Obituaries
Ross E. Ramey
Sep 19, 2014
Mr. Ross E. Ramey age 83 of Lowgap, NC husband of Mrs. Pauline Delp Ramey passed away Friday, September 19, 2014 at his home. He was born December 30, 1930 in Surry County to the late Daniel Corbett and Zenna Poole Ramey. He was retired from Spencer's Inc. and was a truck driver for WLA Trucking in his later years....
Joseph Curtis "Joe" Gilley
Sep 17, 2014
Mr. Joseph Curtis "Joe" Gilley age 57, of Dobson passed from this world into the loving arms of his heavenly father on Wednesday September 17, 2014 at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. Mr. Gilley was born in Surry County on April 22, 1957, the son of Joseph Curry "J.C." and Eunice Butcher Gilley. Mr. Gilley was an avid car show and cruise...
Raymond Cecil Vaughn
Sep 17, 2014
Mr. Raymond Cecil Vaughn, age 87 of Claudville passed away Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born on Oct. 14, 1926 in Patrick County to the late Moir W. Vaughn and Sally Dollarhite Vaughn. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a grandson, Christopher Michael Vaughn; two sisters, Ellen...
Betty Baker Cooper
Sep 17, 2014
Mrs. Betty Baker Cooper, 85, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday afternoon, September 17, 2014, at her home. Mrs. Cooper was born September 14, 1929, in Mullins, SC, the daughter of the late Herbert Maxie and Thelma Bruce Baker. She is survived by two daughters, Becky (Skipper) Shaffer of Mooresville and Beverly (Billy) Holbrook of Goshen, KY; a son, Bobby...
Mr. Johnny Ray Hayes
Sep 17, 2014
Mr. Johnny Ray Hayes, 79, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Golden Living-Surry Community Nursing Home in Mt. Airy. He was born in Surry County on November 28, 1934 to the late Paul and Ethel Reece Hayes. Mr. Hayes was retired from Wayne Farms in Dobson and was a member of Zephyr Baptist Church. He is...
Mrs. Mildred Frances McHone
Sep 17, 2014
Mrs. Mildred Frances McHone, 93 of Mt. Airy passed away at her home surrounded by her family Wednesday, September 17, 2014. She was born in Surry County on May 11, 1921 to the late Clayton and Julie Gravley Hall. Mrs. McHone retired from Quality Mills and was of the Baptist Faith. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Joan...
Mrs. Nellie Ruth Turner Bowles
Sep 16, 2014
Mrs. Nellie Turner Bowles age 96, of Stuart, Virginia passed on Monday, September 16, 2014 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on September 6, 1918 to the late Grover Turner and Ada Foster Turner. In addition to her parents Mrs. Bowles was preceded in death by her husband, Earnest Sell Bowles; a son, Larry Roger Bowles; a...
Mrs. Ethel Lee Adams King
Sep 16, 2014
Mrs. Ethel Lee Adams King, 84 of Mt. Airy passed away at her home Tuesday, September 16, 2014. She was born in Grayson County, VA on December 24, 1929 to the late Emmitt James and Grace Mae Murphy Adams. Mrs. King retired from Perry Manufacturing and Surry Friends of Seniors. She faithfully attended Holy Cross Baptist church and was a...
Louneil Venable Mosley
Sep 15, 2014
Mrs. Louneil Venable Mosley, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, September 15, 2014, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Mosley was born January 17, 1924, in Surry County, to Jerry and Sally Bowman Venable. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother and was a member of Stewarts Creek Primitive Baptist Church....
Rafael Prieto-Garcia
Sep 14, 2014
Mr. Rafael Prieto-Garcia, 60, of Dugspur, VA, passed away Sunday morning, September 14, 2014, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born July 23, 1954, in Madrid, Spain, to the late Antonia Prieto-Garcia. Rafael worked as a chocolatier at Nancy's Candy Company in Meadows of Dan, VA. He is survived by his wife, Diane Palumbo. Moody Funeral Services in...
James Vance Goad, Sr
Sep 13, 2014
Mr. James Vance Goad, Sr., 82, of Mount Airy, a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2014, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born February 22, 1932, in Surry County, to the late George and Dora Sutphin Goad. Mr. Goad was a retired car dealer and a member of...
Nelson Reid Keith
Sep 13, 2014
Mr. Nelson Reid Keith, age 54 of Meadows of Dan, VA passed away Saturday, September 13, 2014 at Pioneer Community Hospital. Mr. Keith was born on June 29, 1960 in Patrick County to the late Waitman Carl Keith and Eleanor Evaleen Hylton Keith. In addition to his parents Mr. Keith was preceded in death by two brothers, Calvin Truman Keith...
Mrs. Pauline Stanley Davis
Sep 12, 2014
Mrs. Pauline Stanley Davis, 94, of Dobson, NC died Friday morning, September 12, 2014 at home surrounded by her family. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother as well as always extending love and care to many other family members and a large host of friends. Mrs. Davis was born February 21, 1920 in the Copeland community, near...
Ella Jean Dillon O'Dell
Sep 12, 2014
Mrs. Ella Jean Dillon O'Dell Age 78 of Cana, VA. passed away Friday September 12, 2014 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. O'Dell was born March 2, 1936 in Eccles, W.Va to the late Doff and Lillie Lucas Dillon, she was a homemaker, mother and grandmother and was a member of Marion Baptist Church in Marion VA. Surviving are...
Mrs. Margaret Ann D. Dawson
Sep 12, 2014
Mrs. Margaret Ann Davis Dawson, age 64 of Cana, VA, passed away Friday, September 12, 2014 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Dawson was born in Williamson, WV on March 18, 1950 to Rodden McKinley and Mildred Aliff Davis. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her...
Mrs. Alvie Jean Branson Morris
Sep 11, 2014
Mrs. Alvie Jean Branson Morris, 70, of Stokesdale passed away Thursday, September 11, 2014 at the Hospice Home of Rockingham County. She was born in Surry County on January 18, 1944 to the late, John Wesley and Tilda Jean Jones Branson. Mrs. Morris was a homemaker. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Crystal Ann and Patrick Marshall; three...
Bobby Esker Beck
Sep 11, 2014
Mr. Bobby Esker Beck age 77 of Pilot Mountain passed away Thursday September 11, 2014 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Beck was born June 7, 1937 in Surry County to the late Emmitte Roosevelt and Mary Jackson Beck, he was retired as a Heavy Equipment Operator and was a member of Friendly Chapel Church....
Harry Richard Younger
Sep 9, 2014
Mr. Harry Richard "Dick" Younger, 65, of Mount Airy, died Tuesday afternoon, September 9, 2014, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, after a long illness. Mr. Younger was born May 21, 1949, in Surry County, to Randolph Richard and Pauline Atkins Younger. Dick was a graduate of North Surry High School, where he played on two...
Mr. James Lester Niten, Sr
Sep 9, 2014
Mr. James Lester Niten, Sr., age 90, of Romney, WV passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2014 in Romney. Mr. Niten was born in Patrick County on October 28, 1923 to John Aaron and Elitha Barnard Niten. He proudly served our county in the United States Army during WWII and was a well-known sales representative. Surviving are many special nieces and...
Mr. Billy Lee White
Sep 9, 2014
Mr. Billy Lee White, age 73, of Elkin passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at the Woltz Hospice Home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on June 6, 1941 to the late Adam G. and Emily Dockery White Jenkins. Mr. White was a well known musician and a member of Living Church of...


