Bowman. Mr. Bowman was a Contractor, and a faithful member of Friendly Tabernacle. He is survived by his wife, Sharon Lorraine Bowman;...
Leann Nicole Denny
Dec 7, 2019
Ms. Leann Nicole Edmondson Denny, 36, of Rural Hall, graduated to heaven on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was a tenacious fighter and battled cancer for the last two years. She was born in Wayne Co., NC on July 5, 1983. She worked at Stratford BBQ and was of the Baptist...
Bill McCoy Golding
Dec 7, 2019
Mr. Bill McCoy Golding, 70, of Mt. Airy passed away at Northern Regional Hospital, Saturday, December 7, 2019. He was born in Carroll County, VA, September 28, 1949 to the late Harley Sherman and Beatrice Mae Bobbitt Golding. Mr. Golding is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Roger and Vera Golden; a nephew, Steve Golden; nieces, Penny Flippen and Debbie...
Phillip Andrew Baldwin
Dec 6, 2019
Mr. Phillip Andrew Baldwin, 53, of Claudville, VA passed away Friday, December 6, 2019 at his home. Mr. Baldwin was born in Surry County on September 4, 1966 to the late, Arch Andrew and Mary Frances Matthews Baldwin. He was a loving father and brother. Left to cherish his memory are two sons, Andrew Scott Baldwin and wife Sonia, and...
Hazel Mae Mills
Dec 6, 2019
Mrs. Hazel Mae Tate Bowman Mills, 73, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, December 6, 2019, at Northern Regional Hospital. Mrs. Mills was born May 8, 1946, in Surry County, to the late Fred and Stella Tate. Among the many who will cherish her loving memories are her sons, Clifford Bowman and his wife, Joy Nations Bowman, James “Bo” Robert (Carol),...
Mary Elma Graves
Dec 6, 2019
Ms. Mary Elma “Meg” Graves, of Mount Airy, died Friday, December 6, 2019, at Sharon Towers in Charlotte. Born November 15, 1955, in Mount Airy, Meg was the daughter of the late Ben K. and Barbara W. Graves. She is survived by her son, Charles “Chas” Graves of Mount Airy; a sister, Ann Martin (Conrad) of Mount Airy; and a...
Douglas Robert Spurrier
Dec 6, 2019
**UPDATE*** Mr. Spurrier's service will be held today at 3:30 PM, Tuesday December 10 , 2019, inside the church, due in inclement weather.
Mr. Douglas Robert Spurrier, age 68, of Shoals, passed away Friday, December 6, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born October 22,1951 in Lexington NC to the late Hovis Edgar Spurrier and Doris Ilene Hendrix...
Mittie "Ruth" Wilmoth
Dec 5, 2019
Mrs. Mittie “Ruth” Wolfe Wilmoth, age 93, of Dobson, NC passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2019, at her home in Cana, VA. She was born in Surry County on March 7, 1926, to the late Raymond McKinley Wolfe and the late Maude Ella Davis Wolfe. She loving served people as a CNA until the age of 80. She was...
Roger Dale Ayers, Sr.
Dec 5, 2019
Mr. Roger Dale Ayers, Sr., 73, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday morning, December 5, 2019. Mr. Ayers was born in Surry County on January 30, 1946 to the late Arthur Oakles Ayers and Vera Spencer Ayers Mills. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather who loved his family dearly. Mr. Ayers was of the Baptist faith and work...
Randy Ray Allen
Dec 5, 2019
Mr. Randy Ray Allen, age 58, of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2019, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Allen was born in Patrick County on December 5, 1961, to Latney and Opal Bowman Allen. He was employed with Scenic Ford and was a faithful member of Fancy Gap Baptist Church. Among the many who will always cherish his...
Hazel Faye McCraw
Dec 4, 2019
Mrs. Hazel Faye Griffith McCraw, age 79, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, December 04, 2019, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. McCraw was born in Mount Airy on February 14, 1940, to the late Edgar Seldon and Dula Cordelia Gates Griffith. She retired from Northern Hospital, and was a faithful member of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church where she was...
Steven Darryl Holt
Dec 4, 2019
Mr. Steven Darryl Holt, age 53, of Dobson passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born December 14, 1965 in Martinsville, Virginia to the late Joe Junior Holt and Norma Jean Jones, who survives. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his loving wife, Marsha Gail Toler Holt; daughter,...
Violet Irene Atkins Odell
Dec 4, 2019
Mrs. Violet Irene Fulk Atkins Odell, age 97, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Odell was born in Surry County on December 29, 1921, to Charlie and Amelia Marion Fulk. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother. Surviving are daughters and a son-in-law, Shirley and Gilmer Dollarhite, and Rita...
Zack Worrell Blackmon, Sr.
Dec 3, 2019
Mr. Zack Worrell Blackmon, Sr., 91 of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at Northern Regional Hospital. Mr. Blackmon was born December 9, 1927, in Surry County, one of six children born to the late Cappie and Charles Curtis Blackmon. Zack loved his church, his family, and his community and country - and gave of himself, his time...
Teresa Kay Tate
Dec 3, 2019
Mrs. Teresa Kay Hawks Tate, 60, of Cana, VA passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home Monday, December 3, 2019. She was born in Surry County July 12, 1959 to the late Claucy William and Ella Faye Easter Hawks. Mrs. Tate was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Left to cherish her memories are her...
Bruce Keith Burnette
Dec 2, 2019
Mr. Bruce Keith Burnette, 66, died Monday, December 2, 2019, at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. He was born June 30, 1953, in Buncombe County, to the late Talmadge LeRoy and Blanche Gant Burnette. Mr. Burnette attended Greenbrier Military School in Lewisburg, WV, and North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he studied textile engineering. He was employed in the...
Estelle Marie Wrede
Dec 2, 2019
Estelle, age 79 of Ararat, VA passed away at home, peacefully in her sleep, Dec. 2nd, 2019. She was born August 17th,1940 in Ararat, VA to Curtis Lee and Hattie Gurtis Hiatt Hiatt. She is survived by her sister Bernice Walker of Morganton, NC. Mrs. Wrede was preceded in death by her parents, husband John P. Wrede and siblings, Donald...
Clark Bondurant
Dec 1, 2019
Mr. Leon Clark Bondurant, Sr., 75, of Mount Airy, passed away early Sunday morning December 1, 2019 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson surrounded by his loving family. Clark was born in Surry County on December 25, 1943 to the late William Robert “Bill’ and Dorothy Mildred “Granny B” Hiatt Bondurant. He was the owner of...
Della Marie McMillian
Dec 1, 2019
Mrs. Della Marie Johnson Timmons McMillian, 73, of Mt. Airy passed away at her home December 1, 2019. She was born in Surry County July 8, 1946 to the late James Sanford and Mamie Pauline Snow Johnson. Mrs. McMillian is survived by her daughter, Paula Pina; grandchildren and spouses, Christopher and Wendy Martin, Rhonda Atkins Harrell and Daniel Harrell; grandchildren, Kory,...


