Herman Cecil Jones
Jan 22, 2017
Mr. Herman Cecil Jones, 83, of Cana passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Carroll County on June 16, 1933 to the late William Lissie and Lina Mae Cagle Jones. Mr. Jones was retired from St. Paul School and was a faithful member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church....
Mr. James Neal Marshall
Jan 22, 2017
Mr. James Neal Marshall, (Jimmy) age 78, of Pinnacle, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Marshall was born in Stokes County on December 18, 1938, to Jerry Cornelius and Bessie Joyce Marshall. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather who will be dearly missed by all his family and friends. Mr. Marshall was also...
Inez Frances Chilton
Jan 22, 2017
Mrs. Inez Frances Chilton,79, of Westfield, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Stokes County on March 25, 1937 to the late Tom Lester and Carrie Dollarhite Flippin. Mrs. Chilton retired from Sarah Lee Hosiery where she worked many years as a knitter, and was of the...
Mrs. Linda Brammer Haynes
Jan 21, 2017
Mrs. Linda Brammer Haynes, age 56 of Woolwine, went home to be with her Lord on Jan. 21, 2017 at her home after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Martinsville to the late Ethel Harman Brammer and Daniel Lester Brammer on June 11, 1960. She graduated in 1978 from Martinsville High School. She worked at VF Inc...
Thomas Earl Yates
Jan 21, 2017
Mt Airy, NC – Thomas Earl Yates, 33, passed away in his sleep Saturday, January 21, 2017 at his home. He was born on Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina on January 6, 1984 to Terrie Strange and Dane Yates, attended Southwest High School in Jacksonville and made his career in the automotive repair and maintenance industry as a mechanic....
Nora Frances McCreary Chilton
Jan 20, 2017
Mrs. Nora Frances McCreary Chilton, 90, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Friday, January 20, 2017, at Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mount Airy. Mrs. Chilton was born January 4, 1927, in Surry County, one of six children born to the late William Lee and Lindia Jane Bowman McCreary. Nora retired from Spencer’s Inc. after 25 years of service and...
Mr. Raymond C. "RC" Hawks
Jan 20, 2017
Mr. Raymond C. “RC” Hawks
Mr. Raymond C. “RC” Hawks, age 80, of Mount Airy, beloved husband of the late Joye Monday Hawks, passed away Friday, January 20, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born March 19, 1936 in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Garland Claude and Dinah Cagle Hawks. Mr. Hawks served in the United States Army...
John Purroy Jackson, Jr
Jan 20, 2017
John Purroy Jackson, Jr., passed away peacefully at his home in Carroll County, Virginia, on January 20th, 2017. He is preceded by his father John Purroy Jackson, Sr., and his mother Nova McGrady Jackson, and is survived by his wife Donna Vernon Jackson and their three sons: John Purroy Jackson III and wife Abigail Weaver; William Branson Jackson and wife...
Mr. Richard Leon Cockram
Jan 19, 2017
Mr. Richard Leon Cockram, age 59, of Bassett, passed away Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born in Henry County on Aug. 18, 1957 to the late Euodias Cockram and Revie Deal Cockram. He was a computer programmer for Bassett Industries and most recently a LPN at Morehead Hospital in Eden,...
Mr. William Alan Matthews
Jan 19, 2017
Mr. William Alan Matthews, age 59, of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Matthews was born in Surry County on September 16, 1957, to Bobby Joe and Gladys Collins Matthews. He worked at Cross Creek Apparel for thirty years and later for L. S. Starrett Co. Mr. Matthews was a loving husband, father...
Mr. Wayne Holder
Jan 19, 2017
Mr. Wayne Holder, 75, of Mount Airy, NC, died peacefully with his family at his side on Thursday, January 19, 2017, at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Holder was born January 25, 1941, in Mount Airy, to Grover and Flora Chappell Holder. Mr. Holder was preceded in death by his parents and by two brothers: Colon Holder and James Holder....
Blanche Revere Pratt Wood
Jan 19, 2017
On January 19, 2017, Blanche Revere Pratt Wood slipped from the bonds of this earth and is now in the loving embrace of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She was born on April 16, 1925, in Floyd, Virginia, to George E. and Ursula Pratt.
She married the love of her life, Harless Lincoln Wood, on December 22, 1949....
Annie Irene Maines Lowe
Jan 18, 2017
Mrs. Annie Irene Maines Lowe, 81, of Lowgap, passed away Wednesday afternoon, January 18, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Lowe was born March 9, 1935, in Alleghany County, one of eight children born to the late Willie Lloyd and Mertie Alice Anders Maines. Irene was a homemaker and a member of Mountain View Baptist Church. She is...
Curtis Hoover Marion
Jan 18, 2017
Mr. Curtis Hoover Marion, 88, of Dobson passed away Wednesday January 18, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on September 19, 1928 to the late Roscoe Henry Marion and Auta Jane Carico Marion. Mr. Marion was a retired electrician from Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia and he...
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth "Granny" Bowman
Jan 18, 2017
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth “Granny” Bowman, age 99 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2017. She was born in Patrick County on October 29, 1917 to the late Joe and Sally Beth Pack Bowman. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bowman was preceded in death by her husband, James Parsons Bowman; two sons, Winfred Bowman and Richard Bowman; two...
Eugene Harold Flippin
Jan 18, 2017
Mr. Eugene Harold Flippin, 79, of Lowgap, passed away early Wednesday morning, January 18, 2017, at the Levine and Dickson Hospice House in Huntersville. Mr. Flippin was born February 27, 1937, in Surry County, the son of the late Carlis Riley and Annie Elizabeth Flinchum Flippin. He retired from the United States Postal Service in Northern Virginia after many years...
Mrs. Barbara Jean Hazelwood Haynes
Jan 17, 2017
Mrs. Barbara Jean Hazelwood Haynes, 75, of Dobson passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin. She was born June 19, 1941 to the late Avery and Rosie Linville Hazelwood. Left to cherish her memories are three sons and daughters-in-law; Mike and Sue Haynes, Danny Lynn and Anthelene Haynes, and Barry and Betty Haynes; sisters...
Carol Jean Smart
Jan 17, 2017
Carol Jean Smart, age 64 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at the Stanleytown Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bassett. She was born on May 29, 1952 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to the late Verna Lee Scott and Lucy Walton Scott. In addition to her parents, Ms. Smart was preceded in death by two brothers, Gaither Scott and...
Kenneth Olson Harris, Sr
Jan 17, 2017
Mr. Kenneth Olson Harris, Sr., 78, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday evening, January 17, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Harris was born November 20, 1938, in Surry County, to the late John Edgar and Lorena Caroline Holbrook Harris. Kenneth proudly served our country in the United States Army, and he retired as...
James "Buddy" Vance Shackelford, Sr
Jan 17, 2017
Mr. James “Buddy” Vance Shackelford, Sr., 78 of Mount Airy, passed away January 17, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Shackelford was born in Surry County on June 14, 1938 to the late Fate and Ruth Johnson Shackelford. Mr. Shackelford was a retired from the hosiery industry and farming. He is survived by his...