​Mr. James Randall Thomas

​Mr. James Randall Thomas

Dec 7, 2017

Mr. James Randall Thomas, age 62, of Mount Airy, passed away on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born on September 26, 1955 to the late Carlie Sherman and Mary Mabel Hiatt Thomas. Mr. Thomas is survived a grandson, Kenith Charley; daughter-in-law, Natasha Thomas; step daughter, Tammy Anders; step grandchildren, Madison Richardson and...

Mrs. Joanne Bowman Holleman

Mrs. Joanne Bowman Holleman

Dec 7, 2017

Mrs. Joanne Bowman Holleman, age 57, of Elkin, NC passed away on Thursday December 7, 2017 at her home. She was born in Forsyth County on December 31, 1959 to the late Harvey and Alice Dixon Bowman. She was a loving mother, sister, Aunt and friend! She worked most of her life as a seamstress at Lucia, Inc. She was...

Rev. J. R. Nations, Jr

Rev. J. R. Nations, Jr

Dec 6, 2017

Rev. John Robert “J. R.” Nations, Jr., age 87, of Dobson, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday evening, December 6, 2017 from the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Rev. Nations was born in Surry County on August 7, 1930, one of seven children born to the late Rev. John Robert Nations, Sr....

Miss Mabel Evelyn Brewer

Miss Mabel Evelyn Brewer

Dec 6, 2017

Miss Mabel Evelyn Brewer, 91, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Golden Living-Surry Community Nursing Center. She was born in Forsyth County June 9, 1926 to the late Lee and Carrie Lee Wheatley Brewer. A graveside service will be held at 12:00 PM on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at Skyline Memory Gardens. There will not be...

Mrs. Doris Faye King Vernon

Mrs. Doris Faye King Vernon

Dec 6, 2017

Mrs. Doris King Vernon, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at her home. Mrs. Vernon was born August 1, 1934, to the late Walter Swain and Gillie Ruth Smith King. She was a charter member of Victory Baptist Church where she attended faithfully for 46 years. Left to cherish her memories are her husband, Charles Vernon...

Mrs. Bettie June Goad Hayes

Mrs. Bettie June Goad Hayes

Dec 5, 2017

Mrs. Bettie June Goad Hayes, 75, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at her daughters home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on June 15, 1942 to the late, Willie Goad and Fannie Mathis Goad Padgett. Mrs. Hayes was retired from Pine State Knitwear and was of the Baptist faith. She was...

Mrs. Joanna Kylene Kincaid

Mrs. Joanna Kylene Kincaid

Dec 5, 2017

Mrs. Joanna Kylene Daddysman Kincaid, age 61, of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Kincaid was born in Little Rock, AR, on September 30, 1956, to the late John and Mary Ruth Daddysman. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and dear friend who will be dearly missed. Among the many who...

Gary Eugene Hall

Gary Eugene Hall

Dec 4, 2017

Mr. Gary Eugene Hall, age 85, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, December 4, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Hall was born in Surry County, July 7, 1932 to the late Thomas Leonard Hall and Doris Agnes Monday Hall. He was an avid golfer and a member of the Holy Angels Catholic Church. Mr. Hall...

Mr. Christian V. Williams

Mr. Christian V. Williams

Dec 4, 2017

Mr. Christian V. Williams, age 87, of Stuart, passed away Monday, December 4, 2017 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on March 5, 1930 to the late V.R. Williams and Lowell Conner Williams. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Betsy W. Bowling; and four brothers, Richard, Lane, Dorn, and Billy...

Dr. Stephen Reed Childrers

Dr. Stephen Reed Childrers

Dec 4, 2017

12/04/2017

Sparta, NC Dr. Stephen Reed Childers, age 79, of Sparta, NC passed away on Monday, December 4, 2017 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. He was born on February 1, 1938 in Clark Co., Kentucky to the late Claude William Childers and the late Martha Martin Childers Williamson. He was a veteran of the...

Rhumell Hiatt Humphries

Rhumell Hiatt Humphries

Dec 3, 2017

Ms. Rhumell Hiatt Humphries, age 80, of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, December 03, 2017, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Surry County on January 10, 1937, to the late Lunie and Sarah Frances Terrell Hiatt. Ms. Humphries was retired from Quality Mills, and was a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints....

Mr. Charles Ray Dollyhite

Mr. Charles Ray Dollyhite

Dec 2, 2017

Mr. Charles Ray Dollyhite went home to be with his Lord and Savior on December 2, 2017. Mr. Dollyhite was born in Surry County to the late Lacy and Hester Pike Dollyhite on May 18, 1939. His wife Jacqueline Lankford Dollyhite of the home survives him. Additional survivors include two daughters: Teresa and Les Adams of Statesville and Shannon and...

Mrs. Vernis Virginia O’Neal Marsh

Mrs. Vernis Virginia O’Neal Marsh

Dec 1, 2017

Mrs. Vernis Virginia O’Neal Marsh, age 85, of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, December 1, 2017, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Marsh was born in Surry County on May 24, 1932, to Ed and Lula Forest O’Neal. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed. Among the many who will always cherish her memory...

Mrs. Bertie Gentry

Mrs. Bertie Gentry

Dec 1, 2017

Mrs. Bertie Gentry

Charlotte, NC Mrs. Bertie Mae Dodd (France) Gentry, age 89, formerly of Surry County, passed away Friday, December 1, 2017, at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. She was born December 25, 1927 in Stokes County to the late Bosie and Nora France Dodd. She was raised by a loving grandmother, Sara France “Granny.” In addition to her parents,...

Mr. Richard Lee King

Mr. Richard Lee King

Dec 1, 2017

Mr. Richard Lee King, age 56, of Claudville, Virginia, passed away at his home on Friday, December 1, 2017. Mr. King was born in Surry County to Dorothy Puckett King Bowman and the late Vester Cerbin King. Left to cherish his memory are his fiancée, Brenda Dollyhigh; his children, Jonathan, Joseph, Morgan, and Jordan; step-daughter, Mikki McCraw; granddaughter, Sunshine King;...

Mr. Roger Wayne Garris

Mr. Roger Wayne Garris

Dec 1, 2017

Mr. Roger Wayne Garris, age 71, of Hamptonville, NC passed away on December 1, 2017 at the SECU Hospice Center of Yadkin County. He was born on October 21, 1946 to the late Lonnie James Garris, and the late Vurner Faye Brooks Garris. He was a retired farmer, and Beer Maker for Schlitz-Stroh’s Brewery. He was a dedicated husband of...

Mr. Kenneth Ray Sprinkle

Mr. Kenneth Ray Sprinkle

Nov 30, 2017

Mr. Kenneth Ray Sprinkle, 61, of Ararat, NC passed away Thursday, November 30, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on May 31, 1956 to Eva Marie Beck Steele and the late Leonard Ray Sprinkle. Mr. Sprinkle was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in King. He is survived...

Dorotha Ann Henderson Besore

Dorotha Ann Henderson Besore

Nov 30, 2017

Mrs. Dorotha Ann Henderson Besore, 84, of Mount Airy, died Thursday, November 30, 2017, in Greensboro. Mrs. Besore was born January 18, 1933, in West Grove Township, Davis County, near Moulton, IA. She was the daughter of Nova Finis and Marceline Winans Henderson and was enrolled on the cradle roll at Moulton Christian Church. She was baptized and joined the...

Ms. Janice Gail Harold Eaton

Ms. Janice Gail Harold Eaton

Nov 29, 2017

Ms. Janice Gail Harold Eaton, 69, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Patrick County, VA on January 24, 1948 to the late Banes and Duffie Burks Harold. Ms. Eaton was retired from Walmart and attended Fancy Gap Baptist Church. She was a loving...

Mr. Ernest Augustus Randleman, Jr

Mr. Ernest Augustus Randleman, Jr

Nov 28, 2017

Ernest Augustus Randleman, Jr., 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, November 28th at Ridgecrest Assisted Living in Mount Airy. He was born in Surry County on June 8, 1926 to the late Ernest Augustus Randleman, Sr. and Stella James Randleman. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Mary Catherine Carter Randleman, as well as his siblings James,...