Roger Lee Crotts
Dec 23, 2014
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
Dec 20, 2014
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 Fulk Gates
Dec 20, 2014
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
Dec 19, 2014
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
Dec 19, 2014
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...
James Matthew Ayers
Dec 19, 2014
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....
Beatrice Gail Maggard Wall
Dec 19, 2014
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...
Wayne Gray Heath
Dec 18, 2014
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
Dec 17, 2014
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...
Bernie Walter Vaughn
Dec 17, 2014
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...
Ms. Shannon Carroll Sawyers
Dec 17, 2014
Ms. Shannon Carroll Bingman Sawyers age 44 of Dodson Mill Road, Pilot Mountain, NC passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born July 26, 1970 in Surry County to Charles Bingman and Janice Wheeler Turney. She had worked as a phlebotomist with Mt. Airy Dialysis Center. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Meagan Dakota and...
Mr. Joe Henry Simmons
Dec 17, 2014
Mr. Joe Henry Simmons, age 71 of Wilkesboro, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at his home. Mr. Simmons was born in Stokes County on March 18, 1943 to Inez Franklin Simmons and the late Edgar Gaylon Simmons. He was a loving husband, and family man. He was a retired truck driver. He is survived by his devoted wife, Connie...
Mrs. Doris Holyfield Wilmoth
Dec 17, 2014
Mrs. Doris Holyfield Wilmoth, age 81, of Dobson, NC passed away on Wednesday December 17, 2014 at the Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Surry County on March 8th 1933 to the late Jim and Ila Norman Holyfield. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Charlie Wilmoth; one granddaughter Chortney Wilmoth;...
Ms. Betty Jean Williamson Dowell
Dec 16, 2014
Ms. Betty Jean Williamson Dowell, age 85 of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Ms. Dowell was born in Surry County on June 4, 1929 to Robert and Mary Jane Bumgardner Williamson. Ms. Dowell really loved her more than twenty years while at Snappy Lunch. She was also a loving mother, grandmother and...
Ms. Elke LaShane Boyd
Dec 16, 2014
Ms. Elke LaShane Boyd, 37 of Cana departed her earthly home on December 16, 2014 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on September 3, 1977 to Eldridge "Elk" and Oma Boyd. She was Director of Child Nutrition for Mt. Airy City Schools and a member of Westview Baptist Church. Elke was much loved by many for her joy...
Mr. Robert Boyd Cook
Dec 16, 2014
Mr. Robert Boyd "Rob" Cook age 39 of 324 Valleyview Road, Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at his home. He was born April 22, 1975 in Fulton County, GA to Linda Allen Moore Cook and the late Boyd Rickey Cook. He was a member of Salem United Methodist Church. Surviving are his mother, Linda Moore Cook of...
Ms. Mozelle Bonds King
Dec 16, 2014
Ms. Mozelle Faye Bonds King age 73 of 358 Goodspur Trail, Cana, VA passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at Golden Living in Galax, VA, She was born January 29, 1941 in Martinsville, VA to the late Hurley and Lois Moxley Bonds. She was a homemaker and attended Mt. Airy Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving are three sons and daughters-in-law, James...
Mrs. Brenda Jefferies Harding
Dec 16, 2014
Mrs. Brenda Jefferies Harding age 73, of Pilot Mountain, NC, passed away at her home on Tuesday evening December 16, 2014. Mrs. Harding was born in Spartanburg County, SC on September 25, 1941 the daughter of the late Ferrest Lee and Helen Felmet Jefferies. Brenda started her career in banking with The Bank of Pilot Mountain and then worked with...
Mr. Rossie Lee Dezern
Dec 15, 2014
Mr. Rossie Lee Dezern, age 92, of Dobson, a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away on Monday morning at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on July 6, 1922 to the late Cleve Ephram Dezern and the late Vertie Cockerham Dezern. In addition to...
Mr. Michael Clay "Bull" Inman
Dec 15, 2014
Mr. Michael Clay "Bull" Inman, age 64 of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, December 15, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Inman was born in Surry County on March 26, 1950 to the late Media Arnold and Delia Agnes Johnson Inman. He retired from N. C. Granite Corp in October 2013 and was a member of Indian Grove Baptist Church....