Mrs. Ruby Irene Easter Hull
Sep 18, 2015
Mrs. Ruby Irene Easter Hull, age 85 of Cana, VA, passed away at Trinity Mission in Hillsville on Friday, September 18, 2015. Ruby was the eldest of eight children born on August 30, 1930 in Carroll County to Carnis Elmer and Celestie Rigney Easter. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister. Ruby married her devoted husband, Albert Donald...
Mrs. Roberta Glenn Springthorpe
Sep 18, 2015
Mrs. Roberta Glenn Springthorpe, 81, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday afternoon, September 18, 2015 at her home. Berta Glenn was born August 12, 1934 in Surry County. She graduated from Mount Airy High School in 1952 and attended Salem College. She married John Springthorpe, Jr. in 1953. Berta Glenn was a pioneering business woman, owning several businesses. She had...
Mr. William Leon Martin
Sep 18, 2015
Mr. William Leon Martin, age 76, of Stuart passed away Friday, Sept. 18, 2015 at Carillion Memorial Hospital in Roanoke. He was born in Patrick County on April 27, 1939 to the late Anderson Martin and Stacy Fain Martin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Nancy Law, Virginia Martin; and two brothers, Edward...
Mrs. Betty Jane Coggin Owens
Sep 18, 2015
Mrs. Betty Jane Coggin Owens, 85, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, September 18, 2015 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Anson County on September 1, 1930 to the late, Hiram and Hallett Taylor Coggin. Mrs. Owens was retired from Town and Country Realty and was a member of White Plains Friends Meeting. She is...
Mr. Dwight McMillian
Sep 17, 2015
Mr. Dwight McMillian, age 89, formerly of Cana, VA, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015 at Golden Living Center in Galax. Mr. McMillian was born in Surry County on January 2, 1926 to the late Samuel Cassell and Laura Dawson McMillian. He proudly served our country in the United States Army and was a retired farmer. Surviving are a daughter,...
Mrs. Margaret Jane Short Fagg
Sep 17, 2015
Mrs. Margaret Jane "Polly" Short Fagg, age 93 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Fagg was born in Surry County on September 11, 1922 to Frank Jackson and Mary Maggie Midkiff Short. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and wonderful friend to so many in the community. Mrs. Fagg was a...
Mrs. Glenda Wood Wilkinson
Sep 16, 2015
Mrs. Glenda Wood Wilkinson, age 79, of Stuart passed away Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on Dec. 8, 1935 to the late Murray and Lillian Cockram Wood. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Wilkinson. Mrs. Wilkinson graduated from Averett College; retired from Sun...
Carol Denise Reynolds
Sep 16, 2015
Carol Denise Reynolds, 52 of Ridgeway, VA, passed away Wednesday September 16, 2015 at Franklin Memorial Hospital. She was born May 21, 1963 in Henry County and had worked for Carillion Hospital as a Safety Risk Officer which she took very seriously. Ms. Reynolds loved children and animals very dearly and also loved being at the lake, especially during the...
Mary Kathryn "Kathy" Holyfield Cook Ridenhour
Sep 15, 2015
Mrs. Mary Kathryn “ Kathy” Holyfield Cook Ridenhour, age 66 of Dobson received her Angel wings on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on April 20, 1949 to the late Floyd and Viola Holt Holyfield. Mrs. Ridenhour was a retired Hairdresser and a...
Mr. Loman "Chester" Edwards
Sep 15, 2015
Mr. Loman "Chester" Edwards, 70, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. He was born in Carroll County on July 18, 1945 to the late William and Nellie May King Edwards. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Ollis and Susan Hawks of Cana, VA; grandchildren, Kalena Tate of Cana, VA, Matrisha...
Mrs. Carole Christine Atwood Hale
Sep 15, 2015
Mrs. Carole Christine Atwood Hale, age 70 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. She was born on September 2, 1945 in Portland, Maine to the late Irving Thomas Atwood, Sr. and Lillian Winifred King Atwood. She was a member of Elamsville Church of God of Prophecy.
Mrs. Hale is survived by her...
Ronald Gilbert Mosley
Sep 15, 2015
Ronald Gilbert Mosley, 72, lost his battle with Lewy Body Dementia and metastatic cancer on Tuesday, September 15, 2015. He was born February 6, 1943, in Surry County, to the late Gilbert Arnold and Louneil Venable Mosley. A graduate of North Surry High School, Ronald was a humble and hardworking man. He owned and operated Mosley Stables, LLC where he...
Helen Melbena Ausburne
Sep 15, 2015
Miss Helen Melbena Ausburne, 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Miss Ausburne was born September 4, 1924, in Surry County, to the late Sanford and Minnie Goins Ausburne. Helen retired from Renfro Corporation after 44 years of service and was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church....
LuEva Burdette Bray
Sep 14, 2015
Mrs. LuEva Burdette Bray, 101, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, September 14, 2015, at Golden Living Center. Mrs. Bray was born October 13, 1913, in Mt. Morris, PA, to the late Fred and Martha Donley Burdette. Mrs. Bray retired from teaching in Surry County and was a member of First Baptist Church for over 50 years. She was also...
Mrs. Linda Faye Hill Hawks
Sep 14, 2015
Mrs. Linda Faye Hill Hawks, age 68, of Dobson, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 14, 2015 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Hawks was born on July 5, 1947, in Carroll County to Kilby Hill and Faye Badgett. Mrs. Hawks is survived by her husband, David Oscar Hawks of the home; a daughter, Angela Hawks Miller of Dobson; a...
Jesse Monroe Johnson
Sep 14, 2015
Mr. Jesse Monroe Johnson, 84, of 6136 Westfield Road, Westfield, passed away Monday morning, September 14, 2015, at his home. Mr. Johnson was born April 25, 1931, in Surry County, one of three children born to the late Carl Monroe and Lula Holt Johnson. Jesse was a retired tobacco farmer and a member of the Christian faith. He is survived...
Mr. James Ronald Foley "Pup"
Sep 13, 2015
Mr. James Ronald Foley, affectionately called “Pup", age 59, of Patrick Springs, Virginia passed away at his home on Friday, September 11, 2015. He was born in Patrick County on April 2, 1956 to the late Albert Grady Foley and Rosie Foley. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Ray Foley. Mr. Foley...
Mr. Franklin McArthur Woods
Sep 13, 2015
Mr. Franklin McArthur Woods, 72, of Cana, VA, passed away at his home Sunday morning, September 13, 2015. He was born in Carroll County, VA on December 4, 1942 to the late Emmett and Etta Belle Edwards Woods. Mr. Woods retired from Bassett Furniture, where he built samples of fine furniture. He was a devoted husband, loving father and grandfather...
Judy Edwards O'Neal
Sep 13, 2015
Mrs. Judy Edwards O’Neal, 68, of Dobson, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. O’Neal was born May 18, 1947, to the late James C. and Lois Mills Edwards. Her love of cooking and children made her an asset to the Surry County School System. She was also a member of Level Cross United Methodist Church. ...
Mr. Franklin D Gravely
Sep 12, 2015
After a courageous ten year fight with cancer, Franklin D Gravely, of Mt. Airy, won the final victory when he passed from this earth to his Heavenly Home on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at his home. His precious Penny, Dean and wife of fifty years, Linda and his special Katie surrounded him with love. Mr. Gravely was born in Surry...