Mr. William Leonard Hodges, age 73, of Mt. Airy, a devoted husband, loving father and grandfather, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Mr. Hodges was born in Surry County on July 24, 1939, to Willie Pless and Hilda Elizabeth Hodges. He was retired from his family owned business, Hodges Transmission Shop. One of...
Mrs. Lottie Ruth Epperson Beasley, 98, of Stuart died Saturday, March 9, 2013. She was born on Nov. 23, 1914 in Ararat to the late Robert H. "Bob" Epperson and Phoebe Gates Epperson. She was married to Thomas Brack Beasley, Sr. on June 18, 1938 who preceded in her in death on Jan. 3, 1983. Mrs. Beasley was a member...
Mr. Robert Lee Cooper, 52, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center of Winston Salem. He was born in Wilkes County on February 23, 1961 to Robert Bruce and Christine Welborn Cooper. He worked in construction before becoming disabled. In addition to his parents, Mr. Cooper is survived by two sisters and two brothers-in-law,...
Mr. Anthony Grey D'Amico, 49 of Mt. Airy passed away at his home on Saturday, March 9, 2013. He was born in Surry County on January 12, 1964 to Tony Gray and Frankie Elizabeth Combs D'Amico. Mr. D'Amico was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and was employed with NCFI. He is survived by his wife, Sharon Jean Perry D'Amico;...
Mr. Talmage Raymond Childress, 73, of Elkin, passed away in the comfort of his home on Friday, March 8, 2013 surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Childress was born in Yadkin County on February 15 1940 to the late Jess Alonzo and Martha Jane Edwards Childress. He was retired from Sunbeam Corporation and a member of Charity Hill Baptist Church...
Mrs. Leila Ann Sprinkle Mayes, age 70, of Westfield, NC passed away on Thursday morning March 7, 2013 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. She was born in Surry County on April 09, 1942 to the late Culbert Craig and Mary Magdalene Calahan Sprinkle. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Mrs. Perlie Alphie Hall Hiatt, 83, of 1532 West Wensley Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday night, March 7, 2013, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Hiatt was born June 22, 1929, in Patrick County, VA, the daughter of the late Jesse Lee and Ida Belle Bowman Hall. Perlie retired from Proctor-Silex Inc. and was...
Mrs. Margaret Wood Turner, age 78 of Meadows of Dan passed away Thursday at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Patrick County on Feb. 5, 1935 to the late Joseph Clyde Wood and Maggie Reynolds Wood. Surviving are her husband of 51 years, Glenn E. Turner of the home; one daughter, Brenda Turner and husband, Mark Crook of Meadows...
Mr. William Worth Haynes, Sr., age 89 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013 at Ridgecrest Retirement. Mr. Haynes was born in Surry County on August 9, 1923 to Charles Rufus and Shirley Coleman Haynes. He proudly served our county in the United States Army during WWII in the Rome-Arno, Northern Apennines. He earned the Purple Heart, the...
Mrs. Alice Frances Webb Willis, 83, of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Carroll County, VA on November 23, 1929 to the late Wilburn Otis and Pearl Easter Webb. Mrs. Willis was a homemaker, and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by...
Mrs. Gertrude Frances Jessup Puckett Age 96 a beloved mother and grandmother, formerly of 830 Ridgecrest Dr. Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday March 6, 2013 at the Skilled Nursing Facility at Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mt. Airy, NC. Mrs. Puckett was born March 20, 1916 in Patrick County, VA. to the late John Haze and Georgia Savannah Childress...
Mrs. Nohemi Marroquim Espinosa, 68, of Pilot Mountain passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Kindred Hospital of Greensboro, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Tamaulipas, Mexico on November 8, 1944 to the late Jose Jesus Marroquuin and Margarita Arevalo. She was a retired cashier and a member of Iglesia Pentecostal Cristo Viene. Left to...
Mrs. Maude Elizabeth "Libby" Tate Pallinder, 86, of 1297 Galax Trail, Mount Airy, passed away early Tuesday morning, March 5, 2013, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Pallinder was born January 10, 1927, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Earl Richard and Ida Myrtle Brown Tate. Libby worked as a retail associate at Belk in Greensboro for...
Mr. Cecil Earl Bowman, 78 of Mt. Airy, passed away at Forsyth Medical Center on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. He was born in Surry County on January 15, 1935 to the late James Tyrie and Maggie Mae Felts Bowman. Mr. Bowman was well known in the tobacco circuit and highly respected by everyone. He was a very caring man to...
Mr. Roy Lee McAlexander age 75 of Stuart, passed away on Monday March 4, 2013 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was born on February 24, 1938 in Floyd County to the late Peter Wesley McAlexander, and Mary East McAlexander. In addition to his parents, Mr. McAlexander was preceded in death by two sisters,...
Mr. G. Rex Faris, age 72 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013 at his home. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on December 21, 1940 to the late Clell Franklin Faris and Helma Allene Ferguson Faris. He retired from the United States Air Force with 20 years of service as a Tech Sergeant, and was...
Mrs. Virginia Mae Allen Chamblin, 73, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family after a long illness. She was born in Surry County on July 13, 1939 to the late Flynn and Emily Southern Allen. Mrs. Chamblin was retired from Proctor Silex and Northern Home Care and was a member...
Mr. Tollie Henry Poteat Age 88 of 249 Imogene Ch. Rd. Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Sunday March 3, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC. Mr. Poteat was born March 5, 1924 in Surry County to the late Andrew and Elva Kirkman Poteat. Mr. Poteat retired from Pike Electric as an equipment operator and was...
Frances Elizabeth Mills Good Coffey of Altavista, Virginia passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2013, at the Skilled Nursing Facility of Northern Hospital of Surry County, Mt. Airy, NC. She was 97 years old. Born September 23, 1915, she was the daughter of Walter Coles (Buck) Mills and Mabel Jackson Mills. She was predeceased by parents; her husbands Kermit Tazewell...
Mrs. Martha Jane Allred Key, 65 of Ararat, NC passed away at Forsyth Medical Center on Sunday, March 3, 2013. She was born in Surry County on January 1, 1948 to the late Joe Hollingsworth and Jessica Welch Allred. Mrs. Key was a member of Blackwater United Methodist Church and retired from Medical Associates of Surry. She was a loving...