Charlie Woltz Hull, Sr
Mar 11, 2017
Mr. Charlie Woltz Hull, Sr., 95, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, March 11, 2017, at his home. Mr. Hull was born December 18, 1921, in Surry County, one of ten children born to the late John Hillery and Emma Davis Hull. Charlie proudly served our country in the longtime member of Round Peak Masonic Lodge #616 AF and...
Nina Mae Cockerham Simmons
Mar 10, 2017
Mrs. Nina Mae Cockerham Simmons, age 75, of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017, at Surry Community Health and Rehab. Mrs. Simmons was born in Surry County on February 8, 1942, to Kelly and Maggie Cockerham. She was a loving mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and many friends. Those who will...
Ashley Reid Benfield
Mar 10, 2017
Our special beloved brother Ashley Reid Benfield went to be with Jesus March 10, 2017, and reunited with his daddy and mama Fred and Hallie Benfield. He was born April 5, 1954 in Surry County and was raised in Lowgap, NC, living the last twenty years in Johnson City, TN. He was a member of Roaring Gap Baptist church but...
Mr. Garry Lynn Hutchens
Mar 9, 2017
Mr. Garry Lynn Hutchens
Reidsville, NC Mr. Garry Hutchens, age 62, of Reidsville, NC, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at his residence. He was born November 10, 1954, in Surry County to the late Oscar Marvin and Gurtha Lou Hutchens. Mr. Hutchens was an employee of the US Postal Service and a devoted member of New Home Church of...
Mrs. Velma Hawks Haynes
Mar 9, 2017
Mrs. Velma Hawks Haynes, 91, of Mt. Airy after a long illness, won her battle to go on to be with her Lord and Savior Thursday, March 09, 2017 from Priddy Manor in King. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7. Born in Surry County, on December 16,...
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...