J.W. Williams
Nov 21, 2018
Mr. J.W. Williams, 78, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born December 24, 1939, in Surry County, to the late Raleigh and Daisy Sutphin Williams. Mr. Williams retired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation after 30 years of service. In his youth, Mr. Williams was an...
Lillian Hooker
Nov 21, 2018
Mrs. Lillian Bullins Hooker, age 84 of Lawsonville, North Carolina, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was born in Stokes County on September 9, 1934 to the late Deddie Carroll Bullins and Perlie Lawson Bullins. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hooker was preceded...
Mary Nell King
Nov 21, 2018
Mrs. Mary Nell “Dee” Newman King, age 89, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at her home in Charlotte, due to multiple myeloma. Mrs. King was born on January 7, 1929, in Mt. Airy, the daughter of the late Charles Edgar and Esther Mariam Wright Newman. Mary Nell graduated from White Plains School, Class of 1948 and Martin Memorial Hospital...
Princess Kynslee Ann Payne
Nov 20, 2018
Princess Kynslee Ann Payne, 3, of Mt. Airy “Let It Go” and is now at peace in her Heavenly Home. She was born December 5, 2014 in Surry County to Mason and Kirsten Saige Payne. She is also survived by her little sister, Hayden “Haydabug”; grandparents, Andra and Jeff Todd, Greg and Dana Payne, Rebekah and Lewis Cain and Heath...
Mary Magdalene Jessup
Nov 20, 2018
Mrs. Mary Magdalene Scott Jessup, age 99, of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at Northern Hospital. Mrs. Jessup was born in Surry County on October 17, 1919, to the late Charlie and Lucinda Hooker Scott. She was so loving and, so dear to her family and many extended family and friends. Among the many who will always...
Cora Maebelle Hawks
Nov 20, 2018
Mrs. Cora Maebelle Cockerham Hawks, age 71, of Dobson, passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Hawks was born in Surry County on October 26, 1947, to Claude and Essie Mae Gilley Cockerham. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, and dear friend. Among the many who will always cherish her memory is her husband,...
Johnny Joe Sawyers
Nov 20, 2018
Mr. Johnny Joe Sawyers, 77, of Ararat, passed away Tuesday afternoon, November 20, 2018, at his home. Mr. Sawyers was born June 28, 1941, in Surry County, one of five sons born to the late Joseph Glenn and Ethel Irene Johnson Sawyers. Johnny worked as a tobacco farmer for many years, and he later worked for Surry County Public Works. ...
Mary Lou Miller Sidden
Nov 19, 2018
Mrs. Mary Lou Miller Sidden, age 86, of State Road, NC (formerly of Dobson), passed away at her home on Monday, November 19, 2018. She was born in Surry County on January 22, 1932, to the late Walter Miller and the late Helen Burcham Miller. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Sidden;...
Leigh Ann Quesinberry
Nov 19, 2018
Mrs. Leigh Ann Worrell Quesinberry, age 51, of Mt. Airy, passed away on Monday, November 19, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. The family will be having a memorial service on Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 12:00 PM at Miracle Waters Church in Flat Rock.
Betty Jane King
Nov 18, 2018
Mrs. Betty Jane Taylor King, 91, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday morning, November 18, 2018, at her home. She was born in Surry County on October 28, 1927 to the late Arthur Augustin and Susie Dell Venable Taylor. Mrs. King was retired from Surry County Schools after 20 years of teaching Home Economics where she touched the lives of...
Raymond Mastin Nixon
Nov 18, 2018
Mr. Raymond Mastin Nixon, age 86, of Elkin, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2018, at the States Veterans Home in Salisbury. He was born October 22, 1932, in Surry County to the late Reece Mckinley Nixon and Mary Etta Edwards Nixon. He was a retired stonecutter and a veteran of the United States Army Veteran of the Korean War era. In...
Roger Dale Burkhart
Nov 18, 2018
Mr. Roger Dale Burkhart, age 68, of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2018. Mr. Burkhart was born in Surry County on May 17, 1950, to Barry and Clarice Cole Burkhart. Mr. Burkhart was a loving husband, father, brother and dear friend. He will be sorely missed. Surviving is his devoted wife, Gale Jessup Burkhart; a daughter, Amy Burkhart;...
Stella Marie Rakes
Nov 18, 2018
Mrs. Stella Marie Rakes, age 94, of Warminster, PA and formerly of Patrick County, passed away peacefully and went home to be with the lord on November 18, 2018. She was born in Keyrock, WV and was the youngest of 11 children. She was preceded in death by her parents, Birchard and Pearl Cook;...
Janice Kathleen Draughn
Nov 18, 2018
Mrs. Janice Kathleen Creasy Draughn, 60, of Mount Airy, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday morning, November 18, 2018. Mrs. Draughn was born March 29, 1958, in Forsyth County, the daughter of the late Robert Ernest and Sarah Louise Hicks Creasy. Janice worked at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem for 39 years. She...
Carl John Stone, Jr.
Nov 18, 2018
Mr. Carl John Stone, Jr., 69, of Ararat, VA, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Stone was born September 30, 1949, in Detroit, MI, to the late Carl and Marjorie Harrington Stone. He proudly served our country in the United States Navy and was a loving husband, father, and grandfather, who will be...
Terry Ray Worrell, Sr.
Nov 18, 2018
Mr. Terry Ray Worrell, Sr., 63, of Dobson, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2018 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Forsyth County November 13, 1955 to the late Rev. Tommy and Hattie Loraine Hawks Worrell. Mr. Worrell was a kind, loving husband, father and grandfather. He was a faithful member of True Vine Baptist Church. He...
Jeanette Hooker
Nov 17, 2018
Mrs. Jeanette Cox Hooker, 78, of Westfield, passed away on Saturday, November 17 2018 at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living in Mt. Airy. She was born April 19, 1940 to the late Porter Elmer and Rena Novella Love Cox. Mrs. Hooker and her husband Duaine were the owners of Westfield Superette for thirty-four years before retiring from the business. She was...
Wayne Lowe
Nov 16, 2018
Mr. Ansley Wayne Lowe of Westfield, Stokes County, NC, the beloved husband of Barbara Love Lowe and the devoted father to two sons, Kenneth and Bruce, died peacefully Friday, November 16, 2018, at his home. He was 90 years old. Mr. Lowe was well known as a top-notch car salesman; NASCAR fanatic; unparalleled shade-tree mechanic; and storyteller extraordinaire. He lived...
Betty Imogene Radford
Nov 16, 2018
Mrs. Betty Imogene Simmons Radford, age 86, of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, November 16, 2018, at her home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Radford was born in Surry County on March 23, 1932, to James Dewey and Hulda Susan Nichols Simmons. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her...
Kenneth Samuel Lawson
Nov 16, 2018
Mr. Kenneth Samuel Lawson, 68, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, November 16, 2018 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy. He was born in Forsyth County on April 24, 1950 to the late Floyd and Maude Gravley Lawson. Mr. Lawson was a retired Rack Builder. He is survived by sons, Kenneth “Chuck” Lawson, Joshua Lawson, and Rex Lawson; a...