Obituaries

Mrs. Wilda Mae Kirkman Tolbert

Feb 10, 2018

Mrs. Wilda Mae Kirkman Tolbert, 85, of Mount Airy, passed away on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born May 27, 1932 to the late Archie and Reba Summerlin Kirkman. Mrs. Tolbert was retired from Renfro, and was of the Christian faith. She is survived by foster children, Michelle Goings...

Mrs. Betty Jean Holder Phipps

Feb 10, 2018

Mrs. Betty Jean Holder Phipps, 68, of Lowgap, passed away Saturday, February 10, 2018, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Phipps was born in Surry County on September 15, 1949, to Woodrow Thomas and Ella Wilson Holder. She was retired from Walmart and was a member of Holy Cross Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband, Rev. Robert Phipps of the...

Mrs. Wilma Riddle Ball

Feb 10, 2018

Mrs. Wilma Riddle Ball, age 93, of Elkin, widow of Mr. Herman Ball, died Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the Chatham Nursing and Rehab Center in Elkin. Mrs. Ball was born in Surry County, April 12, 1924 the daughter of the late Frank F. and Nannie Flippin Riddle. Mrs. Ball was retired from the local hosiery mills and a longtime...

Ricky Dean white

Feb 9, 2018

Mr. Ricky Dean White, 51, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, February 09, 2018 at Dunmore Plantation in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on January 6, 1967 to Stella Johnson White Hawks and the late Ray White. Mr. White worked at Wells Fargo, and was a member of Community Baptist Church. In addition to his mother, Mr. White...

Mrs. Rosemary Ann “Rose” Lonergan

Feb 9, 2018

Mrs. Rosemary Ann “Rose” Lonergan, 65, of Ararat, NC passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home Friday, February 9, 2018. She was born in Queens, NY December 29, 1952 to the late Francis Xavier and Mary Ann Gilmartin Pflaum. Mrs. Lonergan was a caregiver and a faithful member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Ararat, NC. She was...

Floyd Harding Wilson

Feb 9, 2018

Mr. Floyd Harding Wilson, 95, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, February 9, 2018, at Surry Community Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Wilson was born January 12, 1923, in Surry County, to the late Moir and Rose Ella Draughn Wilson. He proudly served our country in the United States Army and was a transmission mechanic, retiring from Snow’s Garage in...

Charles Edward "Ed" Parks

Feb 8, 2018

Mr. Charles Edward “Ed” Parks, 70, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, February 08, 2018 at his home with his loving wife by his side. He was born in Carroll County, VA on December 20, 1947 to the late Beaulah Parks Russell. Mr. Parks was employed at Cracker Barrel and all his life when he worked he said he worked...

Retha Mae Woodruff Quesinberry

Feb 7, 2018

Mrs. Retha Mae Woodruff Quesinberry, 89, of Mount Airy, departed this world for her heavenly home on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at Commonwealth Senior Living in Hillsville, VA. She was born to Andrew Click and Bessie Lee Coe Woodruff in Surry County. She married Roby Quesinberry on September 7, 1946. They had two children, Amelia “Mimi” Patterson and Rodney Trent...

Mrs. Lillian Scott Pike

Feb 7, 2018

Mrs. Lillian Scott Pike, age 82, of Stuart passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at Sovah Health of Martinsville. She was born on November 14, 1935 in Patrick County to the late Carlie Reese Scott and Mamie Weddle Scott. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Rufus Nick Pike. She attended Patrick Springs Pentecostal...

Judy Carol Hunter Hill

Feb 7, 2018

Mrs. Judy Carol Hunter Hill, 66, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Hill was born December 28, 1951, in Forsyth County, the daughter of the late Walter Alvin and Myrtle Alene Sawyers Hunter. Judy was a loving wife, mother, sister, and friend. She is survived by her husband,...

Mr. Roger Lee Hiatt

Feb 7, 2018

Mr. Roger Lee Hiatt, age 69, of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, February 07, 2018, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Hiatt was born in Patrick County on February 5, 1949, to John Walter and Carrie Susan Hiatt. He was a loving husband and father who will be dearly missed by all his family and many friends. Surviving is his...

Martha Anne Lester

Feb 7, 2018

Mrs. Martha Anne Hudson Lester, age 77 of Collinsville, and formerly of Patrick County, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Henry County on May 20, 1940 to the late Thomas Hudson and Leslie Edwards Hudson. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Lester was preceded in death by her husband, J.B. “Jake” Lester;...

Mrs. Stella Combs Sprinkle

Feb 7, 2018

Mrs. Stella Combs Sprinkle, age 79 of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday February 7, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born February 11, 1938 in Wilkes County to the late Rowan Benjamin and Viola Cleary Combs. Mrs. Sprinkle was of the Baptist faith and had worked as a seamstress. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...

Mr. Samuel Jett Walker Sr

Feb 7, 2018

Mr. Samuel Jett Walker Sr. age 91, of Dobson, NC passed away on Wednesday February 7, 2018 in Union County, NC. He was born in Rockingham Co. on March 21, 1926 to the late Julian Bryant Walker and the late Mary Louise Garrison Walker. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his loving wife of fifty...

Laverne Marshall Keith

Feb 6, 2018

Mrs. Laverne Marshall Keith, 63, of Ararat, VA passed away Tuesday, February 06, 2018 at her son’s home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Forsyth County on December 9, 1954 to Ermie Niten Marshall and the late, Leonard Roosevelt Marshall. Mrs. Keith was retired from Sara lee and was a member of Raven Rock Wesleyan Church. In...

Mr. Cyrus Allen “Pee Wee” Tate

Feb 6, 2018

Mr. Cyrus Allen “Pee Wee” Tate, 72, of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, February 06, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Guilford County, NC, October 19, 1944 to the late Cyrus Houston and Dorothy Lee Ring Tate. Mr. Tate is survived by his daughters and son-in-law, Beth Goins and Shannon and...

Mrs. Eloise Vernell Martin Holt

Feb 6, 2018

Mrs. Eloise Vernell Martin Holt, 89, of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Stokes County, October 29, 1928 to the late Curtis L. and Pearlie Ann Hooker Martin. She was a homemaker and a faithful member of Albion Baptist Church for 65 years, serving as church...

Shirley Ann Tate Nance

Feb 6, 2018

Mrs. Shirley Ann Tate Nance, 69, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday afternoon, February 6, 2018, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Nance was born March 21, 1948, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Jesse Harris and Maude Viola Edwards Tate. Shirley was a homemaker and a member of the Christian faith. She is survived by three...

Mrs. Patricia Hazelwood Resendiz

Feb 6, 2018

Mrs. Patricia Hazelwood Resendiz, age 61, of Cana, VA passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at her home. She was born in Guilford Co., NC on December 4, 1956 to the late Richard and Mary Kate Hazelwood. She was a disabled seamstress. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Darlene Hazelwood. Surviving...

Mr. Reggie Lee Richardson

Feb 5, 2018

Mr. Reggie Lee Richardson, age 63, of Sparta, passed away Monday, February 5, 2018. A memorial Service will be held on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 2:00pm at Moody Funeral Home Chapel. Online condolences may be made at www.moodyfuneralservices.com.

Memorial Service Moody Funeral Home Chapel - Mount Airy

Sunday February 11th, 2018

2:00pm

206 West Pine Street Mount Airy, NC...