Mr. Dillard Ray Hylton
Apr 19, 2014
Mr. Dillard Ray Hylton, age 71 of Woolwine passed away Saturday, Apr. 19, 2014. He was born in Rockingham County, NC on Apr. 2, 1943 to the late Willie Ray Hylton and Virginia Conner Hylton. Dillard served the the U.S. Army; was a Foreman and Purchasing Agent for Bassett Superior Lines; was a member of Community Primitive Baptist Church; and...
Mr. Jeffrey Don Hodges
Apr 18, 2014
Mr. Jeffrey Don Hodges, 53 of Claudville, VA passed away at his home Friday, April 18, 2014. He was born in Surry County to Harley Hughes and Maxine Coe Hodges. Mr. Hodges worked at Proctor-Silex for 22 years prior to working at the waste treatment plant. He was a member of Central View Baptist Church in Dobson. Left to cherish...
Naomi "Nanny" Ruth Brooks Hawks
Apr 18, 2014
Mrs. Naomi "Nanny" Ruth Brooks Hawks, 88, of Lowgap passed away Friday, April 18, 2014 at Bermuda Commons Nursing and Rehab in Advance where she had lived for the past two years. She was born in Surry County on January 23, 1926 to the late William Calvin and Dora Bolt Brooks. Mrs. Hawks was retired from Bassett Furniture Company and...
Mr. Jimmy Wayne Lawson
Apr 17, 2014
Dobson, NC 04-17-2014 Mr. Jimmy Wayne Lawson, age 65, of Dobson, NC passed away on Thursday evening April 17, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry Co. on August 18, 1948 to the late Escar Claven Lawson and the late Ruth Price Childress Lawson. In addition to his parents, he was...
Mr. Robert Eugene Laws
Apr 17, 2014
04-17-2014 Mr. Robert Eugene Laws, age 66, of Elkin, NC passed away on Thursday evening April 17, 2014 at Salisbury VA Medical Center. He was born on October 16, 1947 to the late Robert Bob Laws and to Mattie Virginia Hall Laws. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by one daughter Bridget Renea Laws Tickel; one...
Mr. Samuel Joe "Sammy" Holder
Apr 16, 2014
Mr. Samuel Joe "Sammy" Holder age 71 of 1844 Maple Grove Church Road, Mt. Airy, NC husband of Mrs. Margaritta Hiatt Holder passed away Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at his home. Mr. Holder was born January 24, 1943 in Surry County to the late Chester and Ola Dobson Holder. He was retired from the NC Department of Transportation and after...
Mr. Oscar Marvin Hutchens
Apr 15, 2014
Mr. Oscar Marvin Hutchens, age 87, of Dobson passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living Center with his loving family by his bedside. He was born in Surry County on March 13, 1927 to the late Charlie O. and Roxie S. Hutchens. He was a retired from the Pilot Mountain Police Department, where he...
Lucille Ray Jessup
Apr 15, 2014
Miss Lucille Ray Jessup age 86 of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Lucille was born in Stokes County on August 9, 1927 the only child of Randolph D. and Ollie Lynch Jessup. She was a member of Unity Church in Claudville, VA. and was retired from Renfro Hosiery Mill in...
Mr. Kelvin Dean Snow
Apr 14, 2014
Mr. Kelvin Dean Snow, 43 of Lowgap passed away at his home Monday, April 14, 2014. He was born in Surry County on June 18, 1970 to Marvin Dean and Evelyn Juanita "Lynn" Cockerham Snow. In addition to his parents Mr. Snow is survived by his wife, Yvonne Michele Dalton Snow of the home; daughters and sons-in-law, Brooke and Josh...
Mr. Martin Valentine Easter
Apr 14, 2014
Mr. Martin Valentine Easter, age 86 of Cana, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2014 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Easter was born in Carroll County on November 5, 1927 to Thomas Garland and Hattie Dowell Easter. He was a loving father, grandfather and great grandfather who will be dearly missed. Mr. Easter was retired from Bassett Furniture. Surviving are...
Early Wise Bowman
Apr 13, 2014
Mr. Early Wise Bowman, 78, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, April 13, 2014 at his home. He was born in Patrick County, VA on May 20, 1935 to the late Hobart and Ruth "Renie" Niten Bowman. Mr. Bowman was retired from D and H Railroad and was a member of First Reform Church in NY. He is survived by...
Alfred Smith Holcomb, Sr
Apr 13, 2014
Mr. Alfred Smith Holcomb, Sr., 77, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday afternoon, April 13, 2014, at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mr. Holcomb was born November 28, 1936, in Surry County, the son of the late Hugh Lindsay Holcomb, Sr. and Helen Smith Holcomb. Mr. Holcomb retired from Pine State Knitwear, where he and his brother were co-owners and...
Mr. Joe Vance Thompson
Apr 13, 2014
Mr. Joe Vance Thompson, 79, of Elkin, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Surry County on Oct. 2, 1934, to the late Zebulon and Claudine Hanks Thompson. Mr. Thompson was retired from BB&T where he worked...
Mrs. Irene Venetta Dawson Draughn Hughes
Apr 12, 2014
Mrs. Irene Venetta Dawson Draughn Hughes age 82 of Mt.Airy, NC widow of Mr. Herman Hughes passed away Saturday, April 12, 2014 at Twelve Oaks. She was born April 19, 1931 in Surry County . She was a homemaker and was a member of Flat Ridge Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Darlene Branson of Mt. Airy a son and...
Esther Ruth Harris Lowe
Apr 11, 2014
Mrs. Esther Ruth Harris Lowe, 84, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, April 11, 2014, at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living Facility. Mrs. Lowe was born September 29, 1929, in Carroll County, VA, to the late George Taylor and Cordelia Maud Nail Harris. Esther retired from Proctor-Silex Inc. and was a member of Salem United Methodist Church. She is survived...
Mrs. Beatrice Emily W. Robinson
Apr 11, 2014
Mrs. Beatrice Emily Willard Robinson, age 90 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 at Universal Health Care. Mrs. Robinson was born in Surry County on May 20, 1923 to Zeb and Mattie Willard. She was a loving grandmother and was retired from Blue Ridge Burke Insurance Company. Surviving are her five dear grandchildren, Mark Robinson and wife...
Iris Louise Jessup
Apr 10, 2014
Mrs. Iris Louise Jessup, 89 of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Golden Living. She was born in Stokes County on February 22, 1925 to the late Charlie Otis and Vellie Jane Hooker Martin. Mrs. Jessup retired from Kentucky Derby Hosiery and was a member of Faith Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law,...
David Grayson Martin
Apr 10, 2014
Mr. David Grayson Martin, 49 of Mt. Airy went to be with his Heavenly Father on Thursday, April 10, 2014. He was born in Surry County on May 30, 1964 to Shirley Arrington Martin and the late Harmon Wesley Martin, Sr. Dave graduated from Mount Airy High School and Southern Wesleyan University with a degree in Physical Education. He was...
Mrs. Billie Jean Childress Oakley
Apr 10, 2014
Mrs. Billie Jean Childress Oakley, 55 of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Forsyth County on October 1, 1958 to Billy Childress and Linda McCormick Poff. Mrs. Oakley was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, James Oakley of the home; three sons, Michael Edwards of Hillsville,...
Loraine Park Richards
Apr 9, 2014
Mrs. Loraine Park Richards age 94 of Mt. Airy, NC passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born June 11, 1919 in Surry County daughter of the late Lloyd Caldwell Park and Mary Eliza Jones Park. Mrs. Richards was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church where she had...