Arless Monroe Long
Feb 28, 2014
Mr. Arless Monroe Long, 82, of Greensboro, passed away Friday, February 28, 2014, at the VA Medical Center in Salisbury. Mr. Long was born December 19, 1931, in Surry County, to Meggs Fentrice and Kate Ann Davenport Long. He proudly served our country in the United States Navy and was retired from Triad Freightliner. Mr. Long also worked for McLean...
Mrs. Lonie Bryant Rorrer
Feb 28, 2014
Mrs. Lonie Bryant Rorrer age 95 of Stuart, Virginia passed away on Friday, February 28, 2014 at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on December 15, 1918. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Chester Columbus Bryant and Cephus Rorrer and a son-in-law, G. W. Thomas. She was a member of Sycamore Baptist...
Melza Ann France
Feb 28, 2014
Miss. Melza Ann France, 81, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, February 28, 2014 at Universal Health Care in King. She was born in Surry County on August 10, 1932 to the late John Austin and Bessie Vera Moser France. Miss. France was retired from Perry Manufacturing and was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church. She is survived by...
Mr. Billy "Dean" Jones, Jr
Feb 27, 2014
Mr. Billy "Dean" Jones, Jr., 50, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Surry County on September 4, 1963 to Cressie Fern Thomas and the late Billy Dean Jones. Mr. Jones was the former Plant Manager at Kentucky Derby and was a member of Christ Community Church. He...
Mrs. Ruby Lee Bowman
Feb 26, 2014
Mrs. Ruby Lee Sherrill Bowman, 82 of Mt. Airy passed at her home Wednesday, February 26, 2014. She was born in Danville, VA on September 1, 1931 to the late Virginia and Carl Lawson. Mrs. Bowman is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Paul Bowman and Jenene Ramaley of Somerset, NJ, Roger Bowman and Linda Conway of Bayville, NJ and...
Cecil Belton
Feb 26, 2014
Mr. Cecil Belton Age 81 of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday February 26, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Belton was born April 13, 1932 in Surry County to the late Arthur and Jessie Jones Butcher Mr. Belton was well known for driving cars for local car dealers in Mt. Airy. Surviving are two...
Mrs. Sally Ann S. Utt
Feb 25, 2014
Mrs. Sally Ann Simmons Utt, age 75 of Mt, Airy, passed away at Baptist Hospital on February 25, 2014. Sally was born to Garnet and Princess Alice Calloway Simmons on November 18, 1938. Sally was of the Baptist Faith. She enjoyed reading, cooking and spending time with her family. She especially loved watching Nascar races with her husband Roy. Sally...
Earl Ray Lowe
Feb 25, 2014
Mr. Earl Ray Lowe, 66, of 201 Davis Road, Mount Airy, passed away early Tuesday morning, February 25, 2014, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Lowe was born October 16, 1947, in Surry County, the son of the late Samuel Decosta and Mildred Galyean Lowe. Ray served in the United States Army as a Private First Class with Company...
Mrs. Mildred Irene McHone
Feb 24, 2014
Mrs. Mildred Irene McHone, 79 of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Mt Airy. She was born in Surry County on December 9, 1934 to the late Otis Foy and Mary Ellen Wright Reece. Mrs. McHone was a homemaker and a member of White Plains Baptist Church. She is survived by her...
Mrs. Lynette Jane Moricle Morrison
Feb 24, 2014
Mrs. Lynette Jane Moricle Morrison, age 58 of Stuart, passed away Monday, February 24, 2014 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was born on June 17, 1955 in Patrick County. She had been a lab technician at Pioneer Community Hospital (formerly R.J. Reynolds Memorial Hospital) for 35 years, and more recently at Schiffert Health...
Lillian Jewell Zimmerman Hill
Feb 24, 2014
Mrs. Lillian Jewell Zimmerman Hill, 89, of Mount Airy, passed away early Monday morning, February 24, 2014, at Golden Living Center. Mrs. Hill was born July 4, 1924, in Wyandotte County, KS, the daughter of the late Mark Fay and Grace Isadora Gilstrap Zimmerman. Lillian was a member of Grace Moravian Church. She is survived by a daughter and two...
Mr. Francis "Frank" Welch
Feb 24, 2014
Mr. Francis Grant "Frank" Welch, age 75, of 1705 South Main Street, Mount Airy, husband of Mrs. Jerrie Simmons Welch, went home to be with his Savior on Monday morning, February 24, 2014. He was born on May 25, 1938 in Surry County to the late George H. and Jessie Belton Welch. Mr. Welch was a faithful member of Bannertown...
Jimmy Ray Sprinkle
Feb 24, 2014
Mr. Jimmy Ray Sprinkle Age 46 of Tom Jones Rd. Ararat, NC. passed away Monday February 24, 2014 at the Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Sprinkle was born February 14, 1968 in Forsyth County to the Eva Marie Beck Steele and the late Leonard Ray Sprinkle, he was a farmer and was of the Baptist Faith. Surviving is his...
Mae Margaret Barker
Feb 23, 2014
Ms. Mae Margaret Barker, 58, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born February 10, 1956, in Forsyth County, to Margaret Selena Reeves Barker and the late Caleb Archie Barker. After her retirement from Stokes County Schools, Ms. Barker worked as a substitute teacher at Lawsonville Elementary School....
Mrs. Betty Jean Lawson
Feb 23, 2014
Mrs. Betty Jean Lawson, 81, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was the widow of James Webb Lawson. She was born in Lowndes County, GA. on May 29, 1932 to the late Julian Braxtal and Mary Kathleen McMillian Lawson. Mrs. Lawson was a member of New Life Baptist Church....
Mrs. Myrtle Loudene Inman
Feb 23, 2014
Mrs. Myrtle Loudene Hiatt Inman, 86, of 2598 Westfield Road,. Mt. Airy, NC passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Myrtle was born July 26, 1927 in Surry County, NC to the late Wilford and Effie Simmons Hiatt. She was retired having worked many years at the family owned store, Busy Bee, on...
Miss Geraldine McRoberts
Feb 23, 2014
Miss Geraldine McRoberts, 71 of Mt. Airy passed away at her home Sunday, February 23, 2014. She was born in Roberson County on April 3, 1942 to the late Jonah Henderson and Gertrude Copeland McRoberts. She had worked 20 years for Hospital Pharmacy and was retired from the Renfro Corporation. Surviving are three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Allene and Bobby...
Mr. Hobert Junior Livengood
Feb 23, 2014
Mr. Hobert Junior Livengood, 83, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at his home. He was born in Surry County on February 3, 1931 to the late Carrie Livengood. He bravely served in the U.S. Marines from 1952 to 1954. Mr. Livengood was retired from Hennis Freight Lines and was a member of Faith Baptist Church. He...
Lillian Irene Odell Hiatt
Feb 23, 2014
Mrs. Lillian Irene Odell Hiatt, of Mount Airy, widow of Russell Edwin Hiatt, passed away Sunday night, February 23, 2014, at RidgeCrest Retirement Center. Lillian and Russell were married for more than 65 years. Mrs. Hiatt was born August 4, 1916, in Surry County, the daughter of Joseph Arthur and Bennie Dodson Odell. She was "97½ years old and proud...
Mr. Tommy Dean McMillian
Feb 23, 2014
Mr. Tommy Dean McMillian, 53 of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Surry County on September 17, 1960 to Tom and Rachel Chaney McMillian. Mr. McMillian worked along with his mother, Rachel at her Pottery Shop as long as his health permitted. He is survived by his son,...