Mrs. Betty Ellen Creed Galyean
Mar 24, 2018
Mrs. Betty Ellen Creed Galyean, age 75, of Lowgap, passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born October 30, 1942 to the late Estel Duncan and Mattie Hampton Ramey Creed. Mrs. Galyean was a retired cook from Eckerd Youth Alternative and a member of Charity Baptist Church. Left...
Thomas McLean Faw, Sr
Mar 24, 2018
Mr. Thomas McLean “Buck” Faw, Sr., 93, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018. He was born September 13, 1924, in Millers Creek, to the late Claude C. and Edna McLean Faw. He was preceded in death by Virginia Smith Faw, his wife of 42 years and good friend; a brother, C.C. Faw, Jr.; and three sisters, Elizabeth...
Donna Bowers Rakes
Mar 24, 2018
Mrs. Donna Bowers Rakes, 56, of Woolwine, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018 at
Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Henry County on April 18, 1961 to the late Lenwood Lee and Bessie Wood Bowers. In addition to her parents, Donna was also preceded in death by two sisters; Brenda B. Puckett and Jeannie B. Frisco. Donna was...
Mr. Lawrence V. Pilson
Mar 23, 2018
Mr. Lawrence Vinson Pilson, age 68 of Stuart, passed away Friday, March 23, 2018 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on February 2, 1950 to the late James Ralph Pilson, Sr. and Carlene Hubbard Pilson. He served in the United States Army.
Mr. Pilson is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, James Ralph Pilson, Jr. and Brenda...
Jack Armfield
Mar 23, 2018
Mr. Jack Edwin Armfield, 95, went home peacefully to be with his Lord and the love of his life, Alice, on March 23, 2018 at RidgeCrest Retirement Community. He was born in Mount Airy on July 27, 1922, to Isaac Lote and Emma Abaline Jackson Armfield. He graduated from Mount Airy High School in 1943 and joined the US Army...
Thomas Gray Bryant
Mar 23, 2018
Mr. Thomas Gray Bryant, 80, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, March 23, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born September 17, 1937, in Surry County, to the late Clay and Bessie Holt Bryant. Mr. Bryant graduated from Franklin High School in 1956 and then went to Nashville Auto and Diesel College, where he graduated in 1957....
Mr. Barry Lawrence Lowe
Mar 23, 2018
Mr. Barry Lawrence Lowe, age 55, of Dobson, passed away Friday, March 23, 2018 . He was born December 18, 1962 in Forsyth County to Lawrence Pierce and Nell Zella Lou Mayes Lowe. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his loving wife, Dena Baldwin Lowe; daughter and son-in-law, Kimberly Dawn and Jesse Kinyoun; son and daughter-in-law, Bradley...
Mrs. Dina Lucille "Betty" York Hull
Mar 22, 2018
Mrs. Dina Lucille "Betty" York Hull, 86, of Lambsburg, VA passed away Thursday, March 22, 2018 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Carroll County on February 26, 1932 to the late Charlie and Mazie Surratt York. Mrs. Hull is survived by her children, Tony Gray Lyons and wife, Angie, Terry Ray Lyons and wife, Doris, Larry...
Ramona Faye Inman Neal
Mar 22, 2018
Mrs. Ramona Faye Inman Neal, 86, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday night, March 22, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Neal was born February 13, 1932, in Surry County, the only child born to the late Roscoe Rufus “Tobe” and Lettie Margie Kirkman Inman. Ramona retired as a teaching assistant from Mount Airy...
Pete Cain
Mar 21, 2018
Mr. Pete Hayrue Cain, 78 of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday morning March 21, 2018 at Surry Community Health and Rehab. Mr. Cain was born in Surry County on November 18, 1939 to the late Floyd and Pearlie Sutphin Cain. He was retired from Brannock and Hiatt and was a member of Flat Ridge Baptist Church. He was also Past...
Mr. Roy L. Sutphin
Mar 21, 2018
Mr. Roy L. Sutphin, age 82, of Stuart passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at Northern Hospital in Mt. Airy, NC. He was born in Patrick County on July 19, 1935 to the late Beamer Sutphin and Kizzie Logan Sutphin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Betty S. Davis.
Surviving are his wife...
Robert Stephen Lynch
Mar 21, 2018
Mr. Robert Stephen “Bobby” Lynch, 76, of Lowgap, passed away early Wednesday morning, March 21, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Lynch was born December 1, 1941, in Amelia County, VA, one of three children born to the late Eartle and Alma Hall Lynch. Bobby was a beloved husband, father, and papa. He...
Mrs. Frances Marie Bowman Payne
Mar 20, 2018
Mrs. Frances Marie Bowman Payne, 72, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at her home. She was born in Surry County on March 15, 1946 to the late, William Hobert and Ruth Niten Bowman. Mrs. Payne was retired from Sara Lee after 35 years of service. Frances was a loving wife, sister, aunt, and great aunt who...
Mr. Wayne Stewart Holyfield
Mar 19, 2018
Mr. Wayne Stewart Holyfield, 76, of Mount Airy, passed away on Monday morning, March 19, 2018 at Colonial Care Nursing Home. He was born in Surry County on November 3, 1941 to the late Grover Buxton and Lizzie Vance Stewart Holyfield. Mr. Holyfield was a retired farmer and truck driver, and was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by...
Ruth Betty Jones Hower
Mar 19, 2018
Mrs. Ruth Betty Jones Hower, 96, of Mount Airy, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, passed away Monday night, March 19, 2018, at her home. Mrs. Hower was born October 24, 1921, in Philadelphia, PA, the younger of two daughters born to the late Harold Melvin and Elsie Ethel Heavlow Jones. Ruth was a traveling deputy, register of wills...
Mr. James Boyce "Jimmy" Hall
Mar 19, 2018
Mr. James Boyce “Jimmy” Hall, 64, of East Bend passed away unexpectedly Monday, March 19, 2018 in Texarkana, TX. He was born July 12, 1953 in Forsyth County to the late Lackey and Genevie Boyce Hall. Mr. Hall is survived by a daughter, Mandy Hall; a son and daughter-in-law, Justin and Jennifer Hall; grandchildren, Talan Douglas, Andru Hall and Reece...
Mrs. Sheila Ann Pack Knott
Mar 18, 2018
Mrs. Sheila Ann Pack Knott, 50, of Mt. Airy, wife of Randy Knott, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Surry County on January 24, 1968 to the late Gaston Lee and Margaret Betty Marsh Pack. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Knott is survived by her sons, Travis...
Miss Gloria Dawn Cansler
Mar 16, 2018
Miss Gloria Dawn Cansler, 55, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, March 16, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born on April 16, 1962 to COL (Ret) Joseph Carr Cansler and the late Elsie Ruth Morrison Cansler. In addition to her father Miss Cansler is survived by her step mother, Phyllis Cansler; brothers Josh (Suzanne)...
Harold Edwin Slate
Mar 16, 2018
Mr. Harold Edwin Slate, 73, of Claudville, VA, passed away Friday night, March 16, 2018, at his home. Mr. Slate was born March 26, 1944, in Patrick County, VA, the youngest of five children born to the late Murray Owen and Etta Lucy Anderson Slate. Harold retired from DuPont with more than 30 years of service and was a restaurant...
Jeanne Fleischmann Currier
Mar 15, 2018
Mrs. Jeanne Marie Fleischmann Currier, 93 of Mount Airy, NC, widow of V. T. “Johnny” Currier, passed away Thursday morning, March 15, 2018 at Piedmont Crossing Retirement in Thomasville, NC. Mrs. Currier was born on January 13, 1925 in Richmond County, VA to the late Augustus Wilson Fleischmann and Elizabeth Hayes Fleischmann. Mrs. Currier was retired from Blue Ridge Elementary...