Obituaries
Alfred Smith Holcomb, Sr
Apr 13, 2014
Mr. Alfred Smith Holcomb, Sr., 77, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday afternoon, April 13, 2014, at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mr. Holcomb was born November 28, 1936, in Surry County, the son of the late Hugh Lindsay Holcomb, Sr. and Helen Smith Holcomb. Mr. Holcomb retired from Pine State Knitwear, where he and his brother were co-owners and...
Mr. Joe Vance Thompson
Apr 13, 2014
Mr. Joe Vance Thompson, 79, of Elkin, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Surry County on Oct. 2, 1934, to the late Zebulon and Claudine Hanks Thompson. Mr. Thompson was retired from BB&T where he worked...
Mrs. Irene Venetta Dawson Draughn Hughes
Apr 12, 2014
Mrs. Irene Venetta Dawson Draughn Hughes age 82 of Mt.Airy, NC widow of Mr. Herman Hughes passed away Saturday, April 12, 2014 at Twelve Oaks. She was born April 19, 1931 in Surry County . She was a homemaker and was a member of Flat Ridge Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Darlene Branson of Mt. Airy a son and...
Esther Ruth Harris Lowe
Apr 11, 2014
Mrs. Esther Ruth Harris Lowe, 84, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, April 11, 2014, at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living Facility. Mrs. Lowe was born September 29, 1929, in Carroll County, VA, to the late George Taylor and Cordelia Maud Nail Harris. Esther retired from Proctor-Silex Inc. and was a member of Salem United Methodist Church. She is survived...
Mrs. Beatrice Emily W. Robinson
Apr 11, 2014
Mrs. Beatrice Emily Willard Robinson, age 90 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 at Universal Health Care. Mrs. Robinson was born in Surry County on May 20, 1923 to Zeb and Mattie Willard. She was a loving grandmother and was retired from Blue Ridge Burke Insurance Company. Surviving are her five dear grandchildren, Mark Robinson and wife...
Iris Louise Jessup
Apr 10, 2014
Mrs. Iris Louise Jessup, 89 of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Golden Living. She was born in Stokes County on February 22, 1925 to the late Charlie Otis and Vellie Jane Hooker Martin. Mrs. Jessup retired from Kentucky Derby Hosiery and was a member of Faith Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law,...
David Grayson Martin
Apr 10, 2014
Mr. David Grayson Martin, 49 of Mt. Airy went to be with his Heavenly Father on Thursday, April 10, 2014. He was born in Surry County on May 30, 1964 to Shirley Arrington Martin and the late Harmon Wesley Martin, Sr. Dave graduated from Mount Airy High School and Southern Wesleyan University with a degree in Physical Education. He was...
Mrs. Billie Jean Childress Oakley
Apr 10, 2014
Mrs. Billie Jean Childress Oakley, 55 of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Forsyth County on October 1, 1958 to Billy Childress and Linda McCormick Poff. Mrs. Oakley was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, James Oakley of the home; three sons, Michael Edwards of Hillsville,...
Loraine Park Richards
Apr 9, 2014
Mrs. Loraine Park Richards age 94 of Mt. Airy, NC passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born June 11, 1919 in Surry County daughter of the late Lloyd Caldwell Park and Mary Eliza Jones Park. Mrs. Richards was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church where she had...
Mr. Arthur Rex Gordon
Apr 9, 2014
Mr. Arthur Rex Gordon, age 75 of Pilot Mountain, died April 9, 2014, from complications of Dementia. Mr. Gordon was born to Vester and Thelma Gordon on March 19, 1939. He was a retired farmer and truck driver, a Lifetime member of Pine Ridge Presbyterian Church and a charter member of South Westfield Ruritan Club. Surviving are his wife of...
Mrs. Barbara Ann Hardy Poindexter
Apr 9, 2014
Mrs. Barbara Ann Hardy Poindexter, age 73, of Thomasville passed away unexpectedly at her home on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. She was born in Surry County on August 12, 1940 to the late Archie and Eula Key Hardy. Mrs. Poindexter was a self employed Merchant and well known for her beautiful artwork and poetry. Survivors include her loving children, Sandra...
Clara Delores Cash McCullough
Apr 9, 2014
Mrs. Clara Delores "Dee" Cash McCullough, 77, of 1513 West Wensley Drive, Mount Airy, passed away early Wednesday morning, April 9, 2014, at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center in Elkin. Mrs. McCullough was born November 28, 1936, in Allen County, OH, the daughter of the late Lloyd and Bertha Faulkner Cash. Dee was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and...
Mrs. Leona B. Vohs
Apr 7, 2014
Mrs. Leona B. Vohs, age 94 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2014 at Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mount Airy, North Carolina. She was born on October 10, 1919 in Seneca, New Mexico to the late Leo Bernard Broadstreet and Joanna Eunice Munday Broadstreet. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Vohs was preceded in death...
Ms. Cynthia Lynn Johnson
Apr 6, 2014
Ms. Cynthia Lynn Johnson age 49 of Mt. Airy, NC passed away Sunday, April 6, 2014 at her home She was born August 3, 1964 in Surry County to George and Betty Culler Johnson. Ms. Johnson was a member of Indian Grove Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, Andrew Johnson and wife, Brandi of Mt. Airy, two grandchildren, Caleb Johnson...
Mrs. Ruth Coalson Hamlin
Apr 6, 2014
Mrs. Ruth Coalson Hamlin, age 76 , of Elkin entered the Portals of Heaven on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home surrounded by her loving children. She was born in Surry County on March 31, 1938 to the late Clifford and Susie Puckett Coalson. Mrs. Hamlin was retired from Surry Central High School cafeteria...
Bill "Ricky" Jones
Apr 4, 2014
Mr. Bill "Ricky" Jones, 55, of 205 City View Drive, Mount Airy, went to be with his Lord and Savior and his "Mom and Dad" Friday morning, April 4, 2014, at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living Facility. Mr. Jones was born March 9, 1959, in Surry County, the son of the late Billy Frank Jones and Shirley Corn Jones. Every person...
Mrs. Frances Shelor Morse
Apr 4, 2014
Mrs. Frances Shelor Morse, age 83 of Stuart, passed away Friday, April 4, 2014 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Stokes County, North Carolina on March 5, 1931 to the late James Sandy "Jim" Shelor and Hattie Jefferson Shelor. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Morse was preceded in death by an infant son...
Mrs. Ethel Moore Frazier
Apr 4, 2014
Mrs. Ethel Moore Frazier, age 72 of Stuart departed this life on Friday, April 4, 2014 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on June 8, 1941 to the late Roland and Beatrice Joyce Moore. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Nathaniel Frazier; a son, Jonathan W. Frazier; a sister, Mildred...
Mr. Gary Paul Mahan II
Apr 4, 2014
Mr. Gary Paul Mahan II, age 42, of Elkin, NC passed away on Friday Morning April 4, 2014 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home, in Dobson. He was born in Alleghany Co. on October 12, 1971 to Gary Mahan and Patricia Wells Mahan. He was employed by Carolina Heritage Cabinetry. Surviving are his wife Ashley Davis Mahan of...
Mrs. Mary Fellows McNamee
Apr 3, 2014
Mrs. Mary Fellows McNamee, age 96 of Martinsville passed away Thursday, Apr. 3, 2014 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. She was born in Tuscaloosa, AL on March 23, 1918 to the late John James Fellows and Gertrude McAlpine Fellows. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Edwin Thomas McNamee,...
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