Frances Simpson Atkins
Jun 6, 2014
Mrs. Frances Simpson Atkins, 92, of Mount Airy, passed away early Friday morning, June 6, 2014, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Atkins was born August 13, 1921, in Surry County, the daughter of the late John and Dora Nichols Simpson. Frances was a spirited lady and an exceptional conversationalist. She loved her family and...
Monte Jay Wilson
Jun 5, 2014
Mr. Monte Jay Wilson, 67, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, June 05, 2014 at his home. He was born in Surry County on May 12, 1947 to Cebron Joseph Wilson and the late Margaret Marie Smith Wilson. Mr. Wilson was a retired truck driver. He is survived by his father, Cebron Joseph Wilson of Mt. Airy; a brother, Mark...
Mr. Carlie McKinley Creed
Jun 4, 2014
Mr. Carlie McKinley Creed, age 81, of Ararat, NC died at his home on Wednesday morning June 4, 2014. He was born in Surry County September 10, 1932 to the late McKinley Creed and the late Rena Sawyers Creed. He was married to his loving wife Pauline Elizabeth Crissman Creed for over 60 Years. He was retired from Renfro Hosiery,...
Jack Dennis Lowe
Jun 3, 2014
Mr. Jack Dennis Lowe, 70, of 191 Wood Ridge Lane, Lowgap, passed away Tuesday night, June 3, 2014, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Lowe was born October 26, 1943, in Surry County, one of three children born to the late Lawrence Jenkins Lowe and Dorothy Mae Ferguson Lowe. Jack proudly served our country in...
Infant Ryland Leroy Whorley
Jun 3, 2014
Infant Ryland Leroy Whorley, son of Dustin and Amy Moore Whorley of Woolwine, passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. A graveside service will be held Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 4:00 PM at the Whitlow-Griffith-Turner Family Cemetery in Woolwine with Pastor Danny Gilley officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that...
Mr. Richard W. "Dickie" Finney
Jun 3, 2014
Mr. Richard W. "Dickie" Finney, 80 of Mt. Airy passed away at his home June 3, 2014. He was born on March 15, 1934 in Mason County, KY to the late Paul H. and Lorena Berling Finney. Mr. Finney retired from Surry County School System. In addition to his parents, He was preceded in death by his wife, Lana Finney....
Mrs. Betty king McIntyre
Jun 3, 2014
Mrs. Betty King McIntyre, 76, of Cana, VA, passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born April 8, 1938, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Joseph Brewer and Elva Irene Tate King. Mrs. McIntyre retired from Cross Creek Apparel and was a devoted member of Crooked Oak Moravian Church. She was a...
Mrs. Emily Dockery White Jenkins
Jun 3, 2014
On Tuesday, June 3, 2014, Heavens Gates opened wide as Mrs. Emily Dockery White Jenkins was welcomed to greet her Lord and Savior. She was born in Surry County on February 7, 1916, the last of fifteen children, to the late Martin Luther and Lucy Freeman Dockery. Mrs. Jenkins was a homemaker and a faithful member of Union Cross Baptist...
Mrs. Virginia Bain Girouard
Jun 3, 2014
Virginia Bain Girouard, 93, died Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at her home in Critz, VA. Although born in the north on May 30, 1921, her people were from Port Gibson, Mississippi and Louisville, Kentucky and she loved the south. She was the daughter of William and Bonnie Hartley Bain. She was married to Col. Theodor J. Girouard, Jr, who passed...
Mrs. Hazel M. Nixon
Jun 2, 2014
Mrs. Hazel Juanita Mayes Nixon, age 77, of Lowgap, passed away Monday, June 02, 2014 at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Nixon was born in Galax, VA on June 7, 1936 to Joseph Mayes and Grace Hawks Blevins. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and friends. Surviving are daughters...
Mrs. Martha Brim Shockley
May 31, 2014
Martha Brim Shockley Stuart, Virginia Martha Brim Shockley, 92, passed away on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart, Virginia. She was born on December 7, 1921 in Patrick County, Va., to the late Robert and Anna Terry Brim. On December 23, 1939, she married the Reverend William Rogers Shockley who preceded her in death....
Ms. Bessie Mae Crotts Haynes Burton
May 31, 2014
Ms. Bessie Mae Crotts Haynes Burton, 73, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, May 31, 2014 at Rose Tara Plantation in King. She was born in Carroll County, VA on July 13, 1940 to the late Jesse and Eliza Hawks Crotts. Ms. Burton was retired from Mount Airy Furniture Company and was a member of Genesis Full Gospel Church. She...
Jimmie Nelson "Jim Bob" Hodges
May 30, 2014
Mr. Jimmie Nelson Hodges, age 69, of Dobson passed away on Friday, May 30, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home after a brief illness. He was born in Surry County on February 10, 1945 to the late Dave and Nannie Crissman Hodges. Mr. Hodges was retired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and from the Dobson...
Mr. Thomas Joseph "T.J." Bowling
May 30, 2014
Mr. Thomas Joseph "T.J." Bowling, age 85 of Stuart, passed away Friday, May 30, 2014 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on July 28, 1928. Mr. Bowling was preceded in death by his wife, Clara Hawks Burcham Bowling; a grandson, Jonathan Bowling; his father, Thomas Joseph Bowling, his mother, Minnie "Vic" Thomas Bowling Pendleton;...
Baby Lillian Hope Brintle
May 29, 2014
Baby Lillian Hope Brintle, went home to be with Jesus May 29, 2014. She was born on May 28, 2014 4 lbs. 10 oz. the precious daughter of Justin Brintle and Amanda Misay. " She was born on Earth to bloom in Heaven." A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, June 2, 2014 at Zion Primitive Baptist...
Mrs. Laura Jeannette Spangler Terry Shelor
May 29, 2014
Mrs. Laura Jeannette Spangler Terry Shelor, age 101 of Meadows of Dan, passed away on Thursday, May 29, 2014 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on March 25, 1913 to the late Frank W. and Lottie Singleton Spangler. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Shelor was preceded in death by her first husband, Kennett Terry; her second...
Mrs. Judy M. Moulton Collins
May 28, 2014
Mrs. Judy Marie Moulton Collins, 62 of Cana passed away at Forsyth Medical Center Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She was born in Cecil, MD on March 4, 1952 to the late Lewis Moulton and Mary Johnson Moulton Horton. Mrs. Collins was a member of Woodland Baptist Church and worked in the Restaurant Business as long as her health permitted. She...
Ms. Dorothy Jane Helen Brown
May 28, 2014
Ms. Dorothy Jane Helen Brown, age 48 of Dobson died of an automobile accident on Wednesday evening May 28, 2014. She was born in Forsyth Co. on June 13, 1965 to the late Bill Tate and the late Helen Brown. She was employed by Bassett Furniture Factory for several years be for the factory closed, currently employed by DTH Contract...
Ms. Phyllis Ferrell Winblood
May 27, 2014
Ms. Phyllis Ferrell Winblood, age 84 of Burbank, California, and formerly of Meadows of Dan, passed away Tuesday, May 27, 2014 in California. She was born in Premier, West Virginia on January 8, 1930 to the late Frank Greer Ferrell I and Lema Martin Ferrell. In addition to her parents, Ms. Winblood was preceded in death by three brothers, Arthur...
Oleen Faye Scott Haymore
May 26, 2014
Mrs. Oleen Faye Scott Haymore, 86, of 2476 Old Highway 601, Mount Airy, passed away Monday afternoon, May 26, 2014, at Golden Living Center. Mrs. Haymore was born September 2, 1927, in Surry County, one of eleven children born to the late Arvil Kester and Nora Irene Samuels Scott. On November 10, 1945, Oleen married Grover Walter Haymore, and together...