Obituaries
Thelma Lee Gwynn
Apr 21, 2020
Miss Thelma Lee Gwynn, 80, of Ararat, VA, passed away Tuesday morning, April 21, 2020, at Northern Regional Hospital in Mount Airy. Miss Gwynn was born October 17, 1939, in Henry County, VA, the older of two children born to the late Jessie Willard and Mettie Scott Gwynn. She is survived by her sister and caregiver, Ruth Helen Gwynn of...
Faye Quesinberry
Apr 19, 2020
Mrs. Linda Faye Tilley Quesinberry, 48, of Mount Airy, passed away on Sunday afternoon April 19, 2020 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born in Forsyth County on September 26, 1971 to the late Hugh and Linda Combs Tilley. She was a loving wife and friend who will be dearly missed. Left to cherish her memory...
Sheila Annette Smith
Apr 19, 2020
Ms. Sheila Annette Bolen Smith, age 50, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2020 at her home. She was born in Forsyth County on September 6, 1969 to Paul and Shirley Tate Bolen. She was a loving mother and grandmother who will surely be missed by all who knew her. Left to cherish her memories are her...
Noah Reed Lowe
Apr 19, 2020
Mr. Noah Reed Lowe, age 18, of Dobson, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020. He was born on February 1, 2002, in Surry County to Lon and Carey Shore Lowe. In addition to his parents, he is survived by sisters and brothers-in-law, Casey and Lucas Wilmoth, Emily, and Chris Teague; brothers and sister-in-law, Adam Rose and Cole and Charity Lowe, grandparents,...
Ada Jones Branson
Apr 18, 2020
Mrs. Ada Jones Branson, age 95, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at her home. She was born in Surry County on July 15, 1924 to the late James Columbus and Eliza Easter Jones. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith. She was a loving mother and grandmother who will surely be missed by...
Arlene Dowell Surratt
Apr 18, 2020
Mrs. Arlene Dowell Surratt, age 81, of Cana Virginia, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020, at Northern Regional Hospital. Mrs. Surratt was born on October 26, 1938, in Carroll County to the late Mr. John Nathan and Lala Towe Dowell. Arlene was a loving wife, mother, sister, and will be missed by all who knew here. She is survived by one...
Christoulla Joannidou Rock
Apr 17, 2020
Christoulla Joannidou Rock, 70, of Mt. Airy passed away at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home on Friday, April 17, 2020. She was born on the island of Cyprus, December 26, 1949, to the late Anastasis C. Ioannidis and Panayiota Anastasiou. Mrs. Rock was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. She was a virtuous woman, always meticulously caring...
Katherine "Kat" Arrington
Apr 17, 2020
Mrs. Katherine “Kat” McMillian Arrington, 95, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, April 17, 2020. She was born October 7, 1924, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late James Walker and Mary Magdalene McMillian. Mrs. Arrington retired from Lynne Hosiery of Mount Airy, and after her retirement she enjoyed working with her husband, J.B., in the café serving...
Lucille Elizabeth Hutchens
Apr 17, 2020
Mrs. Lucille Elizabeth Wright Hutchens, 95, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, April 17, 2020, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Hutchens was born September 12, 1924, in Hamilton County, KS, one of seven children born to the late Will E. and Bessie Jinks Wright. Lucille retired from Armtex in Pilot Mountain and attended Little Mountain Baptist Church. She is...
Carol "Buddy" Wayne Gwyn
Apr 16, 2020
Mr. Carol Wayne “Buddy” Gwyn age 76 of Mt. Airy, NC, husband of Mrs. Edith Marion Gwyn passed away Thursday, April 16, 2020 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born February 21, 1944 in Surry County, NC to the late John Wilson and Beulah Edwards Gwyn. Mr. Gwyn was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great...
Wilma Shew Norman
Apr 15, 2020
Mrs. Wilma Shew Norman, age 76, of Dobson, NC passed away on Wednesday morning, April 15, 2020. She was born in Surry County on January 13, 1944, to the late Lloyd Shew and the late Geneva Freeman Shew Johnson. She was a member of Central View Missionary Baptist Church and was retired from Perry Manufacturing. In addition to her parents...
Mary Faye Davis
Apr 14, 2020
Mrs. Mary Faye Hill Davis, 92, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on August 3, 1927, to the late Ellis and Minnie Southern Hill. Mrs. Davis retired from Perry’s Manufacturing, and was a faithful member of Pine Ridge Baptist Church. She was a...
Lavon Thompson
Apr 14, 2020
Mrs. Fredna “Lavon” Atkinson Thompson, 81, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at Northern Regional Hospital. Mrs. Thompson was born May 13, 1938, in Surry County, one of four children born to the late William Fred and Eva Gentry Atkinson. Lavon graduated from Beulah High School in 1957. She was the retired owner and operator of The...
James Edward Key
Apr 14, 2020
Mr. James (Jim) Edward Key, 84, of Pfafftown, NC, passed away on Tuesday evening, April 14, 2020 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County, NC on September 19, 1935 to the late Robert William Key and Cora Mae Flinchum Key. Jim is survived by one son,...
Veda Webb
Apr 13, 2020
Mrs. Veda Cochran Webb, age 89 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020 in Waynesboro. She was born on October 9, 1930 to the late Ollie Cochran and Arlie Bolt Cochran. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Eugene Webb and a sister, Jewell Conner.
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Mary Ann Burnett
Apr 13, 2020
Miss Mary Ann Burnett, 64, of Mount Airy and Durham, passed away on April 13, 2020 at Murdoch Developmental Center in Butner, NC of natural causes. She was born in Mount Airy, December 9, 1955 to the late Jimmy and Rebecca (Quesenberry) Burnett. Miss Burnett lived in the Murdoch Developmental Center since she was 23 years old. She is survived...
Nancy Thacker
Apr 13, 2020
Mrs. Nancy Adams Thacker, 88, of Myrtle Beach, SC, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020, at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. Mrs. Thacker was born November 6, 1931, in Surry County, the daughter of the late George and Georgia Fulcher Adams. Following her retirement from First National Bank (Bank of America), she worked...
Atha Jean Collins
Apr 13, 2020
Mrs. Atha Jean Inman Collins, age 83, of Westfield, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2020 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice home in Dobson. Mrs. Collins was born March 11, 1937, in Surry County to the late Lavis Roberta Inman. She retired from Cross Creek Apparel in Mount Airy after many years of service, and a faithful member...
Mildred Mae Jarrell
Apr 12, 2020
Miss Mildred Mae Jarrell, 89, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Miss Jarrell was born August 18, 1930, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Fred Rufus and Cena Sutphin Jarrell. Mildred graduated from Franklin High School in 1950. She worked at Perry...
Thomas Garnett Steele
Apr 11, 2020
Mr. Thomas Garnett Steele, 93, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, April 11, 2020, at the SECU Hospice Home in Yadkinville. Mr. Steele was born January 23, 1927, in Surry County, the youngest of ten children born to the late Walter Leonard and Nancy Laster Steele. Garnett was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served during World...


