Mr. William Samuel "Sammy" Wilson, 66, of 166 Sherry Drive, Mount Airy, passed away early Monday morning, December 29, 2014, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Wilson was born March 23, 1948, in Surry County, the son of the late Wade Mitchell and Dula Mae Sawyers Wilson. Sammy served our country in the United States Army in the...
Ms. Bernice Emma Key Bullins, age 70, of Dobson passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Surry County on February 5, 1944 to the late Allen and Ada Smith Key. Ms. Bullins was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She leaves to cherish her memory, two...
Mr. Charles Calvin Reece, 86, of Claremont, passed away Sunday evening, December 28, 2014, at Sherrills Ford Hospice House. Mr. Reece was born March 23, 1928, in Surry County, the son of the late David Lee and Janie Marsh Reece. Calvin retired as a plumber from Shelton Plumbing Company and was a member of Dayspring Baptist Chapel. He is...
Mr. Tony Gray D'Amico, age 74, of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014 at his home. Mr. D'Amico was born in Surry County on March 19, 1940 to Marion and Maggie Bobbitt D'Amico. He proudly served our country in the United States Navy and worked at NC Foam. Surviving is his loving of wife of 52 years, Frankie...
Mrs. Lummie Ila Haynes McMillian, 75 widow of Dudley McMillian passed away Friday, December 26, 2014 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Carroll County, VA on March 14, 1939 to the late James Garfield and Hester May Hiatt Haynes. Mrs. McMillian was a member of Flat Ridge Baptist Church. She worked in furniture manufacturing during much of...
Mr. Grady Dodson Money, age 87, of Thurmond passed away peacefully on Friday, December 26, 2014 at Chatham Nursing Center. He was born in Surry County on October 10, 1927 to the late Finley and Alice Norman Money. Mr. Money was retired from Pepsi Cola Bottling Company after thirty eight years of dedicated service and was a charter member of...
Mrs. Joy Mae York Jones, age 74, of Blue Ridge Nursing Center, Stuart, VA, widow of Mr. William Jones, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2014, at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart, VA. She was born February 12, 1940, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Charlie and Mazie Surratt York. Mrs. Jones was an avid gardner, homemaker, and...
Mr. Jack Lewis Simmons, 93, of Pilot Mountain passed away at his home on Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Mr. Simmons bravely served in the U.S. Army. He was a member of Simmons Grove Baptist Church. Mr. Simmons was the devoted husband of Juanita Chilton Simmons for 67 years. He was a hard working farmer and carpenter, always putting the welfare...
Mrs. Bonnie Lee Hawks Collins, 84, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Surry County on June 13, 1930 to the late Wilburn and Lillie Bryant Hawks. Mrs. Collins was a homemaker and a member of Community Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Kathy...
Mrs. Millie Jacqueline "Jackie" Coleman Scott, age 80 of Mt. Airy, entered into the more immediate presence of the Lord on Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Mrs. Scott was born in Surry County on July 26, 1934 to Andrew Jackson and Ollie Belle Westmoreland Coleman. She was retired from the Surry County Health Department. Mrs. Scott was a devoted member of...
Mr. Roger Lee Crotts, 59, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2014, at his home. He was born February 14, 1955, in Surry County, to the late Odell Edgar Crotts and Mozelle Crotts Jones. He was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by a sister, Wanda Faye Butcher of Mount Airy; a brother, Franklin Crotts of Oklahoma...
Mr. Thomas Barry Humber, age 70, formerly of Memphis, TN, passed away on Saturday December 20, 2014 in Madison, VA. He was born in Memphis, TN, on October 29, 1944 to the late William and Edith Collins Humber; in addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Beth Reece Humber, father-in-law Harold Reece and mother-in-law Violette...
Mrs. Elizabeth "Lib" Fulk Gates, age 83 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Gates was born in Surry County on September 10, 1931 to Frank and Sally Mitchell Fulk. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and many friends. Surviving are...
Mr. Justin Lee Bowman, 25 of Madison, NC passed away at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro on Friday, December 19, 2014. He was born in Charleston, SC on July 12, 1989 to Perry Gray Bowman and the late Jamie Ann Dragston Bowman. He is survived by his father and step-mother, Perry Gray and Renee Hawks Bowman; a special friend, Jill...
Mr. Donald Warren Dowdy, age 87 of Mt. Airy, entered into the more immediate presence of the Lord on Friday, December 19, 2014. Mr. Dowdy was born in Durham County on June 18, 1927 to Carlton Daniel and Clara Oakley Dowdy. He was a dedicated member of Grace Moravian Church where he was known not only for his devotion to...
Mr. James Matthew Ayers, 75, of 2012 Bear Trail, Cana, VA, passed away Friday, December 19, 2014, at his home. Mr. Ayers was born August 2, 1939, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Ewell and Lucy Gwynn Ayers. He retired as the owner and operator of Ayers Produce in Pulaski, VA, and was a member of the Christian faith....
Mrs. Beatrice Gail Maggard Wall, 59, of 131 Boaz Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Friday afternoon, December 19, 2014, at her home. Mrs. Wall was born July 31, 1955, in Pikeville, KY, the daughter of the late Eugene and Dixie Stratton Maggard. Beatrice was a homemaker. She is survived by three daughters, Sherri Lewis and her fiancé, Jason Hubbard, of...
Mr. Wayne Gray Heath Age 67 of Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Wednesday December 17, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC. Mr. Heath was born May 9, 1947 in Surry County to the late Walter and Versie McBride Heath. Surviving are his wife Linda Jean Tate Heath of the home, four sons and daughters-in-law Gary Douglas and...
Mr. O. Harvey Griggs of Mt. Airy passed away at his home on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. He was born in Bath Count, VA on September 17, 1935 to the late Sam B. and Sarah Harvey Griggs. He was former owner of O. Harvey Griggs Texaco in Mt. Airy and Co-Owner of Sam B. Griggs in Galax. He is survived...
Mr. Bernie Walter Vaughn, 86, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday morning, December 17, 2014. Mr. Vaughn was born September 3, 1928, in Surry County, 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...