Joseph Edwin Denney
Mar 19, 2015
Mr. Joseph Edwin "Joe" Denney, 67, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Duke University Hospital in Durham. He was surrounded by love, family, and prayer. Mr. Denney was born April 10, 1947, in Madison County, KY, one of two children born to Edwin Ray and Elinor Kundert Denney. Joe...
Mrs. Lenora Ellen Shaver Barrett
Mar 18, 2015
Mrs. Lenora Ellen Shaver Barrett, age 74, of Dobson passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Northern Hospital of Surry County, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Franklin County, Ohio on May 22, 1940 to the late Cecil Otis and Maude Juanita Stephenson Shaver. Mrs. Barrett was a graduate of The Ohio State University having...
Sylvia Ann Simpson Atkins
Mar 18, 2015
Ms. Sylvia Ann Simpson Atkins, 82, of Mount Airy, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law in King. Ms. Atkins was born January 2, 1933, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Charlie and Mattie Johnson Simpson. She retired from Spencer's Inc. and later worked as...
Mr. Willard Lee Miller, Jr
Mar 18, 2015
Mr. Willard Lee Miller, Jr. age 78 of Easley, SC, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015 in Greenville, SC. Mr. Miller was born in High Point, NC to Willard Lee Miller, Sr. and Geneva Gertrude Farabee Miller. He proudly served our country in the United States Army, was a Free Mason and was a retired truck driver. Surviving are his...
James Robert Hodges
Mar 16, 2015
Mr. James Robert Hodges, 69, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, March 16, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Surry County on January 29, 1946 to the late Jahue Tobe and Bertha Nichols Hodges. He was retired from Save-A-Lot Food Store and was a member of Friendly Tabernacle. He is survived by...
Mrs. Betty Sue Owen
Mar 16, 2015
Mrs. Betty Sue Owen, 69 of Mt. Airy went home to rest and rejoice with her Friend and Savior, Jesus Christ Monday, March 16, 2015 and to be with her family that went home before. She was born in Surry County on July 25, 1945 to the late Patrick W. and Eva T. Bobbitt. Betty was a loving wife and...
Annie Chandler Seal
Mar 16, 2015
Mrs. Annie Chandler Seal, 88, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Monday evening, March 16, 2015, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, after a short illness. Mrs. Seal was born March 30, 1926, in Surry County, one of three children born to the late Joe and Julia Leftwich Chandler. She married Joseph Franklin "Joe Frank"...
Miss Lorna Lillian Adkins
Mar 14, 2015
Miss Lorna Lillian Adkins, age 88 of Stuart, Virginia, passed away at The Blue Ridge Therapy Connection on Saturday, March 14, 2015. She was born in Patrick County on July 11, 1926 to the late Will E. Adkins and Lillie Bowling Adkins. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by three sisters, Vera Shelton, Nerine Schwichtenberg, and...
Mr. "Buck" Glen David Edwards
Mar 13, 2015
Mr. "Buck" Glen David Edwards, age 70 of Mt. Airy, died Saturday, March 14, 2015 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Edwards was born in Surry County on March 18, 1944 to the late Glen and Cora Belle Mayes Edwards. He was retired from Scenic Ford Motor Company and was a member of Ladonia Baptist Church. Surviving are his devoted...
Mr. Quiller Lewis "Little Feller" Dixon
Mar 13, 2015
Mr. Quiller Lewis “Little Feller" Dixon, age 36 of Lowgap passed away unexpectedly. He was born in Forsyth County on December 18, 1978 to the late Arlene Dixon Hamm. Mr. Dixon was employed by Renfro as a fixer and attended Pine Ridge Baptist Church. Survivors include his loving Step-parents, Avery and Norma Dixon, of Lowgap; his “daddy" Louie Jones of...
Brenda Frances Shelton Watts
Mar 13, 2015
Mrs. Brenda Frances Shelton Watts, 67, of 1125 Fowler Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday afternoon, March 13, 2015, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Watts was born May 13, 1947, in Georgia, the only child born to the late Willie and Marie Allred Shelton. Brenda retired as a teaching assistant at Franklin Elementary School...
Miss Lucy Jeanette Draughn
Mar 13, 2015
Miss Lucy Jeanette Draughn age 65, of Martinsville, VA and formerly of Mount Airy and Stuart died Friday, March 13, 2015 at the Golden Living Center in Martinsville, VA. Miss Draughn was born July 29, 1949, the daughter of the late Austin Samuel and Elsie Moore Draughn. She is survived by her aunt, Mrs. Ruby M. Moore of Mount Airy...
Annie Lou Hutchins Smith
Mar 12, 2015
Annie Smith Mrs. Annie Lou Hutchins Smith, age 78 of Jonesville NC, passed away March 12, 2015 at The Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born February 3 , 1937 to the late Claude Allen Hutchins and the late Dora Reece Hutchins.She was a retired cook and homemaker, and a member of Bear Creek Baptist Church....
Franklin Roosevelt Snow
Mar 11, 2015
Mr. Franklin Roosevelt Snow age 85 of Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Wednesday March 11, 2015 at the Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. Mr. Snow was born July 19, 1933 in Grayson County, VA. to the late James Edgar and Etta Liza Lawson Snow. Mr. Snow was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and was a retired waiter. Surviving...
Mr. Julian Paul Roudabush, Jr
Mar 11, 2015
Mr. Julian Paul Roudabush, Jr., age 86 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Roanoke on June 30, 1928 to the late Julian Paul Roudabush, Sr. and Adelaide Akers Roudabush. Paul was a member of Nettle Ridge United Methodist Church and had grown up in the Villamont Presbyterian Church....
Miss Katie Kathleen Hall
Mar 10, 2015
Miss Katie Kathleen Hall, 79, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at Central Continuing Care. She was born in Surry County on November 19, 1935, the only child of the late William Meady and Novadie "Vadie" Gammons Hall. She was a member of Indian Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by several cousins. Funeral services will be...
Christine Elizabeth Walker Hawks
Mar 9, 2015
Mrs. Christine Elizabeth Walker Hawks, 85, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, March 9, 2015, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Christine was born September 10, 1929, to Clarence and Arsie Walker in Madison Heights, VA, and raised in Lynchburg, VA. She married Carroll Gray Hawks, Sr. on December 21, 1946, when Carroll returned from World War II....
Mrs. Stella Vaughn Gusler
Mar 8, 2015
Mrs. Stella Vaughn Gusler, age 81, of Stuart passed away Sunday at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on Feb. 22, 1934 to the late Moir W. Vaughn and Sally Dollarhite Vaughn. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two sisters, Vera Burnette, Ellen Handy; and two brothers, Willie...
Ms. Lucille Bottomley Holt
Mar 7, 2015
Ms. Lucille Bottomley Holt, 88 of Mt. Airy passed away the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospie Home on Saturday, March 7, 2015. She was born on October 1, 1926 in Alleghany County, NC to the late William Cleve Bottomley and Annie Ogle Bottomley Tilley. Ms. Holt worked at Perry Manufacturing and Spencer’s before retiring. She was a member of Mayberry...
Paul James Edwards
Mar 7, 2015
Mr. Paul James Edwards, 83, of 129 Booker Street, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday afternoon, March 7, 2015, at Golden Living Center. Mr. Edwards was born January 26, 1932, in Surry County, the son of the late Thomas Jefferson Edwards, Sr. and Rebecca Elizabeth Tate Edwards. Paul worked as a cook in several local restaurants, including The Wagon Wheel Restaurant,...