Mrs. Betty Imogene Gammons Axsom
Oct 24, 2013
Mrs. Betty Imogene Gammons Axsom, age 74 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2013, at Golden Living Center. Mrs. Axsom was born in Surry County on June 3, 1939 to Adam and Lilly Mae Taylor Gammons. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed. Surviving are a daughter, Lisa Donathan of Dobson;...
Mrs. Edith Annie McKamey Craddock
Oct 23, 2013
Mrs. Edith Annie McKamey Craddock, age 90 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. She was born in McDowell County, West Virginia on March 12, 1923 to the late S.H. and Rhoda Frazier McKamey. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Craddock was preceded in death by three brothers, Earl, Edgar and Richard McKamey....
Mr. James Edwin "Jack" Dalton
Oct 23, 2013
Mr. James Edwin "Jack" Dalton, age 80 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on October 1, 1933 to the late Frank James Dalton and Mabel Edna West Dalton. In addition to his parents, Mr. Dalton was preceded in death by a sister and brother-in-law, Cora Bell and Ray Lawson....
Mr. Roger Angus Ball
Oct 22, 2013
Mr. Roger Angus Ball, age 86 of Stuart, VA, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at his home. He was born in Downings, Virginia on April 5, 1927 to the late James and Cecil Johnson Ball. In addition to his parents, Mr. Ball was preceded in death by his wife, Vera Via Ball, two brothers and eight sisters. He attended...
Mr. James "Jim" Jackson, Jr
Oct 22, 2013
Mr. James "Jim" William Jackson, Jr., age 71, of Ararat, VA passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at his home. Mr. Jackson was born in Surry County on October 10, 1942 to James W. Jackson and Nettie Griffin Jackson Towe. He worked as an electrical contractor, employed by Floyd S. Pike Electrical, for twenty six years and in 1994 established...
Isaac Eugene Spillman, Jr
Oct 22, 2013
Mr. Isaac Eugene "Ike" Spillman, Jr., 70, of 320 Granite Street, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday afternoon, October 22, 2013, at his home. Mr. Spillman was born October 13, 1943, in Forsyth County, the son of the late Isaac Eugene Spillman, Sr. and Margaret Beshears Spillman. Ike graduated in 1968 from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with...
Mr. Buddy Wade Culler
Oct 22, 2013
Mr. Buddy Wade Culler age 69 of 158 Circle View Road, Mt. Airy, NC passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born October 7, 1944 in Patrick County, VA to the late Grant and Madie King Culler. Mr. Culler was a veteran of the US Army having served during the Vietnam...
Johnny Ray Vaughn
Oct 21, 2013
Mr. Johnny Ray Vaughn, 51, of 589 White Pines Country Club Road, Mount Airy, passed away early Monday morning, October 21, 2013, at his home. Mr. Vaughn was born March 26, 1962, in Surry County, one of four children born to John Early and Margaret Money Vaughn. Johnny worked in the construction industry for many years. He is survived by...
Mrs. Deborah Ann McConkey Wilson
Oct 21, 2013
Mrs. Deborah Ann McConkey Wilson, 55, of Westfield passed away Monday, October 21, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Surry County on January 12, 1958 to the late James Ralph and Lizzie Dervie Jones McConkey. Mrs. Wilson was a homemaker. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Debra and Catlin Morgan of Sandy...
Mrs. Delia Quesenberry Stevens
Oct 20, 2013
Mrs. Delia Quesenberry Stevens, 89, of Ararat, VA passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013 at her home. She was born on September 11, 1924 to the late Lee Davis and Ethel Virginia Taylor Quesenberry. Mrs. Stevens was homemaker and retired from Proctor Silex. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Carlene and Herbert Ogle of Ararat, VA; a son...
Mrs. Lucy Gladys Guynn Ogle
Oct 20, 2013
Mrs. Lucy Gladys Guynn Ogle age 86 of 1168 Cherry Crest Dr., Cana, VA widow of Mr. Henry Ogle passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013 at her home. She was born March 30, 1927 in Surry County, NC to the late Luke and Frances Guynn. She was retired from Spencer's Inc. and was a member of oak Grove Baptist Church....
Rev. Bernard D. Handy
Oct 19, 2013
Rev. Bernard D. Handy, age 87 of Stuart passed away Saturday at his home. He was born in Patrick County on June 8, 1926 to the late Fernell Handy and Arta Overby Handy. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by four sisters, Evelyn Compton, Betty Barrow, Nessie Handy, Nellie Handy; and five brothers, Herbert, Clyde,...
Mrs. Carolyn Gail Reece Whitaker
Oct 19, 2013
Mrs. Carolyn Gail Reece Whitaker, 66, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, October 19, 2013 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Surry County on October 24, 1946 to the late Dewey John and Elsie Mae Reynolds Reece. Mrs. Whitaker was a retired cashier from Wal-Mart. She is survived by two daughters, Donna Gail Heath,...
Mr. Mitchell Thomas Holder
Oct 18, 2013
Mr. Mitchell Thomas Holder, 48 of Travelers Rest, SC formerly of Mt. Airy passed away suddenly at his home on Friday, October 18, 2013. He was born on September 20, 1965 to Carole Leftwich Holder and the late Paul Thomas Holder. He was an artist and a former brick mason. Mitchell and Kay attended New Spring Church. In addition to...
Kathleen Greer Stanley
Oct 17, 2013
Kathleen "Kathy" Greer Stanley of Mount Airy, NC, joined the Lord on Thursday, October 17, 2013, following a stroke earlier in the week. Kathy was born in Boone, NC, on the 4th of February, 1928, to Ralph and Elma Greer. She was the fourth of seven children, with five brothers, Truitt, Earl, Bill, Graydon, and Owen, and a sister, Velda....
Mrs. Debra Kirkman Sawyers
Oct 15, 2013
On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Mrs. Debra Kirkman Sawyers entered the Portals of Heaven to forever be with her Lord and Savior. She was born in Surry County on May 3, 1954 to Beatrice Chaney Kirkman and the late Frank Kirkman. Mrs. Sawyers was employed by Northern Hospital of Surry County as a Certified Nurses Assistant and a faithful member...
Katherine Dessie Nunn Adams Shively
Oct 15, 2013
Ms. Katherine Dessie Nunn Adams Shively, born in the Kibler Valley Community of Patrick County, Va. passed away at Golden Living Center on Tuesday, October 15, 2013. She was born on April 19, 1921 to the late Edward and Ada Smith Nunn. She loved her family and special friends very much. She was a seamstress most of her life, she...
Mrs. Sylvia Marion Johnson
Oct 14, 2013
Mrs. Sylvia Marion Johnson, age 83, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Monday October 14, 2013 at the Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on June 1, 1930 to the late Coley and Lettie Atkins Marion. Sylvia was a faithful Member of Piney Grove Baptist Church as long as her health...
Mrs. Tabitha Maris Manning McMilllian
Oct 14, 2013
Mrs. Tabitha Marie McMillian age 35 of Lawsonville, NC passed away Monday, October 14, 2013. She was born March 7, 1978 in McDowell County, W. VA Daniel Manning and Barbara Blankenship Cole. She was employed by Granite City Pawn Shop. Surviving are her husband, Michael McMillian, Sr. Westfield, four daughters, Brittany Newman, Princeton, W. VA, Alexis Smith, Pineville, W. VA,...
Rebecca Bowlin Noonkester
Oct 13, 2013
Mrs. Rebecca Bowlin Noonkester, 79, of Winston-Salem, passed away Sunday, October 13, 2013, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born June 20, 1934, in Surry County, to the late Lesley Elijah and Minnie Holt Bowlin. Mrs. Noonkester was a retired beautician and a member of Mountain View Primitive Baptist Church in Ararat, VA. She is survived by two...