James Walter Wilson, 85, of White Plains, passed away Thursday, July 20, at 5:30 a.m. He was born in Stokes County on July 4, 1932, to Jesse Frank and Early Franciss Wilson. He was retired from North Carolina Granite. He had five children: three girls, Carolyn Moore, Tina and Tandra; two sons, Lee and Bobby; and several grandchildren. He is...
Mr. Donald Grey Inman, age 69, passed away Thursday morning, July 20, 2017. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, and friend. Don served in the United States Navy from January 25, 1968 to January 28, 1974 and was stationed for two years on the U.S.S. Forrestal CVA-59. He was a member of the American Legion Post 123....
Mrs. Fonda Jean Butler, 56, of Mount airy, passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born February 24, 1961 to Roland Lee Chilton and the late Roxie O’Neal Chilton. Fonda always greeted you with her warm smile and her friendly personality. She enjoyed scrapbooking and making various crafts. Fonda...
Ms. Rachael Acord Saadeh, age 70, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Monday evening July 17, 2017 at the Brian Center in Lexington, NC. She was born in Beckley, West Virginia on March 6, 1947 to Albert Acord and Sylvia Lawson Acord. She was a retired Register Nurse. Surviving are one daughter Ann-Marie Saadeh; two grandchildren Bryan Kistner, and...
Mrs. Ida Mae Cotten, 99, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, July 17, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Fannin County, GA on March 30, 1918 to the late Robert Henry and Carrie Pearl Clore Nix. Mrs. Cotten was a home maker and a faithful member of Holly Springs Baptist Church...
Miss Margaret Ann Bolt, 52, of Mount Airy, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday morning, July 16, 2017 from the Joan and Howard Hospice Home. Miss Bolt was born in Surry County on August 25, 1964 to Jesse Anderson Bolt, Jr. and Myrtle Marie Wilson Bolt. She was a loving daughter, sister, and aunt who will...
Mr. Paul Henry Casstevens, age 88, of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, July 16, 2017, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Casstevens was born in Yadkin County on April 19, 1929 to John Henry and Inez Beck Casstevens. He was a farmer and former supervisor at Bassett Furniture. Mr. Casstevens’ precious memory will always be cherished by a daughter and...
Mr. Nathan Dale Draughn, age 65, of Mt. Airy, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes in his sleep Sunday, July 16, 2017, at his home. Mr. Draughn was born in Surry County on January 25, 1952, to the late Lester "Dubus" and Cathleen Dawson Draughn. Mr. Draughn was a 1971 graduate from North Surry High School and right from high...
Mr. Luther Allen Golding, Sr., 64, of Lambsburg, passed away at home surrounded by his loving family on Friday afternoon, July 14, 2017. Mr. Golding was born April 12, 1953, in Surry County, the son of Forest Bryant Golding and the late C. J. Golding. He was a loving son, father, grandfather, brother, and friend who will be dearly missed...
Mrs. Alma Mae Corder Law, age 87, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Friday July 14, 2017 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry Co. on April 15, 1930 to the late Jesse Roscoe Corder and the late Isabelle Tolbert Corder. She retired from Perry Manufacturing, and was a member of Harmony Grove Baptist...
Mrs. Ruth Catherine Bryant, 86, of Lambsburg, VA, widow of Randolph Paul Bryant, Sr., passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Carroll County, VA to the late William Houston and Violet Crotts Hawks. Mrs. Bryant was a homemaker and a faithful member of Fellowship Tabernacle. She is survived...
Mr. Ronald Gray Carter
Mr. Ronald Carter, age 71, of Dobson, passed away Thursday July 13, 2017 at his residence. He was born October 10, 1945 in Quantico Virginia to the late Harry Gray and Emmaleen Sloop Carter. He was a member of The New Day Christian Center Church and worked as an electrician. Mr. Carter enjoyed hiking the Appalachian...
Mary Ruth Lawson, age 94, of Mount Airy, passed away on July 13, 2017. Ms. Lawson was born in Cana, Virginia on November 6, 1922, to the late Walker T. and Mary Magdalene McMillian. She retired in May 1992 from Lynne’s Hosiery Mill after 17 years of service, and worked at Spencer’s Hosiery Mill for a time before that. She...
Mrs. Lettie Mae Loftis Patterson, 103, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, July 13, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on July 2, 1914 to the late Ephraim Jackson Loftis, Sr. and Willie Emma Shelton Loftis. Mrs. Patterson was a homemaker and a member of Haymore Memorial Baptist Church....
Mrs. Remona Shrewsbury Meadows, 78, of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Mercer County, WV on August 27, 1938 to the late Howard and Zida Basham Shrewsbury. Mrs. Meadows was a loving wife; mother; and grandmother. She is survived by her husband, Claude Meadows; a daughter, Claudeane Sink; sons, Don Meadows and wife,...
Mrs. Myrtle Irene Branch LeQuire, 86, of Mocksville passed away at her home on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. She was born in Surry County on October 14, 1930 to the late Grover Cleveland and Frances Caroline Mitchell Branch. Mrs. LeQuire retired from J.C. Penney’s after many years of service. She was a faithful member of Flat Rock Pentecostal Holiness Church...
Mrs. Gale Elizabeth Payne Watson, 72, of Ararat, NC passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Surry County on March 30, 1945 to the late Elmer Lee and Cindy Marie Butcher Payne. Mrs. Watson retired from Northern Hospital after 42 years of service as a devoted Registered Nurse of labor...
Mr. Arthur James Perkins Mr. Arthur “Jim” James Perkins, age 90, of Dobson, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at Pruitt Health Care in Elkin. He was born July 20, 1926, in Surry County to the late Lee and Hettie Snow Perkins. He was also preceded in death by his loving wife, Betty Coe Perkins. Mr. Perkins was a veteran...
Mrs. Nora Leftwich Smith, of Mt. Airy, widow of Robert Smith, passed Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Surry County on January 8, 1927 to the late Wesley and Opal Goad Leftwich. Mrs. Smith was a homemaker and a member of Central United Methodist Church. Her hobbies were, playing the piano, drawing,...
Our loving mother, Wilma Mae Harvey Sutphin, 92 of Mount Airy, went to be with her Lord and Savior from her home on Tuesday evening, July 11, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Henderson County, North Carolina on November 19, 1924 to the late Hobert Reginal Harvey and Elsie Edna Osteen Harvey. She was of the...