Mrs. Mary Jo Hutchens
Apr 16, 2013
Mrs. Mary Jo Hutchens, age 54 of Spencer, passed away Monday, April 15, 2013 at her home. She was born in Staunton, Virginia on August 24, 1958, and was preceded in death by her father, Carroll Jay. She was a LPN at Blue Ridge Nursing Center, a longtime member of Providence United Methodist Church, a lifetime member of Jeb Stuart...
Mrs. Ellen Frances Edwards Ladd
Apr 15, 2013
Mrs. Ellen Frances Edwards Ladd, age 84 of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, April 15, 2013 at her home. She was born in Surry County on December 31, 1928 to Thomas Jefferson and Rebecca Elizabeth Tate Edwards. She was retired from Surry Friends of Seniors. Surviving are daughters, Mary Snow of Mt. Airy; Brenda Irwin, Susie Worrell and Janie Easter...
Abner Thomas Atkins
Apr 15, 2013
Mr. Abner Thomas Atkins, 87, of 1501 Old Highway 601, Mount Airy, passed away Monday night, April 15, 2013, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Atkins was born January 6, 1926, in Surry County, the son of the late Powell and Lela Atkins Atkins. Abner served our country in the United States Army during World...
James Harold Robinson
Apr 15, 2013
Mr. James Harold Robinson Age 80 of Mt. Airy passed away Monday April 15, 2013 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was retired from United Plastic and was a member of Dobson Church of Christ. Surviving are his wife Shirley Ann Patton Robinson of the home and by one brother. Graveside services will be held...
Mrs. Marlena Marie Easter Rigney
Apr 15, 2013
Mrs. Marlena Marie Easter Rigney, 31 of Fancy Gap passed away at her home on Monday, April 15, 2013. She was born in Galax, VA on July 2, 1981 to Lonnie Ray and Ludena "Helen" Atkins Easter. She was a homemaker and a member of Sky View Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Rigney is survived by her...
Mr. William Snydor "Bill" Joyce
Apr 14, 2013
Mr. William Snydor "Bill" Joyce, age 89, of Mt. Airy, NC, passed away on Sunday morning April 14, 2013 at Colonial Care Rest Home in Mt. Airy, NC. He was born in Surry Co. on May 21, 1923 to the late William Crockett Joyce and the late Anges Bouldin Joyce. He was a Retired Sawmill worker, and was of the...
Mr. Alvis Akers Pendleton
Apr 14, 2013
Mr. Alvis Akers Pendleton, age 79 of Stuart passed away Sunday at Blue Ridge Rehab in Martinsville. He was born in Patrick County on May 12, 1933 to the late Murray and Virginia Mize Pendleton. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Geneva Martin Pendleton. He was a longtime member of New Hope...
Mrs. Wanda Fay Dalton
Apr 14, 2013
Mrs. Wanda Fay Dalton, 45, of Cana passed away Sunday, April 14, 2013 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Randolph County on April 3, 1968 to James Junior Galyean and Shelby Jean Tate Galyean. Mrs. Dalton is survived by her husband, Earl Wayne Dalton; her parents, Shelby Jean and Clyde Phillips and James Junior and Garlena...
Mr. Wade Columbus Frye
Apr 14, 2013
Mr. Wade "Doc" Columbus Frye, age 84, of Mt. Airy, NC widower of Mrs. Margaret "Erlene" Brinkley Frye passed away Sunday morning, April 14, 2013 at Ridgecrest Retirement and Assisted Living Community. He was born April 9, 1929 in Surry County to the late John Alexander and Vena Moser Frye. At the age of eight, Wade received a "Little Doctor's...
Mrs. Audrey Shelton Slate
Apr 14, 2013
Mrs. Audrey Shelton Slate, 92, of 922 Spring Street, Mount Airy, died Sunday, April 14, 2013, at her home. At the time of her passing, she was surrounded by her four children, Joan, Nancy, Sam, Patsy and family friend, Teresa Chilton. Born December 19, 1920, in Nettle Ridge, a small community in Patrick County, Virginia, she was the youngest daughter...
Mr. Conny Grayson Walker
Apr 13, 2013
Mr. Conny Grayson Walker, 81, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Guilford County on August 27, 1931 to the late Brady Lee and Clair Walker. Mr. Walker was a retired Manager from Prudential Life Insurance Company. He served our country in the United...
Mr. Jimmy Ray Sizemore
Apr 13, 2013
Mr. Jimmy Ray Sizemore, age 63, of Elkin, NC passed away on Saturday evening April 13, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Surry County on November 15, 1949 to the late Samuel Lewis Sizemore and the late Verlie Mae Tucker Sizemore. He was retired from East Coast Mill Works Distribution; he was a member...
Mrs. Ruth Morris Blackburn
Apr 12, 2013
Mrs. Ruth Morris Blackburn, age 91 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, April 12, 2013 at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Blackburn was born in Surry County on October 29, 1921 to Victor and Jessie Webb Morris. She was the co-owner/operator of Blackburn Coal Yard and was well known in the area for cake baking and decorating and even taught cake...
Mrs. Mary Lou Caudle Belton
Apr 11, 2013
Mrs. Mary Lou Caudle Belton, 85, of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on October 12, 1927 to the late William Raynor and Beatrice Wagoner Caudle. Mrs. Belton was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and sang in the choir for many...
Mr. James Jesse Peeples
Apr 11, 2013
Mr. James Jesse Peeples, 74 of Mt. Airy passed away at Catawba Valley Medical Center Thursday, April 11, 2013. Mr. Peeples was born in Guilford County on July 28, 1938 to the late Jesse James and Annie Brown Peeples. He served eleven years in the U.S. Air Force and later worked with construction before retiring. Mr. Peeples is survived by...
Deborah Diane Lawson Law
Apr 11, 2013
Mrs. Deborah Diane Lawson Law, 59, of East Pine Street, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Law was born July 24, 1953, in Forsyth County, to the late Floyd and Maude Gravely Lawson. She was last employed at Renfro Corporation and was a member of Indian Grove...
Janet Lee Smith Bridgeman
Apr 11, 2013
Mrs. Janet Lee Smith Bridgeman, 43, of Dobson, departed this life on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at Wake Forest Medical Center after a long and courageous battle of cancer. She was born in Norfolk, Virginia on May 7, 1969 to Roy Eugene LaVerne and Patricia Ann DeVor Smith. Mrs. Bridgeman was a homemaker and a member of Fairview Baptist Church....
Mr. Lewis Franklin Knight
Apr 11, 2013
Mr. Lewis Franklin Knight, age 75, of Stuart passed away on Thursday April 11, 2013 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, N.C. He was born in Lawsonville, N.C. on January 22, 1938 to the late Russell Valentine and Frances Grace Doss Knight. Mr. Knight was the Minister at Concord Church of Christ. He had retired from...
Mr. Jesse Ray "Bill" Simmons
Apr 10, 2013
Mr. Jesse Ray "Bill" Simmons, age 88 of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Simmons was born in Stokes County on April 3, 1925 to Samuel Jesse and Lala Frances Vaden Simmons. Mr. Simmons was a veteran of the US Navy having served during World War II. He was the former owner/operator...
TSgt. John Willis Pike
Apr 10, 2013
TSgt. John Willis Pike, USAF Ret., 79, of 1598 Fancy Gap Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday morning, April 10, 2013, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Pike was born April 19, 1933, in Surry County, the son of the late Joseph Daniel and Ida Lou Williams Pike. John retired from the United States Air...