Obituaries

Mr. Shasta Monroe Bryant

Mr. Shasta Monroe Bryant

Jun 10, 2015

Mr. Shasta Monroe Bryant, age 90 of Winston Salem, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Mr. Bryant was born in Surry County on July 12, 1924, to John Astor and Ella Freda Leftwich Bryant. He proudly served our country in the United States Army Air Force during WWII and retired with the rank of...

Mrs. Mary Hester Epperson Anderson

Mrs. Mary Hester Epperson Anderson

Jun 10, 2015

Mrs. Mary Hester Epperson Anderson, age 101, widow of Sherman Lee Anderson, of Mount Airy, NC, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2015. She was born in Patrick County, VA, on July 6, 1913 to the late Robert Hillary and Phoebe Iwanona Gates Epperson. Mrs. Anderson, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and homemaker, worked in the textile industry and raised...

Michael Shaun Calhoun

Michael Shaun Calhoun

Jun 10, 2015

Michael Shaun Calhoun, age 17, of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at Duke University Hospital. Shaun was born in Surry County on October 26, 1997 to Lindsay Lawson Williamson and Michael James Calhoun. He was such a precious young man who will be dearly missed by all his loving family and many, many friends. Shaun was a...

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Davis Miller

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Davis Miller

Jun 10, 2015

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Davis Miller, age 77, of Dobson, NC, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, returned to her heavenly home on Wednesday evening June 10, 2015. She was born in Yadkin Co. on January 20, 1938 to the late James Curtis Davis and the late Mary Gertrude Driver Davis. In addition to her parents she was preceded by two...

Mrs. Eleanor Montrose Lackey Suttle

Mrs. Eleanor Montrose Lackey Suttle

Jun 10, 2015

Mrs. Eleanor Montrose Lackey Suttle, age 85 of Dobson, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at Golden Living Nursing Center. Mrs. Suttle was born in Rutherford County on Sept 21, 1929 to Buford Carl and Willa Burwell Lackey. She was a loving mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed by her family and friends. Surviving are her husband, Perry...

Judy Carolyn Ramey Lowe

Judy Carolyn Ramey Lowe

Jun 10, 2015

Mrs. Judy Carolyn Ramey Lowe, 67, of Mount Airy, passed away early Wednesday morning, June 10, 2015, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Lowe was born May 5, 1948, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Rhudy Ford Ramey and Fannie Adletha Lowe Hawks Ramey. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother...

Mr. Harry Lewis Thompson

Mr. Harry Lewis Thompson

Jun 9, 2015

Mr. Harry Lewis Thompson, 80 of Ararat, Va passed away at his home on Monday, June 9, 2015. He was born on April 30, 1935 in Patrick County, VA to the late Alvis Earl and Lillie Puckett Thompson. A graveside service will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at the Thompson Family Cemetery, Raven Rock Rd.,...

Mr. Alfred Clark "Lefty" Hall

Mr. Alfred Clark "Lefty" Hall

Jun 9, 2015

Mr. Alfred Clark "Lefty" Hall, 93, of Mt. Airy, departed this life for his heavenly home on June 9, 2015. He was born on November 3, 1921 in Franklin County, Rocky Mount, VA to the late George and Mary Lou Greer Hall. Mr. Hall was a decorated World War II Veteran, having served with the 36th Combat Engineer Regiment. He...

Mr. Burton Daniel Conner

Mr. Burton Daniel Conner

Jun 9, 2015

Mr. Burton Daniel Conner, age 63 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2015. He was born in Patrick County on May 17, 1952 to the late Franklin Pierce Conner and Dorothy Trudy Hooker Conner. In addition to his parents, Mr. Conner was preceded in death by a sister, Annette Butcher. He worked with the Maintenance Department for Patrick County,...

Mr. James Harding Graybeal

Mr. James Harding Graybeal

Jun 8, 2015

Mr. James Harding Graybeal, age 94 of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, June 8, 2015 at Northern Hospital. Mr. Graybeal was born in Ashe County on March 31, 1921 to Adolfus and Rosie Osborne Graybeal. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather who will be dearly missed by all his family and friends. Surviving are his devoted...

Rosa Annie Barbour

Rosa Annie Barbour

Jun 8, 2015

Miss Rosa Annie Barbour, 82, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, June 8, 2015 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Pennsylvania County, VA on May 21, 1933 to the late William Anderson and Mary Annie Farley Barbour. Miss Barbour was a member of Marion Baptist Church in Virginia and attended Indian Grove...

Mr. Edward Lee McGee

Mr. Edward Lee McGee

Jun 8, 2015

Mr. Edward Lee McGee, Jr., age 91, of Mount Airy, and husband of Sarah Hegler McGee passed away Monday, June 8, 2015 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. McGee was born in Surry County on July 9, 1923 the son of the late Edward Lee McGee, Sr. and Gertrude Beamer McGee. Mr. McGee was an accountant for Pine State Knitwear...

Mrs. Melba Gray McCraw Speight

Mrs. Melba Gray McCraw Speight

Jun 8, 2015

Mrs. Melba Gray McCraw Speight Age 81 of Galax, VA. and formally of Mt. Airy went to be with her Lord and Savior Monday June 8, 2015 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. Mrs. Speight was born February 23, 1934 in Surry County to the late Fern and Hazel Ashburn McCraw. Melba was a registered nurse...

Jerry Levern Marion

Jerry Levern Marion

Jun 7, 2015

Mr. Jerry Levern Marion, 47, of 164 Liberty Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday night, June 7, 2015, at his home. Mr. Marion was born December 5, 1967, in Surry County, to Jobe Leon Marion, Sr. and Mary Ruth Draughn Marion. Jerry was the owner and operator of Jerry's Automotive in Boonville and Marion's Automotive and Repair Service in Jonesville....

Mrs. Nancy Shelor Wynn

Mrs. Nancy Shelor Wynn

Jun 7, 2015

Mrs. Nancy Shelor Wynn, age 87 of Minden, Nevada, and formerly of Patrick County, passed away on June 7, 2015 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on August 27, 1927 to the late Posey Lester Shelor and Eloise Badger Newell Shelor. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Wynn was preceded in death by her first husband, Alvis...

Mr. Stephen Archie "Skip" Sharpe, Jr

Mr. Stephen Archie "Skip" Sharpe, Jr

Jun 6, 2015

Mr. Stephen Archie "Skip" Sharpe, Jr., age 74 of South Boston, and formerly of Patrick County, passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Woodview Nursing Home in South Boston. He was born in Patrick County on October 30, 1940 to the late Stephen Archie Sharpe, Sr. and Lillian Joyce Sharpe. In addition to his parents, Mr. Sharpe was preceded...

William Harless Fleming, Sr

William Harless Fleming, Sr

Jun 6, 2015

Mr. William Harless Fleming, Sr., 77, of 431 Rockford Street, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday evening, June 6, 2015, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Fleming was born July 22, 1937, in Carroll County, VA, the son of the late James Marvin and Ida Belle Myers Fleming. Harless retired as the inventory control foreman from Brenner Iron and Steel...

Miss Delight Dawn Marshall

Miss Delight Dawn Marshall

Jun 6, 2015

Miss Delight Marshall, age 56, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living. Miss Marshall was born in Carroll County on August 31, 1958, to Ressie Easter Marshall and the late William Franklin Marshall. She will be dearly missed by all her loving family. Along with her mother, she leaves to cherish her sweet memory a sister...

Rev. Milton Junior Sewell

Rev. Milton Junior Sewell

Jun 6, 2015

Rev. Milton Junior Sewell died on June 6, 2015 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Born on March 19, 1928 into a sharecropping family in East Bend, Milton began a journey that has affected the lives of so many people. He finished high school in 1944 and then taught school for a year in 1945....

Mr. Randy Lee King

Mr. Randy Lee King

Jun 6, 2015

Mr. Randy Lee King, age 44 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2015 at his home. Mr. King was born in Surry County on November 19, 1970 to Carl Samuel and Linda Burchette King. Randy's memory will be forever cherished by his loving family. Along with his parents, he leaves a son and daughter-in-law, Cory and Christy King;...