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...
Faith Virginia Daniel Hawks
Jul 18, 2014
Mrs. Faith Virginia Daniel Hawks, 92, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, July 18, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Carroll County on March 24, 1922 to the late Reuben and Margaret Jane Holderfield Daniel. Mrs. Hawks was a retired inspector in the textile industry and was a member of Chestnut...
Mrs. Lena Snow Cockerham
Jul 17, 2014
Mrs. Lena Snow Cockerham, age 91, of Dobson passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 17, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on August 21, 1922 to the late Thomas Houston and Neva Ann Holder Snow. Mrs. Cockerham was a retired Certified Nurses Assistant and a member...
Mr. John Taylor Puckett
Jul 17, 2014
Mr. John Taylor Puckett, age 89 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2014 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on October 14, 1924 to the late Bennie Robert Puckett, Sr. and Bessie Goad Puckett. In addition to his parents, Mr. Puckett was preceded in death by a daughter, Eva Vaught; a sister, Ruby Hall; and four...
Mary Lou Cook Gibson
Jul 17, 2014
Mrs. Mary Lou Cook Gibson Age 79 of Mount Airy, NC. passed away Wednesday July 16, 2014 at the Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Gibson was born November 19, 1934 in Grayson County, Va. to the late Charlie Cook and Ethel Cockerham Cook Liddle. She was retired from Cross Creek Apparel in Mt. Airy and was a member of...
Mrs. Sarrah Elizabeth Southard
Jul 17, 2014
Mrs. Sarrah Elizabeth Southard Southard, age 92, of Dobson entered the portals of Heaven on Thursday, July 17, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on June 10, 1922 to the late Henry Mart and Frances Catherine "Fannie" Carpenter. Mrs. Southard was a retired farmer and a...
Mrs. Lou Jean Brindle Jackson
Jul 16, 2014
Mrs. Lou Jean Brindle Jackson, age 76, of State Road, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. She was born in Surry County on February 2, 1938 to the late Jasper Elmer and Stella Cave Brindle. Mrs. Jackson was a retired Delicatessen Manager from Winn-Dixie and enjoyed creating her beautiful cakes. She was...
Clayton Solomon Watson
Jul 15, 2014
Mr. Clayton Solomon Watson, 90, of 269 Noonkester Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, July 15, 2014, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Watson was born May 19, 1924, in Surry County, the son of the late Solomon and Edna Mills Watson. Clayton was a master carpenter and tobacco farmer for many years and a member...
Mr. William Franklin "Frank" Overby
Jul 14, 2014
William Franklin "Frank" Overby, age 84 of the Collinstown Community in Westfield, North Carolina passed away on Monday, July 14, 2014 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston Salem following a lengthy illness. Frank loved, encouraged, and was an inspiration to his girls, his grandchildren, his great grandchildren, and all who knew him. Frank spent his entire life...
Mr. Mont Osborn Galyean
Jul 14, 2014
Mr. Mont Osborn Galyean, 79, of Lowgap passed away Monday, July 14, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on August 7, 1934 to the late Randle and Nina Galyean Galyean. Mr. Galyean was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. He is survived by a sister and brother-in-law, Grayson and...
Mr. Leslie Eugene Carter
Jul 14, 2014
Mr. Leslie Eugene Carter, 89, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, July 14, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on August 12, 1924 to the late James Walter and Sarah Evelyn Spencer Carter. Mr. Carter was retired from Mt. Airy Furniture and was a member of Haymore Memorial Baptist...
Angelia Sue Atkins
Jul 14, 2014
Ms. Angelia Sue Atkins, 52, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, July 14, 2014 at Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Surry County on January 27, 1962 to Byrona Bunker Atkins and the late Donald Hugh Atkins. Ms. Atkins was a homemaker. She is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Tonya and Brad Alderman of Tobaccoville; sons...
Robert Fred Christian
Jul 12, 2014
Mr. Robert Fred (Bob) Christian age 78 of Rural Hall, NC passed Saturday July 12, 2014 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Mr. Christian was born December 23, 1935 in Stokes County to the late Robert Frank and Gladys Mills Christian Owens, he was retired from R. J. Reynolds and attended First Baptist Church of Rural Hall....
Mr. James Franklin "Frank" Hawks
Jul 12, 2014
Mr. James Franklin "Frank" Hawks, 57 of Reidsville formerly of Mt. Airy passed away at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, VA Saturday, July 12, 2014. He was born on March 8, 1957 in Homestead, FL to Russell Hawks and the late Barbara Jean Pilgrim Hawks. Mr. Hawks worked in commercial heating and cooling and was of the Baptist...
Mrs. Ivylyn Rebecca Jarrell Swift
Jul 12, 2014
Mrs. Ivylyn Rebecca Jarrell Swift, 78, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, July 12, 2014 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on December 8, 1935 to the late, Ellard Grady and Mary Leota Vernon Jarrell. Mrs. Swift was a homemaker and was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. She is survived...