Obituaries
Ricky Elwin McMillian
Apr 24, 2015
Mr. Ricky Elwin McMillian, 40, of 115 World Tour Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Friday afternoon, April 24, 2015, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. McMillian was born May 13, 1974, in Surry County, one of three children born to Judy Terry McMillian and the late Joseph Iven McMillian. Ricky worked at Virginia-Carolina Signs and Rogers Insulation,...
Mrs. Sophia Lorriane Smith Hawks
Apr 22, 2015
Mrs. Sophia Lorraine Smith "Mink" Hawks, age 99, of Mt. Airy, widow of William Henry Hawks who started the First Church of the Brethren in Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Hawks was born in Surry County on August 23, 1915 to the late Grover Cleveland and Emma Parker Smith. Mrs. Hawks was retired...
Billy David Joyce
Apr 22, 2015
Mr. Billy David Joyce, 51, of Millers Creek passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at his home. He was born in Nassua County, FL. on October 27, 1963 to Billy Gene Joyce and the late Mary Grace Roddenberry Joyce. In addition to his father Mr. Joyce is survived by his wife, Barbara Shermer Brown; daughters, Mandi Goins, Erin Eskridge; a...
James Roger Cox
Apr 22, 2015
Mr. James Roger Cox, 95 of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at Ridgecrest Retirement. Mr. Cox was born in Surry County on June 19, 1919 to the late William Albert and Dora Bell Stewart Cox. He was retired from Duke Power. Mr. Cox proudly served our country in the United States Army during WWII. He is survived...
Lena Mae Edwards Childress
Apr 22, 2015
Mrs. Lena Mae Edwards Childress, 83, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at her home. She was born in Surry County on June 26, 1931 to the late Howard Handy and Clemmie Pruitt Edwards. Mrs. Childress was a retired waitress at Lincroft Inn in Lincroft, NJ. Surviving are three daughters and sons-in-law Deborah and Larry Boles of...
Mr. Kelly Ray Nunn
Apr 22, 2015
Mr. Kelly Ray Nunn, age 70 of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Nunn was born in Surry County on December 26, 1944 to Alzry Gammons Nunn and the late Olin Nunn. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather who will be dearly missed by all his family and many friends. Mr....
Mrs. Georgia Louise Jessup Hill
Apr 21, 2015
Mrs. Georgia Louise Jessup Hill, age 83 of Ararat, VA passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice facility in Wilmington, NC. Mrs. Hill was born in Patrick County VA on July 14, 1931 to the late Charlie Reid and Eunice Symyra Jessup. She lived the life of a true Christian and it showed through her...
Robert "Farmer" Reid Hensley
Apr 21, 2015
Mr. Robert "Farmer" Reid Hensley, 81, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Surry County on December 29, 1933 to the late Albia and Edna Hall Hensley. Mr. Hensley was a retired truck driver from Hardy Brothers and was a member of Victory Baptist Church. He proudly served...
Stephen Ruff Brim
Apr 21, 2015
Mr. Stephen Ruff Brim Age 59 of Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Monday April 20, 2015 at his home. Mr. Brim was born October 16, 1955 in Catawba County to the late James David and Opal Kathleen Sutphin Brim. He was a retired painter and was of the Baptist Faith. Surviving are one sister Carolyn Holston of Covington, GA. and...
Walter William Barr
Apr 21, 2015
Mr. Walter William Barr, 69, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, April 21, 2015, at Dunmore Plantation in Dobson. Mr. Barr was born February 11, 1946, in Virginia, one of ten children born to the late Floyd and Emily Barr. He was formerly employed at Pine State Knitwear and a member of Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church. He is...
Glen Wise Martin
Apr 19, 2015
Mr. Glen Wise Martin, 98, of 112 Englewood Trail, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday afternoon, April 19, 2015, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Martin was born December 27, 1916, in Carroll County, VA, one of five children born to the late Edgar Arthur and Ida Mae Largen Martin. Glen retired as a saw machine operator from Bassett Furniture...
Dorothia "Dottie" Lee Perry Bowman
Apr 18, 2015
Mrs. Dorothia "Dottie" Lee Perry Bowman, 81, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015 at NC Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem. She was born in Burke County on December 23, 1933 to the late John Dillon and Laura Plemmons Perry. Mrs. Bowman was a homemaker, a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of Grace Moravian...
Mr. Thomas Lee Barnard
Apr 18, 2015
Mr. Thomas Lee Barnard, 79 of Ararat, VA passed away at his home Saturday, April 18, 2015. He was born in Patrick County on March 4, 1936 to the late Thomas Benjamin and Nettie Myrtle Bowman Barnard. He proudly served our country in the U.S. Army and was a retired brick mason. He is survived by his wife, Daisy Mae...
Hugh H. Peoples
Apr 17, 2015
Hugh H. Peoples, 71, died of complications from Parkinson's Disease on April 17, 2015 at Arbor Acres Retirement Community in Winston-Salem. Hugh was born November 30, 1943 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. His father, Hugh Edwin Peoples, was a member of the Armed Services stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. He was studying law in 1949 at the time of...
Lockie Dorilla Lawson Smith
Apr 17, 2015
Mrs. Lockie Dorilla Lawson Smith, age 87 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2015. Mrs. Smith was born in Surry County on February 29, 1928 to John Lester and Mary Etta Brooks Lawson. Mrs. Smith worked for forty years at Spencer's Inc. and after retirement continued to work at Utt's Campground. She was a dedicated and strong mother,...
Mr. John Glenn Easter
Apr 17, 2015
Mr. John Glenn Easter, 94, of High Point, formerly of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, April 17, 2015 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County to the late Grover Cleveland and Annie McCreary Easter. Mr. Easter bravely served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a retired security...
Sharon Joy Smith Hardy
Apr 17, 2015
Mrs. Sharon Joy Smith Hardy Age 55 of Mt. Airy passed way Friday April 17, 2015 at the Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Hardy was born January 1, 1960 in Surry County to Billy Grey and Peggy Beck Smith. Sharon was a teacher, Asst. Principal and Principal in the Surry County School System for 21 Years and was a...
Mrs. Karen Meyer Barnett
Apr 17, 2015
Mrs. Karen Meyer Barnett age 78, of Mt. Airy, NC, passed away Friday April 17, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Barnett was born in Fort Collins, CO on August 11, 1936 the daughter of the late Ed and Alice Cheatwood Meyer. Mrs. Barnett enjoyed time painting and working in her garden, and also was an accomplished organist and pianist. She...
Mr. Jimmy Ben Stovall
Apr 16, 2015
Mr. Jimmy Ben Stovall, age 76 of Stuart, passed away April 16, 2015 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born on March 19, 1939 in Patrick County to the late Richard "Dick" Moir Stovall and Ruth Holt Stovall. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Nancy Jane Curry; two brothers, Richard "Wimpy"...
Arlis Eugene Hodges
Apr 15, 2015
Mr. Arlis Eugene Hodges, 76, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Surry County on March 11, 1939 to the late John Lee and Lena Felts Hodges. Mr. Hodges retired from R.J. Reynolds and was a member of Hope Fellowship Church. He proudly served our...
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