Obituaries
Mr. Leslie Eugene Carter
Jul 14, 2014
Mr. Leslie Eugene Carter, 89, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, July 14, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Surry County on August 12, 1924 to the late James Walter and Sarah Evelyn Spencer Carter. Mr. Carter was retired from Mt. Airy Furniture and was a member of Haymore Memorial Baptist...
Angelia Sue Atkins
Jul 14, 2014
Ms. Angelia Sue Atkins, 52, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, July 14, 2014 at Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Surry County on January 27, 1962 to Byrona Bunker Atkins and the late Donald Hugh Atkins. Ms. Atkins was a homemaker. She is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Tonya and Brad Alderman of Tobaccoville; sons...
Robert Fred Christian
Jul 12, 2014
Mr. Robert Fred (Bob) Christian age 78 of Rural Hall, NC passed Saturday July 12, 2014 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Mr. Christian was born December 23, 1935 in Stokes County to the late Robert Frank and Gladys Mills Christian Owens, he was retired from R. J. Reynolds and attended First Baptist Church of Rural Hall....
Mr. James Franklin "Frank" Hawks
Jul 12, 2014
Mr. James Franklin "Frank" Hawks, 57 of Reidsville formerly of Mt. Airy passed away at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, VA Saturday, July 12, 2014. He was born on March 8, 1957 in Homestead, FL to Russell Hawks and the late Barbara Jean Pilgrim Hawks. Mr. Hawks worked in commercial heating and cooling and was of the Baptist...
Mrs. Ivylyn Rebecca Jarrell Swift
Jul 12, 2014
Mrs. Ivylyn Rebecca Jarrell Swift, 78, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, July 12, 2014 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on December 8, 1935 to the late, Ellard Grady and Mary Leota Vernon Jarrell. Mrs. Swift was a homemaker and was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. She is survived...
Mrs. Hazel Irene Hawks York
Jul 11, 2014
Mrs. Hazel Irene Hawks York, age 81 of Mt. Airy, passed away peacefully on July 11, 2014 at her home. Mrs. York was born in Surry County on February 14, 1933 to Richard and Stella Galyean Hawks. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend to so many. Mrs. York was of the Baptist faith. She will be dearly...
Ada Frances Goins Lee
Jul 10, 2014
Ms. Ada Frances Goins Lee, 96, of Mount Airy, passed away late Thursday afternoon, July 10, 2014, at Central Continuing Care. Ms. Lee was born November 20, 1917, in Surry County, one of five children born to the late Jim and Sarah McCraw Goins. Ada worked as a nursing assistant for many years. She is survived by a son, William...
J. Bundy Needham
Jul 10, 2014
Bundy Needham , a loving devoted husband, went to be with his Lord on July 10, 2014. He was 87. Born to Bundy and Emma Needham he was one of five children - his siblings being Paul, Roger, Philip and Lorene. A member of Fielder Road Baptist Church, he practiced his religion every day, trying to do the right thing...
Mrs. Gertrude Iris Jones Long
Jul 10, 2014
Mrs. Gertrude Iris Jones Long, age 93, of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Long was born in Surry County on November 13, 1920 to William Paul Jones and Emma Haynes Jones Snow. She graduated from Beulah High School and Mt. Airy Beauty School. She was a hairdresser prior...
Mr. Junior Bundy "J.B." Needham
Jul 10, 2014
Mr. Junior Bundy "J.B." Needham, 87, of Arlington, TX, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Arlington. Mr. Needham was born November 10, 1926, in Surry County, to Nathan Bundy and Ruth Emma Hiatt Needham. He served our country in the United States Navy and was retired from Allis Chalmers Corporation. Surviving are his wife, Joanne Crawford Needham of the...
Bertha Marie Hess Richardson
Jul 9, 2014
Mrs. Bertha Marie Hess Richardson, 87, a longtime resident of the Pine Ridge community, went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday night, July 9, 2014, from the home of her son, Alan Freeman. Mrs. Richardson was born July 22, 1926, in Wyoming County, WV, one of ten children born to the late Elbert Morgan and Dora Pearl Cain Hess....
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Ramey
Jul 8, 2014
Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Hawks Ramey, age 79 of Lowgap, passed away Tuesday, July 08, 2014 at Golden Living Nursing Center. Mrs. Ramey was born in Surry County on March 6, 1935 to Robert McCoy and Gladys Wood Hawks. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother and was a member of Ladonia Baptist Church. She will be dearly...
Mrs. Runelle Evans Cagle
Jul 8, 2014
Mrs. Runelle Payne Evans Cagle, 86 of Mt. Airy passed away at Forsyth Medical Center Tuesday, July 8, 2014. She was born in Carroll County, VA to the late Columbus H. "Lum" and Annetta Westmoreland Payne. Mrs. Cagle retired from Mt. Airy City Schools and was a dedicated member of Epworth United Methodist Church for over 70 years. During those...
Mr. Clifford Alvis Custer
Jul 6, 2014
Mr. Clifford Alvis Custer, age 70 of Patrick Springs passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. He was born in Patrick County on November 10, 1943. He was the son of the late Margaret Ratliff Hatcher and Roy Jackson Custer, and was also preceded in death by a son, Kyle Roy Custer. He...
Leonora Delores Cantu
Jul 6, 2014
Leonora Delores Cantu, of Kernersville, passed away Sunday morning, July 6, 2014, sadly due to stage 4 brain cancer. She leaves behind two daughters, Michele and Vanessa, as well as many other loving family and friends. She was a lover of nature and animals. She believed in positive nature, balance, and peace, and was always willing to help others. She...
Johnny Lee Childress
Jul 6, 2014
Mr. Johnny Lee Childress, 49, of King, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Universal Health Care in King. He was born in Surry County on June 23, 1965 to Linda Jean McCormick Poff and to Billy Gray Childress. He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Linda and Ronnie Poff of Mt. Airy; his father Billy Gray Childress of...
Mr. William Franklin Withers
Jul 6, 2014
William Franklin "Motor" Withers, age 74 of Fancy Gap, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014, at the Woltz Hospice Home. He was born in Henry County, VA, grew up in Mt. Airy where he would meet his first wife, C. Kay Huffman Withers. Bill attended Eastern Carolina University. They moved to Winston-Salem where Bill worked for R.J. Reynolds Company. He...
Mr. Ray Woodrow Cockerham
Jul 5, 2014
Mr. Ray Woodrow Cockerham age 84 of 631 Factory Street, Mt. Airy, NC husband of Mrs. Lucille Johnson Cockerham passed away Saturday, July 5, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born February 22, 1930 in Surry County, NC to the late Boggie Cleveland and Maggie Jarrell Cockerham. He was a lead person in the home...
Mr. Posie Maynard Dawson
Jul 5, 2014
Mr. Posie Maynard Dawson, 72 of Mt. Airy passed away at his home Saturday, July 5, 2014. He was born in Carroll County, VA on March 14, 1942 to the late Winfred Nelson and Nellie Clementine Tate Dawson. He retired from Henredon Furniture and attended Crooked Oak Moravian Church. Mr. Dawson is survived by three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Jack...
Russell Eugene Knott
Jul 5, 2014
Mr. Russell Eugene Knott, 71, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, July 5, 2014, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Knott was born February 13, 1943, in Surry County, to Sarah Johnson Knott and the late Hobert Reece Knott. He was a retired carpenter. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Tracey and Dan Speight and Kim and Jackie Mears,...
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