Obituaries
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,...
Lindsay Gray Tate
Dec 1, 2019
Mr. Lindsay Gray Tate, 43, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019, at his home. Mr. Tate was born December 6, 1975, in Forsyth County, to Dennis Tate and the late Kathy Odum Tate. He was employed by Simcon General Contractors. Left to cherish his memories are his fiancée, Brandi Goins; two daughters, Katie Tate and Bailey Tate;...
Carrie Bell Harrell
Nov 30, 2019
Mrs. Carrie Bell Culler Harrell, of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, November 30, 2019, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Harrell was born in Surry County to Lacy Lee Culler and Hattie Bell Pike Culler Childress. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and dear friend who will be sorely missed. Among the many who will always cherish her memory...
Christine Ann Collins
Nov 30, 2019
Mrs. Christine Ann Lefevre Collins, 47, of Dobson passed away Saturday, November 30, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Clinton County, NY on July 28, 1972 to Anna Ray Durant Lefevre and the late Gerald Delore Lefevre. Mrs. Collins was employed at Lollypop Stop Child Development Center, and a faithful member of Fancy Gap...
Margarete Anna Goettel
Nov 30, 2019
Mrs. Margarete Anna “Peggy” Haack Goettel, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away early Saturday morning, November 30, 2019, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Goettel was born March 4, 1929, in Waiblingen, Germany, one of two children born to the late August and Margarete Schieber Haack. Peggy was a devoted housewife, and she worked as...
Reva Hiatt
Nov 29, 2019
Mrs. Reva Bowman Hiatt, age 82, passed away to be with our Lord at her home with family on November 29, 2019. She fought a long battle with Parkinson’s. Born on August 2, 1937 to John Dexter and Eppie Sawyers Bowman in Hillsville, VA; she married Elmo Hiatt on March 7, 1959. Mrs. Hiatt always put God first in her...
Wilbur D. Hiatt
Nov 29, 2019
A great man, Mr. Wilbur D. Hiatt, of Mount Airy, our Dad, passed away Friday, November 29, 2019, at Northern Regional Hospital in Mount Airy, exactly one week before his 92nd birthday. Born December 6, 1927, in Surry County, he was preceded in death by his parents, David Lafayette and Ethel Puckett Hiatt; a daughter, Noreen Roush; two sons, Floyd...
Naomi Slate
Nov 28, 2019
Mrs. Hallie Naomi Andrews Slate, 90, of Mount Airy passed away at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center on Thursday November 28, 2019. Mrs. Slate was born in Sparta, Alleghany County, January 20, 1929 the daughter of the late Paul and Verna Brown Andrews. She graduated from Sparta High School as valedictorian, and received her nursing degree from Martin Memorial School...
Bonnie Faye Bond
Nov 28, 2019
Mrs. Bonnie Faye Guynn Bond, 74, of Fancy Gap, VA passed away at her home Thursday, November 28, 2019. She was born in Carroll County, VA, June 24, 1945 to the late Will and Lucy McMillian Guynn. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. Mrs. Bond is survived by her husband, Hassell Arnold Bond; daughters, April...
Mary Ann Aiken
Nov 28, 2019
Mrs. Mary Ann Colliere Aiken, 69, of Lowgap passed away Thursday, November 28, 2019 at Surry Community Health and Rehab in Mt. Airy. Mrs. Aiken was born in District of Columbia on April 28, 1950 to the late, John Patrick and Mary Eunice Laccavaro Colliere. She is survived by her husband, Charles Wayne Aiken, Sr. sons, John Colliere, Michael Trost...
William Leroy Johnson
Nov 27, 2019
Mr. William Leroy Johnson, age 86, of Cana, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Johnson was born on July 20, 1933, to William H. and Ellen Richardson Johnson. He was a loving father, grandfather, great grandfather and dear friend. Among the many who will always cherish his memory are daughters and a son-in-law, Melissa...
Dora Conner
Nov 27, 2019
Mrs. Dora Harbour Conner, age 81 of Woolwine, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on June 28, 1938 to the late Forrest Harbour and Audna Hylton Harbour. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Randolph Conner; and one sister, Helen Tuggle. Mrs. Conner was a...
Rosa Marie Watson
Nov 27, 2019
Mrs. Rosa Marie Nixon Watson, age 67, of Elkin, NC passed away on Wednesday morning November 27, 2019, at Forsyth Medical Center, in Winston-Salem. She was born in James City County, VA on December 20, 1951, to the late Lawrence Norris Nixon and the late Lois Marie Scott Nixon. She was retired from Duke Energy and a member of Salem...


