John Jefferson Draughn, Jr
Mar 2, 2014
Mr. John Jefferson Draughn, Jr., 89, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Sunday night, March 2, 2014, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Draughn was born November 22, 1924, in Surry County, the son of the late John Jefferson Draughn, Sr. and Daisy Mae Smith Draughn. Mr. Draughn was affectionately known as "Jay" to his family and friends. He was...
Mr. Ethan David Allen
Mar 2, 2014
Mr. Ethan David Allen, 43, of Pilot Mountain went to be with the Lord Sunday, March 2, 2014. He was born in Athol, MA on December 22, 1970 to Anthony John and Sylvia Arlene Joslyn Allen. He is survived by his loving wife, Yvette Bales Allen of the home; two sons, Steven Craig Allen and Anthony Troy Allen; a daughter,...
Mrs. Barbara Sue Todd Beck
Mar 2, 2014
Mrs. Barbara Sue Todd Beck age 70 of 304 Beck Lane, Pilot Mountain, NC wife of Mr. Bobby E. Beck passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014 at her home. She was born February 14, 1944 in Surry County, NC to the late Coy Claude Todd and Ruby Mae Moncus Todd Fortner. She was retired from Sara Lee and was a...
Mr. Donald Ray Rachels
Mar 1, 2014
Mr. Donald Ray Rachels, age 76 of Ararat, VA, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2014, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Rachels was born in Surry County on November 22, 1937 to Earl Franklin and Celia Key Rachels. He proudly served our country in the United States Air Force and Navy and was a former member of VFW Post 2019. He...
Mr. Roy N. Epperson
Mar 1, 2014
Mr. Roy Newton Epperson, 85, of Ararat, VA, went home to be with the Lord in the early morning hours of March 1st, 2014. He was born in Ararat, VA on March 10, 1928, son of the late Harry Arnold and Lula Ann Watson Epperson. Mr. Epperson is survived by a loving and devoted wife of 54 years, Josie Boyd...
Mrs. Joyce Love Maness
Mar 1, 2014
Mrs. Joyce Love Maness, age 97 went to be with the Lord and to join her family and friends in Heaven on Saturday, March 1, 2014. She and her husband, C. Edwin "Ed" Maness, made their home in Stuart, Virginia for about 60 years. Because of failing health, Joyce had lived the past two years in the Yadkin Nursing Center...
Donald Trenton Walker
Mar 1, 2014
Mr. Donald Trenton Walker, 79, of 129 Cole Street, Mount Airy, passed away early Saturday morning, March 1, 2014, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Walker was born November 12, 1934, in Surry County, the only child born to the late Harvey Roscoe and Bessie McHone Walker. Donald served our country in the United States...
Violette Wolfe Reece
Feb 28, 2014
Violette Wolfe Reece March 13, 1922 - February 28, 2014 Dobson Mrs. Violette Wolfe Reece passed away peacefully at Ridgecrest Assisted Living Center in Mount Airy, NC on Friday, February 28, 2014 with Hospice in attendance. She was born on March 13, 1922, in Surry County to the late Raymond and Maude Wolfe. She graduated from Boonville High School with...
Rev. Thomas Benjamin Bagnal, Jr
Feb 28, 2014
The Rev. Thomas Benjamin "Tom" Bagnal, Jr., 87, of Mount Airy, died Friday, February 28, 2014, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. The Rev. Bagnal was born March 16, 1926, in Forsyth County, the son of the late Thomas Benjamin and Phonsa Perry Bagnal. The Rev. Bagnal graduated from Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem in 1944, and then he attended...
Mr. Joseph Elijah Wimbush
Feb 28, 2014
Mr. Joseph Elijah Wimbush, age 57 of Stuart, passed away Friday, February 28, 2014 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on December 19, 1956 to the late Lester and Nannie Conner Wimbush. In addition to his parents, Mr. Wimbush was preceded in death by four brothers, Curtis, Alfred, Warren and Bernard Wimbush; two sisters, Annie Hairston and...
Arless Monroe Long
Feb 28, 2014
Mr. Arless Monroe Long, 82, of Greensboro, passed away Friday, February 28, 2014, at the VA Medical Center in Salisbury. Mr. Long was born December 19, 1931, in Surry County, to Meggs Fentrice and Kate Ann Davenport Long. He proudly served our country in the United States Navy and was retired from Triad Freightliner. Mr. Long also worked for McLean...
Mrs. Lonie Bryant Rorrer
Feb 28, 2014
Mrs. Lonie Bryant Rorrer age 95 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on Friday, February 28, 2014 at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on December 15, 1918. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Chester Columbus Bryant and Cephus Rorrer and a son-in-law, G. W. Thomas. She was a member of Sycamore Baptist...
Melza Ann France
Feb 28, 2014
Miss. Melza Ann France, 81, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, February 28, 2014 at Universal Health Care in King. She was born in Surry County on August 10, 1932 to the late John Austin and Bessie Vera Moser France. Miss. France was retired from Perry Manufacturing and was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church. She is survived by...
Mr. Billy "Dean" Jones, Jr
Feb 27, 2014
Mr. Billy "Dean" Jones, Jr., 50, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Surry County on September 4, 1963 to Cressie Fern Thomas and the late Billy Dean Jones. Mr. Jones was the former Plant Manager at Kentucky Derby and was a member of Christ Community Church. He...
Mrs. Ruby Lee Bowman
Feb 26, 2014
Mrs. Ruby Lee Sherrill Bowman, 82 of Mt. Airy passed at her home Wednesday, February 26, 2014. She was born in Danville, VA on September 1, 1931 to the late Virginia and Carl Lawson. Mrs. Bowman is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Paul Bowman and Jenene Ramaley of Somerset, NJ, Roger Bowman and Linda Conway of Bayville, NJ and...
Cecil Belton
Feb 26, 2014
Mr. Cecil Belton Age 81 of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday February 26, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Belton was born April 13, 1932 in Surry County to the late Arthur and Jessie Jones Butcher Mr. Belton was well known for driving cars for local car dealers in Mt. Airy. Surviving are two...
Mrs. Sally Ann S. Utt
Feb 25, 2014
Mrs. Sally Ann Simmons Utt, age 75 of Mt, Airy, passed away at Baptist Hospital on February 25, 2014. Sally was born to Garnet and Princess Alice Calloway Simmons on November 18, 1938. Sally was of the Baptist Faith. She enjoyed reading, cooking and spending time with her family. She especially loved watching Nascar races with her husband Roy. Sally...
Earl Ray Lowe
Feb 25, 2014
Mr. Earl Ray Lowe, 66, of 201 Davis Road, Mount Airy, passed away early Tuesday morning, February 25, 2014, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Lowe was born October 16, 1947, in Surry County, the son of the late Samuel Decosta and Mildred Galyean Lowe. Ray served in the United States Army as a Private First Class with Company...
Mrs. Mildred Irene McHone
Feb 24, 2014
Mrs. Mildred Irene McHone, 79 of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Mt Airy. She was born in Surry County on December 9, 1934 to the late Otis Foy and Mary Ellen Wright Reece. Mrs. McHone was a homemaker and a member of White Plains Baptist Church. She is survived by her...
Mrs. Lynette Jane Moricle Morrison
Feb 24, 2014
Mrs. Lynette Jane Moricle Morrison, age 58 of Stuart, passed away Monday, February 24, 2014 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was born on June 17, 1955 in Patrick County. She had been a lab technician at Pioneer Community Hospital (formerly R.J. Reynolds Memorial Hospital) for 35 years, and more recently at Schiffert Health...