Obituaries
Mrs. Betty Ward Holt
Sep 4, 2015
Mrs. Betty Ward Holt, 77 of Mt. Airy passed away at her home Friday, September 4, 2015. She was born in Stokes County on January 12, 1938 to the late George and Maybell Nunn Ward. She retired from Sara Lee and was of the Baptist Faith. Mrs. Holt is survived by her daughter, Vickey Faye Cooke Holden; three grandchildren, Wendy...
Mrs. Nancy Alice Banks Bobbitt
Sep 3, 2015
Mrs. Nancy Alice Banks Bobbitt, age 71 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Bobbitt was born in Surry County on January 31, 1944 to Harry Blaine Banks, Sr. and Bernice Kathleen Hill Banks. Mrs. Bobbitt leaves behind to cherish her memory, daughters and sons-in-law, Robin and Derrick Hill; Tammy and Gregory Carpenter; sons...
Mrs. Mildred Inez Holt Overby
Sep 3, 2015
Mrs. Mildred Inez Holt Overby, age 81 of Westfield, North Carolina, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on July 7, 1934 to the late Sherman and Ruby McHone Holt. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Overby was preceded in death by her husband, Russell Flinchum Overby; an infant son, Stephen Overby;...
Mrs. Marian Burgess Stephens
Sep 2, 2015
Mrs. Marian Burgess Stephens, age 86, of Stuart passed away Sept. 2, 2015 at her home. She was born on July 4, 1929 in Greenwood, SC to the late William R. and Mary Jarrett Burgess. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil William Stephens, Sr, whom she married in June of 1946; two...
Mr. Bobby Joe Rippey
Sep 2, 2015
Mr. Bobby Joe Rippey, age 55 of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Rippey was born in Surry County on March 30, 1960 to Rupert Joseph "Joe" Rippey and the late Virginia Smith Rippey. In addition to his father, Mr. Rippey leaves to cherish is memory, a daughter, Stephanie Wall; three precious...
Naomi Katherine Smith Marion
Sep 2, 2015
Ms. Naomi Katherine Smith Marion, 78, of 221 Cedar Ridge Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday night, September 2, 2015, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Ms. Marion was born June 14, 1937, in Grayson County, VA, the daughter of the late Emmett McDaniel and Bessie Lee Bartlett Smith. Katherine worked as a waitress at Dianna's...
Mark Robertson Freeman
Sep 2, 2015
Mr. Mark Robertson Freeman, 56, of 244 Forest Knoll Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday night, September 2, 2015, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Freeman was born May 9, 1959, in Surry County, one of five sons born to Robert Eldridge and Georgia Johnson Freeman. Mark worked as a dispatcher at Hardy Brothers Inc....
Mr. Warren Harden Wimbush, Sr
Sep 2, 2015
Mr. Warren Harden Wimbush, Sr., age 94 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on April 21, 1921 to the late Abe and Adeline Via Wimbush. In addition to his parents, Mr. Wimbush was preceded in death by two daughters, Patricia Ann Wimbush and Constance Renee Wimbush; five sisters, Rosa...
Mrs. Mary Estelle Corder Vernon
Sep 1, 2015
Mrs. Mary Estelle Corder Vernon Mrs. Mary Estelle Vernon, age 92, of Dobson passed away, Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Vernon was born January 20, 1923 in Surry County to the late Grady Clifton Corder and the late Cora Lee Corder. She was a retired homemaker and a member of Fairview Baptist...
Mr. Ray Gordon Hagwood, Sr
Aug 31, 2015
Mr. Ray Gordon Hagwood, Sr., age 79, passed away Monday, August 31, 2015. He was born May 14, 1936 to Henry Kelly and Lillian Brown Hagwood. He was a loving husband and father. He is survived by his wife, Iris Phillips Hagwood of the the home, three sons Ray (Bud) Hagwood, Jr. and wife, Kimberly, Henry (Sonny) Hagwood and wife...
Mrs. Lucy Linn Martin
Aug 31, 2015
Mrs. Lucy Linn Martin, age 62 of Stuart, passed away Monday, August 31, 2015 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. She was born in California on October 5, 1952 to the late Richard Earl Detrick and Mary Linn Thomason Detrick.
Mrs. Martin is survived by her husband, Jerry Martin of the home; four daughters, Chawn Foster of...
Mr. Glenn Scott
Aug 31, 2015
Mr. Glenn Scott, age 91, of Siloam passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, August 31, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Scott was born on July 4, 1924 in Stokes County to Samuel and Mattie Noah Scott. Mr. Scott was a lifelong farmer and attended Siloam Baptist Church. Mr. Scott is survived by his son and daughter-in-law,...
Mr. Terry Glen Ogle
Aug 31, 2015
Mr. Terry Glen Ogle, 50 of Cana, VA passed away unexpectedly at his home Monday, August 31, 2015. He was born in Surry County on February 5, 1965 to the late Henry and Lucy Gladys Guynn Ogle. He is survived by sisters and brothers-in-law, Louise and Clifton Thomas, Helen and Wade McMillian and twin sister and brother-in-law, Sherry and Stanley...
Alma Frances Nichols Vernon
Aug 30, 2015
Mrs. Alma Frances Nichols Vernon, 94, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on August 29, 1921 to the late Roy and Virginia Cook Nichols. Mrs. Vernon was retired from Renfro and was a faithful member of Calvary Baptist Church for over 60 years....
Blanche Pauline Scherrer
Aug 30, 2015
Mrs. Blanche Pauline Scherrer, age 97 of Mission, TX and formerly of Mount Airy, passed away in Mission, TX on August 30, 2015. Mrs. Scherrer was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 22, 1917 to the late John Vincent and Freida Elizabeth Hammer Schadt. While living in Mount Airy for eighteen years, Mrs. Scherrer was a member of Holy Angels...
Mr. Thomas Eddie Tatum, Sr
Aug 29, 2015
Mr. Thomas Eddie Tatum, Sr. age 88 of Trent Store Community in Virginia went to his Lord on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at The Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. He was born in Davidson County, NC on September 11, 1926 to the late Eddie Penn Tatum and Bessie Wagner Tatum. In addition to his parents, Mr. Tatum was preceded...
Frances Evelyn Ingram Avant
Aug 28, 2015
Mrs. Frances Evelyn Ingram Avant, 93, of Rockingham, passed away Friday evening, August 28, 2015, at the home of her son in Pilot Mountain. Mrs. Avant was born February 25, 1922, in Richmond County, the second of seven children born to the late Sanders Thomas Ingram, Sr. and Ida Mae Jolly Ingram. Evelyn worked in several textile mills in Richmond...
Mrs. Ola Mae Bledsoe Newman
Aug 27, 2015
Mrs. Ola Mae Bledsoe Newman Mrs. Ola Mae Bledsoe Newman, age 84, of Dobson passed away Thursday, August 27, 2015 at Pruitt Healthcare in Elkin. Mrs. Newman was born in Surry County on May 25, 1931 to the late John W. Bledsoe and the late Geneva Dinkins Bledsoe. She was a retired seamstress and a faithful member of Mt. Pleasant...
Mr. James Walter "Jimmy" Hopkins
Aug 26, 2015
Mr. James Walter "Jimmy" Hopkins, age 85 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at Pioneer Community Hospital. He was born in Patrick County on September 14, 1929 to the late Early R. Hopkins and Beulah Wright Hopkins. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hopkins was preceded in death by his first wife, Sylvia Cassell Hopkins; his second wife,...
Mr. Tom McMillian
Aug 26, 2015
Mr. Tom McMillian, 82, of Mount Airy, passed away early Wednesday morning, August 26, 2015, at his home. Mr. McMillian was born March 18, 1933, in Surry County, the son of the late Raleigh Franklin and Mary Susie Goins McMillian. Tom served our country in the United States Navy for two years. He retired as a supervisor from Proctor-Silex Inc....


