Laura Lee Hege
Sep 3, 2018
Laura Lee Coon Hege, 55, of Winston-Salem died Monday, September 3rd, 2018 at her home. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Allan Gregory Coon and Barbara Ray Kimbrough Roerig Coon.
Laura was a graduate of Surry Central High School and UNCG. She was an accounting instructor at Surry Community College and a caring wife and mother in later life....
Carolyn Ann Smith
Sep 2, 2018
Mrs. Carolyn Ann Sears Smith, age 73, of Ararat VA, passed away on Sunday, September 2, 2018 at her home. She was born in Walhalla, SC to the late Claude Edward Sears and Irene Carolyn Sanders Sears on April 7, 1945. Carolyn grew up in Hickory, NC and graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne University with a BA in Mathematics in 1967. Carolyn...
Florence Elizabeth Boothe
Sep 1, 2018
Miss Florence Elizabeth Boothe, 74, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Geneva, NY on December 29, 1943 to the late Waldron and Agnes Mehnert Boothe. Miss Boothe was retired from the State of NY, and a faithful member of Union Hill Friends Meeting. She...
James Lynwood Clark, Jr.
Aug 30, 2018
James Lynwood Clark, Jr., age 51, of Critz, passed away Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 at Sovah Health in Danville. He was born in Henry County to James Leonard Clark, Sr. and Earlene Baker Clark of Critz. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Eddie and Mary Baker; and his paternal grandfather, George Moir...
Debra "Debbie" Sue Shelton
Aug 30, 2018
Mrs. Debra Sue Culler Shelton, age 65, of Mount Airy, passed away on Thursday, August 30, 2018, at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Shelton was born in Mount Airy on August 7, 1953, to the late Winfred Morgan Culler and Ruby Etta Cloud Culler. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and will be dearly missed. ...
Jerrod Freeman White
Aug 29, 2018
Mr. Jerrod Freeman White, 32, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2018. Mr. White was born January 29, 1986, in Surry County, to Barry Freeman White and Tracy Parries White. He is survived by the mother of his children, Becca Noah; a daughter, Adley White; a son, Paxton Noah; his parents Tracy Parries White and Barry Freeman White and...
Pamela "June" Akers
Aug 29, 2018
Mrs. Pamela "June" Jenkins Akers, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Wednesday August 29, 2018 in Forsyth Co. She was born in Surry Co. on March 16, 1959 to the late Ernest Eugene Jenkins and the late Annie Sue Bryant Jenkins. She was a homemaker, She was married to the late Eddie Dean Akers who died on August 29th 2018. ...
Eddie Dean Akers
Aug 29, 2018
Mr. Eddie Dean Akers, 64, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2018. Mr. Akers was born August 12, 1954, in Surry County, to Eileen Higgs Akers and the late Robert Akers. He was formerly employed at Proctor-Silex Inc. He was married to Pamela June Jenkins Akers, who also died August 29, 2018. He is survived by two brothers, Donald...
Gary Lee Cox
Aug 29, 2018
Mr. Gary Lee Cox, age 68 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2018, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Patrick County on October 23, 1949, to the late Hobert Lester Cox and Alice Gay Pace Cox. He was a member of Five Forks Wesleyan Church and...
Calvin Carl Love
Aug 28, 2018
Mr. Calvin Carl Love, 66, of Pilot Mountain, passed away early Tuesday morning, August 28, 2018, at his home. Mr. Love was born November 14, 1951, in Patrick County, VA, one of seven children born to the late Carl Willie and Mary Lee Hill Love. Calvin served our country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He proudly...
Daylon Thomas Greene
Aug 27, 2018
Mr. Daylon Thomas Greene, 83, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Monday, August 27, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, following a brief illness. Daylon was born August 25, 1935, in Nash County, to the late Joseph Edmond Greene and Tassie Coppedge Greene of Spring Hope. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 55...
Charles Sidney Vaughn
Aug 26, 2018
Mr. Charles Sidney Vaughn, age 81, of Mount Airy, NC “received the gift of life on November 3, 1936, and the gift of eternal life on August 26, 2018.” Mr. Vaughn was born in High Point, NC to Joseph Edward and Dollie Estelle Patterson Vaughn. He attended Duke University and graduated from High Point University with a degree in Christian...
Donna Jaye Goad
Aug 26, 2018
Ms. Donna Jaye Goins Goad, age 69, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Ms. Goad was born in Surry County in November 13, 1948, to Arlis and Imogene Haley Goins. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed. Surviving are daughters, Laurie Beeson; and Mary Forrest;...
Billy Gray Gillespie
Aug 26, 2018
Mr. Billy Gray Gillespie, age 77, of Dobson, NC passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC. He was born in Surry County, on January 21, 1941, to the late Wesley and Myrtle Hudson Gillespie. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Lionel Gillespie; and brother-in-law...
Lucy Mae Philpott
Aug 25, 2018
Mrs. Lucy Mae Conner Philpott, age 93 of Woolwine, Virginia passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2018, at Rocky Mount Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Mrs. Philpott was born in Patrick County on February 26, 1925, to the late Samuel H. Conner and Ella Goode Conner. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Shannon Renee Horvat
Aug 24, 2018
Ms. Shannon Renee Patterson Horvat, 54, of Dahlonega, GA, formerly from Lambsburg, VA passed away Friday, August 24, 2018 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. She was born in Surry County, NC to Garnetta June Lyons Patterson and the late Louis Esker Patterson. Ms. Horvat graduated from Carroll County High School, attended Bauder College in Atlanta and was employed as...
Michael Emmett VanVleet
Aug 24, 2018
Mr. Michael Emmett “Bud” VanVleet, 69, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, August 24, 2018, at the W.G. “Bill” Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury. Mr. VanVleet was born September 4, 1948, in Calhoun County, MI, to Beverly Niswander VanVleet and the late Emmett Donald VanVleet. Bud retired from Kentucky Derby Hosiery and was a faithful member of White...
Elmer Gray Tilley, Jr.
Aug 24, 2018
Mr. Elmer Gray “Junior” Tilley, Jr., age 73, of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, August 24, 2018, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Tilley was born in Surry County on November 9, 1944, to Ruby Gwyn Tilley and the late Elmer Gray Tilley. He was a loving son, brother and friends to so many. He will be dearly missed. Among...
James "Stewart" Smith
Aug 24, 2018
Mr. James “Stewart” Smith, Sr., 78, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, August 24, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was of the Baptist faith. Stewart was born October 12, 1939, in Mount Airy, the youngest of twelve children born to Roscoe Claude and Maggie Boyd Smith. He graduated from Mount Airy High School...
Gloria L. Prutting
Aug 23, 2018
Mrs. Gloria L. Prutting, age 92, of Stuart, passed away Thursday, August 23, 2018 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. She was born on May 17, 1926 in Oceanside, Long Island, N.Y., and resided most of her life on Long Island, N.Y. She worked and retired at Brookhaven Hospital in Long Island,...