Mr. Freddie Robert Montgomery
Nov 6, 2012
Mr. Freddie Robert "Ice Cream Man" Montgomery, age 74 of Claudville, VA, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Montgomery was born in Patrick County on April 22, 1938 to Ellen Montgomery Chaney. Mr. Montgomery proudly served our country in the United States Army. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather who will be dearly...
Swanson "Junior" Surratt, Jr
Nov 5, 2012
Mr. Swanson "Junior" Surratt, Jr. Age 87 of Mount Airy, NC. passed away at Monday November 5, 2012 at the Golden Living Nursing Home in Mt. Airy. Mr. Surratt was born June 12, 1925 in Surry County to the late James Swanson Surratt and Viola Renner Surratt, he was retired from Perry Manufacturing and was a member of Highland Park...
Michael Gray Lawson
Nov 5, 2012
Mr. Michael Gray "Mike" Lawson, 59, of 114 Mike Lawson Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Monday afternoon, November 5, 2012, at his home. Mr. Lawson was born March 19, 1953, in Surry County, the son of Alvin Roy Lawson and the late Barbara George Lawson. Mike retired as a mechanic from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company after 38 years of service...
Mrs. Juanita Foley Burmeister
Nov 4, 2012
Mrs. Juanita Foley Burmeister, age 87 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, November 4, 2012 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on January 16, 1925 to the late William Lee and Ella Lawless Foley. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Burmeister was preceded in death by her husband, Leroy O. Burmeister; four brothers,...
Carol Rose Lowe
Nov 3, 2012
Ms. Carol Rose Lowe, 64, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2012, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born October 11, 1948, in Surry County, to the late Samuel Decosta and Mildred Galyean Lowe. Ms. Lowe was a retired knitter and inspector from Sara Lee Corporation and worked many years at Kentucky Derby Hosiery. She was...
Mr. Wayne Tillson Hardy
Nov 3, 2012
Mr. Wayne Tillson Hardy, 77, of Dobson passed away peacefully in the comfort of his home on Saturday, November 3, 2012, while surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on May 30, 1935 to the late Roby James and Mary Ethel Doss Hardy. Mr. Hardy was a self employed brick mason and of the Baptist faith....
Mr. Earl Luther Varney, Sr
Nov 3, 2012
Mr. Earl Luther Varney, Sr. 92 of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, November 3, 2012 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Road Fork, KY on August 21, 1920 to the late John M. and America Stanley Varney. Mr. Varney was stationed in France and Germany with 733rd Railroad Battalion while serving in the U.S. Army during...
Mr. Larry Dale Thomas
Nov 3, 2012
Mr. Larry Dale Thomas, age 65 of Stuart passed away Saturday at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born in Carroll County on Apr. 21, 1947. He was preceded in death by his father, Robie Columbus Thomas. He had worked for Masonite in Stuart, Duncan's Speed Shop; and ran Duncan's Carp Pond. Surviving are his mother, Lucy Bowman...
Mrs. Pauline "Polly" Slate Jennings
Nov 2, 2012
Mrs. Pauline "Polly" Slate Jennings age 84 of Mt. Airy, NC widow of Mr. Harvey T. Jennings, Sr. passed away Friday, November 2, 2012 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born July 28, 1928 in Surry County to the late Hanabal and Neva Smith Slate. She was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church and...
Mrs. Ida Mae Taylor Parker
Nov 2, 2012
Mrs. Ida Mae Taylor Parker, age 97 of Mt. Airy, widow of Jasper Daniel Parker, went home to be with Jesus at the Woltz Hospice Home on Friday November 2, 2012. Mrs. Parker was born July 4, 1915 to Phillip and Mary Mallie Hutchens Taylor. Mrs. Parker was a cherished mother and grandmother, and was a member of Fancy Gap...
Mr. Brandon Gene Bowman
Nov 1, 2012
Mr. Brandon Gene Bowman, 25 of Mt. Airy passed away due to an accident Thursday night, November 1, 2012. He was born in Forsyth County on August 3, 1987 to Gene and Penny Annette Bowman. He was a member of Welcome Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Brandon is survived by a brother, Tommy Bowman; special aunts and uncles,...
Virginia Wheatley White
Nov 1, 2012
Mrs. Virginia Wheatley White, 94, of 854 Old Creed Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday evening, November 1, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. White was born September 17, 1918, in Rockingham County, the oldest of six children born to the late Coleman McKinley and Nora Hicks Wheatley. Virginia retired as an inspector from...
Mrs. Lillian Simmons Jackson
Oct 31, 2012
Thurmond, NC October 31, 2012 Mrs. Lillian Simmons Jackson, age 75, of Thurmond, NC passed away on Wednesday morning at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin. She was born in Surry County on January 30, 1937 to the late Roy Simmons and the late Hallie Wilmoth Simmons. She was retired from Masonic and Easter Star Home of Greensboro, NC, and...
Mr. Cyd Robẽe
Oct 30, 2012
Mr. Cyd Robẽe, age 86 of Stuart, Virginia passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Los Angeles, California on February 12, 1926 to the late Sidney and Ella Guella Smith. In addition to his parents, Mr. Robẽe was preceded in death by a brother and a sister. He served in the...
Mrs. Mary Combs Isaacs
Oct 30, 2012
Mary Combs Isaacs,91, of Richmond, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012. She was thewidow of Jerome Clifford Isaacs, and was also preceded in death by six brothers and one sister. She is survived by two nieces and two nephews; and special friends, George Winn and Carolyn Cole. Mrs.Isaacs was retired from the Federal Reserve Bank. The family will receive friends...
Mr. Jody Alan Davis
Oct 29, 2012
Mr. Jody Alan Davis, age 25, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Monday October 29, 2012 in Surry County, North Carolina. He was born in Surry County on December 28, 1986 to Glenn and Jan Davis. He was a graduate of Surry Central High School, and worked for Samuel Johnson Construction and was a member of Blues Grove Baptist...
Mr. Michael Wayne "Mike" Brooks
Oct 29, 2012
Mr. Michael Wayne "Mike" Brooks, age 63, of Dobson, NC passed away on Monday October 29, 2012. Mr. Brooks was born in Surry County, NC, on August 3, 1949 to the late Sam Brooks and to Pearl Thompson Brooks. He was employed by Van-Heusen. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by one brother Richard Brooks. Surviving...
Mrs. Clara Smith Freeman
Oct 29, 2012
Clara Smith Freeman died the evening of October 29, 2012 at 104 years, Dobson's oldest resident. She was born July 19, 1908 in Reidsville, N.C. to Dillon C. and Mattie Amos Smith on their farm, which has been in her family since 1835. She was educated in the Reidsville public schools and was graduated from North Carolina Woman's College (UNC-Greensboro)....
Mrs. Ethylene Moorefield Shelton
Oct 28, 2012
Mrs. Ethylene Moorefield Shelton, 81, of Mt. Airy, NC, wife of Mr. Paul Shelton passed away Sunday, October 28, 2012 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Surry County on July 28, 1931 to the late Columbus and Mallie Bryant Moorefield. She was a member of Bannertown Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband,...
Mr. Jackson Bob Freeman
Oct 27, 2012
Mr. Jackson Bob Freeman, age 92, of Pleasant Garden, NC, formally of Surry County, NC passed away at his home on Saturday morning October 27, 2012. He was born in Surry County on August 1, 1920 to the late Vance and Rosie Belle Jones Freeman. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Josephine Stanley...