John C. W. Gardner Sr., of Mt. Airy, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away on December 25, 2012. He was born in 1929 in Surry County, son of the late Floyd McCoy and Lela Gardner. He was one of six children. John enrolled at Lenior-Rhyne College in 1947 and graduated in June, 1951. Immediately following his graduation, he was...
Mrs. Ruby Magalene Robertson Migliore Hall, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 25, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Hall was born December 12, 1922, in Surry County, one of eight children born to the late Grover Cleveland and Amanda Taylor Robertson. Ruby worked at Spencer's Inc. for 30 years and...
Mrs. Joyce Bryant Carson Age 68 of 863 Carson Creek Rd, Lowgap, NC. passed away Tuesday December 25, 2012 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Mrs. Carson was born April 18, 1944 in Carroll County, VA. to the late Roy Sidney and Ollie Burcham Bryant, she was employed at NCNB Bank (Toast Branch) and later was part owner...
Mrs. Ethel Correne Payne Rogers Age 77 of 816 West Haymore St. Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Tuesday December 25, 2012 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Mrs. Rogers was born December 1, 1935 in Carroll County, VA. to the late Sanders and Maude Helm-Stuttler Payne, she was retired from Pine State Knitting Co. and was of the...
Mr. Ronnie Lee Johnson,Sr. 63, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, December 24, 2012, at his home. He was born December 7, 1949, in Surry County, to the late Zelma Johnson. Mr. Johnson was retired from USA Attachment. He is survived by his wife, Roberta Johnson of the home; four sons and daughters-in-law, Ronnie Lee Johnson, Jr. and Tammy, Jeffery...
Mrs. Judy Key Hayes age 63 of Siloam, NC wife of David Hayes passed away Saturday, December 24, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born March 14, 1949 in Forsyth County to Barley and Mattie Harbour Key. She was retired from the Surry Friends of Seniors and was a member of Pine Ridge Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband,...
Baby Jordan Gray Marion, spread his angel wings and went to be eternally with the Lord on December 24, 2012. Baby Jordan was born on December 4, 2012 to Josh and Kayla Slate Marion. Though only here a short while, Jordan's sweet memory will live forever in the hearts of so many. His Mom and Dad are Josh and Kayla...
Mrs. Dora Boles Easter, 81 of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, December 24, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Stokes County on August 1, 1931 to the late William and Alpha Shelton Owens. Mrs. Easter was retired from Cross Creek Apparel and was a member of Simmons Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by...
Mrs. Rachel Lou Jones, age 85 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012, at Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Jones was born in Surry County on April 12, 1927 to William McKinley and Ethel Irene Redman Mabe. She was retired from First National Bank and was a member of First Baptist Church. Surviving are her loving husband of sixty five...
Mr. Larry Gray France, 60 of 210 Deatherage Rd. Mt. Airy, NC passed away Sunday, Decemeber 23, 2012 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. France was born September 12, 1952 in Surry County to the late Raffis and Gertie Sechrist France, he was a retired Truck Driver and a member of Northside Baptist Church. Surviving are his...
Dennis Cecil Mabe, 88, of Stuart died Sunday, December 23, 2012, at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born in Lawsonville, N.C., April 2, 1924. He was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Dorothy (Dot) Vernon Mabe; his parents, Lelah and Bertie Mabe; and brothers, Millard and Wayne Mabe. Dennis is survived by his...
Mr. Richard J. Pelkey age 70 of 505 Holland Dr. Cana, VA. passed away Sunday December 23, 2012 at his home. Mr. Pelkey was born October 5, 1942 in Proctor, VT to the late Rollin Joseph and Helen Margaret Terounzo Pelkey. Surviving are his wife Mrs. Peggy Pelkey of the home; daughters, Angela Pelkey McDaniel and husband, Samuel, Yvonne Marie...
Mr. Efrain Ortiz, 65 of Ararat, NC passed away at Northern Hospital of Surry County on Sunday, December 23, 2012. Mr. Ortiz was born in Guerrero, Mexico on April 13, 1947 to the late Sebastian Ortiz Torres and Ofelia Ortiz Montes De Oca. He is survived by his wife, Maria Patino Delgado; daughters and sons-in-law, Marisol Ortiz Uriostegui and Isaac,...
Mrs. Faye Bryant Hawks, age 72, of 688 Savannah Road Galax, VA, passed from this life into the loving arms of the Lord, on Sunday, December 23, 2012 at the home of her daughter in Galax, VA. She was born August 12, 1940 in Surry County, NC to the late Harvey and Nellie Golding Bryant. Mrs. Hawks was a member...
Mr. James Michael Bowman, age 54 of Claudville, Virginia passed away Saturday morning at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. He was born in Danbury, NC on June 12, 1958 to R.L. Jackson Bowman and Barbara Arlene Bowman. Mr. Bowman was preceded in death by his father, R.L. Jackson Bowman; a son; James Michael Bowman, Jr. and a...
Mr. William Howard "Bill" McBride, Jr., 67, of Thonotosassa, FL, passed away Saturday evening, December 22, 2012, in Mount Airy, NC. Mr. McBride was born May 10, 1945, in Belleville, IL, to Patricia Sweat McBride and the late William Howard McBride, Sr. Bill grew up in Leesburg, FL, where he graduated from Leesburg High School in 1963. He received a...
Mr. Timothy Dale McDaniel, 53, of 165 Carolina Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday night, December 21, 2012, at Golden Living Center. Mr. McDaniel was born March 17, 1959, in Gaston County, one of four children born to the Rev. Rebern Leon "R.L." and Mildred Skipper McDaniel. Timothy was educated in the Mount Airy City Schools and the Rutherford County...
Mr. Jesse James Lawson, age 74 of Stuart, passed away on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mount Airy, North Carolina. He was born in Patrick County on February 5, 1938. Mr. Lawson was preceded in death by his mother, Ida Clark Lawson Newman; his step-father, Charlie Newman; and his step-mother, Janet Lawson. He had...
Mr. Terry Bryan Eaton, age 64, of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Patrick County on February 5, 1948 to the late Roy Roscoe and Vera Hester Bowman Eaton. Mr. Eaton was retired from Indera Mills in Yadkinville and was of the Primitive Baptist Faith....
Mrs. Margie Gates Love Thomas age 92 of 176 Love's Grove Church Road, Mt. Airy, NC passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Twelve Oaks Rest Home and Alzheimer's Unit. She was born July 15, 1920 in Patrick County, VA to the late John William and Ada Gunnell Gates. She was a homemaker and was a member of Stewart's Creek...