Obituaries
Helen Artie Bowers
Aug 5, 2019
Mrs. Helen Artie Johnson Bowers, age 88, of Elkin, NC passed away on Monday, August 05, 2019, at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home, in Dobson, NC. She was born in Surry County on November 4, 1930, to the late Joseph Early Johnson and the late Viola Martha Payne Johnson, in addition to her parents she was preceded in...
Jack Haymore
Aug 3, 2019
Mr. Jack Haymore, 92, of Mt. Airy passed away at Surry Community Health and Rehab Saturday, August 3, 2019. He was born in Surry County, June 28, 1927 to the late Frank and Lula Johnson Haymore. Mr. Haymore was a kind gentle man. He was a farmer and painter for many years before working for Surry County Waste Management. Mr....
Nellie "Nell" Ruth Simmons
Aug 3, 2019
Mrs. Nellie "Nell" Ruth Bowman Simmons, 96, of Ruffin, SC, formerly of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on July 10, 1923 to the late George Archibald Bowman and Nannie Jones Bowman. Mrs. Simmons enjoyed people and had a wonderful sense of humor. After...
Billy Herman Allen
Aug 3, 2019
Mr. Billy Herman Allen, 69, of Cana passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Patrick County on November 19, 1949 to the late Claude Swanson and Laura Ellen Harrell Allen. Mr. Allen was a kind man with many talents. He is survived by his wife of over 50 years,...
James Greeley Hylton
Aug 3, 2019
Mr. James Greeley Hylton, age 86 of Stuart, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on December 6, 1932 to the late Greeley and Lena Hylton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Mildred Minter;...
Barbara Joan Marion
Aug 3, 2019
Mrs. Barbara Joan Jackson Marion, 84, of Jacksonville, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2019. Mrs. Marion was born August 31, 1934, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Roy and Thelma Boyd Jackson. She graduated from Mount Airy High School and then lived the majority of her life in Onslow County. She is survived by a son, Randall Lane...
Shirley Esther Hodges
Aug 2, 2019
Mrs. Shirley Esther Smith Hodges, 83, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, August 2, 2019 at Surry Community Health and Rehab in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on April 2, 1936 to the late, John D. and Irene Shelton Smith. Mrs. Hodges retired from Renfro Manufacturing. She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Cindy and Dean Carpenter,...
Ronald Watts, Jr.
Aug 2, 2019
Mr. Ronald Watts, Jr., 31, of Yadkinville, passed away Friday, August 2, 2019, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Watts was born August 26, 1987, in Orlando, FL, to Nancy Jean Michaud Watts and the late Ronald Watts, Sr. Ronald was a loving father, son, and brother. He is survived by two daughters, Layla Rayne Watts and...
Percy Batten Thore
Aug 1, 2019
Mr. Percy Batten Thore, 96, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, August 1, 2019, in Hillsville, VA. Mr. Thore was born August 27, 1922, in Patrick County, VA, one of six children born to the late James William and Maggie Mae McBride Thore. Percy proudly served our country in the United States Army and retired from J.P....
Minnie Louise Coleman
Aug 1, 2019
Mrs. Minnie Louise Anderson Coleman, 90, of Wilmington, formally of Round Peak, passed away August 1, 2019 at New Hanover Regional Hospital. She was born in Grayson County, VA on May 14, 1929 to the late Robert Lee Anderson and Cora Monday Anderson. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and friend who will be dearly missed. Left to cherish her...
Illene Viars Higgs
Aug 1, 2019
Illene Vrise Higgs, age 89 passed away Thursday, August 1, 2019, at Northern Hospital of Surry County, in Mt. Airy, NC. She was born in Richmond, VA to the late Ernest Viars Higgs and to the late Cora Dell Pyles. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sons Mike Higgs, Eddie Dean Akers, Steven Higgs; sister,...
Thelma Ruth Wilson
Aug 1, 2019
Ms. Thelma Ruth Gilbert Wilson, age 94 of Stuart, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on April 25, 1925 in Patrick County to the late Sebastian I. and Lizzie Dalton Gilbert. In addition to her parents, Ms. Wilson was...
Mary Lee Jenkins
Aug 1, 2019
Mrs. Mary Lee Hawks Jenkins, 77, of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, August 1, 2019. She was born in Welch WV July 23, 1942 to the late Raymond and Mary Frances Lavender Hawks. Mrs. Jenkins was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, sister and friend. She is survived by her husband, Lewis Edgar Jenkins; a son, Robert Kelly “Charlie Brown”...
Michael Leon Smart
Jul 31, 2019
Michael Leon Smart of Winston Salem, North Carolina, passed peacefully from this life on the morning of July 31, 2019, after a long and tough battle with cancer. Mike was surrounded and supported by his loving family during the final days of his life. He was born in Martinsville, VA on July 10, 1962, to the late Leon Smart and...
Stephen Wrenn Smith
Jul 31, 2019
Mr. Stephen Smith, 44, passed away Wednesday evening, July 31, 2019 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born in Surry County on June 12, 1975 to the late Charles Leroy and Alice Ophelia Cox Smith. Mr. Smith worked for the Virginia Industries of the Blind for many dedicated years and was an avid video gamer. Left...
James "Jimmy" Albert Layman
Jul 31, 2019
Mr. James “Jimmy” Albert Layman, age 77 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at his home. He was born in Burlington, North Carolina on September 23, 1941, to the late Georgia Layman Lawson. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by his step-father Eugene Lawson. Jimmy retired from Bassett Chair Company with...
Grace Louzane Adams
Jul 31, 2019
It is with great sadness that the family of Grace Louzane Adams announces her passing at the age of 86. Grace was born April 17, 1933, in Surry County, the second child born to the late Isom and Elsie Gunnell Adams. She served as an office manager for a successful chiropractic practice in Mount Airy for many years. She was...
William Clarence "C.H. Hooker
Jul 30, 2019
Mr. William Clarence “C.H.” Hooker, age 62, of Thurmond, NC passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Guilford County, NC. He was born to the late William Junior Hooker and the late Nellie Mae Murphy Hooker.
He worked for Kimsey Mechanical for thirty years. Was a former Master Mason for the Elkin Chapter 454, and also a former president...
Lettie Mae Wilson Atkins
Jul 30, 2019
Mrs. Lettie Mae Eades Wilson Atkins, 89, of Mount Airy, passed away and entered heaven’s gates Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Atkins was born in Surry County to the late James Elwood and Verda Mae Hall Eades. She retired from Renfro, and was of the Baptist faith. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and...
Mary Jane Goins
Jul 30, 2019
Mrs. Mary Jane Reynolds Goins, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, July 30, 2019, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Goins was born September 21, 1935, in Surry County, the oldest of two children born to the late Early and Jennie Pack Reynolds. Mary retired as a seamer from Oakdale Knitting Company. She is survived by four...
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