Lowell Delano Martin
Apr 27, 2016
Mr. Lowell Delano “Fuzz” Martin, 79, of 184 Poor Boys Trail, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday morning, April 27, 2016, at Golden Living Center. Mr. Martin was born May 25, 1936, in Surry County, the son of the late Lowell L. “Lowe” and Ollie Parker Martin. He was the former owner and operator of Satterfield’s Market and was a member...
Mr. Howard Lee Lawson
Apr 26, 2016
Howard Lee Lawson 64, of Bassett, died Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at the Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. He was born in Patrick County on September 1, 1951 to the late Raymond C. Lawson and Frances Meeks Lawson. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Raymond C. Lawson, Jr.
Surviving are his...
Jefferson Cooper Draughon
Apr 26, 2016
Mr. Jefferson Cooper Draughon, 66, of Ararat, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at his home. He was born April 11, 1950, in Surry County, to the late Marvin Sydney and Margaret Mearns Draughon. Mr. Draughon retired from American Health Care. He is survived by his wife, Patty Jean Flinchum Draughon; two sons and a daughter-in-law, John Jefferson Draughon and...
Mr. Samuel David "Sammy" Martin
Apr 26, 2016
Mr. Samuel David “Sammy” Martin, age 75 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Patrick County on March 10, 1941 to the late John D. and Mary Williams Martin. He was a member of Bouldin Memorial Presbyterian Church. He served in the United States Army during the...
Rev. Oscar Moorefield Tesh
Apr 25, 2016
The Rev. Oscar Moorefield Tesh, 80, of 735 Old US 52 South, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, April 25, 2016, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. The Rev. Tesh was born February 18, 1936, in Surry County, one of eleven children born to the late Oscar J. and Daisy Belle Copeland Tesh. Moorefield owned and operated...
Mr. Charles Edward Earnest
Apr 25, 2016
Mr. Charles Edward Earnest, age 86, of Dobson, NC died on Monday evening April 25, 2016 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born in Webster Co. Mississippi on January 15, 1930 to the late Charlie Andrew and Dovie White Earnest. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son, Kenneth Bradley Earnest; three...
Mr. Thomas Eugene Martin
Apr 25, 2016
Mr. Thomas Eugene Martin, age 68 of Sneads Ferry, NC, husband of Mrs. Marie West Martin passed away Monday, April 25, 2016 in Sneads Ferry, NC. He was born August 14, 1947 in Surry County, NC to the late Lewis Avent Martin and Mary Gertrude Hall Martin. Mr. Martin was a graduate of Pembroke College having received a bachelor degree...
Mrs. Martha Campbell Honse
Apr 25, 2016
Mrs. Martha Campbell Honse, age 72 of Woolwine, passed away Monday, April 25, 2016 at Fairfax Hospital. She was born in Pennsylvania on October 31, 1943 to the late John and Jessie Morgan Campbell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Shirley Pyle. She was a retired teacher, an Educational Diagnostician, Director of...
Ms. Sandra Lee Branscome Sidden
Apr 24, 2016
Ms. Sandra Branscome Sidden, age 69 of Mount Airy, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Forsyth Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Ms. Sidden was born in Surry County on June 19, 1946 to the late Robert Warren Branscome and Betty Mae Gibson Branscome. She was of the Baptist faith. All...
Mrs. Mabel Lowe Moxley Hawks
Apr 24, 2016
Mrs. Mabel Ruth Lowe Moxley Hawks, 91, of Lowgap passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on April 19, 1925 to the late John Corby and Elva Mattie Richardson Lowe. Mrs. Hawks was a retired seamstress and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her husband,...
Mr. Henry Swanson Mosley
Apr 23, 2016
Mr. Henry Swanson Mosley, age 72, of Ararat, NC, passed away Friday, April 22, 2016 at Northern Hospital. Mr. Mosley was born in Surry County on July 3, 1943 to the late Ray Arnold and Virginia Davis Mosley. He was a well know cabinet maker whose work will be long remembered by many satisfied customers. Surviving are a daughter, Shannon...
Mrs. Dorothy Alice Morris Boyles
Apr 23, 2016
Mrs. Dorothy Alice Morris Boyles, age 91 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Boyles was born in Mt. Airy on November 9, 1924 to Emanuel Victor and Jessie Suzanna Webb Morris. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and friends....
Mr. Dennis Gene Bowman
Apr 23, 2016
Mr. Dennis Gene Bowman, age 78, of Laurel Fork, VA, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016 at Baptist Hospital. Mr. Bowman was born in Coalwood, WV to the late Alvin and Elsie Bowman. Mr. Bowman proudly served our country in the United States Army. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather who will be dearly missed by...
Eric Dale Holder
Apr 23, 2016
Eric Dale Holder was born on March 29, 1952 in Elkin, NC. Dale’s sunset came on April 23, 2016 when he went home to his Heavenly Father. Dale was born to Rufus Quentin and Minnie Dockery Holder. He was preceded in death by a sister, Janet H. Payne, and his parents Quentin and Minnie Holder. Dale is survived by his...
Mr. Bobby Joe "Hodge" Hodges
Apr 23, 2016
Mr. Bobby Joe “Hodge” Hodges age 72 of Lowgap, NC, passed away Saturday morning April 23, 2016 at Trinity Elms Health and Rehab of Clemmons. Mr. Hodges was born in Surry County on October 5, 1943 to the late Elmer Woltz Hodges and Mary Ella Flinchum Hodges. Mr. Hodges is survived by two daughters, Sandy Hodges and Shelia Makas both...
Mrs. Jane Hall Caudle
Apr 22, 2016
Mrs. Jane Hall Caudle, 66, of 154 Old Hickory Trail, Mount Airy, wife of the late Mr. Ronnie Gray Caudle, passed away on Friday afternoon, April 22, 2016 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Caudle was born May 20, 1949, in Surry County to the late Oscar Harrison and Thelma Inscore Hall. She was a retired employee of the...
Mrs. Kathryn Ann Hatcher Gwynn
Apr 22, 2016
Mrs. Kathryn Ann Hatcher Gwynn, age 58 of Ararat, VA, passed away Friday, April 22, 2016 at Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Gwynn was born in Surry County on September 23, 1957 to Ruby Bryant Hatcher and the late Walter William Hatcher. She was a devoted caregiver for many years. Surviving is her husband, Clinton Gwynn; a grandson, Dustin Levi Stevens; her...
Mrs. Helen Jean Shaw Easter
Apr 22, 2016
Mrs. Helen Jean Shaw Easter, age 72 of Lowgap, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday April 22, 2016 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Easter was born in Grayson County, VA on October 16, 1943 to the late Roy Eugene Shaw and Zienna Blevins Shaw. She is survived by her husband, Junior Ray...
Ervin Eugene "Gene" Trexler
Apr 21, 2016
Mr. Ervin Eugene “Gene” Trexler, age 70 of Stuart, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Salisbury, North Carolina on November 4, 1945 to the late Paul Henderson Trexler and Dolly Talbert Trexler. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Olie May Gray...
Charles Wayne "Pete" Benge
Apr 20, 2016
Mr. Charles Wayne “Pete” Benge, 75, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on May 1, 1940 to the late Charlie and Emma Myrtle Surratt Benge. Mr. Benge was retired from R. J. Reynolds. He served our country in the United States Army. He...