Obituaries
Lark Rakes Eaton
Aug 6, 2017
Lark Rakes Eaton, age 54 of Patrick Springs, passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2017 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on June 10, 1963, and was preceded in death by her father, Bernard Thomas Rakes, and a brother, Tommy Rakes. She had a strong faith and was a member of New Life Community Fellowship...
Sally Ann Atkins Holder
Aug 5, 2017
Mrs. Sally Ann Atkins Holder, 73, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, August 5, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Holder was born June 17, 1944, in Surry County, one of twelve children born to the late Coy and Mary McHone Atkins. Sally worked at Pine State Knitwear for many years and later retired...
Mrs. Pearl Easter Layman Handy
Aug 4, 2017
Pearl Easter (Layman) Handy
Our beloved mother went home to be with our savior and to be joyously reunited with husband, Reverend Bernard D. Handy on Aug. 4th, 2017. She was born in Patrick County on April 20, 1930. She is survived by her son, Danny B. Handy; his wife Cynthia; and adored grandson, Brandon. Mom has one surviving sister...
Mrs. Barbara Elois Wagoner Peele
Aug 4, 2017
Mrs. Barbara Elois Wagoner Peele, age 70, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Friday, August 4, 2017, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Peele was born in Surry County on July 27, 1947, to William Randal and Geraldine Miller Wagoner. She was a loving wife, mother, and “nana” who will be dearly missed by all her family and many friends. Among...
​Mrs. Delores Rose Whittington
Aug 3, 2017
Mrs. Delores Rose Whittington age 70, of Mount Airy Passed away Thursday, August 3, 2017, at her home. She was born October 25, 1946 to the late Benjamin J. and Rose C. Petges Tipps. She was an artist and will be dearly missed by those who knew her. Left to cherish her memories are a daughter, Candy Whittington; three sons,...
Mrs. Karen Susan (Susie) Ayers
Aug 2, 2017
Mrs. Karen Susan (Susie) Ayers age 55, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 22, 1962 to the late Thurmand Cecil and Mary Constance Mozingo Collins. Mrs. Ayers was a graduate of Surry Community College where she received a degree in Nursing. She had a passion...
Mrs. Annie Lee Russell Overton
Aug 2, 2017
Mrs. Annie Lee Russell Overton, age 75, of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday morning, August 2, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Home in Dobson. She was born in Grayson County on February 5, 1942 to the late Coy Lawrence Russell and Bertha Mae Wilson Russell. Mrs. Overton was the owner/operator of Eco Knit. She is survived by her...
Mrs. Estelle Belton
Aug 2, 2017
Estelle Greenwood Belton (Lillian Estelle), age 93, of Mount Airy, North Carolina passed away peacefully at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina on Wednesday, August 2, 2017. Mrs. Belton was born in Surry County on April 27, 1924 to the late Joseph Gordon and Martha Frances King Greenwood. She was preceded in death by her...
Mr. Robert Lee McGee, Sr
Aug 2, 2017
Mr. Robert Lee McGee, Sr., age 76, of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2017, at his home. Mr. McGee was born in Surry County on May 21, 1941, to the late Allen Monroe and Nell Norman McGee. After graduating from Wake Forest University with a Master’s Degree, he retired from Wake County School System with twenty five years...
Patricia Ann Bobbitt
Aug 1, 2017
Ms. Patricia Ann “Patty” Bobbitt, 53, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2017, at her home. Ms. Bobbitt was born August 10, 1963, in Carroll County, VA, one of two children born to the late Howard Morgan and Alma Lee Thompson Bobbitt. Patty worked at Proctor-Silex Inc. in Mount Airy for many years. She is survived by a...
Mrs. Beatrice Claudine Lee Wood
Aug 1, 2017
Mrs. Beatrice Claudine Lee Wood of Woolwine was born May 2, 1928 in the Rock Castle Gorge area of Patrick County and passed away August 1, 2017 at her home following a brief battle with cancer. She was the eldest child of Claude and Lula Compton Lee. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Irvin Hanford...
Mr. Mikle Eugene Dixon, Sr
Aug 1, 2017
Mr. Mikle Eugene Dixon, Sr., 42, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at his home. Mr. Dixon born in Forsyth County on July 21, 1975 to Mary “Faye” Horton Dixon and the late Ronald “Ronnie” Dixon. He is survived by daughters, Haley Dixon, and Kayleah Dixon; a son, Eric “Deven” Haynes; a grandchild, Leeyah Jade Dixon; his...
Mrs. Frances Critz Smith
Jul 31, 2017
Mrs. Frances Critz Smith, age 96, of Stuart, passed away Monday, July 31, 2017 at Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on April 20, 1921 to the late William Gabriel Critz and Mary Koger Critz. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert T. Smith; a son, William...
Mrs. Eula Wyatt Burcher
Jul 31, 2017
Mrs. Eula Wyatt Burcher, age 99, of Stuart, passed away Monday, July 31, 2017 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. She was born in Glade Springs, VA to the late Hubert and Hester Wyatt. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Vance A. Overbay; her second husband, Levin Burcher; a grandson,...
Mrs. Doris Mae Daniel Marshall
Jul 31, 2017
Mrs. Doris Mae Daniel Marshall, age 77, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away peacefully on Monday afternoon July 31, 2017 surrounded by her loving family at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Marshall was born in Carroll County on September 16, 1939 to the late Otto and Cartie Spencer Daniel. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and...
Mrs. Shirley Ann Holder
Jul 31, 2017
Mrs. Shirley Ann Sechrist Holder, 72, of Mt. Airy passed away on Monday, July 31, 2017. She was born in Carroll County, VA on October 7, 1944 to the late Ofra and Justeen Gardner Sechrist. Mrs. Holder retired from Renfro and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Angie and Gary Flippin...
Mr. Dewey Sanders Moss
Jul 30, 2017
Mr. Dewey Sanders Moss, age 97 of Stuart, Virginia passed away Sunday, July 30, 2017 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on May 19, 1920 to the late James William Moss and Minnie Goad Moss. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Barbara Midkiff Moss; a sister Mary Lou...
Mr. Campbell "Cam" Cleveland Hiatt
Jul 30, 2017
Mr. Campbell “Cam” Cleveland Hiatt, age 94, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, July 30, 2017 at Northern Hospital of Surry County Skilled Unit. Mr. Hiatt was born in Surry County on January 16, 1923, one of seven children to the late Walter Cleveland Hiatt, Sr. and Alice Simmons Hiatt. Mr. Hiatt retired from Scenic Motors, Inc....
Mr. Dewey Curtis "D.C." Bruner
Jul 30, 2017
Mr. Dewey Curtis “D.C.” Bruner, Jr. 86 of Mt. Airy passed away at Surry Community Nursing and Rehab Center on Sunday, July 30, 2017. He was born in Surry County on September 14, 1930 to the late Dewey Curtis, Sr. and Sara Luanna Wood Bruner. Mr. Bruner bravely served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Albuquerque, NM. After...
Mr. Frederick Earl Barnett
Jul 29, 2017
Frederick Earl Barnett, known to all as Fred, quietly left us on Saturday, July 29, 2017, just days after his 86th birthday. He was born in South Boston, Virginia to Campbell Frederick Barnett and Edna Bland Barnett and met and married his wife of 62 years, Karen Meyer Barnett who predeceased him, when he was stationed in Colorado serving our...
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