Mrs. Lillian Jewell Zimmerman Hill, 89, of Mount Airy, passed away early Monday morning, February 24, 2014, at Golden Living Center. Mrs. Hill was born July 4, 1924, in Wyandotte County, KS, the daughter of the late Mark Fay and Grace Isadora Gilstrap Zimmerman. Lillian was a member of Grace Moravian Church. She is survived by a daughter and two...
Mr. Francis Grant "Frank" Welch, age 75, of 1705 South Main Street, Mount Airy, husband of Mrs. Jerrie Simmons Welch, went home to be with his Savior on Monday morning, February 24, 2014. He was born on May 25, 1938 in Surry County to the late George H. and Jessie Belton Welch. Mr. Welch was a faithful member of Bannertown...
Mr. Jimmy Ray Sprinkle Age 46 of Tom Jones Rd. Ararat, NC. passed away Monday February 24, 2014 at the Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Sprinkle was born February 14, 1968 in Forsyth County to the Eva Marie Beck Steele and the late Leonard Ray Sprinkle, he was a farmer and was of the Baptist Faith. Surviving is his...
Ms. Mae Margaret Barker, 58, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born February 10, 1956, in Forsyth County, to Margaret Selena Reeves Barker and the late Caleb Archie Barker. After her retirement from Stokes County Schools, Ms. Barker worked as a substitute teacher at Lawsonville Elementary School....
Mrs. Betty Jean Lawson, 81, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was the widow of James Webb Lawson. She was born in Lowndes County, GA. on May 29, 1932 to the late Julian Braxtal and Mary Kathleen McMillian Lawson. Mrs. Lawson was a member of New Life Baptist Church....
Mrs. Myrtle Loudene Hiatt Inman, 86, of 2598 Westfield Road,. Mt. Airy, NC passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Myrtle was born July 26, 1927 in Surry County, NC to the late Wilford and Effie Simmons Hiatt. She was retired having worked many years at the family owned store, Busy Bee, on...
Miss Geraldine McRoberts, 71 of Mt. Airy passed away at her home Sunday, February 23, 2014. She was born in Roberson County on April 3, 1942 to the late Jonah Henderson and Gertrude Copeland McRoberts. She had worked 20 years for Hospital Pharmacy and was retired from the Renfro Corporation. Surviving are three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Allene and Bobby...
Mr. Hobert Junior Livengood, 83, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at his home. He was born in Surry County on February 3, 1931 to the late Carrie Livengood. He bravely served in the U.S. Marines from 1952 to 1954. Mr. Livengood was retired from Hennis Freight Lines and was a member of Faith Baptist Church. He...
Mrs. Lillian Irene Odell Hiatt, of Mount Airy, widow of Russell Edwin Hiatt, passed away Sunday night, February 23, 2014, at RidgeCrest Retirement Center. Lillian and Russell were married for more than 65 years. Mrs. Hiatt was born August 4, 1916, in Surry County, the daughter of Joseph Arthur and Bennie Dodson Odell. She was "97½ years old and proud...
Mr. Tommy Dean McMillian, 53 of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Surry County on September 17, 1960 to Tom and Rachel Chaney McMillian. Mr. McMillian worked along with his mother, Rachel at her Pottery Shop as long as his health permitted. He is survived by his son,...
Mrs. Wilma Lee Austin Haynes, 63 of Cana, VA passed away at her home Sunday, February 23, 2014. She was born in Wythe County, VA on June 21, 1950 to the late James Edward and Pauline Dunford Austin. Mrs. Haynes was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith. Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Lou Ann Semones of...
Mrs. Lynsey Ann Miller Anthony, 24, of Pinnacle passed away unexpectedly Saturday, February 22, 2014. She was born in Forsyth County on August 1, 1989 to Timothy and Lynette Willard Miller. Mrs. Anthony was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by a daughter, Eastyn Anthony of the home; two sons, Ethan Anthony and Eli Miller both of the home;...
Mr. Arthur Ray "Tom" Cox Age 88 of Stuart, VA. passed away Friday February 21, 2014 at the Salem VA Medical Center in Roanoke, VA. Mr. Cox was born January 4, 1926 in Patrick County to the late Alonzo and Ophelia Sehen Cox, he was a veteran of the US Army serving during WWII and was the owner and operator...
Mrs. Jean Elizabeth Smith Cook age 86 of Mt. Airy, NC. widow of the late Charles H. Cook, Jr. passed away Friday February 21, 2014 at the Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Cook was born August 8, 1927 in Surry County to the late Davis Reid and Irene Gates Smith, she was a retired from the Patrick County School...
Mrs. Amy Lee Scott Craft, 36, of Ararat, VA, passed away Friday night, February 21, 2014, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born October 19, 1977, in Surry County, the daughter of Arthur and Pearly McBride Scott. Amy was a pharmacy technician and attended Highland Park Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Scott Craft of the...
Mrs. Dorothy Ileana Ward Taylor, 87, of 3362 Lambsburg Road, Lambsburg, VA, passed away Thursday morning, February 20, 2014, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Taylor was born November 27, 1926, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late Bert C. and Della Bobbitt Ward. She was a homemaker and a member of Lambsburg Missionary Baptist Church. She...
Karen Ann Campbell, 51, of 334 Taylor Street, Mount Airy, NC, passed away Wednesday afternoon, February 19, 2014, at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. Karen was born June 7, 1962, in Charleston, WV, the daughter of Janet Campbell Thrift and the late James Robert Campbell, Sr. Karen graduated from Menchville High School in Newport News, VA, and Virginia Tech...
Mrs. Nellie Irene Puckett Easter, 92, of 211 Hawks Drive, Cana, VA, passed away early Tuesday morning, February 18, 2014, at Golden Living Center-Blue Ridge in Galax, VA. Mrs. Easter was born April 4, 1921, in West Virginia, the daughter of the late Everett G. "E.G." and Cora Bowman Puckett. Nellie worked as a cafeteria worker at Saint Paul Elementary...
Mr. Jerry Allen Hutchins, Sr. age 70, of Elkin, NC passed away unexpectedly on Monday February 17, 2014. He was born in Surry County on November 27, 1943 to the late Claude and Dora Reece Hutchins. He was a member of Little Richmond Baptist Church, and was retired from the USDA. In addition to his parents he was preceded in...
Mrs. Elma Dale Baker Marteney, age 93, of Elkin passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. She was born in Marion County, West Virginia on July 26, 1920 to the late Frank and Grace Minnear Baker. Mrs. Marteney was a homemaker and a dedicated member of Salem Fork First Christian Church as long as...