Mr. Francis Patrick McGirk
May 22, 2013
Mr. Francis Patrick McGirk, age 60 of Clearwater, FL passed away May 22, 2013 in Clearwater, FL. He was born on Nov. 3, 1952 in Altoona, PA to the late Francis and Ruby Hughes McGirk. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a brother, William McGirk; seven uncles; and seven aunts. He had worked as...
Mr. Frank Dickerson Ayers
May 22, 2013
Mr. Frank Dickerson Ayers, age 87 of San Antonio, TX passed away May 22, 2013 in a Veterans Hospital in San Antonio, TX. He was born in Patrick County on Feb. 27, 1926 to the late Bonnie Ayers and May Shockley Ayers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Violet Moran Ayers and one...
Mrs. Brenda Kay Richardson
May 22, 2013
Mrs. Brenda Kay Burcham Richarsdon, 66 of Lowgap passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. She was born on December 27, 1946 in Grayson County, VA to the late Wash Banks Burcham and Bertie Lear Williams Burcham. Mrs. Richardson is survived by her husband, Billy Gray Richardson of the home;...
Mr. Jimmie Harold Davis
May 22, 2013
Mr. Jimmie Harold Davis, age 77, of Dobson, NC passed away at his home on Wednesday morning May 22, 2013. He was born in Surry Co. on May 20, 1936 to the late Jesse Rufus Davis and the late Sadie Wolfe Davis. He was the retired owner operator of Jim Davis Accounting in Dobson and a former Mayor of the...
Mrs. Daisy Anna Belle Scott
May 21, 2013
Mrs. Daisy Anna Belle Callahan Scott, 101 of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in the Skilled Care Unit of Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born on July 10, 1911 in Surry County to the late Benjamin Franklin and Lucy Holyfield Callahan. Mrs. Scott was a charter member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Mt. Airy and...
Mrs. Dorothy Hamlin Hayes
May 20, 2013
Mrs. Dorothy Hamlin Hayes, 95, of Elkin passed away peacefully on Monday, May 20, 2013 at Central Continuing Care. She was born in Surry County on April 21, 1918 to the late Sidney and Eva Sanford Hamlin. Mrs. Hayes was employed by Washington Mills in the quality control department, and later retired as a CNA from Elkin Healthcare, where she...
Tres Tsuguo Seto
May 19, 2013
Mr. Tres Tsuguo Seto, 70, of 836-F Willow Street, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013, at his home. Mr. Seto was born March 30, 1943, in Tokyo, Japan, the son of the late Suakichi and Teiko Sugano Seto. Tres was a retired restaurant manager. He is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Tatsuo and Geraldine G. Rushing of...
Mr. James Donald Byrd
May 19, 2013
Mr. James Donald Byrd, age 83 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013 at his home. Mr. Byrd was born in Surry County on August 4, 1929 to William "Willie" Axum Byrd and Lela Irene McCraw Doss. He proudly served our country in the United States Army during the Korean War, was retired from Central-Sprint Telephone Co. and...
Mrs. Lana Wood Brendle
May 18, 2013
Mrs. Lana Wood Brendle, 63, of Dobson passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center as her family gathered lovingly around her bedside. She was born in Surry County on January 18, 1950 to Henry and Bonnie Hayes Wood. Her loving and giving spirit to her Lord, her family and community will long be...
Ms. Muriel Boyles Wood
May 18, 2013
Ms. Muriel Boyles Wood Age 82 of Claudville, VA. passed away Friday May 17, 2013 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston Salem. Ms. Wood was born July 19, 1930 in Patrick County, VA. to the late William Virgil and Lillie McMillian Boyles, she was employed by Central Telephone Co. for 13 Years and also Proctor Silex for...
Rayburn Smith Golding
May 18, 2013
Mr. Rayburn Smith Golding, 76, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Carroll County on August 12, 1936 to the late Reuben Golding and Sallie Blackburn Golding Easter. Mr. Golding was retired from Amos and Smith Hosiery and was a member of Bannertown Baptist Church....
Mrs. Betty Lois Snow Martin
May 17, 2013
Mrs. Betty Lois Snow Martin age 68 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center after a ten year battle with aplastic anemia (a rare blood disease). Mrs. Martin was born in Surry County on October 28, 1944 to James Robert and Cassie Mae Venable Snow. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and...
Mr. Jimmy Dean Holt
May 16, 2013
Mr. Jimmy Dean Holt, age 39 of Stuart passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on July 11, 1973, and was preceded in death by a sister, Patty Sue Holt Stanley, his maternal grandparents, Henry Coolidge and Peggy Tilley Hayden; and his paternal grandparents, Ed and Delcie Holt. Mr. Holt is survived...
Mr. David Jackson Wilmoth
May 16, 2013
May 16, 2013 Dobson, NC Mr. David Jackson Wilmoth, age 56, of Dobson went home to be with the Lord on Thursday morning after a tragic automobile accident. He was born in Forsyth Co. on March 2, 1957 to the late Cleve Wilson Wilmoth and to Mary Faye Wood Wilmoth. He was employed by Pike Electric in Mt. Airy as...
Mr. John Roscoe Nolen
May 16, 2013
Mr. John Roscoe Nolen, age 86 of Collinsville, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 16, 2013, joining his wife of 63 years, Janice Rakes Nolen, who passed away on April 1, 2013. Mr. Nolen passed away at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Patrick County on Dec. 1, 1926. In addition to his wife,...
Mr. Roger Lee Martin
May 15, 2013
Mr. Roger Lee Martin, age 77, of Meadows of Dan, passed away on to his heavenly home on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Roger was born in Warsaw, New York, on August 30, 1935 and grew up on a dairy farm there. He served four years in the United States Air Force and was on the Rocky Mountain Regional Rifle Team....
Rhonda Lee Law McCraw
May 15, 2013
Mrs. Rhonda Lee Law McCraw, 61, of 279 Dover Church Road, Mount Airy, passed away early Wednesday morning, May 15, 2013, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. McCraw was born October 2, 1951, in Alamance County, to Alma Corder Law and the late James F. Law. Rhonda was a CNA at Colonial Care and a member of Imogene Baptist...
Mr. Clarence Eugene Wilmoth
May 15, 2013
Mr. Clarence Eugene "Gene" Wilmoth, age 74, of Thurmond, NC passed away at his home on Wednesday May 15, 2013. He was born in Surry Co. on July 14, 1938 to the late James Calvin and Effie Jane Pardue Wilmoth. He was retired from Chatham Manufacturing with over 28 years of service. He was of the Primitive Baptist faith. In...
Mrs. Marguerite Brown
May 15, 2013
Mrs. Virginia Marguerite Morris Brown, 98, of Mount Airy, N.C., formerly of Pulaski, Va., died on May 15, 2013 in the Skilled Care Unit of the Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mt. Airy. Marguerite was born in Mt. Airy in 1915 and married James Monroe "Jim" Brown, also of Mt. Airy, in 1939. More than 40 years of their...
Joan Florence Klueg Ernst
May 15, 2013
Mrs. Joan Florence Klueg Ernst Age 78 of Groundhog Hills Rd. Hillsville, VA. died Wednesday May 15, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Ernst was born July 30, 1934 in Brooklyn, NY. To the late Valentine Killian and Florence D'heron Klueg, she was a loving wife, mother grandmother and homemaker and was a member of Bluemont Presbyterian Church. Surviving are her...