Mrs. Mary Nell Lariscy Bryant, age 78, of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Bryant was born in Screven County, GA, on October 25, 1938, to Sutton Dean and Nellie Mae Mock Lariscy. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and many...
Mrs. Judith Rebecca Gardner Childress 77, of Mt, Airy, passed away Saturday April 29, 2017 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy. She was born December 24, 1939 to the late Roger Boston and Mary Evelyn Badget Gardner. Mrs. Childress was a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church and was a loving mother and grandmother whose greatest joy was raising...
Mrs. Mable Lee Tate, 65, of Cana, passed away Saturday, April 29, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Carroll County on October 6, 1951 to the late McKinley Reynolds and Daisy Bell Tolley Dalton. She worked with Basset Furniture for many years. Mrs. Tate was a loving wife, mother and friend, and faithful member...
Ms. Louise Clark Fuller, age 64, of Stuart, passed away Friday, April 28, 2017 at Pioneer Community Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on Nov. 4, 1952. She was preceded in death by her father, Wade Willie Clark; a sister-in-law, Linda Nowlin Clark; a brother-in-law, John Staples; and two nephews, Ronald and A.J. Clark. Louise retired from the Blue...
Mr. Roy William Pennix, 85, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, April 28, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on May 18, 1931 to the late, John Winfield and Etta Estelle Byrd Pennix. Mr. Pennix retired from Leonard Buildings. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather who will...
Mr. Jamie William Goad, 38, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, April 27, 2017. Mr. Goad was born January 19, 1979, in Surry County, to memorial service will be held at a later date.
Mrs. Dorothy Mildred Williams Blews, 95, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday night, April 26, 2017, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Blews was born November 14, 1921, in Westfield, NJ, one of four children born to the late Donald Anthony Williams, Sr. and Mildred Evelyn Crickenberger Williams. Dorothy was a loving wife, mother, and artist. She studied art at Fairleigh...
Mr. Fred Thompson Goins, 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Goins was born May 26, 1925, in Surry County, the son of the late Reid and Lonie Byrd Goins. He retired from the United States Postal Service after 30-plus years of service and was a member and...
Mrs. Clara Belle Clark Stegmann, 93, of Jefferson, formerly of New York, NY, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Clara was born November 27, 1923, in Roanoke Rapids, one of seven children born to the late Alexander Lillington and Clara Belle Foy Clark. Clara retired as associate editor of THINK magazine, IBM’s corporate magazine. Before joining IBM, she travelled extensively...
Mr. Haskel Lee Partridge, 83, of Cana, VA passed away on April 26, 2017 at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. He was born August 11, 1933 in Ft. Payne, AL to the late Chester M. and Leona Tribble Partridge. He bravely served in the U.S. Navy prior to working at the North Carolina Granite Quarry. He ended his...
Mr. Ronald Ray Draughn, 49 of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday night, April 26, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born in Forsyth County on September 8, 1967 to Catherine Elaine Bowman Draughn and the late Gilbert Otis Draughn. Mr. Draughn is survived by a daughter, Eden Diane Draughn; a son Justin Ray Draughn; his...
Ms. Brenda Jones Peele, 66, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, April 25 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Ms. Peele was born September 14, 1950, in Surry County, the daughter of the Willie Benton and Josephine Atkins Jones. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Melissa and Matthew Tabor; a son, Tim Peele; her grandchildren, Joshua Cole...
Mr. Otis Lee Jessup, 92, of Claudville, VA passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Patrick County to the late Hillary and Laura Tilley Jessup. Mr. Jessup bravely served in the U.S. Marines during World War II and was a Purple Heart recipient. Prior to the war he worked in CC...
Mrs. Mary Ware Hunt, age 89, of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. She was born on Oct. 31, 1927 in Winston-Salem, NC to the late Ray V. Owens and Opal Handy Owens. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Elinor Owens Hill. Mrs. Hunt was a...
Arthur Mitchell Hitt passed away peacefully on Tuesday 4/25/2017 in Roanoke VA. Art lived a busy life raising his family and running his logging business, Northern Timber Services that he started in 1979. Art enjoyed the outdoors and animals of all kinds. He'll be remembered as a kind, loving and giving man who was always there to help anyone in...
Mr. Leon Martin, 78, of Pilot Mountain, passed away early Tuesday morning, April 25, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born July 10, 1938, in Surry County, NC to the late Richard and Ida Mae Gammons Martin. Mr. Martin was a farmer. He is survived by a sister, Sybil Martin Callahan of Pilot...
Mr. Robert Franklin Payne Mr. Robert Franklin Payne, age 75 of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017, at his residence. He was born, March 21, 1942 in Yadkin County to the late Robert Carlie and Julie Ann Money Payne. Mr. Payne was retired from Renfro and Farming. He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Thelma...
Mr. H. David Liles, age 75 of Stuart, Virginia, formerly of Grifton, North Carolina, passed away on Monday, April 24, 2017 at his home. He was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina on May 5, 1941 to the late Fred Brooks Liles and Julia Elizabeth Hatcher Liles. In addition he was preceded in death by his brother, Fred B. Liles, Jr;...
Mr. Robert Earl Flippin, 68, of Mt. Airy Passed away Monday, April 24, 2017 in Claudville VA. He was Born April 12, 1949 to the late Robert Clyde and Beulah Lee Allen Flippin. Left to cherish his memories are his wife; Susan Flippin of the home, two sons and daughter-in-law Robert Lossie and Deena Flippin, Trever Allen Flippin, three daughters...
Mr. Timothy Lee Bean, 53 of Westfield, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday evening, April 24, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Bean was born in Forsyth County on June 14, 1963 to Joe Thomas Bean and Linda Lou Downing Francis. Mr. Bean was a loving father, son, brother and...