Mr. Clyde M. Tate, 85, of Mount Airy, died Sunday, January 7, 2018, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was a U.S. Army Veteran who served during the Korean War. He retired from Lynne Hosiery. He was an accomplished guitar player who often volunteered his time at churches and nursing homes. He will be remembered for his generosity and...
Mr. Barry Eugene White, 62, of Pilot Mountain passed away Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Patrick County on April 7, 1955 to the late Roger White and Charlotte Marrs Morgan. Mr. White was a mechanic at R.J. Reynolds and was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his wife, Judy...
Mr. James W. “Jimmy” Sheppard, age 82, of Stuart, passed away Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. He was born on April 21, 1935 in Patrick County to the late James Hassell Sheppard and Georgia Martin Sheppard. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant son, Christopher Lee Sheppard;...
Mrs. Eva Joy Lovill Caldwell, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, January 5, 2018, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Caldwell was born December 28, 1927, in Surry County, one of two children born to the late John Robert and Sarah Secrest Lovill. Eva graduated from Mount Airy High School. She was a longtime member and former...
Ms. Mary Pauline Young Payne, 91, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, January 5, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born on March 22, 1926 to the late Theodore R. and Pencie Anna Williams Young. Ms. Payne retired from Cross Creek Apparel and was a member of Flat Rock Pentecostal Holiness Church. She is survived...
Mr. William “Chad” Meadows, 36, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, January 4, 2018 at his home. Mr. Meadows was born in Surry County on October 28, 1981 to Donald and Tammy Puckett Meadows. He was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents, Mr. Meadows is survived by a daughter, Keeley Sue Meadows; a son, Haston Kole Meadows;...
Mrs. Alice “Jane” Moser Largen, age 55, of Dobson, NC passed away on Wednesday January 3, 2018 at her home. She was born in Surry Co. on July 8, 1962 to the late Harvey and Thelma Edwards Moser. She was a farmer, having worked in the tobacco fields, and worked in home health care. In addition to her parents, she...
Mrs. Glennis Lorraine Goins Henderson, 71, of Pilot Mountain passed away Wednesday, January 03, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Patrick County on December 13, 1946 to the late Arthur Lester and Callie Mae Keith Goins. Mrs. Henderson was a homemaker, a gifted seamstress, a loving wife, mother and grandmother who...
Mrs. Mondell Golding Davis Lawrence, age 81, of Dobson, NC, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. She was born in Surry County on May 16, 1936 to the late Dock Golding and the late Louie Flippin Golding. She was retired from Perry Manufacturing, and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. In...
Mr. Wilson Monroe Poindexter, age 90, of Dobson, NC, passed away on Monday, January 1, 2018 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born on November 8, 1927 to the late James Emmitt Poindexter and the late Nannie Lou Campbell Poindexter. He was a retired farmer and insurance agent, and a member of Fairview Baptist Church. He...
Mr. Jack Clating King, 84, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, December 31, 2017 at Westchester Manor in High Point. He was born in Surry County on February 21, 1933 to the late Wilburn Parrish and Annie Mae Thacker King. Mr. King was retired from Schneider Electric and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church. He is survived by daughters...
Mr. Adrian Thomas Grider 56, of Cana, VA left this world from his home unexpectedly to join his Heavenly Father on December 29, 2017. He was born January 4, 1961 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to the late Clara Delores Strickland Grider and Thomas Grider. His mother preceded him in death on July 20, 1968 when Adrian was seven years old....
Miss Alice Mae Ward, of Lambsburg, VA passed away at her home, Sunday, December 31, 2017. She was born in Carroll County, to the late Bert C. and Della Bobbitt Ward. Miss Ward retired from the Carroll County School System after over thirty years of service; and she was of the Baptist Faith. She is survived by a sister and...
Mr. Benjamin Creasy Young, 77, of Ararat, VA, passed away Sunday, December 31, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Patrick County, VA, to the late Johnnie Sanford and Mattie Thompson Young. Mr. Young graduated from Blue Ridge High School in 1957 at the age of 16 and completed his education at...
Mrs. Maxie “Maxine” Joan Chandler Smith, age 76, of Cana, VA, passed away Saturday, December 30, 2017, at her home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Smith was born in Mount Airy on May 15, 1941, to the late Claude Marion and Sarah Thomas Chandler. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who will be dearly missed. Among the many...
Mrs. Helen Grace Roberson, age 92, of Stuart, Virginia, passed away surrounded by family on Saturday, December 30, 2017. She was born on March 31, 1925 to the late George Hill, Sr. and Annie Carter Hill. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George Roby Roberson; five sisters, Myrtle Turner, Annie Mae Pettigrew, Jeannette...
Ms. Rita Annette Byrd, age 60, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, December 30, 2017, at her home. She was born October 27, 1957, to Betty Byrd and the late Roy Lee Byrd. She was a loving mother and grandmother and will dearly missed by all who knew her. Left to cherish her memory is a son and daughter-in-law Brian...
Mrs. Gladys Corder Bledsoe, age 94, of Dobson, North Carolina, passed away, surrounded by her loving family, on Saturday evening December 30, 2017. She was born on November 2, 1923 to the late Walter Ford Corder and the late Ella Layne Corder. In addition to her parents she was preceded by her husband, Rev. Robert Rufus Bledsoe. She was a...
Mrs. Annie Mae Casstevens Holder, age 78, of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, December 30, 2017, at her residence. Mrs. Holder was born in Surry County on December 4, 1939 to John Henry and Inez Beck Casstevens. She was retired from Surry County Public Schools with 28 years of service. She was a member of Mount Airy First Pentecostal Holiness...
Mrs. Nellie Goad Belton, age 97, of Stuart, passed away Friday, December 29, 2017 at the Landmark Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on Feb. 27, 1920 to the late Lehue Franklin Goad and Lula Sophia Marshall Goad. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Belton, Sr., one son, James...