Obituaries
Clarance Dillard Smart
Aug 15, 2018
Mr. Clarance Dillard Smart, age 76, of Meadows of Dan passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on July 6, 1942 to the late Clarender and Mamie Williams Smart. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Audrey Vernon; and five...
Andrew Clifford Brooks
Aug 15, 2018
Mr. Andrew Clifford Brooks, age 82, of Thurmond, passed away on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born in Surry County November 27, 1935 to the late Andrew Jackson Brooks and Myrtie Bates Brooks. Mr. Brooks retired from Neighbors Stores and was a faithful member of Charity Hill Baptist Church. He is survived by...
Mrs. Lula Mae Walters
Aug 14, 2018
Mrs. Lula Mae Lawson Walters, age 84, of Dobson, NC passed away on Monday, August 14, 2018 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born in Surry County on August 23, 1933 to the late Jacob and Lula Mae Mayes Lawson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Herman...
Susie "Jackie" Jacqueline Atkins
Aug 14, 2018
Mrs. Susie “Jackie” Atkins of Ararat, NC, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. Mrs. Atkins was born in Surry County on September 25, 1939, to Oscar and Alice O’Neal. She was employed at Bassett Furniture for 25 years. Surviving are her children, Weldon Gammons, Wallace Gammons and wife Sandra, and Lee Atkins; grandchildren, Brian Gammons...
Melva Jane Greene
Aug 14, 2018
Mrs. Melva Jane Key Greene, age 88, of Dobson, passed away peacefully with family by her side, on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at Duke University Hospital. Mrs. Greene was born in Surry County on April 3, 1930, to Molly Ada Reid Key, and Doc William Augusta Key. She was a graduate of UNC-Greensboro. Mrs. Greene began her teaching career at...
Danny Wayne Inman
Aug 13, 2018
Mr. Danny Wayne Inman, 35, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, August 13, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. Mr. Inman was born in Surry County on March 5, 1983 to Elizabeth Harris Inman Branson and to the late Elbert Coy Inman. He is survived by his girlfriend, Fonda Hunt and her son, Jadon Hutchens; his...
Evan Leif Tonnesen
Aug 13, 2018
Mr. Evan Leif Tonnesen, age 57, of Mount Airy, passed away on Monday, August 13, 2018 at his home. He was born January 30, 1961 to Marian Swart Hagan and the late Richard Tonnesen. Left to cherish his memories are his children, Brooke and Tor Tonnesen and a step father John Hagan. In addition to his father Mr. Tonnesen was...
Gloria Beth McCraw
Aug 13, 2018
Mrs. Gloria Beth Luskey McCraw, age 76 of Mount airy, passed away on Monday, August 13, 2018 at Pruitt Health in Elkin. She was born August 1, 1942 to the late George and Mary Blackmer Luskey. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Left to cherish her memories are...
Shirley Ann Puckett
Aug 12, 2018
Mrs. Shirley Ann Puckett 79, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, August 12, 2018 at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville. She was born August 8, 1939 to the late Phillip and Violet Cooper Adkins. Mrs. Puckett was retired from Northern Hospital of Surry County from the Skilled Nursing Floor; she also worked at Surry Community Nursing Center. Mrs. Puckett’s legacy...
Randall Lee Fain, Jr.
Aug 12, 2018
Mr. Randall Lee “R.J.” Fain, Jr., 23, of Ararat, VA, passed away early Sunday morning, August 12, 2018, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Fain was born May 29, 1995, in Forsyth County, the son of Randall Lee Fain, Sr. and Sherry Booker Carter. R.J. was a logger at Fain Brothers Logging Company and was a member...
Ressie Orene Marshall
Aug 12, 2018
Mrs. Ressie Orene Easter Marshall, 92, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, August 12, 2018 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Carroll County on April 24, 1926 to the late Cosby and Maude Leftwich Easter. Mrs. Marshall was a homemaker. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by...
Mary Magdalene "Maggie" Bryant
Aug 12, 2018
Mrs. Mary Magdalene “Maggie” Hiatt Bryant, 82, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, August 12, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on December 9, 1935 to the late Jesse and Elva Chandler Hiatt. Mrs. Bryant was a homemaker and a member of Ivy Green Baptist Church, who will be...
Sharon Kay Tucker
Aug 12, 2018
Mrs. Sharon Kay “Pat” Mooneyhan Tucker, 76, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, August 12, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Tucker was born June 11, 1942, in Surry County, one of four children born to the late John Alton and Lettie Evelyn Atkins Mooneyhan. Sharon was a loving wife and mother, a homemaker, and a member of...
Floyd Gale Reynolds
Aug 12, 2018
Mr. Floyd Gale Reynolds, age 81 of Mount Airy, North Carolina, passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2018 at his home. He was born in Galena, Kansas on August 7, 1937 to the late Ralph Levi Reynolds and Leona Elizabeth Case Reynolds. In addition to his parents, Mr. Reynolds was preceded in death by...
Eulala Dawson
Aug 12, 2018
Mrs. Eulala McMillian Dawson, 96, of Cana, VA passed away at the Galax Health and Rehab in Galax Sunday, August 12, 2018. She was born April 13, 1922 to the late Samuel Cassell and Laura Elizabeth Dawson McMillian. She retired from Carroll County School System and was a faithful member of Mount Bethel Moravian Church. She is survived by her...
Ms. Tammy "Dell" Gregory
Aug 11, 2018
Ms. Tammy “Dell” Huffman Gregory, age 58, of Mooresville, NC passed away on Saturday August 11, 2018 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, NC. She was born in Cumberland Co. NC on October 10, 1959 to the late Kenneth Eugene Huffman and the late Clara Dell McCann Huffman. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a...
Melissa Marion Spigner
Aug 10, 2018
Melissa Marion Spigner, age 48, of Winston Salem, passed away on Friday, August 10, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Surry County on March 27, 1970 to Dean and Teresa Griffin Marion. She served our country in the United States Navy and was retired from Kernersville Veterans Heath Care Center. She is...
Virginia Ruth Jefferson
Aug 10, 2018
Mrs. Virginia Ruth Collins Jefferson, 96, of Westfield, passed away at Northern Hospital of Surry County Friday, August 10, 2018. She was born in Patrick County, VA January 27, 1922 to the late Roy Elisha and Clytie Mills Collins. Mrs. Jefferson owned and operated Jefferson Grocery along with her late husband, Charlie. She was the oldest member of Collinstown Presbyterian...
Iris "Jeanette" Joyce Szappon
Aug 9, 2018
Mrs. Iris “Jeanette” Moorefield Joyce Szappon, 79, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, August 9, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Stokes County on August 11, 1938 to the late William Herman and Nonnie Mae Nunn Moorefield. Mrs. Szappon was retired from Boston Knitting and was a member of Indian Grove...
Dr. Ronald Keith Jessup
Aug 9, 2018
Dr. Ronald Keith “Ronnie” Jessup, 78, of Pinnacle, passed away peacefully at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson on Thursday, August 9, 2018. He was born November 9, 1939, in Surry County, to the late William Leffard and Sally Frances Chilton Jessup. Ronnie spent 58 years of his wonderful life married to the woman of his dreams,...


