Mrs. Clara Belle Davis Allen
Jan 18, 2016
Mrs. Clara Belle Davis Allen age 82 of Mt. Airy passed away Monday morning January 18, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Allen was born August 20, 1933 in Surry County to the late Oliver Augburn and Amanda Belle Davis, she was retired from Smart Top Hosiery and was a member of Mount Bethel Moravian Church. Surviving are one daughter and...
Mrs. Lillian B. Cockerham
Jan 18, 2016
Mrs. Lillian B. Cockerham Mrs. Lillian B. Cockerham, age 86, of Dobson NC, passed away Monday, January 18, 2016 at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living in Mount Airy. She was born in Surry County to the late Haywood and Vilener Barker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Thurmond Cockerham and her son, Bobby Lawson....
Gloria Dot Jessup Towe
Jan 18, 2016
Mrs. Gloria Dot Jessup Towe, 87, of Elkin passed away Monday, January 18, 2016 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on November 17, 1928 to the late, Roscoe and Nicy Cook Jessup. Mrs. Towe was retired from Spencer’s and was a member of East Elkin Baptist Church. She is survived...
Mr. Jack Lee Leach
Jan 18, 2016
Mr. Jack Lee Leach, 96, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, January 18, 2016, at The Ridgecrest Assisted Living Center. Mr. Leach was born October 14, 1919, in Surry County, the son of the late Joseph Roland and Luella Johnson Leach. Jack proudly served our country in the United States Army during World War II, the Korean Conflict and was...
Bernice Hazel Greear Sutphin
Jan 17, 2016
Mrs. Bernice Hazel Greear Sutphin, 85, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday morning, January 17, 2016, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Sutphin was born August 31, 1930, in Russell County, VA, the daughter of the late Charles Ernest and Pauline Crowder Greear. Bernice retired from Brown-Wooten Mills and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She is survived by a...
James Edward " Tony" Bowman
Jan 17, 2016
Mr. James Edward "Tony" Bowman, 83, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, January 17, 2016 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on August 28, 1932 to the late Neal Garnett and Linis Lovill Brown. Mr. Bowman was retired from Tech Form and was a member of the Salvation Army. He...
Mrs. Vernice “Trick” Joyce Hutchens
Jan 17, 2016
Mrs. Vernice “Trick” Joyce Hutchens, 91, of 2569 West Pine St, Mount Airy, passed away on Sunday morning, January 17, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Hutchens was born in Surry County on June 23, 1924, daughter of the late David Fletcher Sr. and Vallie Watson Joyce. She was a homemaker and a member of Antioch Baptist Church. Surviving are one...
Mr. Owen Bowman
Jan 16, 2016
Mr. Owen Bowman, age 91, of Lambsburg, VA, widower of Claudia Lyons Bowman, passed away at his home Saturday, January 16, 2016. He was born in Carroll County, VA on October 7, 1924 to the late Fred and Effie Alderman Bowman. Mr. Bowman bravely served in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1943-1946. He was a charter member of the...
Mr. Donald Ferguson
Jan 15, 2016
Mr. Donald Ferguson, 88, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Raleigh, County WV on February 17, 1927 to the late William Harvey and Mary Eliza Mayes Ferguson Binkowski. Mr. Ferguson was retired from Sara Lee Hosiery and was a member of Shining Light...
Mrs. Erna T. Williams
Jan 15, 2016
Mrs. Erna T. Williams, 84, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Videy, Iceland April 28, 1931 to the late Thorstein Magnusson and Svanhvit Magnusdottir. She is survived by a daughter, Mary Williams; sons and daughters-in-law, Clayton and Sheryl Williams, Bryan Williams, Alan and Melisa Williams;...
Cledus "Marie" Goad Guynn
Jan 14, 2016
Mrs. Cledus “Marie” Goad Guynn, 86, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2016, at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living Facility. Mrs. Guynn was born September 11, 1929, in Floyd County, VA, to the late Walker and Lula Goad. Marie retired from Spencer’s Inc. and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by a son, Joseph Guynn of Cana,...
Mr. Jamie Lee Heath
Jan 14, 2016
Mr. Jamie Lee Heath age 45 of Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Thursday January 14, 2016 at his home. Mr. Heath was born July 6, 1970 in Surry County to Iris Goins Bryant and Jimmy Heath. Jamie was a loving father, grandfather and son and was last employed in the Plumbing Business. Surviving are his wife Becky Ann Benge Heath...
Mr. Richard Clint Holmes
Jan 13, 2016
Mr. Richard Clint Holmes, age 71, of Mt. Airy, NC died on Wednesday January 13, 2016 at his home unexpectedly. He was born in Lake Providence, Louisiana on March 25, 1944 to the late Beuford Raymond and Blanche Lucille Calhoun Holmes. He was a carpenter and also worked on the pipe line. In addition to his parents he was preceded...
Mrs. Carolyn Ann Goins Transou
Jan 13, 2016
Mrs. Carolyn Ann Goins Transou was welcomed into God’s arms Wednesday, January 13, 2016. She was born in Surry County on June 9, 1953 to Elsie “Gladys” Goins and the late Roby Lee Goins, Sr. She was married to the love of her life, Tony Michael Transou. Carolyn spent her entire life loving and serving God, her family and her...
Mrs. Virginia Lee Reynolds Martin
Jan 13, 2016
Mrs. Virginia Lee Reynolds Martin, 92, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Lee County, NC on July 2, 1923 to the late Andrew Harrison and Candice Reynolds. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother. She enjoyed cooking for all her family...
Robert Lloyd Hayden
Jan 12, 2016
Mr. Robert Lloyd Hayden, 96, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2016, while at Northern Hospital Skilled Care. Mr. Hayden was born July 16, 1919, in Surry County, the son of the late Ed Robert and Maggie Beatrice Hooker Hayden. Lloyd retired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church....
Mr. Walter Lee Slate
Jan 11, 2016
Mr. Walter Lee Slate, age 84 of Ararat, passed away Monday, January 11, 2016 at the Landmark Center in Stuart. He was born in Coalwood, West Virginia on February 27, 1931 to the late Hugh and Margaret Ferguson Slate. In addition to his parents, Mr. Slate was preceded in death by a sister, Mildred Pennington. He had retired from the...
Jeannie Marie Anderson Lawson
Jan 11, 2016
Mrs. Jeannie Marie Anderson Lawson, 55, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, January 11, 2016, at her home. She was born in Alleghany County on October 5, 1960 to Edith Nunn Anderson and the late Ervin Anderson. Mrs. Lawson was a homemaker. In addition to her mother, Mrs. Lawson is survived by her husband, Larry Wayne Lawson of the home;...
Stella Venable Shaw Cleary
Jan 10, 2016
Mrs. Stella Venable Shaw Cleary, 88, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016, at Central Continuing Care. She was born February 2, 1927, in Surry County, to the late Joe Bill and Eliza Jane Snow Venable. Mrs. Cleary was preceded in death by her first husband, Paul Shaw; her second husband, Sandy Cleary; a son, Paul Elmer Shaw,...
Shelby Williams Spencer
Jan 10, 2016
Ms. Shelby Williams Spencer, 70, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016, at her home. Ms. Spencer was born July 28, 1945, in Chesterfield County, VA, the daughter of the late Henry Theodore and Shirley Thornton Holt Williams. Shelby retired from the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Transportation. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Emily Diane...