Obituaries

Apr 18, 2017

Bruner

Ararat, NC Mrs. Hilda Fay Hutson Bruner passed away at her home on Saturday, April 15, 2017; went home to be with her Lord and beloved faithful husband of 56 years, Billy Ray Bruner. In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Edna Hutson; three brothers, infant Billy Hutson, Kenneth Dale Hutson...

Apr 18, 2017

Ms. Susan Beatrice Jarrell, 53, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Ms. Jarrell was born August 24, 1963, in Forsyth County, the daughter of Jewel D. Jarrell and the late Dr. W. Eric Jarrell, Sr. Susan graduated from Mount Airy High School and graduated with honors from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was...

Apr 18, 2017

Mrs. Rosa Patino Delgado, age 76, of Ararat, NC, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Delgado was born in Mexico on October 14, 1940 to Fausto Delgado and Angela Fernandez. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed. Surviving is her husband, Francisco Patino; daughters, Maria Patino, Victoria...

Apr 16, 2017

Ms. Linda Gale Hopkins, age 68, of Stuart, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017 at her home after a long illness. She was the daughter of Barbara A. Hopkins, her devoted caregiver, and the late Paul J. Hopkins.

She had been a popular feature writer for the Enterprise newspaper in Stuart, VA for many years, and had received many letters...

Apr 16, 2017

Mr. Joe Terry Francis, age 79, of Penhook, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the Lewis Gale Medical Center in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on April 18, 1937 to the late Joseph Wheeler Francis and Pearl Martin Francis. Joe was a retired State Trooper with the Virginia State Police with over 33 ½ years of service....

Apr 15, 2017

Mr. Sammy Dale “Bodie” White, age 56, of Dobson, NC passed away at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital on Saturday, April 15, 2017. He was born in Surry County to the late Billy Sam White and the late Carrie Wood White. He worked in construction and became disabled later in life. He attended Westside Baptist Church when his health permitted. Surviving...

Apr 14, 2017

Mr. Nolan Earl Boyles

Mr. Nolan Earl Boyles, age 66, of Dobson, is cruising the highways of Heaven. He began his journey April 14, 2017. He was born January 25, 1951 in Forsyth County to the late Robert Earl and Annie Estelle Boyles. Mr. Boyles served in the United States Army during the Vietnam Era as a drill instructor in...

Apr 14, 2017

Mr. Grady Carl Newman, age 81, of Dobson, NC, passed away at his home on Friday morning April 14, 2017. He was born in Surry Co. on August 5, 1935 to the late Robert Clarence Newman and the late Ina Smith Newman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Marie Newman, DeEtte Slawter, Wilma...

Apr 12, 2017

Mrs. Bunny Sue “Bonnie” Durham Burtcham, 57, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday morning, April 12, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born in Forsyth County on August 21, 1959 to Margie Horton Durham Noah and the late Harvey Durham. Mrs. Burtcham was a loving mother, grandmother, daughter, and friend who will be dearly missed. She is...

Apr 12, 2017

The Rev. Dr. Leonard Phillip Goins, 72, of Mount Airy, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. He was born October 2, 1944, in Forsyth County, the son of the late Leonard Harvey and Ruth Covey Slate Goins. Phillip was a loving Christian husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. He earned a doctorate in theology from...

Apr 12, 2017

Mrs. Brenda Carol McCraw, age 65, of Mt, Airy, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at Baptist Hospital. Mrs. McCraw was born in Surry County on May 10, 1951, to Mac Snow and the late Nellie Jo Hall Snow. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed. Surviving is her devoted husband, Glenn Junior McCraw;...

Apr 12, 2017

Mr. Wesley Benton “Papa” Jones, age 78, of Mt. Airy, moved into the more immediate presence of the Lord on April 12, 2017. Mr. Jones was born in Surry County on June 4, 1938, to Willie Benton and Josephine Atkins Jones. He was retired from Moody Funeral Service with more than 40 years of dedicated service. Wesley was faithful to...

Apr 12, 2017

Mr. Gary Allen Kidd, 74, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday night, April 12, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Kidd was born November 25, 1942, in Surry County, the youngest of two children born to the late Floyd Allen and Hulda Jane Cassell Kidd. Gary was reared in the Dobson community and graduated...

Apr 11, 2017

Cheryl Wood Bowman, age 63, a resident of Cleveland and formerly of Stuart, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at the family residence in Cleveland. Cheryl was the daughter of the late Lillian Cockram Wood and Murray Wood. Her son, Larry Burton Bowman III and her sister, Glenda Wilkinson also preceded her in death. Cheryl worked in Textiles most...

Apr 10, 2017

Mr. Curtis Lee Martin, age 52 of Stuart, passed away Monday, April 10, 2017 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Henry County on May 24, 1964, and was preceded in death by his father, Curtis Randolph Thomas, and his step-father, Ralph Williams. He loved fishing, hunting and watching NASCAR racing.

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Apr 10, 2017

Mrs. Mozelle Marshall Hawks Puckett, age 87, of West End, NC, passed away Monday, April 10, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Puckett was born in Patrick County on August 24, 1929, to Ulus and Elsie Dawson Marshall. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and dear friend. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Goldie and Wayne Edwards; step daughters...

Apr 10, 2017

Ms. Vonna June Self Easter, 72 of Mount Airy, passed away on Monday evening, April 10, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Vonna was born in Pulaski County, Virginia on June 17, 1944 to Virginia Carty Self Black and Vince McKinley Self. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and friend who will be dearly...

Apr 9, 2017

Dr. Tom Jimison Vaughn Jr. , 76, died peacefully on April 9, 2017 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson surrounded by his family and special nurses who cared for him. A successful obstetrician and gynecologist with Mount Airy OB/Gyn for over 25 years, he was proud to say that he delivered thousands of babies in his...

Apr 8, 2017

Mrs. Vallie Ann Hodges Bryant, 91, of Elkin entered the Portals of Heaven on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on October 17, 1925 to the late Richard and Elector Hodge Hodges. Mrs. Bryant was a loving and devoted homemaker who devoted her...

Apr 8, 2017

Mr. Troy Franklin Reeves, 79, of Springfield, VA, former resident of Mt. Airy, departed this life Saturday, April 8, 2017. He was born in Surry County on August 28, 1937, to the late Otto and Nettie Shelton Reeves. Mr. Reeves served his country during the Vietnam War as part of the military police Army Security Agency in Arlington Hall, VA....