Mr. Billy Baker Smith
Mar 9, 2017
Billy Baker Smith passed away on March 9, 2017 just four weeks after the passing of his dear wife, Vilena. He was born on August 25th, 1932 to the late Ernest and Thelma Smith. He was a veteran of the US Army, having served from January 1954 - January 1956. Most of his service time was spent serving in France....
Mr. Taylor Clinton Hawks
Mar 9, 2017
Mr. Taylor Clinton Hawks, age 84, of Ararat, VA, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Hawks was born in Patrick County on June 26, 1932 to George Washington Hawks and Roxanna Thompson Hawks. He was a loving father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend to so many in his community. He will be dearly missed....
Mrs. Ruby Mosley
Mar 9, 2017
Mrs. Ruby Alice Samuel Mosley, 78, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Surry County on November 6, 1938 to the late G. M. “Doc” Samuel and Ethel Elise Williams Samuel. Mrs. Mosley was a longtime member of Holly Springs Baptist Church which she loved and adored....
Mrs. Kathleen Sophia Cheape
Mar 9, 2017
Miss Kathleen Sophia “Kitty” Cheape, age 91, of Meadows of Dan, passed away March 9, 2017. Kitty was born in Greensboro, Alabama on Nov. 6, 1925 to the late Dudley Willis Cheape and Julia Tutwiler Cheape. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Julia Cheape Lindsay; and two brothers, Dudley W. Cheape, Jr., and...
Mrs. Margie Frances Cave Joyce
Mar 9, 2017
Mrs. Margie Frances Cave Joyce, 85, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, March 09, 2017 at her daughters home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on March 4, 1932 to the late William Harrison and Edna Hodges Cave. Mrs. Joyce retired from Renfro and was a member of Westside Baptist Church. She is survived by...
Mary Eloise Perkinson Swann
Mar 9, 2017
Mary Perkinson (Eloise) Swann, age 88, of Mount Airy, North Carolina, passed away at Ridgecrest Retirement Community in Mount Airy, on March 9th, 2017 following an extended illness and is now peacefully and joyfully at rest with the Lord. Mrs. Swann was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia on October 1, 1928, to the late Claiborne F. Perkinson and Mary F....
Daniel Cowell Vogler
Mar 8, 2017
Mr. Daniel Cowell Vogler, age 67, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, March 08, 2017, at his home. Mr. Vogler was born in Surry County, to the late Jack Cowell and Bessie Viola Atkins Vogler. He was a very special brother as well as a loving father and a friend to all who knew him. Mr. Vogler also served in...
Miss Hailey Renee Bowman
Mar 7, 2017
Miss Hailey Renee Bowman, age 22, of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Hailey was born in Surry County on January 29, 1995 to Harold Dean Bowman, Jr. and Dana Leeann Hawks Bowman. She was a loving mother, daughter, sister and friend. Left to cherish her memories are her daughter, Claira Deviegh...
Mrs. Bessie Virginia Clark Overby
Mar 7, 2017
Mrs. Bessie Virginia Clark Overby, age 96 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Pioneer Community Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on May 5, 1920 to the late Jim and Una Martin Clark. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Overby was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Arthur Overby; a son, Willie “Bernice” Overby; a...
Mrs. Annie Mae Moser Pyles
Mar 7, 2017
Mrs. Annie Mae Moser Pyles, age 100 of North Wilkesboro, NC passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Hillsville Rehabilitation & Health Care in Hillsville, VA. She was born in Surry County on May 15, 1916 to the late Albert Moser and the late Minnie Pike Moser Wrenn. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Donald Ray Akers
Mar 6, 2017
Mr. Donald Ray Akers, 63, of Mount Airy, passed away at his home on Monday March 6, 2017. He was born in Surry County on April 11, 1953 to the late Lonnie Eldridge Akers and Dovie Edwards Akers. Mr. Akers was retired from Mount Airy City Schools maintenance department after many years of dedicated service. Mr. Akers was an avid...
Mr. Ralph Columbus Gunnell, Jr
Mar 6, 2017
Mr. Ralph Columbus Gunnell, Jr., 75, of Mt. Airy passed away at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital on Monday, March 6, 2017. He was born on January 20, 1942 to the late Ralph Columbus Gunnell, Sr. and Perlie Smith Gunnell. Mr. Gunnell managed Ralph Gunnell Grocery for many years prior to working in sales for Merritt Supply where he retired after...
Jo Ann Tolbert McKinney
Mar 5, 2017
Mrs. Jo Ann Tolbert McKinney, 79, of Mount Airy, passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home on Sunday, March 5, 2017. She was born June 6, 1937, in Surry County, to the late William Emmett and Myrtle Medley Tolbert. Mrs. McKinney retired from Mount Airy OB-GYN and was a nurse for 53 years. She was a member...
Mr. Jackie Darrell Wilmoth
Mar 5, 2017
Mr. Jackie Darrell Wilmoth, age 74, of Dobson passed away on Sunday evening March 5, 2017 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on January 1, 1943 to the late Rufus Jackson Wilmoth and the late Cora Eva Hudson Wilmoth. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...
Mrs. Nelvra Susan Mayes Dozier
Mar 5, 2017
Mrs. Nelvra Susan Mayes Dozier, age 52, of Dobson, NC passed away on Sunday evening March 5, 2017 at her home. She was born in Surry County on August 8th, 1964 to the late Curtis Hover Mayes and to Hassie Moore Mayes Jarrell. She was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband Kenneth “Earl” Dozier of the home; one daughter Teshia...
Mrs. Ruth Virginia Moore Hutson
Mar 5, 2017
Mrs. Ruth Virginia Moore Hutson, age 77, daughter of Sheppard A. Moore, Sr. and Ruth Elizabeth Beasley Moore, passed away on March 5, 2017 at the Woltz Hospice Home. She was a homemaker, enjoyed quilting, loved her family, her church, many friends and watching her grandsons play ball. She is survived by her husband, Bobby Ray Hutson to whom she...
Mr. Mark Duane Harrell
Mar 5, 2017
Mr. Mark Duane Harrell, 51, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday March 5, 2017. Mr. Harrell was born in Surry County on December 26, 1965 to Lena Harrell Dixon and the late Ray Mabe. Mr. Harrell was an avid bass fisherman and he had a love and passion for football, especially the Carolina Panthers, “Keep Pounding”. Mr. Harrell is survived...
Mrs. Dorothy Vernon Shockley
Mar 4, 2017
Mrs. Dorothy Vernon Shockley, age 86, of Stuart, passed away Saturday, March 04, 2017 at her home surrounded by her children. She was born in Patrick County on Nov. 16, 1930 to the late Felix Leonard Vernon and Minnie Nelson Vernon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Arthur Guy Shockley,...
Ms. April Dawn Ayers
Mar 4, 2017
Ms. April Dawn Ayers Ms. April Dawn Ayers, age 35, of Dobson, passed away Saturday, March 4, 2017, at her residence. She was born on April 5, 1981 to the late Ricky Dale Ayers Sr. and Carolyn Annelle Willard Carrier. She was an excellent server at Putter’s Restaurant and of the Baptist faith. In addition to her mother, she is...
Mrs. Verda Elizabeth Vaden Smith
Mar 4, 2017
Verda Elizabeth Vaden Smith passed into the Lord’s presence peacefully on Saturday, March 4, at Wake Medical Center in Cary, NC. She was born August 29, 1915 in Stokes County, NC to William Oscar Vaden and Ida Jackson Vaden. Her mother died when she was 6 years old, and after her father remarried, she was blessed to call Lula Mabe...