Mr. Arthur Guy Shockley, age 86 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on July 8, 1927 to the late Arthur N. and Essie Ayers Shockley. He graduated from Hardin Reynolds Memorial School, attended Concord United Methodist Church, was a lifelong farmer and had retired from J.P. Stevens Rubber Thread....
Mr. Samuel Richard Wood, Sr., age 90 of Spencer, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. He was born in Patrick County on December 12, 1922 to the late Samuel and Myrtle Geneva Shough Wood. In addition to his parents, Mr. Wood was preceded in death by a son, Samuel Richard Wood, Jr.;...
Mr. Gary Dale Inman age 64 of 234 Inman Road, Mt. Airy, NC passed away Monday, September 23, 2013 at the Joan and Howard Woltz hospice Home. He was born January 20, 1949 in Surry County, NC to Myrtle Hiatt Inman and the late Clarence Bill Inman. He was a graduate of the University of Alabama, having retired from the...
Mr. Gray Simmons, 88, of Mount Airy, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday evening, September 23, 2013, from the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Simmons was born November 14, 1924, in Surry County, to the late Charlie Vann and Elizabeth McDaniel Simmons. He bravely served in the United States Navy during World...
Mrs. Vada Irene Ballard Martin age 98, of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, September 23, 2013 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Martin was born in Forsyth County on October 7, 1914 to Harmon and Mary Jones Ballard. She was one of the founding members of Central United Methodist Church where she was a devoted member and served in many...
Mrs. Zelda Raye Goins Baldwin, age 75 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Baldwin was born in Patrick County on April 5, 1938 to James Hanibil and Alice Ann Willard Goins. She was such a loving mother who will be dearly missed. "For our mom, there is a bond between a...
Mr. Charles Lynwood Jones, 73 of Cana passed away at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart on Saturday, September 21, 2013. He was born in Carroll County, VA on December 19, 1939 to the late William Lissie and Lina Mae Jones. Mr. Jones was well known in the community for his dedication to his family, friends and businesses. He and...
Mrs. Patricia Gail Gullatt Hayes, 60, wife of James Harvey Hayes of Elkin passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Surry County on February 18, 1953 to the late Herbert Lee and Mary Emma Wills Gullatt. Mrs. Hayes was retired from the Heart and Vascular Center of Mount Airy as a...
Mr. Kevin Daryl Coleman, 47, of Stuart, VA passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Surry County on February 25, 1966 to Phyllis Vernell Hill Coleman and the late Curtis Coleman. Mr. Coleman worked in construction before becoming disabled and was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his...
Mrs. Pearl Bowers White, age 96, of Dobson was carried away on Angel's wings on Saturday afternoon, September 21, 2013.She was born in Surry County on August 3, 1917 to the late John Sanford and Martha Ida Mayes Bowers. Affectionately known as "Mama Pearl", she was retired from Tultex Industries after 35 years of service and a faithful, dedicated member...
Mr. Eddie Dean Hull Age 67 of Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Saturday September 21, 2013 at the Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC. Mr. Hull was born October 5, 1945 in Surry County to the late Ed and Alpha Hicks Hull, he was a dump truck driver for Carl Rose & Son and a member of Round Peak...
Mrs. Kathy Darlene Tate, 54, of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, September 20, 2013 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Forsyth County on June 30, 1959 to the late Roy Joseph Odum and Ethel Corine McCraw. Mrs. Tate was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her...
Mrs. Wanda Lee Hill Pruett, 66, of 137 Jackson Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, September 20, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Pruett was born April 29, 1947, in Dade County, FL, the daughter of Lillian Jewell Zimmerman Hill and the late Emmett Leon Hill. Wanda served as a legal secretary in the law...
Ms. Linda Carol Tyndall Bogle, 50, of 190 Apple Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday afternoon, September 19, 2013, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Ms. Bogle was born July 22, 1963, in Guilford County, the daughter of Louise Jackson Tyndall Yates and the late Armon B. Tyndall. Linda was formerly employed as a supervisor at Energy United and was...
Mrs. Gladys Mills Christian Owens, age 104, formerly of Westfield, died Thursday, September 19, 2013, at Ridgecrest Retirement Home. She was born in Patrick County to John Fountain (Bud) and Emma Jane Flippin Mills. She graduated from Radford College with a B.S. degree in Elementary Education and taught school for forty years. She taught in Patrick County, Stokes County, Surry...
Mr. Arville Emmett Sawyers, age 73 of High Point, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2013 at his home. Mr. Sawyers was born in Patrick County on December 2, 1939 to Monroe and Helen Bateman Sawyers. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother and friend to so many. He will be dearly missed by all his family and...
Mrs. Medie Esther Sawyers Craig, 95, of 2166 Haystack Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday morning, September 19, 2013, at her home. Mrs. Craig was born June 14, 1918, in Patrick County, VA, the daughter of the late Columbus "Lum" Sawyers and Ila Mae Hawks Sawyers Cassidy. Medie was a homemaker and a member of Gospel Mission Baptist Church. She...
Mr. Weldon Darrell Farmer, 76, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2013, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born April 8, 1937, in Wythe County, VA, to the late Kenneth and Lona Graybeal Farmer. Mr. Farmer was retired from Coy George Construction. He is survived by five daughters and a son-in-law, Krystal Farmer and Kevin Wagner,...
Mr. Clyde Linton Anthony, 89, devoted husband of Mrs. Mildred Edwards Anthony of Elkin passed away peacefully on Monday, September 16, 2013 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on May 24, 1924 to the late Malory Vance and Gertrude Stinson Anthony. Mr. Anthony was a retired self-employed farmer and...
Mr. Charles William Willard, age 65 of Sandy Ridge, NC went home to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. He was born in Stokes County, NC on April 7, 1948 to the late William Chester Willard and Clara Bell Pack Willard. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife, Kitty...