Obituaries
Betty Jean Combs
Oct 5, 2019
Mrs. Betty Jean Francis Jones Stoneman Lawson Combs, age 88, of Fancy Gap VA, passed away on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at Surry Health and Rehabilitation Center in Mt. Airy. She was born in Carroll County on February 3, 1931 to the late William Everett and Carenia Frances Easter Jones. She lived most of her life in Fancy Gap where...
Nancy Jane Beasley
Oct 4, 2019
Mrs. Nancy Jane Greene Beasley, 84, of Mocksville passed away Friday, October 04, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born December 29, 1934 to the late William and Eunice Holloway Greene. She was a loving mother and grandmother who will surely be missed by all who knew her. Left to cherish her memories are daughter, Kathy...
Craig Stephen Simpson
Oct 4, 2019
Mr. Craig Stephen Simpson, age 60, passed away on Friday, October 4, 2019, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Surry County on August 26, 1959, to Sarah Hyatt Simpson and to the late Willie Gray Simpson. He had worked for ATT&T, and also for Wachovia. He was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church and was a...
Jennifer L. Hall
Oct 4, 2019
Mrs. Jennifer L. Hall, age 50 of Ararat, passed away Friday, October 04, 2019 at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. She was born in Connecticut on August 3, 1969 to the late Calvin D. Bowman, Sr. and Mary Brasslett Bowman of Ararat. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a...
Robert Leslie Goodwin, Sr.
Oct 3, 2019
Mr. Robert Leslie Goodwin, Sr., 84, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, October 03, 2019 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Gardner, MA on October 18, 1934 to the late Leslie and Pearl Adams Goodwin. Mr. Goodwin retired from L.S. Starrett as sales manager. He is survived by his wife, Martha Jane...
Sadie Lucille Blackburn
Oct 3, 2019
Mrs. Sadie Lucille Lyons Blackburn, 91, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, October 3, 2019, at Galax Health and Rehabilitation Center in Galax, VA. Mrs. Blackburn was born April 9, 1928, in Carroll County, VA, one of seven children born to the late Victor Shuble and Hannah Ruth Duncan Lyons. Sadie was a homemaker and a member...
Arthur Herbert Chaney, Sr.
Oct 2, 2019
Mr. Arthur Herbert Chaney, Sr., age 89 of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Chaney was born May 25, 1930, to the late Delia Johnson and Benjamin Harrison Chaney. Arthur was a loving, simple man who will be...
Daryl Grant Holcomb
Oct 2, 2019
Mr. Daryl Grant Holcomb, 71, of Winston-Salem, passed away Wednesday morning, October 2, 2019, at his home. Mr. Holcomb was born December 2, 1947, in Surry County, one of three children born to the late Cranford Leon and Mary Ruth Beeson Holcomb. Daryl was a self-employed carpenter for many years. In his spare time, he enjoyed hunting and fishing with...
Billie Jo Stanley
Oct 2, 2019
Mrs. Billie Jo George Stanley, 80, of Red Brush Rd. passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on August 17, 1939 to the late Joe Q. and Blanche Nichols George. Along with being a lifelong member of Union Hill Friends Church, she was employed by...
Gracie Vipperman
Oct 1, 2019
Mrs. Gracie Montgomery Vipperman, 89, of Ararat, VA passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at Surry Community Health and Rehab in Mt. Airy. She was born in Patrick County on May 4, 1930 to the late Kelly and Bloomie Puckett Montgomery. Mrs. Vipperman retired after many years of employment from Renfro, and was of the Baptist faith. She was a...
Laurie Ann Justice
Oct 1, 2019
Mrs. Laurie Ann Perdue Justice, age 52, of Patrick Springs, Virginia, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2019, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Patrick County on November 7, 1966. She was preceded in death by her father, Buren Wayne Perdue; maternal grandparents, Walter E. Spence and Pauline Shelton Spence, paternal grandparents,...
Barbara Ann Plaster
Oct 1, 2019
Mrs. Barbara Ann Wright Plasters, age 73 of Patrick Springs, Virginia passed away at her home on Monday, October 1, 2019. She was born on December 24, 1945, to the late Edgar Rudolph Wright and Vera Mae Harris Wright. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Burrell McCoy Plasters; five sisters, Jane Holliday,...
Bertie Mae Hall
Sep 30, 2019
Mrs. Bertie Mae Hicks Hall, 89, of Mount Airy, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 30, 2019. Mrs. Hall was born September 19, 1930, in Surry County, one of nine children born to the late Wiley and Maude Watson Hicks. She was married to Alfred Clark “Lefty” Hall for 67 years, until his death in 2015. ...
Dorothy Louise Richardson
Sep 30, 2019
Mrs. Dorothy Louise Richardson went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, September 30, 2019, at 8:45 AM. Mrs. Richardson was born October 14, 1940, in Carroll County, VA, to Ollie Virginia and Roy Sidney Bryant. She left behind her husband of 59 years, William McKinley Richardson; her daughters, Rita (Jimmy) Vernon and Noelle Richardson (Steve Catalfamo);...
Elaine Annabelle Ball
Sep 29, 2019
Mrs. Elaine Annabelle Twing Ball, 90, of Mt. Airy passed Sunday, September 29, 2019 at her home. Mrs. Ball was born in Galva, IL on June 13, 1929, to the late Harold and Myrtice Shaner Twing. She was a retired school teacher, and was of the Lutheran faith. She is survived by daughters and son-in-law, Christie Lynn and Robert Knott,...
Terry Wade Spencer
Sep 29, 2019
SHELBY - Terry Wade Spencer, 67, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019 while at Wendover Hospice where he passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. He was born September 24, 1952 in Lambsburg, VA.
He leaves to cherish his memories his daughters, Mandy Spencer Barkley (Derek) and Sarah Spencer Dixon (Shane); grandsons, Devin Keith Edwards, Michael David Wyatt and Aaron James...
Edgar Allen Plessinger
Sep 26, 2019
Mr. Edgar Allen Plessinger, age 39, of Stuart, Virginia passed away at his home on September 26, 2019. He was born on March 3, 1980, in Newport News, Virginia. He was preceded in death by his father, Marvin Jarrell Plessinger, Sr.; and a brother, Marvin Jarrell Plessinger, Jr. Edgar loved martial arts and was of the protestant...
Marvin H. Bledsoe, Jr.
Sep 26, 2019
Mr. Marvin H. Bledsoe, Jr., 63, of Siloam, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Bledsoe was born May 12, 1956, in Surry County, to Marvin H. Bledsoe, Sr. and the late Jessie Boyles Bledsoe. Marvin retired as a welder from Insteel Wire Products after 25 years of service. He was a loving husband,...
Sharron R. Atkins
Sep 26, 2019
Mrs. Sharron R. Atkins, 72, of Dobson, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 26, 2019, at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born May 28, 1947, in Elkin, to Susie Hemric Royall and the late John Tyre Royall, Sr. Sharron was a special education teacher for thirty years, serving children and adults with special needs at Dobson...
Loraine Velva Moser
Sep 25, 2019
Mrs. Loraine Velva Marshall Moser, 94, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday afternoon, September 25, 2019, at her daughter’s home in Bladenboro, surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 11, 1925, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Ellis Leonard and Lou Emma Eaton Marshall. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, who will be...


