Obituaries

May 4, 2018

Mr. Frank Elmer Key, age 85, of Mount Airy, passed away on Friday, May 4, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson.  He was born on February 4, 1933 to the late Elmer and Martha Nichols Key.  He was a loving father and grandfather and will be dearly missed by all who knew him.  Left to...

May 4, 2018

Mr. Hubert Marion Goins, 86, of Claudville, VA passed away Friday, May 04, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family.  He was born in Patrick County on March 9, 1932 to the late Alexander Marion and Nina Pell Goins.  Mr. Goins was retired from Pike Electric and a member of Mt. Ararat Pentecostal Holiness Church.  Mr. Goins proudly...

May 3, 2018

Mrs. Mildred Ann Patterson Jessup, 94, of Pilot Mountain passed away Thursday, May 3, 2018 at the Commonwealth Senior Living at Hillsville.  She was born in Surry County on October 29, 1923 to the late Escar Floyd and Julila Whitaker Patterson.  Mrs. Jessup was retired from Belk Department Store and was of the Baptist Faith.  She was a loving wife,...

May 3, 2018

Mr. James Reginald “Reggie” Shumate, 71, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday morning, May 3, 2018, at W.G. “Bill” Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury.  Mr. Shumate was born September 1, 1946, in Wilkes County, to the Rev. Charles Ray and Mary Ann Martin Shumate.  Reggie served our country in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War.  He...

May 3, 2018

Mr. Terry Clinton “T.C.” Simpson, Jr., 30, of Ararat, passed away Thursday afternoon, May 3, 2018, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.  T.C. was born October 9, 1987, in Surry County, to Terry Clinton Simpson, Sr. and Donna Tucker Simpson Marion.  He graduated from Surry Central High School in 2006, and he graduated from NASCAR Technical Institute in...

May 2, 2018

Mr. George William Harris, age 88 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at his home.  He was born in West Virginia on January 20, 1930 to the late Henry Ellis Harris and Mae Castello Harris.  In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by one sister, Zenda Mae Biggs.  Mr. Harris was a member...

May 1, 2018

Mrs. Betty Lou Joyce Palmer, 85, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, May 01, 2018 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy.  She was born in Stokes County on April 22, 1933 to the late Neal and Cardellia McDaniel Joyce.  Mrs. Palmer was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and many...

May 1, 2018

Mr. Denny Wayne Shumate, 73, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy.  He was born in Surry County on June 6, 1944 to the late Robert and Tavie Simpson Shumate.  Mr. Shumate was retired from Landform, and was a member of Blues Grove Baptist Church.  He is survived by a daughter...

May 1, 2018

Mrs. Hazel Virginia White Johnson, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, May 1, 2018, at her home.  Mrs. Johnson was born May 12, 1927, in Surry County, one of five children born to the late Charlie and Mecie Jessup White.  Hazel retired from Hanesbrands Inc. and was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church.  She is survived by...

May 1, 2018

Mr. Donald Francis Graham, age 87, of Stuart passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at his home.  He was born in Northampton, Massachusetts on August 26, 1930 to the late Mr. James Perley Graham and Lela Frances Fulton Graham.  In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by  his wife, Constance Hart Graham; three brothers, Lynn Woodbury Graham,...

May 1, 2018

Geoffrey Shuler Gentry, of Mount Airy, North Carolina, died May 1 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, surrounded by his family.He is survived by his loving wife of 38 years, Carolyn Hiatt Gentry; seven children and four daughters-in-law ― Gregory and Jayne Gentry of Wilmington; Bryan and Becky Gentry of Lynchburg, Virginia; Kyle Gentry, of Mount Airy; Bradley and Natalie...

May 1, 2018

Mrs. Margaret Mae Sechrist Slate, 96, of Mount Airy, left this world peacefully for her heavenly home on Tuesday, May 1, 2018.  Mrs. Slate was born September 5, 1921, in Surry County, one of six children born to the late Alvis and Maggie Greenwood Sechrist.  Margaret grew up in Mount Airy and attended Mount Bethel School.  Margaret, or Grannie, as...

May 1, 2018

Ms. Christine White Bissette, age 54, of Raleigh, NC passed away at her home on May 1, 2018.  She was born in Surry County, NC to Bruce White and to the late Nancy Beamer White.  She was a Technical Account Manager for Hewlett-Packard, she was a double major in Textile science and Computer Science from NC State    University,  was a...

Apr 30, 2018

         Mrs. Elva Lucy Reynolds Burgchardt, age 90 of Stuart, Virginia, and formerly of Warren, Pennsylvania, passed away on Monday, April 30, 2018, at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart.  She was born in Patrick County on August 5, 1927, to the late Hassie T. Reynolds and Mildred Fulcher Reynolds.  In addition to her parents she...

Apr 30, 2018

Mrs. Gladys Branch Collins

Dobson, NC

 

Mrs. Gladys Branch Collins, age 89 of Dobson, passed away Monday, April 30, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born December 18, 1928 in Surry County to the late William Fletcher and Nannie Atkinson Branch. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in by her loving husband,...

Apr 29, 2018

Ms. Kathy Ann Johnson Hose, 53, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday afternoon, April 29, 2018, at her home.  Ms. Hose was born March 14, 1965, in Surry County, one of three children born to Douglas Dean Johnson and the late Roena Ree Hiatt Johnson.  Kathy was formerly employed as a waitress at Town and Country Restaurant in King and...

Apr 28, 2018

Mrs. Helen Irene Jessup Moorefield, age 83 of Norwood, North Carolina, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2018 peacefully at her home.  She was born in Surry County on September 1, 1934 to the late Hillary and Laura Tilley Jessup.  She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who will be deeply missed.  Mrs. Moorefield was a faithful and devoted...

Apr 28, 2018

Apr 28, 2018

Mr. Grady Lee Bowman, 70, of Mt. Airy passed away April 28, 2018 at his home.  He was born in Stokes County on February 7, 1948 to Aldie Lee Bowman and the late Clara Fannie Belle Bowman.  Mr. Bowman was retired from Hamlin Casting.  Mr. Bowman is survived by his wife, Betty Childress Bowman of the home; a daughter, Wanda...

Apr 27, 2018

Mr. Carlos Junior Taylor, age 70, of Stuart passed away Friday, April 27, 2018 at his home.  He was born in Patrick County on July 20, 1947.  He was preceded in death by his father, Carlos Taylor.  Mr. Taylor had 21 years of service in the US Army and attained the rank of Staff Sergeant.   He had retired from Clark...