Mary Lou Jones
Mar 22, 2019
Mrs. Mary Lou Jones, age 99, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Saturday, March 22, 2019 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born March 22, 1920 to the late Robert Walter and Bertha Hawks Payne. She was a retired CNA from Northern Hospital of Surry County and was of the Baptist faith. She was a loving mother and...
Mr. Billy Franklin "Bill" Scott
Mar 22, 2019
Mr. Billy Franklin “Bill” Scott of Siloam, NC passed away on Friday evening March 22, 2019, at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born in Surry County on January 15, 1939, to the late Grover Johnson Scott and the late Mary Elizabeth Whitaker Scott. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Celia Gaynell Eaton
Mar 21, 2019
Ms. Celia Gaynell Stanley Eaton, 63, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019, at Central Continuing Care. Ms. Eaton was born August 18, 1955, in Surry County, the daughter of Frances Nerva Hill Stanley and the late John Grover Stanley. Gaynell retired as a certified nursing assistant from the UNC Health System. She is survived by two sons,...
Terry Nicholas "Nicky" Deezic
Mar 21, 2019
Mr. Terry Nicholas “Nicky” Deezic, 59, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Surry Community Health and Rehab in Mt. Airy. He was born in Surry County on August 21, 1959 to the late Allen Joseph and Lee Anna Jessup Deezic. Mr. Deezic worked in the textile business, and was a member of Woodville Baptist Church. Nicky...
Robert "Bob" Laurence Pratt
Mar 21, 2019
Mr. Robert “Bob” Pratt, age 67 of Patrick Springs, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Sovah Health of Martinsville. He was born in Milford, CT on November 9, 1951 to the late Roland and Lois Butler Pratt. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Aiden Smith; and...
Ruby Jean Gann
Mar 21, 2019
Mrs. Ruby Jean Gann, age 75 of Martinsville, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Sovah Health in Martinsville. She was born in Henry County on April 13, 1943 to the late Jim Pete Cruise and Rosie Emma Mize Cruise.
Surviving are her husband, Garvin W. Gann; her children, Tammy Rene Agee, Garvin...
William "Bill" Joseph Donathan
Mar 20, 2019
Mr. William “Bill” Joseph Donathan, age 46, of Lowgap, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Donathan was born in Surry County on April 4, 1972 to Evelyn Bowman Donathan and the late Jimmy Donathan. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, son; and dear friend. Among the many who will always cherish his memory is...
Elizabeth Ann Prillaman
Mar 19, 2019
Miss Elizabeth Ann “Lizzie” Prillaman, age 57 of Stuart, Virginia passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at Sovah Health Martinsville Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on October 17, 1961. Miss Prillaman was preceded in death by her father, Wilfred Lewis Prillaman, and a brother, Wesley Carl Prillaman. She graduated from Bridgewater College in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree. She...
James "Lane" McAlexander
Mar 18, 2019
James Lane McAlexander, age 68 of Patrick County, Virginia passed away on Monday, March 18, 2019. He was born on July 18, 1950 in Henry County, Virginia. He was preceded in death by his beloved mother, Marie McAlexander. Lane will be remembered for his passion for classic muscle cars and for being a loving and devoted son, brother,...
Deanna Renee Money
Mar 18, 2019
Miss Deanna Renee Money, age 46, beloved daughter of Brenda Kay and Allen Ray Freeman, passed away Monday, March 18, 2019 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her sisters and brothers-in-law, Donna Kay and Steven Ray Spann and Joy Lynn and William Thomas Wolfe; nieces and nephew; Samantha Kay Spann, Tiffany...
Loretta Smith
Mar 18, 2019
Mrs. Loretta Upchurch Smith, age 80, of Lambsburg, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born in Carroll County, VA December 5, 1938 to the late William Jasper and Eliza Faulkner Upchurch. Mrs. Smith was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She is survived by her daughter, Rhonda Kowalski and husband, Ronald;...
Michael Rorer
Mar 17, 2019
Mr. Michael D. Rorer, age 60, of Mt. Airy, passed away March 17, 2019. The son of Danny and Jean Smith Rorer. Mike loved dirt track racing an all of his racing family. Surviving is a sister and brother-in-law, Debby and Dale Tolbert; a niece Dana Rice and husband Tim; nephews, Josh Warner and wife Amie, and Jason Warner and...
Jonathan Neal Bowman
Mar 17, 2019
Mr. Jonathan Neal “John” Bowman, 56, of Mount Airy, passed away early Sunday morning, March 17, 2019, at his home. Mr. Bowman was born February 8, 1963, in Surry County, one of seven children born to Lurene Willard Bowman and the late Paul E. Bowman. John worked as a foreman for many years at G.L. Wilson Building Company in Statesville. ...
Vodia Mabel Rice
Mar 17, 2019
Ms. Vodia Goins Rice, 89, of Claudville, VA, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2019 at Sovah Health Hospital in Martinsville, VA. She was born in Patrick County October 29, 1929 to the late Alexander Marion and Nina Pell Goins. Ms. Rice retired from Spencer’s, and was a member of Mount Ararat Pentecostal Holiness Church. After leaving Spencer’s she worked as...
Myrtle "Ruth" Ramey
Mar 15, 2019
Mrs. Myrtle “Ruth” Sprinkle Ramey, age 96 of Wagram, NC, passed away Friday, March 15, 2019, at Morrison Hospice Home in Laurinburg. Mrs. Ramey was born in Lee County, VA on December 31, 1922 to the late William Jackson and Mary Elizabeth Riley Sprinkle. She was a loving homemaker and a member of Springhill Baptist Church. Mrs. Ramey was the...
Charles Braxton Turpin, Jr.
Mar 15, 2019
Mr. Charles Braxton Turpin, Jr., 68, passed away on March 15, 2019 at Alamance County Health Care in Burlington, NC after a lengthy illness. He was born in Wake County, January 17, 1951, to the late Charles Braxton Turpin, Sr., and Mae Hardy Turpin. Charles graduated from North Surry High School where he was Student Council President. He was captain...
Claudine Wood
Mar 14, 2019
Mrs. Claudine Hall Wood, age 98 of Meadows of Dan, Virginia, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2019, at Laurel Meadows Heritage Hall Nursing Home. She was born in Patrick County on May 6, 1920, to the late, Joseph Franklin Hall and Nora L. Cruise Hall. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Benton U....
James Randy Jackson
Mar 13, 2019
Mr. James Randy Jackson, age 62, of Ararat, VA passed away on March 13, 2019 at his home. He was born in Surry County, May 26, 1956, the son of the late James Jackson and the late Cora Allene Williams Gilley. Randy attended Mount Airy High School, and joined the United States Army because of his desire to serve his...
Barbara Ann Bombe
Mar 12, 2019
Mrs. Barbara Ann McCraw Bombe, 73, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at her home. She was born in Surry County on June 3, 1945 to the late William Francis and Ethel Frances Chapman McCraw. Mrs. Bombe was a loving homemaker who will be dearly missed by all her family and many friends. She is survived by...
Russell Herman Hawks
Mar 12, 2019
Mr. Russell Herman Hawks, age 88, of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Hawks was born in Surry County on December 20, 1930, to Richard and Stella Galyean Hawks. He proudly served our country in the United States Army, Air Corp and then retired from the United States Air Force. Mr. Hawks...