Apr 2, 2017

Mr. Herbert H. Gammons, age 83 of Ararat, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on October 7, 1933 to the late James Jesse Gammons and Susie Ada Goins Gammons. In addition to his parents, Mr. Gammons was preceded in death by four brothers, David Lee Gammons, William James...

Apr 1, 2017

Mrs. Loma Lee Bobbitt Money, 77, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born February 5, 1940 to the late Loman and Annie Lillian Bobbitt. Mrs. Money was a retired school bus driver for Surry County Schools where she drove for Franklin Elementary School. Mrs. Money also retired from Roses...

Apr 1, 2017

Apr 1, 2017

Mr. Larry Phil Horton, 73, of Mt. Airy, passed away at his home Saturday, April 01, 2017. He was born in Patrick County, VA on May 22, 1943 to the late Orbra and Bessie Pack Horton. He was a faithful member of Temple Baptist Church. Mr. Horton is survived by his wife, Rita Ann Puckett Horton of the home; two...

Mar 31, 2017

Mr. Gregory David Allagood, 46, of Cumming, GA, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, March 31, 2017. Mr. Allagood was born November 7, 1970, in Dade County, FL, to Joyce Triplett Allagood and the late Irwin Hines Allagood. Gregory attended North Point Church in Alpharetta, GA, and worked as a technician at AT&T. He proudly...

Mar 31, 2017

Mrs. Betty Jean Baker Shelton, age 81, passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home on Friday, March 31, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on August 7, 1935 to the late Floyd Clobis and Myrtle Smith Baker. Mrs. Shelton was a retired Hairdresser having worked many years at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living....

Mar 31, 2017

Mr. Wilbur Lane Hawks, age 79, of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, March 31, 2017. Mr. Hawks was born in Surry County on June 16, 1937, to Olen and Sadie O’Dell Hawks. He was a loving father, grandfather and great-great grandfather who will be dearly missed by his family and many friends. Those who will always cherish his memory are...

Mar 31, 2017

Mrs. Jan Tomlin

Mrs. Jan Denise Gates Tomlin, age 65, of Dobson, passed away peacefully, Friday, March 31, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born December 9, 1951 in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late James Gates and Merlyn Frances Trager. Mrs. Tomlin was a homemaker and a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by her daughters and...

Mar 31, 2017

Mr. Marcos Garcia Aquino , age 25 of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, March 31, 2017. He was born October 24, 1995 in Mexico to Marcos Garcia and Maria Aquino. He is also survived by his Fiancee, Angie Creed; his son, Jeremiah Holyfield; his grandmother, Hilda Aquino; his sister, Clara Aquino; his brother Carlos Aquino, Luis Aquino, and Fernando Aquino;...

Mar 30, 2017

Mae Estelle Ring Carlyle, 92, of Siloam, died Thursday March 30, 2017 at her home. She was born in Surry County on October 26, 1924 to the late Irvin S. Ring and Etta Caroline Patterson Ring. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Ring was preceded in death by her husband, John R. “Dock” Carlyle after 52 years of marriage. Also...

Mar 30, 2017

Mrs. Billie Hardy Bradley, age 81, of Mt. Airy, widow of Dr. Harris Bradley, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017, at Surry Community Health & Rehab. Mrs. Bradley was born in Surry County on June 8, 1935 to James Ethard and Annie Ausborne Hardy. Mrs. Bradley was retired from United Savings in Mount Airy, and was longtime member of First...

Mar 29, 2017

Mr. Ephriam Jackson “June” Loftis, Jr., 100, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 29, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. June was born February 1, 1917, in Surry County, the son of the late Ephriam Jackson Loftis and Willie Shelton Loftis. June was married for 74 years to his loving and devoted wife,...

Mar 29, 2017

Mrs. Armida Hall Rule, 63, of Pilot Mountain, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday night, March 29, 2017. Mrs. Rule was born December 23, 1953, in Chicago, IL, the daughter of the late James and Alicia Hall. Armida proudly served our country in the United States Marine Corps. She later graduated from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a...

Mar 29, 2017

Mr. Victor Surville De Lan, Jr., 86, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday night, March 29, 2017, at Commonwealth Assisted Living Facility in Hillsville, VA. Mr. De Lan was born September 24, 1930, in New York, NY, one of two sons born to the late Victor Surville De Lan, Sr. and Penelope Hale De Lan. Victor served our country in...

Mar 29, 2017

Mrs. Sandra Delma McHone Francis, age 73, of Pilot Mountain passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Francis was born in Lowell, MA on June 27, 1943, to Robert Worth and Delma Crews McHone. She was a loving homemaker and was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church. Those who will forever cherish her memory are her...

Mar 28, 2017

Rebecca Shelton Daniele, sister, child, friend and loving mother, simply adored her two children. Roman and Gabriel loved her deeply, and she never failed to let them know how much she cared for them and the events going on their lives... even to within hours of our Lord calling her home. Many people were blessed to know Rebecca, and those...

Mar 28, 2017

Mr. Paul G. Layman, age 77 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Patrick County on August 4, 1939 to the late Posey and Emma Martin Layman. In addition to his parents, Mr. Layman was preceded in death by two sisters, Louise Stowe and Gladys Trent, and two infant brothers. He...

Mar 28, 2017

Mr. Billy Maxwell Jackson, 77, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday night, March 28, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Jackson was born September 24, 1939, in Surry County, the younger of two children born to the late Meigs Marion “Doc” and Alma Badgett Jackson. Billy served our country in the United States Navy during the Cuban Missile...

Mar 28, 2017

Mrs. Virginia Rachel Parries Massey, 99, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at her home. Mrs. Massey was born September 19, 1917, in Surry County, one of eleven children born to the late John Ashby Parries and Eliza Jane Parries Belton. Virginia retired from Renfro Corporation and was a faithful member of Flippin Memorial Baptist Church. She...

Mar 28, 2017

Jerry Lee Hiatt of the Ground Hog Mountain area of Carroll County, Virginia, died Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in the palliative acute care center of Forsyth Hospital. Born February 24, 1955, to Clarence and Stella Hiatt (deceased), Jerry’s love of family, friends, and the mountains formed early on. He graduated from Carroll County High School and began a long and...