Obituaries

Mr. James Cecil "J.C." Gwyn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Lex L. Alexander, Jr

Lex L. Alexander, Jr

Aug 13, 2015

Mr. Lex L. Alexander, Jr., 73, of Winston Salem passed away Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Trinity Glen Nursing Home in Winston Salem. He was born in Forsyth County on March 12, 1942 to the late Lex Alexander and Lois Neal. In addition to his parents Mr. Alexander was preceded in death by a cousin, Angie Brown. A graveside service...

Mrs. Pauline F. Foley

Mrs. Pauline F. Foley

Aug 11, 2015

Mrs. Pauline F. Foley, age 90 of Stuart, Virginia, passed away Monday, August 10, 2015, at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on April 28, 1925, to the late James Franklin "Boss" Foley and Vada Sawyers Foley. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Foley was preceded in death by her husband, McCoy Lee Foley; one...

Mr. Lester Donald "Don" Hawks

Mr. Lester Donald "Don" Hawks

Aug 10, 2015

Mr. Lester Donald "Don" Hawks, 70, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, August 10, 2015 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Forsyth County on October 23, 1944 to the late Alfred Troy and Mayme Irene Stantliff Hawks. Mr. Hawks was retired from Renfro and of the Baptist Faith. He is survived by his wife, Rachel...

Mr. Neal Gleavision Guynn

Mr. Neal Gleavision Guynn

Aug 9, 2015

Mr. Neal Gleavison Guynn, age 56 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on Sunday August 9, 2015 at The Blue Ridge Therapy Connection in Stuart. He was born in Henry County on April 12, 1959. He was preceded in death by his mother, Dorothy Mae Stillwell Guynn and two brothers, Donnie Guynn and Robert Milligan.

Mr. Guynn is survived by a...

Mrs. Annie Mae Beck Hutchens

Mrs. Annie Mae Beck Hutchens

Aug 9, 2015

Mrs. Annie Mae Beck Hutchens, 84, of Pinnacle passed away Sunday, August 09, 2015 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on February 10, 1931 to the late George W. and Ida Arnder Beck. Mrs. Hutchens worked in White Plains Baptist Church Day Care for many years before caring for the...

Imogene Bowman Brown

Imogene Bowman Brown

Aug 9, 2015

Mrs. Imogene Bowman Brown, 83, of Ararat, VA, passed away Sunday, August 9, 2015, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born in Carroll County, VA on December 29, 1931 to the late Howard Cassell Bowman and Mary Belle Montgomery Bowman Biebigheiser. Mrs. Brown was retired from AT&T after 33 years of service and was a member...

Mrs. Carol Jean Mabe Wood

Mrs. Carol Jean Mabe Wood

Aug 8, 2015

Mrs. Carol Jean Mabe Wood, age 56, of Meadows of Dan passed away Friday, Aug. 8, 2015 at her home. She was born in Danbury, NC on Sept. 30, 1958. She was preceded in death by her father, George Mabe, and an infant sister, Doris Faye Mabe. Mrs. Wood was the co-owner of Wood's Produce Company. She was a devoted...

Mr. Barry Phillip Pack

Mr. Barry Phillip Pack

Aug 7, 2015

Mr. Barry Phillip Pack, age 57 of Stuart passed away Friday, Aug. 7, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born on Oct. 21, 1957 in Martinsville, VA. He was preceded in death by a sister, Vicki Michele Pack Pate. Barry retired as a Senior Trooper with the Virginia State Police after 25 years of...

Patricia Carolyn Strait Jennings

Patricia Carolyn Strait Jennings

Aug 7, 2015

Mrs. Patricia Carolyn "Pat" Strait Jennings, 70, of 13547 Fancy Gap Highway, Cana, VA, passed away early Friday morning, August 7, 2015, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Jennings was born September 20, 1944, in Henry County, VA, the daughter of the late Paul and Hattie Haynes Strait. Pat retired from Cross Creek Apparel after...

Ms. Lorraine Josephine Delaney

Ms. Lorraine Josephine Delaney

Aug 6, 2015

Ms. Lorraine Josephine Colgan Delaney, age 57, of Elkin, NC passed away at her home unexpectedly on Thursday morning August 6, 2015. She was born in Dublin, Ireland on July 17, 1958 to Patrick Martin Colgan Sr and to the late Eileen Marie O'Sullivan Colgan. In addition to her mother she was preceded in death by a daughter Margaret Ryan....

Mr. Otis Ayers Craddock

Mr. Otis Ayers Craddock

Aug 6, 2015

Mr. Otis Ayers Craddock, age 95 of Stuart passed away Thursday at his home. He was born in Patrick County on Jan. 31, 1920 to the late Grover L. Craddock and Myrtle Ayers Craddock. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 72 years, Edith McKamey Craddock; and two brothers, Andrew and Guy Craddock....

Mr. Danny Lee Spaulding

Mr. Danny Lee Spaulding

Aug 5, 2015

Danny Lee Spaulding, born January 6, 1969 in Martinsville, VA to Rachel Wimbish Spaulding and Patrick Spaulding, died suddenly on August 5, 2015 in King, NC. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Hallie Lee Shelton Wimbish and Robert T. Wimbish; cousin, Robert T. Wimbish III; and former wife, Alpha Spaulding.

Survivors include his loving mother, Rachel; his...

Mr. William Lester "Bill" Rose

Mr. William Lester "Bill" Rose

Aug 5, 2015

Mr. William Lester "Bill" Rose, 95, passed away Wednesday August 5, 2015 at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living. He was a native of Mt. Airy and born in Surry County, December 1, 1919, one of eleven children of the late John C, and Pearl T. Rose. He was a graduate of Franklin High School and a member of Highland Park Baptist...