Mr. Charlie Mason Hiatt
Jan 24, 2013
Mr. Charlie Mason Hiatt, age 79 of Cana, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Baptist Hospital. Mr. Hiatt was born in Carroll County on July 6, 1933 to Grover and Alverta Farmer Hiatt. He was retired from Bassett Furniture and was a member as well as deacon of Oak Ridge Baptist Church. Surviving are his loving wife of fifty-five...
Thelma Bernice Simmons Davis
Jan 24, 2013
Mrs. Thelma Bernice Simmons Davis, 93, of Winston-Salem, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2013, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Davis was born March 6, 1919, in McDowell County, WV, one of six children born to the Rev. Charles Arthur and Bessie Scales Simmons. Thelma worked as a beautician for...
Ms. Margaret Faye V. Holyfield
Jan 23, 2013
Ms. Margaret Faye Vipperman Holyfield, age 74 of Ararat, NC passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Ms. Holyfield was born in Stokes County on December 20, 1938 to Arlis Wendell and Pauline Cook Vipperman. She was a loving mother, grandmother and friend to so many. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Debra and Fred Caudle of...
Mrs. Rosa Lee Johnson Branch
Jan 22, 2013
Mrs. Rosa Branch, age 98, went home to be with the Lord on January 22, 2013. Rosa was born May 13, 1914 to Thomas and Daisy Smart Johnson in Surry County. She was an active member of Blues Grove Baptist Church before her declining health and loved her church family with all her heart. In addition to her parents, Rosa...
Mr. Charles Burton Dinkins
Jan 22, 2013
Mr. Charles Burton Dinkins age 85 of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born June 21, 1927 in Surry County to the late William Wesley Dinkins and Lottie Jones Dinkins. He was a wonderful loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. Mr. Dinkins served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...
Mr. Danny Randall Bateman
Jan 22, 2013
Mr. Danny Randall Bateman, 51, of Massey Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at his home. Mr. Bateman was born July 4, 1961, in Surry County, to Lonnie and Ruth Fulla Haynes Bateman. He was a self-employed car dealer. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Justin Smith of Dobson; a son, Josh Bateman and special...
Mr. James Billy "Bill" Wood
Jan 21, 2013
Mr. James Billy "Bill" Wood, 79, of Dobson passed away on Monday, January 21, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born in Surry County on May 11, 1933 to the late James Richard and Pearl Reece Wood. Mr. Wood was a retired farmer and a dedicated member of Bear Creek Baptist Church as long as his health permitted. He...
Haskell Lindsay Easter
Jan 21, 2013
Mr. Haskell Lindsay Easter, 76, of 255 Orchard View Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, January 21, 2013, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Easter was born April 29, 1936, in Carroll County, VA, the son of the late Floyd Gilbert Easter and Nellie Mae Easter Hall. Haskell retired from Cross Creek Apparel after...
Mr. Franklin Eugene Koehl, Jr
Jan 21, 2013
Mr. Franklin Eugene Koehl, Jr., 78, of Dobson passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, January 21, 2013 after an extended illness. He was born in Washington, DC on March 8, 1934 to the late Franklin Eugene Koehl, Sr. and Frances Attaway Koehl Crabtree. Mr. Koehl was a retired DJ from WPAQ radio station known as Al Ferguson and...
Mr. James Billy "Bill" Wood
Jan 21, 2013
Mr. James Billy "Bill" Wood, 78, of Dobson passed away on Monday, January 21, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born in Surry County on May 11, 1933 to the late James Richard and Pearl Reece Wood. Mr. Wood was a retired farmer and a dedicated member of Bear Creek Baptist Church as long as his health permitted. He...
Mr. Thomas Folger "Tommy" Hollingsworth
Jan 20, 2013
Mr. Thomas Folger Hollingsworth, 83, of Dobson, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born in Surry County on June 23, 1929 to the late James William and Annie Folger Hollingsworth. Mr. Hollingsworth began his college career at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and later graduated from Guilford College. He...
Mr. Francis "Andy" Andrews
Jan 20, 2013
Mr. Francis Eugene "Andy" Andrews age 90 of Spring S., Mt. Airy, NC, passed away Sunday, January 20, 2013, at his son's home. He was born January 30, 1922, in Henderson, NC, to the late Eugene Huguelet and Daisy Andrews Huguelet Hutchens. He was retired from Central Telephone Company and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Surviving are a...
Mr. Michael Boyd "Mike" Mitchell
Jan 20, 2013
Mr. Michael Boyd "Mike" Mitchell, age 69, of Ferrum passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2013, after a short, courageous battle with brain cancer. Mike loved his family and had a special passion for hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jessie and Mildred Clemmer Mitchell; brothers, Kenneth and Dexter Mitchell; and grandson, Kris Mitchell. Mike...
Mrs. Eula Mae Inman Morris
Jan 19, 2013
Ms. Eula Mae Inman Morris, age 92, of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday morning, January 19, 2013 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy, North Carolina. She was born in Rocky Mount on May 20, 1920 to the late James Wesley Inman and Melinda Deatherage Inman. In addition to her parents, Ms. Morris was preceded in death by her brother,...
Macy Daries Harrold Collins
Jan 19, 2013
Mrs. Macy Daries Harrold Collins, 71, of 152 Minnow Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, January 19, 2013, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Collins was born July 25, 1941, in Patrick County, VA, the daughter of the late Harrison Davis and Needa Juanita Queen Harrold. Macy retired from Proctor-Silex Inc. after 37 years of service. She is...
Mrs. Patricia Ann Rorrer Profitt
Jan 18, 2013
Mrs. Patricia Ann Rorrer Profitt, age 94 of Stuart, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in McDowell County, West Virginia on August 10, 1918 to the late Gabriel Abram Rorrer and Texas Williams Rorrer. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Profitt was preceded in death by her husband, James...
Mr. George Dwayne Simmons
Jan 18, 2013
Mr. George Dwayne Simmons age 75 of Mt. Airy, NC widower of Mrs. Shirley Jane York King Simmons passed way Friday, January 18, 2013 at Central Continuing Care. He was born April 5, 1937 in Surry County to the late John Pyrse and Nancy Zella Gammons Simmons. He graduated from Westfield High School 1956, and served in the US Army...
Mrs. Judy Reynolds Hagwood
Jan 18, 2013
Judy F. Hagwood, age 62 of 183 Roosevelt Reynolds Road, Patrick Springs, Virginia departed this life on Friday, January 18, 2013 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. She was born in Patrick County on December 30, 1950 to Bishop James Reynolds and the late Marie Clanton Reynolds. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by a...
Ms. Lora Hopkins Griffith
Jan 17, 2013
Ms. Lora Hopkins Griffith, age 94 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. She was born in Patrick County on March 3, 1918 to the late Joseph E. Hopkins and Maude West Hopkins. In addition to her parents, Ms. Griffith was preceded in death by her step-mother, Maude Soyars Hopkins and...
Mrs. Billie Marie Mauldin Eckenrod
Jan 16, 2013
Mrs. Billie Marie Mauldin Eckenrod, 86 of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on June 21, 1926 to the late Roy Franklin and Annie Mae Brintle Mauldin. Mrs. Eckenrod was a homemaker and was a member of Dover Baptist Church. She is survived by two...