Obituaries
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....
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...
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