Obituaries
Janice Simmons Jones
Mar 10, 2018
Mrs. Janice Simmons Jones, age 91, of Mount Airy passed away at her home on Saturday, March 10, 2018. Mrs. Jones was born, January 12, 1927, in Surry County the daughter of the late Chester (Check) and Agnes Culbreth Simmons. She was retired from Perry Manufacturing Company, and was a member of Flat Rock Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters...
Ms. Robin Heald Cox
Mar 10, 2018
Robin Heald Cox died following a valiant fight with cancer at Sentara Leigh Hospital on March 10, 2018 in Norfolk, Virginia at the age of 61. Robin is survived by her significant other, Paul Carder of Chesapeake, VA; her daughter, Crystal Cox-Hall of Norfolk, VA; her grandchildren, Sophia Ilsa and Marlon Maxwell of Norfolk, VA; her sister, Roslyn Reeves of...
Mrs. Emma Lee Ables Foster
Mar 10, 2018
Mrs. Emma Lee Ables Foster, 88, of Mt. Airy passed away at her home Saturday, March 10, 2018. She was born in Sikeston, MO. August 31, 1929 to the late Henry Marshall and Florence Mae Voelker Nicholson. Mrs. Foster retired from Mt. Airy Vision Center and was a member of Central United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband,...
Mr. Ray C. Riggs
Mar 10, 2018
CHANGES DUE TO INCLIMENT WEATHER Mr. Ray Cornelious Riggs, age 92, of Mount Airy, passed away on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Riggs was born in Surry County on September 9, 1925, to Charlie and Lula Mitchell Riggs. He proudly served our country in the United States Army during WWII. Mr. Riggs worked many years...
Opra Ella Arrington Evans
Mar 9, 2018
Mrs. Opra Ella Arrington Evans, 90 of Mount Airy, passed from this earthly life to her heavenly home on Friday night March 9, 2018. She was born on September 9, 1927 in Surry County to the late William Edward Arrington and Daisy Leigh Wood Arrington. Mrs. Evans retired from Quality Mills Inc. and was a member of Woodville Baptist Church....
Mr. Thomas "Tom" Irvin
Mar 9, 2018
Mr. Thomas Wilson “Tom” Irvin, age 81, of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, March 9, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Irvin was born March 18, 1936 in Bluefield, W. VA to the late William and Ona Mae Ratliff Irvin. He was retired from Procter Silex. He served his country in the US Air force for four years. Mr. Irvin...
Mr. Joe Dean Gardner
Mar 8, 2018
Mr. Joe Dean Gardner, 71, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Surry County on December 13, 1946 to the late Robert and Mary Lee Key Gardner. Mr. Gardner was retired from Shenandoah Life Insurance Company and was a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church...
Elizabeth Jo Anne Johnson Bryant
Mar 8, 2018
Mrs. Elizabeth Jo Anne Johnson Bryant, 78, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday morning, March 8, 2018, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Bryant was born November 6, 1939, in Surry County, one of seven children born to the late King Brady and Mary McHone Johnson. Jo Anne was a loving homemaker and a faithful member of...
Mr. Roger M. Hawks
Mar 8, 2018
Mr. Roger M. Hawks, 82, of Lowgap passed away at his home March 8, 2018. He was born in Surry County on September 28, 1935 to the late Wilburn and Lilly Bryant Hawks. He is survived by daughters and a son-in-law, Sandra and Clint Fisher and Kimberly Robertson; sons and daughters-in-law, Rodney and Wanda Hawks, Ronald and Rhonda Hawks, Randy...
Faye "Nanny" Horton
Mar 8, 2018
Mrs. Linda Faye “Nanny” Beck Horton, 68 of Mount Airy went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Horton was born in Forsyth County on October 24, 1949 to Mozelle Gillispie Harrell and the late Elmer Lee Beck. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend who...
Ernestine Phillips McCraw
Mar 7, 2018
Mrs. Elizabeth Ernestine Phillips McCraw, age 80 of Mt. Airy, N.C., widow of Mr. Jesse Franklin McCraw, passed away on Wednesday morning, March 7, 2018 at Brookdale Assisted Living of Eden, N.C. Mrs. McCraw was born in Carroll County, VA on August 17, 1937, daughter of the late Charlie Lee Phillips and Nerina Dalton Bolt. She was retired from retail...
Mr. Brian Glenn Brindle
Mar 7, 2018
Mr. Brian Glenn Brindle, age 52, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, March 5th, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born August 13, 1965 in Flint Michigan to the late Robert Glenn and Dorothy Ann Gordon Brindle. He is survived by his loving wife, Crystal Gail Leftwich Brindle; his daughter April Brindle; sons Craig Brindle and Brandon...
Mr. George Everette Spencer
Mar 7, 2018
Mr. George Everette Spencer, 73, of Dobson passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Henry County, VA on March 28, 1944 to the late Amos Washington and Florence Craighead Spencer. Mr. Spencer was retired from Bassett Furniture Company, and was a member of Chestnut Grove Primitive Baptist Church. He is survived...
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Harris Truesdale
Mar 6, 2018
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Harris Truesdale, age 97 of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2018. She was born March 26, 1920 in Surry County to the late Major Garfield and Rose Emma Todd Harris. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Thomas Clyburn Truesdale; her brothers, Johnny Harris and Odell Harris; her...
Mr. James Robert "J.R." Martin
Mar 6, 2018
Mr. James Robert “J.R.” Martin, age 29, of Patrick Springs passed away Tuesday March 6, 2018. He was born in Roanoke on Dec. 7, 1988. J.R. was preceded in death by his mother, Patricia Dent Martin; a sister, Laurie Ann Reynolds; his paternal grandparents, Randolph and Annie Martin; and his maternal grandparents, James Dent and Dorothy Simpson. J.R. was a...
Mrs. Medera Marion Fulk
Mar 5, 2018
Mrs. Medera Marion Fulk, 85, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, March 5, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Surry County on January 1, 1933 to the late Rev. Carl William Marion and Eva Carrie Overby Marion. She was a home maker and a member of Shining Light Baptist Church. Mrs. Fulk is...
Elizabeth Carol McKinney Johnson
Mar 5, 2018
Ms. Elizabeth “Carol” McKinney Johnson, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday night, March 5, 2018, at Surry Community Health and Rehabilitation Center. Ms. Johnson was born Christmas Day, 1934, in Galax, VA, one of six children born to the late Eli Grover “E.G.” and Loucinda Elizabeth “Cindy” Payne McKinney. Carol was a graduate of Franklin School, class of 1952....
Carl Harris "Putter" Mosley
Mar 4, 2018
Mr. Carl Harris “Putter” Mosley, Jr., 76, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, March 04, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Wiscoal, KY on September 17, 1941 to the late Carl Harris Mosley, Sr. and Sophia Allen Gilbert. He is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Rodney Mosley, and Todd...
Mrs. Rebecca Jane Cox Davis
Mar 4, 2018
Mrs. Rebecca Jane Cox Davis, age 70, of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Forsyth County on December 22, 1947, to the late Bill and Nonnie Martin Cox. Mrs. Davis was a loving homemaker, and a member of Faith Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Donald Davis of...
Mrs. Viola Craig Voorhees
Mar 3, 2018
Mrs. Viola Craig Voorhees, age 91, of Patrick Springs passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection. She was born in Patrick County on February 2, 1927 to the late Flem Davis Craig and Queenie Hancock Craig. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Lera C. Washburn, Vivian C. Ratliff,...
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