Obituaries
Mrs. Tammy Annette Huff Jenkins
Jan 31, 2017
Mrs. Tammy Annette Huff Jenkins, age 52, of Mount Airy, beloved daughter of the late Mary Magdalene “Maggie” Berrier Huff and Henry Lee Huff passed away, Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Surry County on October 22, 1964. Tammy was instantly loved by everyone whom she ever met because of her projected love for...
Mr. Ronnie Wilson Thompson
Jan 30, 2017
Mr. Ronnie Wilson Thompson, age 67, of Elkin, passed away Monday, January 30, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born October 8, 1949 in Surry County to the late Wilson Calvin and Hazel Harris Thompson. Mr. Thompson was a retired Cooperative Extension Director in Davie County and a member of Bessie’s Chapel Baptist Church. He is survived by his...
Mr. Gilbert John Edwards, Jr
Jan 30, 2017
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“Junior” Gilbert Edwards, 78, of Galax, VA passed away Monday, January 30, 2017 at Woltz Hospice Home, Dobson, North Carolina. He was born September 26, 1938 in Carroll County, VA to the late John Gilbert, Sr. and Maude Golding Edwards. In addition to his parents, he is also preceded in death by...
Dixie Robert Haynes
Jan 30, 2017
Mr. Dixie Robert Haynes, 35, of Roaring River, passed away unexpectedly on Monday morning, January 30, 2017, at his home. Mr. Haynes was born January 2, 1982, in Surry County, the youngest of two children born to Phillip Gene and Karen Ann Towe Haynes. Dixie graduated from North Surry High School in 2000 and Surry Community College in 2002. He...
Mrs. Thelma Riddle Inman
Jan 30, 2017
Mrs. Thelma Riddle Inman, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, January 30, 2017 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on January 17, 1921 to the late Floyd and Ada Belle Sparger Riddle. Mrs. Inman was a home maker and a faithful member of Holly Springs Baptist Church until her health declined. Mrs. Inman...
​Mr. Dennis Carroll Evans
Jan 29, 2017
Mr. Dennis Carroll Evans, 77 of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday morning January 29, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on February 8, 1939 to the late Foley Sanders Evans and Madealine Gentry Evans Brannon. Mr. Evans was of the Baptist faith. He was last employed at Renfro Corporation,...
Mr. Charles Gaylord Veit, III
Jan 29, 2017
Charles Gaylord Veit, III, 'Poppee', has passed away. He is preceded by his father, Charles Norman Veit, his mother Miriam Cordilla Stanton Veit, and his wife of 27 years, Mary Sue Vernon Veit. He is survived by his sister Teryl Crockford, and his brothers Thomas Veit, Geoffery Veit, and David Veit. He is survived by daughter Tamara Lynette Veit, daughters...
Spencer Mack Gregory
Jan 29, 2017
Mr. Spencer Mack Gregory, age 73, of Stuart, passed away peacefully and surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Norfolk, VA on Nov. 7, 1943 to the late Spencer M. Gregory, Sr and Lida Mae Stapleton Gregory of Charles Town, WV. In addition to his father, he was...
Robert Ray Isaacs, Jr
Jan 28, 2017
Mr. Robert Ray Isaacs, Jr., age 71, of Lowgap, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2017, at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Randolph County, WV on September 18, 1945 to the late Robert Ray Isaacs, Sr. and Vivian Demarest Isaacs. Mr. Isaacs was retired from Insteel Wire Products as a Network Administrator. He was a former...
Jewell Maxine Combs Jones
Jan 28, 2017
Mrs. Jewell Maxine Combs Jones, 78, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 28, 2017, with her family by her side. Mrs. Jones was born June 18, 1938, in Lowgap, to the late Rush Farlin and Wilma Lavinia Burroughs Combs. She was a member of Savannah United Methodist Church. Maxine loved all children and was an avid fisherman....
Mr. Junior Andy Flippin
Jan 28, 2017
Mr. Junior Andy Flippin, age 74 of Stuart, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2017 at his home. Mr. Flippin was born in Stokes County, North Carolina on September 6, 1942 to the late Andy Jesse Flippin and Lula Mae Bingman Flippin. In addition to his parents, Mr. Flippin was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Lou Flippin and a...
Martha Ann Largen
Jan 27, 2017
Ms. Martha Ann Largen, 57, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday afternoon, January 27, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Ms. Largen was born September 5, 1959, in Carroll County, VA, to Peggy Dunbar Woodruff and the late Sherman Kenny Largen. Martha was an assistant manager at Mariner Finance in Winston-Salem for several years. She...
Myra Holder Brim
Jan 27, 2017
Mrs. Myra Holder Brim, 51, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, January 27, 2017 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Forsyth County on March 10, 1965 to Brenda Kiger and the late Samuel “Gray” Holder. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend who will be deeply missed by all that knew and loved her....
Mrs. Eva Nettie White
Jan 27, 2017
Mrs. Eva Nettie White,
Mrs. Eva Nettie White, age 90, of Elkin, passed away Friday, January 27, 2017 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born May 21, 1926, in Plainfield, New Jersey to the late Daniel Anthony and Margaret Wood Lusardi. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. Visitation will be Sunday,...
Mrs. Marie Marsh Harris
Jan 26, 2017
Mrs. Marie Marsh Harris, 68, of Winston Salem passed away Thursday, January 26, 2017 at Kate B Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston Salem. She was born in Surry County on January 29, 1948 to the late, Jim and Hassie McCraw Marsh. Mrs. Harris retired from Wachovia and was a member of Community Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband,...
James Leon Slate
Jan 26, 2017
Mr. James Leon Slate, 67, of Mt. Airy passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in Surry County on March 9, 1949 to Margaret Mae Sechrist Slate and the late Ralph Lewis Slate. Mr. Slate was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather. He was a one of a...
Mrs. Charlotte Ann Jones Setliff
Jan 26, 2017
Mrs. Charlotte Ann Jones Setliff, age 86, of Stuart, passed away Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection. She was born in Patrick County on July 10, 1930. She was preceded in death by her father, Eck Foley; her mother and step-father, Beatrice Martin Jones and Joseph Odell Jones; her husband, Chester Setliff; one grandson, Nash Boyd,...
Katherine W. Joyce
Jan 25, 2017
Katherine W. Joyce, age 56, of Winston-Salem, NC passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart, VA. She was born July 11, 1960 in Oakland, CA to Thomas and Phyllis Wilson. She was raised in Piedmont, CA but finished school in Darien, CT. She was a 1978 graduate of...
Mr. Lloyd William Bateman
Jan 25, 2017
Mr. Lloyd William Bateman, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday January 25, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born on March 4, 1933 in Surry County to the late Monroe Clyde Bateman and Oma Agnes Sawyers Bateman. Mr. Bateman was Owner-operator of Lloyds Restaurant. He served our country in the United States Army. He...
Mrs. Mary Jerelane Foley Thomas
Jan 25, 2017
Mrs. Mary Jerelane Foley Thomas, age 85 of Woolwine, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on December 24, 1931 to the late James Frank Foley and Vada Mary Sawyers Foley. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Thomas was preceded in death by her husband, Swanson Ray...


