Obituaries
Mr. Edward Thomas "Poppy" Byrnes
Jan 31, 2014
Mr. Edward Thomas "Poppy" Byrnes of Mt. Airy passed away at his home Friday, January 31, 2014. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on September 25, 1932 to the late Edward and Catherine McGuire Byrnes. Mr. Byrnes served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He is survived by six loving children and spouses, Kathy and Tracey Bentley of...
Fannie Irene Cox Nations
Jan 31, 2014
Mrs. Fannie Irene Cox Nations, 87, of Dobson, passed away Friday afternoon, January 31, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Nations was born June 26, 1926, in Surry County, the daughter of the late John Edd and Lizy Heath Cox. Fannie retired from Proctor-Silex Inc. after 25 years of service. She is survived by her beloved...
Mrs. Imo Jane Brooks Wimbley
Jan 31, 2014
Mrs. Imo Jane Brooks Wimbley, age 84 of Dobson passed away on Friday, January 31, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Surry County on August 22, 1929 to the late William Calvin and Dorella Bolt Brooks. Mrs. Wimbley was a retired Certified Nurses Assistant from Surry Rest Home in Dobson, now known as...
Mrs. Michelle Lynette Edwards Wilson
Jan 31, 2014
Mrs. Michelle Lynette Edwards Wilson, age 41 of Cana, VA, passed away unexpectedly Friday, January 31, 2014 in Cana. Mrs. Wilson was born in Surry County on May 7, 1972 to Austin Lee Edwards and the late Mary Isley Edwards. She was employed with Food Lion and was a loving mother. Surviving are her husband, Andy Wilson; a daughter Courtney...
Mr. Robert Bruce Cooper
Jan 31, 2014
Mr. Robert Bruce Cooper age 70 Mt. Airy, NC husband of Mrs. Christine Welborn Cooper passed away Friday, January 31, 2014 at his home. He was born April 14, 1943 in Wilkes County, NC to the late Arnold and Lavaughn Dyer Cooper. He was a retired truck driver for Lovette Trucking Company and was a member of New Hope Baptist...
Roy Lee Blackburn
Jan 31, 2014
Mr. Roy Lee Blackburn, Age 88 of Lambsburg, VA. passed away Friday morning at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Galax, VA. Mr. Blackburn was born February 28, 1925 in Carroll County, VA to the late Sanford and Verna Crotts Blackburn, he was a veteran of the US Army serving during WWII, was retired from Mt. Airy Furniture Co. and...
Mrs. Linda Fay Goins Berttram
Jan 30, 2014
Linda Fay Goins Berttram, 67, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center/Palliative Care Unit. She was born May 8, 1946 to the late Oliver Madison Goins and Bessie Overby Goins in Stokes County, North Carolina. Linda was a member of Collinstown Presbyterian Church. Her working career included years at JP Stevens, Inc. in Westfield, NC; Vanity Fair...
Mrs. Rachel Frances Smith
Jan 30, 2014
Mrs. Rachel Frances Smith, 84 of Lambsburg, VA passed away Thursday, January 30, 2014 at the Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Surry County on April 24, 1929 to the late Ambrose and Donna Crotts Senter. She was a homemaker, loving mother , grandmother, great grandmother and friend. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Edith...
Peggy Jo Atkins Simmons
Jan 30, 2014
Mrs. Peggy Jo Atkins Simmons, 80, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, January 30, 2014 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Surry County on June 23, 1933 to the late Caleb Winfrey and Pearl Belle Johnson Atkins. Mrs. Simmons was retired from Adelphia Cable and was a member of White Plains Friends Meeting. She is survived...
Barbara Geraldine Kidwell
Jan 30, 2014
Barbara Geraldine Reese Kidwell (Bobbi) 68, passed away in the presence of her family Jan. 30, 2014 at Duke University Hospital. She was born in Belburn, West Virginia on April 24, 1945 to the late Glada Malissa Reese Harich of Clinton, Maryland and late Charles Clarence Reese of Beckley, West Virginia. She was preceded in death by two brothers Terry...
Mrs. Fay Katherine Hawks Lowe
Jan 29, 2014
Mrs. Fay Katherine Hawks Lowe, age 84 of Lowgap, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Lowe was born in Surry County on September 18, 1929 to Garnie and Jessie Calloway Hawks. She was a dear mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Surviving are sons and daughters-in-law, Don and Christine Lowe of Lowgap and Robert and Carol...
Mr. Lincoln J. Craddock
Jan 28, 2014
Mr. Lincoln J. Craddock, age 84 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on February 10, 1929 to the late Joel and Gladies Smith Craddock. In addition to his parents, Mr. Craddock was preceded in death by his first wife, Joan Via Craddock. ` Mr....
Mrs. Viola Carlile Napier
Jan 28, 2014
Mrs. Viola Carlile Napier age 84 of 3537 Ararat Road, Ararat, NC wife of Mr. Thomas Jefferson Napier passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at her home. She was born January 21, 1930 in Gainsboro, TN to the late Lige K. Carlile and Hattie Lynn Carlile. She was former owner and operator of Thomas Napier Cabinet Making and a member...
June Caudle Fratus-Smith
Jan 28, 2014
Mrs. June Caudle Fratus-Smith of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Monday, January 27, 2014 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, February 1, 2014 at Moody Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery following the funeral. The family will receive fiends 9:00 am Saturday until time of...
Ester Anne Gunnell
Jan 27, 2014
Mrs. Ester Anne Gunnell, 91, of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, January 27, 2014 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Patrick County on September 29, 1922 to the late James and Carrie Nester Marshall. Mrs. Gunnell was a homemaker and was a member of Bannertown Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Pauline...
Robert Sisk Robertson
Jan 27, 2014
Mr. Robert Sisk "Bob" Robertson, 94, of 226 Wrenn Avenue, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, January 27, 2014, at his home. Mr. Robertson was born October 3, 1919, in Galax, VA, one of eleven children born to the late David A. and Minnie Lee Sisk Robertson. Bob served our country in the United States Army during World War II,...
Clyde Wilford Hayes
Jan 25, 2014
Mr. Clyde Wilford Hayes, aka CW, aka John York, aka granddaddy passed away peaceful in his favorite living room chair Friday morning, January 24, 2014. His nephew Tracy Hayes called him the world's oldest teenager. CW lived an incredible life full of love, family, farming, hunting, fishing, adventure and much more. He said his greatest accomplishment in his life was...
Mrs. Grace Callahan White
Jan 25, 2014
Mrs. Grace Frances Callahan White, age 99, of Elkin entered the Portals of Heaven on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Surry County on August 7, 1914 to the late Thomas Jefferson and Stella Williams Callahan. Mrs. White was a devoted housewife and a faithful member of Salem Fork Baptist Church as long as...
Mr. Bobby Ray "Tony" Jones
Jan 24, 2014
Mr. Bobby Ray "Tony" Jones, 54 of Mt. Airy went to be with his Saviour Friday, January 24, 2014. He was born on January 12, 1960 to Bobby Leon Jones and the late Linda Faye Corn Jones. Mr. Jones served four years in the U.S. Navy. He worked in maintenance for various textile companies. In addition to his father Mr....


