Obituaries
Rev. Carl Ray Beck
Apr 15, 2015
The Rev. Carl Ray Beck, 77, of 367 Sam Fulk Road, Pilot Mountain, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at his home. The Rev. Beck was born July 12, 1937, in Surry County, the son of the late Lonnie and Annie Davis Beck. The Rev. Beck pastored several Baptist churches in the local area for many years. In his later...
Mrs. Sophia Lorraine Smith Hawks
Apr 15, 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...
Vann Raymond Reese
Apr 15, 2015
Mr. Vann Raymond Reese, 54, of 544 Tea Cup Lane, Lowgap, passed away Wednesday evening, April 15, 2015, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Reese was born September 16, 1960, in Surry County, to Imogene Ardner Reeves and the late Uriah Faw Reeves. Vann was formerly employed as a truck driver at Blue Ridge Concrete Products Inc....
Mrs. Ronella Holmes Goad
Apr 14, 2015
Mary Ronella Holmes Goad, age 90, of Mount Airy, left her earthly home to claim her Victory in Christ on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Ronella was born in Surry County on June 17, 1924, to the late Thelma Dobie and John William Holmes. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, David Clarence Goad, to whom she...
Mrs. Geneva Virginia Barker Wilson
Apr 14, 2015
Mrs. Geneva Virginia Barker Wilson, age 90, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Wilson was born in Surry County on April 30, 1924 to Joe and Victoria Johnson Barker. She was a loving mother and grandmother was devoted to her family and church as long as her health allowed. Surviving are a daughter and...
Wallace Cornelius McMillan
Apr 13, 2015
Mr. Wallace Cornelius McMillan, 74, of 117 Old Lowgap Road South, Mount Airy, passed away Monday night, April 13, 2015, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Wallace was born November 11, 1940, in Surry County. He was one of five children born to the late Elbert Chester and Josephine McCraw McMillan. Wallace farmed for many years and later worked as...
Donald Ray Vaughn
Apr 13, 2015
Mr. Donald Ray Vaughn, 84, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully at Northern Hospital of Surry County on Monday, April 13, 2015, one of nine children born to the late Zebulon Vance and Ella Mae Robertson Vaughn. He was retired from Vaughn's Shoe Shop, having been the third generation to carry on this trade that was started by his grandfather,...
Mr. Hurley Lee Upchurch
Apr 13, 2015
Mr. Hurley Lee Upchurch, age 65 of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, April 13, 2015, at his home. Mr. Upchurch was born in Surry County on January 19, 1950, to Dennis and Maggie Senter Upchurch. He served our country in the United States Army and was a loving husband, father and grandfather who will be dearly missed by his family...
Mrs. Gertrude Rena Gammons Marion
Apr 13, 2015
Mrs. Gertrude Rena Gammons Marion, age 80, of Mount Airy passed away peacefully on Monday, April 13, 2015 at Central Continuing Care. She was born in Surry County on December 1, 1934, one of eleven children born to the late Reid and Essie Ada Reynolds Gammons. Mrs. Marion was a homemaker who dedicated her life to serving God and her...
Mrs. Hester Lorraine Thompson Greenwood
Apr 13, 2015
Mrs. Hester Lorraine Thompson Greenwood, age 90 of Mt. Airy, went home to be with the Lord on April 13, 2015. Mrs. Greenwood was born in Surry County on May 27, 1924 to Lonnie and Minnie Doby Thompson. She was a devoted Christian "a true prayer warrior", and loving mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her...
Mr. Hoy Brewster Wood
Apr 12, 2015
Hoy Wood, 76, peacefully passed away on April 12, 2015 at Novant Health Forsyth Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born on October 1, 1938 in Patrick Springs, VA to the late Oscar and Myrtie Fulcher Wood. Hoy grew up in Patrick Springs, VA and graduated from Stuart High School in 1957 where he met the love of his life,...
Mr. Jeremy David Crotts
Apr 12, 2015
Mr. Jeremy David Crotts, 44, of Cana, VA, passed away at his home on Sunday, April 12, 2015. He was born in Surry County on October 3, 1970, to Marlie and Janice McMillian Crotts. Jeremy was an entrepreneur and worked as a business consultant. Surviving are his parents, Marlie and Janice McMillian Crotts; a sister and brother-in-law, Melanie and Kevin...
Judith Faye Johnson Hodges
Apr 12, 2015
Mrs. Judith Faye Johnson Hodges, 73, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, April 12, 2015 unexpectedly at her home. She was born in Surry County on January 9, 1942 to the late Everette and Pearlie Mae Slate Johnson. Mrs. Hodges was a retired Social Worker with Surry County DSS with the Foster Care Program and was a member of Blue...
Rev. Dale Bailey
Apr 11, 2015
Rev. Dale Bailey, age 77 of Stuart, Virginia passed away at his home on Saturday, April 11, 2015. He was born in West Virginia on June 13, 1937 to the late Lawson Dean Bailey and Sally Massey Bailey. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Nikki Brown; three brothers, D. J. Bailey, Noel Bailey...
Annie Susan O'Neal Bowman
Apr 11, 2015
Mrs. Annie Susan O'Neal Bowman, 83, of 2135 Ararat Road, Ararat, passed away Saturday evening, April 11, 2015, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Bowman was born July 22, 1931, in Surry County, one of eight children born to the late Oscar Lee and Alice Elizabeth Gillespie O'Neal. Annie worked at Lynne Hosiery and Quality Mills for many years...
Mr. Tony Curtis Phillips
Apr 10, 2015
Mr. Tony Curtis Phillips, age 61, of Elkin the loving husband, father, and grandfather passed away on Friday evening April 10, 2015 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry Co. on June 24, 1953 to Dorothy Wagner Phillips and the late Wendell Snow Phillips. He was a farmer and was a member...
Edna Faye Berrier Jones
Apr 9, 2015
Mrs. Edna Faye Berrier Jones, 73, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, April 09, 2015 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on March 25, 1942 to the late Sid Robert and Bessie Ann Golding Berrier. Mrs. Jones was retired from Lynn Hosiery and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by sisters...
Virginia "Kay" Goings Lawson
Apr 9, 2015
Mrs. Virginia "Kay" Goings Lawson, 72, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Bethesda, MD on September 14, 1942 to the late Fred Ivery Goings and Kathleen Harris Carroll. Mrs. Lawson was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church. Kay was a loving Mother,...
Rigdon "Bill Manley
Apr 9, 2015
Mr. Rigdon "Bill" Manley, 69 of Mt. Airy passed away at Forsyth Medical Center on Thursday, April 9, 2015. He was born in Guilford County NC on August 23, 1945, son of the late Warren and Catherine Draughn. He is survived by three daughters and a son-in-law, Rachel and Randy Graybeal, Pennie Green, Brenda Reece; grandchildren, Justin Jones, Tara Jones,...
Jason Gray Snow
Apr 8, 2015
Mr. Jason Gray Snow Age 40 of Mt. Airy, NC. passed away at his home April 8, 2015. Mr. Snow was born July 17, 1974 in Surry County to Billy Snow and Shelby Burkhart Snow. Surviving are his daughter Destiny Ann Snow of Mt. Airy, one son Grant Snow of Mt. Airy, his father Billy Snow of Mt. Airy, his...
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