Obituaries
Betty Jane Barton Gramling
Aug 25, 2015
Mrs. Betty Jane Barton Gramling, 93, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2015, at the home of her daughter in Mount Airy, NC. Mrs. Gramling was born March 13, 1922, in Seneca, SC, to the late Charles Wilson and Jennie Roberts Harper. Betty was a retired switch board operator from Oconee Memorial Hospital. She loved animals, traveling, music, and dancing and...
Rev. John Edwin Shore
Aug 25, 2015
Rev. John Edwin Shore, age 71 of Stuart, Virginia went to heaven to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Forsyth Medical Center surrounded by his family and loved ones. He was born in Winston-Salem on April 12, 1944 to the late Mr. Fredrick Newsome Shore and Mildred Beasley Shore, who resided in King, NC. In addition...
Mrs. Sylvia Marie Puckett Clarke
Aug 25, 2015
Mrs. Sylvia Marie Puckett Clarke, 78, of Elkin passed away Monday, August 24, 2015 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on October 18, 1936 to the late Lawrence Rees and Bertha Hicks Puckett. Mrs. Clarke was a retired Registered Nurse and in her younger days she was a wrestler Marie Darnell that traveled...
Mr. Wade Woltz Puckett
Aug 24, 2015
Mr. Wade Woltz Puckett, 81 of Mt. Airy passed away at Golden Living Center Monday, August 24, 2015. He was born in Surry County on April 8, 1934 to the late Jesse Franklin and Lola Davis Puckett. Mr. Puckett was a gentle kind hearted man, loving father, grandfather and friend. He retired from Cross Creek Apparel - Russell Corp, although...
Miss Amanda Swartzel "Beasley"
Aug 23, 2015
Miss Amanda Eva "Sweetpea" Swartzel "Beasley", age 39, of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2015. She was born in Forsyth County on May 21, 1976 to Linda Slate Beasley and the late, Herman C. Swartzel. Never meeting a stranger, Sweetpea was immediately loved by everyone she met. She touched the lives of so many with her infectious charm...
Mrs. Minnie Alice Cockram DeHart
Aug 23, 2015
Mrs. Minnie Alice Cockram DeHart, age 80 of Woolwine, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2015 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on July 12, 1935 to the late Buren and Pat Harbour Cockram. In addition to her parents, Mrs. DeHart was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Cline DeHart, and an infant brother.
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Mr. Carroll Curtis Coates, Sr
Aug 22, 2015
Mr. Carroll Curtis Coates, Sr., age 85 of Stuart, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2015 at the Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. He was born in Halifax County on November 4, 1929 to the late Garland and Nellie Younger Coates. In addition to his parents, Mr. Coates was preceded in death by a son, Thad Coates and a daughter,...
Jessie Virginia Simmons Harrell
Aug 20, 2015
Mrs. Jessie Virginia Simmons Harrell, 96, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday evening, August 20, 2015, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Harrell was born March 22, 1919, in Surry County, one of six children born to the late Joseph C. and Maude Ella Lee Simmons. Jessie and her late husband, Samuel Kern Harrell, owned and operated Harrell Oil...
Mr. Roger Eugene Tolbert
Aug 20, 2015
Mr. Roger Eugene Tolbert, age 77 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015 at Central Continuing Care. Mr. Tolbert was born in Surry County on August 26, 1937 to Garfield and Emma Smith Tolbert. Mr. Tolbert had the honor of serving his country in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict aboard the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Columbus....
Iris Hazlewood Hylton
Aug 20, 2015
Iris Hazlewood Hylton, age 85 of Danville, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on April 13, 1930 to the late Joseph Samuel and Wayra Gunter Hazlewood. In addition to her parents, Iris was preceded in death by three sisters, Ethelyne Creasey, Thelma Martin and Doris Ellen Martin. She was a member...
Thomas Edward Brown
Aug 20, 2015
Mr. Thomas Edward Brown, age 90, a well-known farmer in the Westfield Community passed away at his home Thursday, August 20, 2015. Born on February 1, 1925, Mr. Brown was a Veteran of World War II and served in Europe. Until the decline of his health, Mr. Brown was a active member of Westfield Baptist Church where he had served...
Mr. Marvin "Dale" Hawks
Aug 19, 2015
"Heaven gained a beautiful bearded angel" when Mr. Marvin "Dale" Hawks, age 59 of Ararat, VA, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Hawks was born in Surry County on January 16, 1956 to Clinton Hawks and the late Myrtle Belle East Hawks. He was deeply loved and admired not only by...
Linda Faye Newman Payne
Aug 16, 2015
Mrs. Linda Faye Newman Payne, 72, A most valiant saint of God left Howard & Joan Woltz Hospice Home Sunday, August 16, 2015 to be in His presence shouting the victory over cancer. In her absence here on earth, her husband of 52 years, Dennis Payne, will continue God's work until the day they are reunited at the feet of...
Mr. James Cecil "J.C." Gwyn
Aug 16, 2015
Mr. James Cecil "J.C." Gwyn, age 47 of Sparta, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2015, at Sunbridge Nursing Center. He was born in Surry County on August 13, 1968 to Ida Mae Haynes Gwyn and the late Cecil Gwyn. J.C. was a loving husband, father, son and brother. He was a man always thinking of others. He is survived by...
Mr. Billy "Bill" Payne
Aug 15, 2015
Mr. Billy "Bill" Payne, age 83, of Dobson, North Carolina passed away at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy on Saturday August 15, 2015. He was born in Surry County on July 24, 1932 to the late William Manley and Jennie Wood Payne. In addition to his parents he was preceded by his loving wife of fifty four years Mrs....
Mr. William "Billy" Ernest Pendleton
Aug 15, 2015
Mr. William Ernest "Billy" Pendleton, age 73, of Laurel Fork passed away Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 at Twin County Hospital in Galax. He was born in Patrick County on Feb. 4, 1942 to the late Charles Jennings Pendleton and Vergie Mae Boyd Pendleton. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a brother, Mark Hanson Pendleton....
Mrs. Mildred West Martin
Aug 14, 2015
Mrs. Mildred West Martin, age 90, of Stuart, Virginia went to be with the Lord on August 14, 2015 at Chatham Nursing and Rehabilitation in Elkin, NC. She was born to the late Andrew Bennett West and Emma Hall West. She graduated from Meadows of Dan High School in Virginia. She worked in the shipyards at Newport News, Virginia and...
Callie Virginia Puckett Smith
Aug 14, 2015
Callie Virginia Puckett Smith, 32, of Cana, beloved wife, mother, daughter, and sister passed away at her home on Friday, August 14th, 2015. Callie was born December 06, 1982, just one minute before her twin sister Colleen. Inseparable and sometimes indistinguishable, these two had a bond and a love that was beyond compare. Callie graduated from Carroll County High School...
Rachel Reid Thomas
Aug 13, 2015
Mrs. Rachel Reid Thomas, 77, of the Pine Hill community, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2015, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Thomas was born March 19, 1938, in Surry County, one of five children born to the late Richard Lee and Bessie Fulk Reid. Rachel retired from Cross Creek Apparel and was an active...
Mr. Carl Wayne Burge
Aug 13, 2015
Mr. Carl Wayne Burge, age 90 of Claudville, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2015 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on November 3, 1924 to the late Walter Richard Burge and Nora Ellen Stanley Burge. In addition to his parents, Mr. Burge was preceded in death by his wife, Lelia Anna Flippin Burge; three brothers, Walter Stanley...
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