Cecilia "Candy" Bowman
Jul 26, 2014
Ms. Cecilia "Candy" Bowman, 49, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, July 26, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Patrick County on June 26, 1965 to the late Cecil and Barbara Gillespie Bowman. Ms. Bowman was a homemaker. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Christan and Jamie Vanhoy of Mt. Airy; three...
Mrs. Jeannie Bowers Frisco
Jul 25, 2014
Mrs. Jeannie Bowers Frisco, age 40 of Stuart passed away Friday, July 25, 2014 at her home. She was born on Feb. 27, 1974 in Patrick County. She was preceded in death by her father, Lenwood Bowers; and a sister, Brenda Prillaman Puckett. Jeannie was an Assistant County Administrator and Tourism Director for Patrick County; and was a Program Director...
Laura Katherine Utt McCraw
Jul 25, 2014
Mrs. Laura Katherine Mildred Utt McCraw, age 73 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, July 25, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. McCraw was born in Surry County on April 20, 1941 to Claude Lee and Emma Frances Mathis Utt. She was such a loving, kind and caring mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend to so many. She will...
Julie Ann Gwyn Hicks
Jul 25, 2014
Mrs. Julie Ann Gwyn Hicks, 74 of Mt. Airy passed away at her sons home Friday, July 25, 2015 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on June 29, 1940 to the late Thomas David and Nancy Loella Dean Gwyn. Mrs. Hicks was a homemaker and a member of Highland Park Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters...
Ms. Wyoma Odessa Smith Hurley
Jul 25, 2014
Ms. Wyoma Odessa Smith Hurley age 84 of Lambsburg, VA formerly of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, July 25, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born November 9, 1929 in Galax, VA to the late Emmitt McDaniel and Bessie Lee Bartlet Smith. Dedicated to working hard and doing the best at all she did, Ms....
Mrs. Mallie M. Beck
Jul 25, 2014
Mrs. Mallie Lee Mabe Beck, age 95 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, July 25, 2014, at her home. Mrs. Beck was born in Surry County on July 4, 1919 to Walter Bishop and Fannie Mae Pike Mabe. She was a loving mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and friends. Surviving are a daughter,...
Mr. Spencer Franklin Kirkman
Jul 24, 2014
Mr. Spencer Franklin Kirkman age 83 of 190 Freedom Lane, Mt. Airy, NC widower of Mrs. Wyline Lynn Kirkman passed away Thursday, July 24, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born April 12, 1931 in Surry County to the late Archie and Reba Summerlin Kirkman. He was retired from Scenic Ford where he worked as...
Ms. Peggy Blizard Byrd
Jul 24, 2014
Ms. Peggy Blizard Byrd, age 82, of Mount Airy passed away on Thursday July 24, 2014 at the Central Continuing Care. Ms. Byrd was born October 7, 1931 the daughter of the late Carl and Myrtle Harrison Blizard. She was retired from Spencer's, Inc. and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. She is survived by her daughter, Cindy Byrd Ritenour...
Mr. Frank Peyton Blount Jr
Jul 23, 2014
Mr. Frank Peyton Blount, Jr., age 93, from Mountain Park, NC passed away on Wednesday July 23, 2014, in Bradenton, Fl. He was born in Augusta, Ga., on April 7, 1921, to the late Frank Peyton Blount, Sr. and to the late Sadie Juanita Huffman Blount. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Sarah...
Mr. Richard Dwayne Lovett
Jul 22, 2014
Mr. Richard Dwayne Lovett, age 52 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at the Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on March 12, 1962 to the late Meredith Dwayne and Gaylen Finley Lovett. Mr. Lovett is survived by his wife, Mona Dalton Lovett of the home; one son, Ricky Lovett of Stuart;...
Mrs. Mary Frances Johnson Reece
Jul 21, 2014
Mrs. Mary Frances Johnson Reece, widow of Delano Roosevelt Reece went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 21, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home surrounded by her loving family. She was the last of five children, born to the late Yancy and Laura Draughn Johnson. Mrs. Reece was a self employed day care provider...
Mrs. Clemmie Elizabeth Cruise Martin
Jul 20, 2014
Mrs. Clemmie Elizabeth Cruise Martin, age 90 of Woolwine, passed away Sunday, July 20, 2014 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on October 31, 1923 to the late John Robert and Sally Turner Cruise. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Martin was preceded in death by her husband, William Clyde Martin; a...
Mrs. Nettie Cassell Sanders
Jul 20, 2014
Mrs. Nettie Cassell Sanders, age 90 of Patrick Springs, passed away Sunday, July 20, 2014 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on July 23, 1923 to the late William Mack Cassell and Alice Susan Underwood Cassell. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Sanders was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne C....
Annie "Virginia" Gravely
Jul 20, 2014
Miss Annie "Virginia" Gravely, 86 of Mt. Airy passed away at Golden Living Surry Community Sunday, July 20, 2014. She was born in Surry County on September 21, 1927 to the late Marion and Elvira Portis Gravely. Miss Gravely retired from Central Telephone and was of the Methodist Faith. She is survived by her brother, Donald Gravely of the home;...
Mrs. Eunice Alma Rakes Bowman
Jul 19, 2014
Mrs. Eunice Alma Rakes Bowman, age 86 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Laurel Meadows Nursing Home in Laurel Fork. She was born in Dublin on January 13, 1928 to the late Harry Cleveland Rakes and Geneva Joy Vipperman Rakes. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bowman was preceded in death by her husband, Vesta...
Mrs. Violet Crotts Hawks
Jul 19, 2014
Mrs. Violet Rennie Crotts Hawks, age 75 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Hawks was born in Carroll County on April 4, 1939 to Bud and Media Edwards Crotts. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and...
Mrs. Margaret Coalson Thomas
Jul 19, 2014
Mrs. Margaret Coalson Thomas age 72 of 2458 Pine Ridge Road, Mt. Airy, NC widow of Mr. Brisco Thomas passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born November 11, 1941 in Surry County to the late Jesse and Eleanor Lowe Coalson. She was former co-owner of Odell's Sandwich Shop and Riverside Restaurant and had worked...
Mr. Hoover Martin Nester
Jul 19, 2014
Mr. Hoover Martin Nester, 85 of Mt. Airy passed away at his home Saturday, July 19, 2014. He was born in Patrick County on September 26, 1928, the youngest of eleven children, to the late John A. and Della Jessup Nester. Mr. Nester was a retired farmer and a member of Unity Church in Ararat, VA. Surviving is his loving...
Ms.. Linda Gail Barker
Jul 18, 2014
Ms. Linda Gail Hicks Barker age 60 of Mt. Airy, NC passed away Friday, July 17, 2014 at Golden Living-Surry Community Nursing Center. She was born August 14, 1953 in Surry County, NC to Leona Wood Hicks and the late Coney Hicks. She was retired from Lowes Foods and attended Woodville Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Robin James of...
Mrs. Maleta Mae Blackburn Leonard
Jul 18, 2014
Mrs. Maleta Mae Blackburn Leonard, 86 of Lambsburg passed away Friday, July 18, 2014. She was born in Carroll County, VA on January 9, 1928 to the late Walter and Rosa Belle Bobbitt Blackburn. Mrs. Leonard worked at Spencer's for many years before retiring from F&H Sanding. She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Terry Leonard of Lambsburg; four grandchildren and...