Obituaries
Mrs. Frances O'Neil Bobbitt Gentry
Feb 16, 2018
Frances O’Neil Bobbitt Gentry, age 89, of Lowgap, passed away Friday, February 16, 2018 at Pruitt Health in Elkin. She was born May 17, 1928 to the late Martin and Cora Manuel Bobbitt. She was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church in Lowgap; she was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed by all who...
Mr. Charles Lynwood Towe
Feb 16, 2018
Mr. Charles Lynwood Towe, age 79, of Cana, passed away Friday, February 16, 2018, at his home. Mr. Towe was born in Carroll County on January 11, 1939, to Robert Edwin and Susie Hiatt Towe. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Mr. Towe retired from John S. Clark after 46 years of service and was of the Baptist...
Mrs. Henrietta Leftwich Bingman
Feb 16, 2018
Mrs. Henrietta Leftwich Bingman, 82, of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, February 16, 2018, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Bingman was born in Surry County on September 3, 1935, to Lloyd Fulton and Cordella Victoria Johnson Leftwich. She worked for many years at Cross Creek Apparel as a purchasing agent and then later in life she was a...
Mrs. Dora Anderson Sumner
Feb 15, 2018
Mrs. Dora Louise Anderson Sumner, age 83, of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Sumner was born in Iredell County on November 2, 1934 to Vernie and Elsie Jackson Anderson. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and dear friend who will be sorely missed by all her family and many...
Mr. Jackie "Jack" Wayne Brown, Sr
Feb 15, 2018
Jackie (Jack) Wayne Brown, 77, passed away peacefully at his home on February 15th, 2018. Jack was born to Thelma, and Charles Brown in Bassett, Va. on the 24th of December, 1940. Jack's quest for adventure led to him having his mother sign a waiver so he could join the military at age 17. First the Virginia National Guard, then...
Mr. Hassell Thompson "Woody" Woods
Feb 15, 2018
Mr. Hassell Thompson “Woody” Woods, age 81 of Stuart, Virginia went to be with the angels on February 15, 2018 surrounded by loving family. He was born on July 2, 1936 to the late Jesse “Gene” Woods and Glassie Wright Woods. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three brothers, Bobby, Edward and Johnnie Woods; one...
Betty Carol Jackson Quesenberry
Feb 15, 2018
Mrs. Betty Carol Jackson Quesenberry, 75, of Mount Airy, passed away early Thursday morning, February 15, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Quesenberry was born January 10, 1943, in Pulaski County, VA, the daughter of the late Charlie and Mildred Lowe Jackson. Betty retired as a financial secretary from Wythe County Public Schools after...
Bertha Marie Norman Poteat
Feb 14, 2018
Mrs. Bertha Marie Norman Poteat, age 92, of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018, at her daughter’s home. Mrs. Poteat was born in Carroll County on March 4, 1925, to Sheridan and Doskie Pruitt Ayers. Left to cherish her sweet memory is her devoted daughter and son-in-law, Kay and Delmar Willard; step-son and daughter-in-law, Phillip and Pat Poteat;...
Ms. Leota Maye Iroler
Feb 14, 2018
Celebration of Life Service Date Change due to the weather Ms. Leota Maye Iroler, 75, of Stuart, VA passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Galax, VA to the late Leonard Wellington and Lyda Horton Spangler. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Jeff Branson; son and daughter-in-law,...
Mr. Junior Odell Goins
Feb 14, 2018
Mr. Junior Odell Goins, 65, of Cana, VA passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born August 11, 1952 in Patrick County, VA to the late Harry and Lelia Holt Goins. Mr. Goins was a brick mason for Frank L. Blum, and of the Baptist Faith. He is survived by his wife, Janet McMillian Goins;...
Mrs. Madge Karen Inman Bowman
Feb 13, 2018
Mrs. Madge Karen Inman Bowman, age 75, of Mount Airy, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born November 26, 1942 to the late Randall and Maude Madge Cook Inman. She was a lifelong member of Woodville Baptist Church and will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Left to cherish...
Mrs. Doris Leanna Hiatt Vernon
Feb 13, 2018
Mrs. Doris Leanna Hiatt Vernon, 94, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Vernon was born May 17, 1923, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Ashby and Maude Ellen Belton Hiatt. She retired from Spencer’s Inc. after many years of service and was a life...
Janie Rae O’Neal Johnson
Feb 13, 2018
Mrs. Janie Rae O’Neal Johnson, 77, of Mount Airy, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, February 13, 2018. Mrs. Johnson was born October 24, 1940, in Alleghany County, the daughter of the Rev. Jefferson Lewis O’Neal and Edna Tilley O’Neal Clifton. Janie worked as a beautician for many years and was a member of Fellowship...
Mrs. Marcella Ann Blevins
Feb 12, 2018
Mrs. Marcella Ann Blevins, age 69, of Stuart passed away February 12, 2018 at her home. She was born in Bluefield, WV on March 11, 1948 to the late Roy Keither Blevins and Peachy Lockhart Blevins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Reginald Keither Blevins and Rodney “Chip” Blevins. Mrs. Blevins had been...
Ray Taylor
Feb 12, 2018
Mr. Lester Ray Taylor, 67, of Mount Airy, passed away on Monday, February 12, 2018 at his home. Mr. Taylor was born on August 28, 1950 in Surry County to Opal Bond Taylor Williams and the late Lester Otis Taylor. Mr. Taylor was in furniture sales with his brothers for many years, but his passion was for raising roosters. Left...
Mr. Melvin Dillard Jones
Feb 12, 2018
Mr. Melvin Dillard Jones, 77, of Cana, VA passed away at Heritage Hall in Laurel Fork, VA Monday, February 12, 2018. He was born in Carroll County, VA on January 25, 1941 to the late Larken I. and Elizabeth Jane “Bessie” Easter Jones. He retired from United Plastics. Mr. Jones was a member and served as deacon of Jesus Tabernacle...
Ms. Sandra Lynn Kendrick
Feb 12, 2018
Ms. Sandra Lynn Kendrick, age 65, of Stuart passed away Feb. 12, 2018 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on Jan. 15, 1953 to the late Lincoln J. Craddock and Joan Via Craddock. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her aunt, Fern Via. Ms. Kendrick attended Liberty Primitive Baptist Church.
Surviving are...
Mr. Luther Bertrand Stanley, Jr
Feb 12, 2018
Mr. Luther Bertrand Stanley, Jr., age 71 of Stuart, passed away Monday, February 12, 2018 at Sovah Health Martinsville. He was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina on August 19, 1946 to the late Luther Bertrand Stanley, Sr. and Iris Sheila Wood Stanley. In addition to his parents, Mr. Stanley was preceded in death by a brother, Jeffrey Elwood Stanley....
Connie Jean Delgado
Feb 12, 2018
Mrs. Connie Jean Delgado, 55, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, February 12, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. A graveside service will be held Friday, February 16, 2018, at 2:00 PM at The Peoples Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday from 12:30 until 1:30 PM at Moody Funeral Home in Mount Airy.
Idell Fariss Browder
Feb 11, 2018
Mrs. Idell Fariss Browder, 68, of Ararat, VA, passed away Sunday morning, February 11, 2018, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Browder was born July 2, 1949, in Guilford County, the daughter of the late Posey Clarence and Delphia Jane Goad Fariss. Idell worked as a knitter in several textile mills throughout her adult life....


