Mr. Kenneth Luther Perkins, Sr. age 81 of Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Monday December 21, 2015 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Mr. Perkins was born June 15, 1934 in Montcalm, WV. To the late Albert and Georgia Perkins, he was retired from Bassett Furniture and was a member of Fancy Gap Baptist Church. Surviving are one...
Mrs. Melba Hutchens Wright, 89, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2015, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Wright was born July 11, 1926, to the late Porter and Flora Bryant Johnson. She was a faithful member of Piney Grove Baptist Church and a homemaker, who enjoyed cooking for her loving family. She also spent 4½ years...
Mr. Charles Franklin Jordan Jr. age 58 of Patrick Springs, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Henry County on January 11, 1957 to the late Charles Franklin Jordan Sr. and Donna Ellis Jordan Helms. In addition to his parents he was preceded in...
Mr. Howard Thompson”Hootie” Sneed Jr.
Mr. Howard “Hootie” Sneed Jr , age 51 of Elkin passed away Sunday, December 20, 2015 at Hugh Chatham Medical Center in Elkin. Mr. Sneed was born July 26, 1964 in Guilford County to the late Howard Thompson Sneed Sr. and Bonnie Burch Sneed. He worked at Absolute Auto and was loved by all that...
Mrs. Hattie Loraine “Tinnie” Hawks Worrell, 79, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2015, at Central Continuing Care. She was born November 13, 1936, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Elliott and Fannie Underwood Hawks. Mrs. Worrell was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a homemaker and a member of True Vine Baptist Church. She...
Mr. Richard Gray Hicks, 63, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away Saturday afternoon, December 19, 2015, at his home. Mr. Hicks was born November 12, 1952, in Surry County, the son of the late Lloyd Rayvond and Anna Belle Clement Hicks. Richard retired from the United States Air Force after 21 years of service and later worked at Hicks Waterstoves. He...
Miss Ruby Lee Collins, 75, of 326 Fisher Valley Road, Dobson, passed away early Saturday morning, December 19, 2015, at her home. Miss Collins was born March 17, 1940, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Lamer Houston and Pauline Hicks Collins. She was a homemaker and a member of White Plains Baptist Church. She is survived by a...
Mr. Leon Smart, age 82 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Patrick County on February 14, 1933 to the late Delmar Smart and Ada Branch Smart. In addition to his parents, Mr. Smart was preceded in death by two brothers, Fred...
Ms. Brenda Kay Coleman Swisher age 60, of Stuart, Virginia passed away on Friday, December 18, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on December 24, 1954 to the late Robert Leonard Coleman and Barbara Ella Hughes Coleman. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother, Roger Coleman. Kay was of...
Mr. Jimmy Nash Cothran, 77, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, December 17, 2015 at his home. He was born in Robeson County on January 31, 1938 to the late, James Ira and Cleo Britt Cothran. He served our country in the Army Reserve for seven years. Jim’s rural Robeson County rearing gave him the opportunity to learn the value...
Mrs. Nellie Florence Lawson Holland, 91 of Mt. Airy, widow of Buford Champ Holland, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2015 at the Golden Living Center. She was born May 15, 1924 to the late Fletcher and Magalene Beasley Lawson. There will be no formal services at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at www.moodyfuneralservices.com.
He was born in Abingdon on February 15, 1935 to the late Wyndom andMargie Cumbo Mitchell. He had retired from GeneralMotors and Rural Services. All other services will beheld at Farris Funeral Home in Abingdon. Visitation
Friday December 18th, 2015
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Dr. Stella Mae Smith age 93, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Stella planned to beat the odds and have successful heart surgery to enjoy a longer life. She was born in Patrick County, Virginia, on March 4, 1922. Dr. Smith was a retired English Professor, and...
Mrs. Betty Jean Burkhart, 75 of Mt. Airy passed away at her home Tuesday, December 15, 2015. She was born in Surry County on September 4, 1940 to the late Victor James and Jodie Violet Goins Burkhart. Mrs. Burkhart a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Friel Austin Burkhart; a daughter and son-in-law, Teresa and Larry Padgett; sons and...
Mrs. Janet Martin Harbour, age 72, of Patrick Springs passed away Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. She was born on Dec. 25, 1942 in Patrick County to the late James Raleigh Martin and Viola Lawson Martin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Troy Harbour; and a brother-in-law, Henderson...
Magdalene Turpin Comer, 90, of Mt. Airy died peacefully December 14, 2015 with her children by her side. She was born to the late Charles and Mallie Turpin August 1, 1925, in Mount Airy. Magdalene graduated from White Plains High School and Appalachian State. She married the late Louis H. Comer and they lived together until his death in 1993....
Mr. Don Pearl Brintle, 74, of Cocoa, FL, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015, at his home after a long illness. Mr. Brintle was born March 22, 1941, in Surry County, the son of the late Jacob Spencer and Hattie Pearl Nichols Brintle. Don worked as an electrician for many years at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He moved...
Jack Bernard Overby, 87, died Saturday December 12th at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Jack was born on January 20, 1928 in Mt. Airy to the late McKinley and Merlie Overby. He was a 1948 graduate of Mt. Airy H.S. Jack served in both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force. He retired in 1976 as a USAF Technical...
Mrs. Virginia Dare Holder Collins, age 90 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, December 11, 2015, at Central Continuing Care. She was born in Surry County on February 13, 1925 to Benjamin Franklin and Fannie Lou Golding Holder. Mrs. Collins worked at Spencers Inc., in Food Services at Bannertown and Tharrington Schools until retirement, was a hostess at Hardees until...
Mr. John Grover Stanley, age 87, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Friday morning December 11, 2015 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Yadkin County on January 15, 1928 to the late Harrison and Magdalene Davis Stanley. He was retired from Wayne Farms in Dobson and was of the Baptist Faith. In addition to his...