Dorothia "Dottie" Lee Perry Bowman
Apr 18, 2015
Mrs. Dorothia "Dottie" Lee Perry Bowman, 81, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015 at NC Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem. She was born in Burke County on December 23, 1933 to the late John Dillon and Laura Plemmons Perry. Mrs. Bowman was a homemaker, a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of Grace Moravian...
Mr. Thomas Lee Barnard
Apr 18, 2015
Mr. Thomas Lee Barnard, 79 of Ararat, VA passed away at his home Saturday, April 18, 2015. He was born in Patrick County on March 4, 1936 to the late Thomas Benjamin and Nettie Myrtle Bowman Barnard. He proudly served our country in the U.S. Army and was a retired brick mason. He is survived by his wife, Daisy Mae...
Hugh H. Peoples
Apr 17, 2015
Hugh H. Peoples, 71, died of complications from Parkinson's Disease on April 17, 2015 at Arbor Acres Retirement Community in Winston-Salem. Hugh was born November 30, 1943 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. His father, Hugh Edwin Peoples, was a member of the Armed Services stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. He was studying law in 1949 at the time of...
Lockie Dorilla Lawson Smith
Apr 17, 2015
Mrs. Lockie Dorilla Lawson Smith, age 87 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2015. Mrs. Smith was born in Surry County on February 29, 1928 to John Lester and Mary Etta Brooks Lawson. Mrs. Smith worked for forty years at Spencer's Inc. and after retirement continued to work at Utt's Campground. She was a dedicated and strong mother,...
Mr. John Glenn Easter
Apr 17, 2015
Mr. John Glenn Easter, 94, of High Point, formerly of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, April 17, 2015 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County to the late Grover Cleveland and Annie McCreary Easter. Mr. Easter bravely served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a retired security...
Sharon Joy Smith Hardy
Apr 17, 2015
Mrs. Sharon Joy Smith Hardy Age 55 of Mt. Airy passed way Friday April 17, 2015 at the Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Hardy was born January 1, 1960 in Surry County to Billy Grey and Peggy Beck Smith. Sharon was a teacher, Asst. Principal and Principal in the Surry County School System for 21 Years and was a...
Mrs. Karen Meyer Barnett
Apr 17, 2015
Mrs. Karen Meyer Barnett age 78, of Mt. Airy, NC, passed away Friday April 17, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Barnett was born in Fort Collins, CO on August 11, 1936 the daughter of the late Ed and Alice Cheatwood Meyer. Mrs. Barnett enjoyed time painting and working in her garden, and also was an accomplished organist and pianist. She...
Mr. Jimmy Ben Stovall
Apr 16, 2015
Mr. Jimmy Ben Stovall, age 76 of Stuart, passed away April 16, 2015 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born on March 19, 1939 in Patrick County to the late Richard "Dick" Moir Stovall and Ruth Holt Stovall. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Nancy Jane Curry; two brothers, Richard "Wimpy"...
Arlis Eugene Hodges
Apr 15, 2015
Mr. Arlis Eugene Hodges, 76, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Surry County on March 11, 1939 to the late John Lee and Lena Felts Hodges. Mr. Hodges retired from R.J. Reynolds and was a member of Hope Fellowship Church. He proudly served our...
Rev. Carl Ray Beck
Apr 15, 2015
The Rev. Carl Ray Beck, 77, of 367 Sam Fulk Road, Pilot Mountain, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at his home. The Rev. Beck was born July 12, 1937, in Surry County, the son of the late Lonnie and Annie Davis Beck. The Rev. Beck pastored several Baptist churches in the local area for many years. In his later...
Mrs. Sophia Lorraine Smith Hawks
Apr 15, 2015
Mrs. Sophia Lorraine Smith "Mink" Hawks, age 99, of Mt. Airy, widow of William Henry Hawks who started the First Church of the Brethren in Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Hawks was born in Surry County on August 23, 1915 to the late Grover Cleveland and Emma Parker Smith. Mrs. Hawks was retired...
Vann Raymond Reese
Apr 15, 2015
Mr. Vann Raymond Reese, 54, of 544 Tea Cup Lane, Lowgap, passed away Wednesday evening, April 15, 2015, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Reese was born September 16, 1960, in Surry County, to Imogene Ardner Reeves and the late Uriah Faw Reeves. Vann was formerly employed as a truck driver at Blue Ridge Concrete Products Inc....
Mrs. Ronella Holmes Goad
Apr 14, 2015
Mary Ronella Holmes Goad, age 90, of Mount Airy, left her earthly home to claim her Victory in Christ on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Ronella was born in Surry County on June 17, 1924, to the late Thelma Dobie and John William Holmes. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, David Clarence Goad, to whom she...
Mrs. Geneva Virginia Barker Wilson
Apr 14, 2015
Mrs. Geneva Virginia Barker Wilson, age 90, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Wilson was born in Surry County on April 30, 1924 to Joe and Victoria Johnson Barker. She was a loving mother and grandmother was devoted to her family and church as long as her health allowed. Surviving are a daughter and...
Wallace Cornelius McMillan
Apr 13, 2015
Mr. Wallace Cornelius McMillan, 74, of 117 Old Lowgap Road South, Mount Airy, passed away Monday night, April 13, 2015, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Wallace was born November 11, 1940, in Surry County. He was one of five children born to the late Elbert Chester and Josephine McCraw McMillan. Wallace farmed for many years and later worked as...
Donald Ray Vaughn
Apr 13, 2015
Mr. Donald Ray Vaughn, 84, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully at Northern Hospital of Surry County on Monday, April 13, 2015, one of nine children born to the late Zebulon Vance and Ella Mae Robertson Vaughn. He was retired from Vaughn's Shoe Shop, having been the third generation to carry on this trade that was started by his grandfather,...
Mr. Hurley Lee Upchurch
Apr 13, 2015
Mr. Hurley Lee Upchurch, age 65 of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, April 13, 2015, at his home. Mr. Upchurch was born in Surry County on January 19, 1950, to Dennis and Maggie Senter Upchurch. He served our country in the United States Army and was a loving husband, father and grandfather who will be dearly missed by his family...
Mrs. Gertrude Rena Gammons Marion
Apr 13, 2015
Mrs. Gertrude Rena Gammons Marion, age 80, of Mount Airy passed away peacefully on Monday, April 13, 2015 at Central Continuing Care. She was born in Surry County on December 1, 1934, one of eleven children born to the late Reid and Essie Ada Reynolds Gammons. Mrs. Marion was a homemaker who dedicated her life to serving God and her...
Mrs. Hester Lorraine Thompson Greenwood
Apr 13, 2015
Mrs. Hester Lorraine Thompson Greenwood, age 90 of Mt. Airy, went home to be with the Lord on April 13, 2015. Mrs. Greenwood was born in Surry County on May 27, 1924 to Lonnie and Minnie Doby Thompson. She was a devoted Christian "a true prayer warrior", and loving mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her...
Mr. Hoy Brewster Wood
Apr 12, 2015
Hoy Wood, 76, peacefully passed away on April 12, 2015 at Novant Health Forsyth Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born on October 1, 1938 in Patrick Springs, VA to the late Oscar and Myrtie Fulcher Wood. Hoy grew up in Patrick Springs, VA and graduated from Stuart High School in 1957 where he met the love of his life,...