Mrs. Ruby Lawson Rorrer
Jul 28, 2013
Mrs. Ruby Lawson Rorrer, age 76 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, July 28, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on August 5, 1936 to the late Marion Lee and Audrey Rakes Lawson. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Rorrer was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin Clay Rorrer; and two sisters, Stella Waters and...
Mr. Edward C. "Eddie" Scott
Jul 28, 2013
Mr. Edward C. "Eddie" Scott, 65 of Mt. Airy left his home Sunday, July 28, 2013 to go on to his Heavenly Home. He was born in Surry County on August 20, 1947. Mr. Scott served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He came home with determination to own and operate his own trucking business, driving over 3...
Mr. Carl Harm Atkins
Jul 26, 2013
Mr. Carl Harm Atkins, age 94 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, July 26, 2013 at his home. Mr. Atkins was born in Surry County on March 22, 1919 to Caleb Winfred and Pearl Bell Johnson Atkins. He proudly served our country in the United States Army during WWII, was retired from Surry Truck & Tractor and was a member...
Mr. Leonard Caudle "Junior" Puckett
Jul 26, 2013
Mr. Leonard Caudle "Junior" Puckett, 61 of Mt. Airy passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home Friday, July 26, 2013. He was born in in Surry County on July 9, 1952 to the late Leonard Moscoe and Eva Euelala Puckett. Mr. Puckett served in the U.S. National Guard for six years. He worked for Cross Creek and...
Mr. Roy Joseph Odum
Jul 25, 2013
Mr. Roy Joseph Odum, age 83, of Dobson, NC passed away on Thursday afternoon at Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mt. Airy, NC. He was born in Surry County on April 28, 1930 to the late Cleve and Lula Davis Odum. He retired from Pike Electric as an underground lineman. He was a Member of Midway Baptist Church. Surviving...
Infant Sylvia Marie Hughes
Jul 25, 2013
Infant Sylvia Marie Hughes of 414 Warren Bridge Road, Union Grove, NC daughter of Steve Lawrence Hughes, Jr. and Mariah Mercedes Hughes went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, July 25, 2013 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born July 25, 2013 in Forsyth County, NC. Surviving are her parents, Steve L. and Mariah Hughes,...
Mr. JW Edwards
Jul 24, 2013
Mr. J W Edwards, age 71, of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at his home. Mr. Edwards was born in Surry County on January 12, 1942 to Will J. and Viola Mathis Edwards. He was a retired farmer, a loving father, grandfather, brother, a great uncle and a friend to everyone in the Flat Rock Community. Surviving...
Mr. Anthony Lane Howell
Jul 23, 2013
Mr. Anthony Lane Howell, age 19 of Claudville, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at his home. He was born in Martinsville on September 2, 1993, and was a 2013 graduate of Patrick County High School. Mr. Howell was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Curtis Calvin Howell and Della Marie Sisk Howell, and his maternal grandfather, Kenneth Edmundson....
Mrs. Mary Bertha Webb
Jul 21, 2013
Mrs. Mary Bertha Hall Webb, age 97 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2013 at Northern Hospital. Mrs. Webb was born in Stokes County on May 17, 1916 to George Washington Hall and Mary Emma Murphy Hall. She was retired from Northern Hospital after twenty three years of service. Mrs. Webb will be remembered for her kind and...
Mrs. Evelyn Ruth Schwemer
Jul 20, 2013
Mrs. Evelyn Ruth Schwemer, age 93 of Roanoke, and formerly of Patrick County, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 20, 2013 at her home in Roanoke. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 4, 1919. Mrs. Schwemer was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Rev. L.L. Schwemer; her parents, Walter Huegel and...
Clay Eric Edwards
Jul 20, 2013
Mr. Clay Eric Edwards, 52, of 847 Old Lowgap Road, Mount Airy, passed from this life to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday afternoon, July 20, 2013, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Edwards was born March 13, 1961, in Surry County, the son of the late Jesse James and Viola McBride Edwards. Clay lost the love...
James Ray Foley
Jul 20, 2013
Mr. James Ray Foley, 81 of Patrick Springs, passed away Saturday at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He was born on August 3, 1931 in Patrick County to the late Richard H. and Grace Emma Handy Foley. His wife of 61 years, Margaret Hutcherson Foley, a sister, Virginia Stewart and a brother, Richard H. Foley, Jr, also preceded him...
Billy Graham Mitchell, Jr
Jul 20, 2013
Mr. Billy Graham Mitchell, Jr., 60 of Spencer, VA, passed away Saturday at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. He was born on October 14, 1952 in Danville, VA and was of the Pentecostal Faith. His grandparents that raised him, Louis and Ida Mitchell, preceded him in death. Surviving Mr. Mitchell is his wife, Connie Human Mitchell of the...
Mr. James Anason Kingsbury
Jul 19, 2013
Mr. James Anason Kingsbury, age 83 of Lowgap, passed away Friday, July 19, 2013 at his daughter's home. Mr. Kingsbury was born in Surry County on April 14, 1930 to Anderson Eldridge and Beatrice Hutson Kingsbury. He proudly served our country in the United States Navy during the Korean War. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Janice Paige and Ricky...
Mrs. Mary Lynn Hennis George Haynes
Jul 19, 2013
Mary Lynn Haynes, 101, passed away peacefully on July 19, 2013. She was born in Mount Airy on April 29, 1912, to Edgar Harvey Hennis and Nancy Susan McGee Hennis. She lived her entire life in Mount Airy but enjoyed trips all over the United States (including Hawaii). She would say nothing is more beautiful than the Blue Ridge Mountains...
Mrs. Florence Scales Robertson
Jul 19, 2013
Mrs. Florence Scales Robertson, age 63 of Stuart, Virginia passed away Friday July 19, 2013 at her home. She was born on December 21, 1949 in Patrick County to the Late Raleigh Scales and Eva Mabe Scales Abbott. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, John "Jack" Robertson and a son, Johnnie Ray Robertson....
Mrs. Annette Hazel Conner Butcher
Jul 19, 2013
Mrs. Annette Hazel Conner Butcher age 70 of 509 Dunmans Alley, Mt. Airy, NC wife of Rev Doug Butcher passed away Friday, July 19, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born May 28, 1943 in Patrick County, VA to the late Frank Pierce and Dorothy Hooker Conner. She was retired from Kentucky Derby Hosiery and was of the Baptist...
Mrs. Mary Lou Bryant Willard
Jul 18, 2013
Mrs. Mary Lou Bryant Willard, age 71 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2013 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was born in Patrick County on October 17,1941 to the late Sandy and Clarice Stovall Bryant. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Willard was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Willard, and...
Mrs. Rosellen "Rosie" Staples
Jul 18, 2013
Mrs. Rosellen "Rosie" Staples, 62, of Smyrna, died Thursday, July 18. 2013, at Crystal Coast Hospice House in Morehead City. Rosie worked as a registered nurse at Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Carteret General Hospital, and Snug Harbor. She loved being at the beach and on the water. She is survived by her husband of 29 years, Clayton Doss of the home;...
Thomas Benjamin Shinault
Jul 17, 2013
Mr. Thomas Benjamin Shinault, 86, of Dobson, passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born March 23, 1927, in Surry County, to the late Ben and Vader Poindexter Shinault. He served our country in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. Mr. Shinault was a retired farmer and a member of...