Mrs. Maude Lenora Kemp Scott, age 85, of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, November 03, 2018, at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living. Mrs. Scott was born in Carroll County on November 27, 1932, to Aide Kemp and Betty Bowen Kemp Midkiff. She was a loving mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed. Among the many who will always cherish her...
Mr. Lee Thomas, age 32, of Mount Airy passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2018. He was born September 15, 1986 to David and Kim Cloud Thomas. He was an avid Carolina fan and loved collecting Alf memorabilia. In addition to his parents Mr. Thomas is also survived by a son, Carter Thomas; paternal grandmother, Anne Thomas, maternal grandfather, Walter...
Mrs. Minnie Elizabeth Strickland Martin, age 93, of Stuart, passed away Friday, November 02, 2018 at her home. She was born in Pittsylvania County on December 7, 1924 to the late Lucian Strickland and Lady Lois Martin Strickland. Mrs. Martin graduated from George Washington High School in Danville and received her Associate’s Degree in Art...
Janie Hawks Sechrist, age 64, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 2, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born August 8, 1954, in Forsyth County to the late Paul Hampton and Mary Jo Chappell Hawks. She worked as a waitress at the Wagon Wheel Restaurant for over 20 years. She is survived by her daughters...
Mrs. Lillie Mae Upchurch Danley, 88, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday afternoon, November 1, 2018, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Danley was born August 19, 1930, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late Frank and Bessie Baker Upchurch. Lillie Mae was a homemaker and a member of Blackwater Community Church. She is survived by her husband, Lonnie...
Mr. James Benson Alberty II, age 52, of Mount Airy passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at his residence. He was born May 5, 1966 in Surry County. He is survived by his loving wife, Sharon Alberty; his brothers, Scotty Alberty and Corey Alberty; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Bonita and Brian Stanley and Greg and Lacie Willard; a niece, Haley Stanley;...
Mrs. Martha Jean Benson Graham, 81, of Dobson, went home to be with her Lord on October 31, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. The oldest of 4 children, Mrs. Graham was born in the Woodleaf community of Rowan County. After high school Mrs. Graham attended Mitchell College and then Catawba College, earning her Bachelor’s...
Mr. William Junior Rogers, 84, of the Collinstown Community in Stokes County, passed away Tuesday evening, October 30, 2018, at Wake Forest Baptist Health Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Junior was born August 11, 1934, in the Asbury Community in Stokes County to the late William Andy and Mattie Lee Nunn Rogers. He was a retired tobacco and cattle farmer. He also...
Mr. Garvin M. Hubbard, 72, of Patrick Springs, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at The Blue Ridge Therapy Connection. He was born in Patrick County on February 2, 1946 to the late Benjamin Monroe and Fanny Ruth Webb Hubbard. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Linda Faye Hubbard and Brenda Kaye Hubbard; a brother, Layman Ray...
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth “Libby” Leonard Nunn, age 74, of Cana, passed away at her home on Friday, October 26, 2018. Mrs. Nunn was born in Surry County on May 29, 1944. She was a devoted homemaker, a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother always placing the care of her family above her own. She was faithful member of Oak Ridge...
Mr. Donald Lee Mosley, 80, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday afternoon, October 29, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, after a short illness. Mr. Mosley was born April 19, 1938, in Surry County, one of seven children born to the late John William and Maude Ella Hemmings Mosley. Donald retired as the body shop...
Ms. Jessi Cole Beverly, 29, of Mt. Airy passed away unexpectedly Monday, October, 29, 2018. She was born in Forsyth County on August 13, 1989 to Donald Gray Beverly, Jr. and the late Mary Katherine McIntyre Beverly. Jessi was a loving mother, sister and daughter with a free spirit. She is survived by her parents, Donald Gray Beverly, Jr. and...
Ms. Jane Chappell, 74, of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Chatham Nursing Center in Elkin. She was born in Galax, VA August 15, 1944 to the late Roy Lee and Sara Lilly Roberts Chappell. Ms. Chappell retired from Hanes and was a member of Mt. Airy First Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was a loving mother, sister...
Mr. Michael Lynn Hooker, age 62, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Sunday evening October 28, 2018, at Kindred Health in Greensboro, NC. He was born in Forsyth County on April 20, 1956, to Beulah Lankford Hooker and the late Herbert Hoover Hooker, in addition to his father he was preceded in death by four sisters and one brother.
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Mrs. Betty Jo Stone Coleson, age 73, of Lowgap, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Coleson was born in Carroll County on April 19, 1945, to the late Fred Henderson and Thelma Fulk Stone. She was a dedicated and charter member of Gospel View Baptist Church where she also served as Church Clerk. Betty met...
Mrs. Eva Mae Bennett Briggs, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away early Friday morning, October 26, 2018, at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living Facility. Mrs. Briggs was born May 1, 1935, in Randolph County, the daughter of the late Grayden Bennett and Margaret Violet Young Bennett Skeen. Eva lived in High Point for many years and retired as a marketing representative...
Mr. Paige Smith, age 94 of Mount Airy, passed away on Friday, October 26, 2018 at Ridgecrest Retirement Home. He was born May 3, 1924 to the late Tilden and Ethel Amburn Smith. He was Owner and President of Cooke Trucking Co., Inc. in Mount Airy and proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Smith was also the...
Mr. Claude Clark Robinson, 87, of Cana, Virginia, passed away at Trinity Grove Nursing Facility in Wilmington, NC on October 26, 2018. His funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Saturday November 3, 2018 at Moody Funeral Home Chapel in Mount Airy. Interment will follow at Oakdale Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home, Friday night...
Mr. Richard "Dick" Spurgeon Belton, Sr., age 83 , of Mt. Airy died Thursday, October 25, 2018, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Belton was born in Surry Country, April 16, 1935, the son of the late E.C. and Irene Roberts Belton. He graduated from Mt. Airy High School and Davidson College where he excelled in football. Mr. Belton was...
Matthew Alan Corbett, age 59, died Saturday, October 20, at his home. Matt was born July 9, 1959, to Lee Corbett and Ann West Corbett, later Ann Hale. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia, formerly a U. S. Marine, and made his living as a sports journalist. He followed the...