Mr. Cecil D France
Jun 26, 2014
Mr. Cecil D France, age 88 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, June 26, 2014, at Northern Hospital. Mr. France was born in Surry County on September 28, 1925 to Aaron Thomas and Lucy Ledford France. He proudly served our country in the United States Navy during WWII and was a member of Welcome Baptist Church. Mr. France was retired...
Richard Delano Fulcher
Jun 26, 2014
Richard Delano Fulcher, 80 of Critz VA passed away on June 26, 2014, after a short battle with colon cancer. He was born in Horsepasture VA to the late Billy Moir Fulcher & Wilba Gunter Fulcher. He lived most of his life in Martinsville and Collinsville VA. After graduating from Martinsville High School in 1952, he served 3 years with...
Mr. Allen Dale Clark
Jun 26, 2014
Mr. Allen Dale Clark, age 67 of Patrick Springs, passed away Thursday, June 26, 2014 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 20, 1947 and was preceded in death by his father, Oliver Wendell Clark. He served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War and was a fire investigator with the...
Mr. Robert "Bobby Moncus
Jun 26, 2014
Mr. Robert Wayne "Bobby" Moncus, age 65, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, June 26, 2014 at his son's home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on January 18, 1949 to Ardena Jarrell and the late Curtis McKinley Moncus. Mr. Moncus was in produce sales with W.R. Vernon Produce. He is survived by a daughter...
Mr. Joseph "Marty" Guynn
Jun 25, 2014
Mr. Joseph "Marty" Guynn, 37, of Mt. Airy went to be with his heavenly father Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Forsyth County on October 7, 1976 to Birda Bond Poff and the late Coy Lee Barneycastle. Mr. Guynn was owner of Marty Guynn Restaurant Services. He is survived by his...
Faith Virginia Viola Boyd Mitchell
Jun 25, 2014
Mrs. Faith Virginia Viola Boyd Mitchell, 85, of Claudville, VA passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on September 8, 1928 to the late Wilcher and Hessie Lineback Boyd. Mrs. Mitchell was a homemaker and was a member of Grace Moravian Church. She is survived...
Mrs. Ettice Mae Reeves Short
Jun 25, 2014
Mrs. Ettice Mae Reeves Short age 91 of Mt. Airy, NC widow of Mr. Edward Short left this life on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born on August 6, 1922 to the late Richard L. and Pearl Thompson Reeves. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Martha Short and Benjamin F Tucker...
Mrs. Lena Ross Gardner
Jun 24, 2014
Mrs. Lena Ross Gardner, age 82 of Rocky Mount, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at Trinity Mission Health and Rehab of Rocky Mount. She was born in Darlington, Maryland on July 3, 1931 to the late William T. and Era Newman Ross. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Gardner was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan Ford...
Mr. Charles Sumner
Jun 24, 2014
Mr. Charles Cecil Sumner, age 78 of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Sumner was born in Surry County on December 18, 1935 to Wilford and Cora Thomas Sumner. He was well known for his excellent carpentry skills and enjoyed being a part of "The Blue Ridge Campers" and...
Mr. Richard Lee Lester
Jun 24, 2014
Mr. Richard Lee Lester, age 49 of Crab Orchard West Virginia passed away unexpectedly at his home on June 24, 2014. He was born in Wabash County, Indiana on April 22, 1965 to Mrs. Lillie Mae Pickering Lester Whitt and the late Jimmy Lester. Survivors include his mother of Mount Airy; three children, Samantha Catilyn, Hannah Grace and Anthony Tyler;...
Opal Bruner Edmonds
Jun 23, 2014
Mrs. Opal Bruner Edmonds, 86, of Pilot Mountain, passed away Monday evening, June 23, 2014, at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Edmonds was born October 14, 1927, in Surry County, one of six children born to the late Charlie and Oda Wall Bruner. Opal was a homemaker and a member of Friendly Tabernacle Church on McBride Road in Mount...
Mrs. Iva Hylton Pendleton
Jun 23, 2014
Mrs. Iva Hylton Pendleton, age 100 of Stuart, passed away Monday, June 23, 2014 at Pioneer Community Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on November 16, 1913 to the late David Moses and Mamie Frances Rorrer Hylton. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Pendleton was preceded in death by her husband, Oren H. Pendleton; a son-in-law, Eugene Hubbard; a...
Mrs. Melissa McMillian Bowman
Jun 22, 2014
Mrs. Melissa Dawn McMillian Bowman, age 44 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, June 22, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Bowman was born in Surry County on December 7, 1969 to Rosie Alice Linville Ferguson and the late Haskell McMillian. She was a loving wife, mother and sister who will be dearly missed by her family and many friends....
Mr. Horace William Penn
Jun 21, 2014
Mr. Horace William Penn, age 80 of Stuart passed away Saturday at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born in Floyd, VA on Feb. 22, 1934 to the late John and Beatrice Akers Penn. Mr. Penn was a self employed contractor and had served in the US Army during the Korean War. Surviving are two sons, Ricky...
Mrs. Margie Tilley Vaughn
Jun 21, 2014
Mrs. Margie Marilyn Tilley Vaughn, age 75 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2014 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Vaughn was born in Carroll County on July 14, 1938 to Paul and Lessie Easter Tilley. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed. Surviving are daughters and a son-in-law, Sheila and...
Mrs. Tammy Thompson Harrison
Jun 19, 2014
Mrs. Tammy T. Harrison, age 46 of Ararat, Virginia, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on July 22, 1967 to Nancy Claudette Franklin of Point Pleasant, West Virginia and William N. Thompson, Jr. of Stuart. Mrs. Harrison was a devoted teacher of the 4th and 5th grades at Blue Ridge Elementary School...
Mrs. Betty C. Bash
Jun 19, 2014
Mrs. Betty C. Bash age 98, of Meadows of Dan, Virginia passed away at Heritage Hall Laurel Meadows Nursing Home in Laurel Fork, VA on Thursday, June 19, 2014. She was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on May 7, 1916 to the late Claude Snyder and Matilda Steuer Snyder. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death her husband,...
Mrs. Shirley Wilson Martin
Jun 19, 2014
Mrs. Shirley Wilson Martin, age 75, of Elkin, NC passed away at her home on Thursday June 19, 2014. She was born in Surry County on September 12, 1938 to the late Grady and Delphia Viola Draughn Wilson Wilmoth. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Carl Martin; a sister Frances Wilson Wilmoth. She...
Mrs. Mildred Jeannette Westervelt
Jun 19, 2014
Mrs. Mildred Jeannette George Westervelt, 86 of Mt. Airy passed away Twelve Oaks Rest Home Thursday, June 19, 2014. She was born on January 14, 1928 in Glen Ridge, NJ to the late Leighton and Mildred Davis George. Mrs. Westervelt retired from ADT Security. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Tina Lee and Bernie Wolek of Jackson, NJ...
Mrs. Latrice V. Hiatt
Jun 18, 2014
Mrs. Latrice Elaine Vernon Hiatt, age 80 of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Hiatt was born in Surry County on August 11, 1933 to Claude and Gennie Poore Vernon. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend to so many who will be dearly missed. Surviving are her devoted husband...