Clayton James Shinault
Apr 24, 2013
Mr. Clayton James Shinault, 65, of Dobson passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Surry County on April 14, 1948 to the late Henry James and Ethel Marie Wall Shinault. Mr. Shinault was a retired farmer and a dedicated member of Day Spring Baptist Church. He leaves to cherish his...
Callie Edith Marion Mayes
Apr 24, 2013
Mrs. Callie Edith Marion Mayes, 79, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Mayes was born July 22, 1933, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Henry Roscoe and Auta Jane Carico Marion. Callie retired from Spencer's Inc. after 23 years of service and was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church....
Andrew Bejamin "Ben" Simmons
Apr 23, 2013
Andrew Benjamin "Ben" Simmons of Mt. Airy passed into the arms of his beloved Lord on April 23, 2013. Ben was born May 26, 1923, to the Rev. Charles and Bessie Scales Simmons, His marriage to Reba June Clark Simmons on February 23, 1942 began a 67year love affair interrupted by Reba's passing in February 2009. Ben was a member...
Mrs. Lucille Rakes Craig
Apr 23, 2013
Mrs. Lucille Rakes Craig, age 85 of Salem, and formerly of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on February 19, 1928 to the late Lemuel Thomas "Taft" Rakes and Mary Cassell Rakes. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Craig was preceded in death by her husband, Lester O. Craig; a...
Mrs. Brenda Gail Gravely
Apr 23, 2013
Mrs. Brenda Gail Norman Gravely, age 59 of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Gravely was born in Surry County on December 4, 1953 to Henry Wilson and Loline Hawks Norman. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and a devoted member of Welcome Baptist Church. Surviving is her husband of forty-two...
Theodore M. "Ted" Edwards
Apr 23, 2013
Theodore M. Edwards made the transition to a new life in Christ on April 23rd at The Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born to John Eldridge and Laura Ada Holt Edwards on December 13, 1925. Ted spent 40 award winning years in management with the former Pilot Life Insurance Company. After retirement, he bought the Edwards Family Farm...
Mrs. Waneta Maxine Gray Inscore
Apr 23, 2013
Mrs. Waneta Maxine Gray Inscore, 90, of Ararat, VA passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center in Galax, VA. She was born in Arcola, West Virginia on January 26, 1923 to the late, Edwin and Delores Swisher Gray. Mrs. Inscore was retired from Spencer's Incorporated and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by...
Folger Lee Montgomery
Apr 22, 2013
Mr. Folger Lee Montgomery Age 85 of 4589 Ararat Hwy. Ararat, Va. passed away Monday April 22, 2013 at the Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. Mr. Montgomery was born August 7, 1927 in Patrick County to the late Hie Maddison and Sally Barnard Montgomery, he was retired from Sara Lee Hosiery Mill after 40 years of service, was a...
William Gaston Carter, Sr
Apr 22, 2013
Mr. William Gaston Carter, Sr., 65, of 435 Pacific Circle, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, April 22, 2013, at Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Carter was born December 21, 1947, in Surry County, the only child born to the late William Harry and Margaret Ann Southerland Carter. He retired from Jostens Inc. and was a...
Mr. Ronald Erling Olsen
Apr 22, 2013
Mr. Ronald Erling Olsen, 66, of Wilmington, NC passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. NC. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on June 20, 1946 to the late Erling and Betty Antalovic Olsen. He was a veteran of the US Army having served during the Vietnam War. Mr. Olsen was a retired...
Mr. Kenneth Everett Ball
Apr 21, 2013
Mr. Kenneth Everett Ball, age 44, of Union, SC, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2013. Mr. Ball was born in Logan County, WV on May 13, 1968 to John H. Ball and the late Ethel Marie Gross Ball. Surviving are a daughter, Kristen B. Lane of Mt. Airy; a son, J. B. Ball; his father and step mother, John and...
Mrs. Lola Irene Inman Gammons
Apr 20, 2013
Mrs. Lola Irene Inman Gammons, 94 of Mt. Airy passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy. Mrs. Gammons was born April 6, 1919 in Surry County to the late Matt and Sally Ann Adams Inman. She was a housewife, a farmer's wife and a charter member of Albion Missionary Baptist Church. Surviving are...
Billee Faye Horton Willard
Apr 19, 2013
Billee Faye Horton Willard, age 63 of Winston-Salem, loving wife of over 40 years to the Roger Dale Willard, passed away peacefully on April 19, 2013 at Duke University Hospital. A proud 5 year survivor of breast cancer, Billee Faye ultimately succumbed to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), which currently has no known treatments or cure. Billee Faye was born on...
Mrs. Lucille Vernon Folger
Apr 19, 2013
Mrs. Lucille Vernon Folger, 85, of Dobson, passed away peacefully on April 19, 2013 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born on February 13, 1928 in Stokes County, NC to the late Wallace H. Vernon and Alice Andrews Vernon. Mrs. Folger was a graduate of Appalachian State University and a beloved teacher in the Surry County...
Mrs. Charmaine "Cherie" Fickes Acker
Apr 19, 2013
Charmaine "Cherie" Fickes Acker-Mt. Airy After suffering from Parkinson's disease for an extended time, Mrs. Cherie Martha Fickes Acker, 83, went home to be with the Lord on April 19, 2013. She lived and died in her home and the home of Brenda and Sonny Westmoreland, surrounded by the love of her family, her loving caregiver, Brenda, and many close...
Mrs. Brownie Shelton Nester
Apr 18, 2013
Mrs. Brownie Shelton Nester, age 90 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Nester was born in Surry County on April 9, 1923 to Jim and Hallie Hicks Shelton. She was a loving mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and friends. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law,...
Mr. Jimmy Leon Collins, Jr
Apr 17, 2013
"In God's Care" is Mr. Jimmy Leon Collins, Jr., age 34 of Mt. Airy, who passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at Moses Cone Hospital. Mr. Collins was born in Surry County on December 8, 1978 to Jimmy Leon Collins, Sr. and Debra Jean Johnson Collins. He was employed with Subway. In addition to his parents, he leaves behind to...
Mrs. Mary Jo Hutchens
Apr 16, 2013
Mrs. Mary Jo Hutchens, age 54 of Spencer, passed away Monday, April 15, 2013 at her home. She was born in Staunton, Virginia on August 24, 1958, and was preceded in death by her father, Carroll Jay. She was a LPN at Blue Ridge Nursing Center, a longtime member of Providence United Methodist Church, a lifetime member of Jeb Stuart...
Mrs. Ellen Frances Edwards Ladd
Apr 15, 2013
Mrs. Ellen Frances Edwards Ladd, age 84 of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, April 15, 2013 at her home. She was born in Surry County on December 31, 1928 to Thomas Jefferson and Rebecca Elizabeth Tate Edwards. She was retired from Surry Friends of Seniors. Surviving are daughters, Mary Snow of Mt. Airy; Brenda Irwin, Susie Worrell and Janie Easter...
Abner Thomas Atkins
Apr 15, 2013
Mr. Abner Thomas Atkins, 87, of 1501 Old Highway 601, Mount Airy, passed away Monday night, April 15, 2013, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Atkins was born January 6, 1926, in Surry County, the son of the late Powell and Lela Atkins Atkins. Abner served our country in the United States Army during World...