Edith Isaacs Thompson
Aug 29, 2012
Mrs. Edith Isaacs Thompson, 90, of 136 Isaacs Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday morning, August 29, 2012, at Golden Living Center. Mrs. Thompson was born March 22, 1922, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Melvin and Lucinda Snow Isaacs. Edith graduated from Lowgap High School and retired from Quality Mills. She is survived by three sisters-in-law, Lillian...
Rev. Arthur "Junior" Dawson, Jr
Aug 29, 2012
Rev. Arthur "Junior" Dawson, Jr. 85 of Mt. Airy went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Wednesday, August 29, 2012 from Northern Hospital of Surry County. Rev. Dawson was born in Surry County on June 20, 1927 to the late Arthur Marvin and Thelma Jarrell Dawson. He surrendered to the call to preach in May 1960...
Emmett Lee Creed
Aug 29, 2012
Mr. Emmett Lee Creed, 89, of 605 Old Creed Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday morning, August 29, 2012, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Creed was born January 10, 1923, in Surry County, the son of the late Richard Zan and Minnie Alberta Smith Creed. Lee served our country as a private first class in the United States...
Mrs. Verlene Coe Moore
Aug 29, 2012
Mrs. Verlene Coe Moore, age 77 of Dobson, North Carolina a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to all passed away on Wednesday morning August 29, 2012, at her home. She was born in Guilford County on November 24, 1934 to the late Cornealius Beamer "Neal" Coe and the late Amy Chandler Coe, in addition to her...
Rachel Lemona Taylor Coleman
Aug 28, 2012
Mrs. Rachel Lemona Taylor Coleman, 82, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, August 28, 2012, at her home. Mrs. Coleman was born May 21, 1930, in Surry County, to the late Ben and Mamie East Taylor. She retired as a hairdresser and later retired as a CNA. Mrs. Coleman was a wonderful friend, wife, and loving mother, grandmother, and...
Harvey Junior Tate
Aug 28, 2012
Mr. Harvey Junior Tate age 79 of Cana, VA. passed away Tuesday August 28, 2012 at his home. Mr. Tate was born March 8, 1933 in Carroll County to the late Ernest and Viola Edwards Tate and was a Lineman with several Power Company's up and down the south east. Surviving are one daughter Lois Helvey of San Francisco Bay,...
Mrs. Elizabeth "Betty" Metz Conolley
Aug 27, 2012
Mrs. Elizabeth “Betty†Metz Conolley, age 72, of Elkin, passed away on Monday, August 27, 2012 at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center after an extended illness. She was born in Baltimore County, Maryland on November 11, 1939 to the late Charles and Irene Kahmer Metz. Mrs. Conolley was a homemaker and of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith. She leaves to cherish her...
Mrs. Evelyn Mae Goins Worrell
Aug 26, 2012
Mrs. Evelyn Mae Goins Worrell age 85 of 142 Sherry Drive, Mt. Airy, NC widow of Mr. Clyde Worrell passed away Sunday, August 26, 2012 at Golden Living Center. She was born July 29, 1927 in Guilford County to the late Claude and Ellen Goins. She was retired from Cross Creek and was a baby sitter. Surviving are a daughter,...
Raymond Reid Vernon, Sr
Aug 24, 2012
Mr. Raymond "Pockets" Reid Vernon, Sr., 76, of Mount Airy, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Friday, August 24, 2012, from North Carolina Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Vernon was born July 2, 1936, in Surry County, the son of the late John Luther and Mae Collins Vernon. He retired from Mount Airy...
Mr. Auston Edward "Nook" Reeves
Aug 24, 2012
Mr. Auston Edward "Nook" Reeves, 84, of Lowgap passed away peacefully on Friday, August 24, 2012 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home after an extended illness. He was born in Surry County on June 24, 1928 to the late Auston and Ruie Faw Reeves. Mr. Reeves was retired from Sowers Construction where he worked as a heavy duty equipment...
Chester McAlpine
Aug 23, 2012
Mr. Chester McAlpine, 80, formerly of Cana, VA, passed away early Thursday morning, August 23, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. McAlpine was born May 1, 1932, in Warrior, AL, the son of the late Homer and Clara Belle Simmons McAlpine. Chester served our country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict...
Mrs. Pauline Shelton Spence
Aug 22, 2012
Mrs. Pauline Shelton Spence, age 85 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at her home. She was born in West Virginia on February 18, 1927 to the late Jack and Trinnie May Shelton. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Spence was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Elbert Spence, Sr. She retired as a licensed practical nurse...
Donald Gray Underwood
Aug 22, 2012
Mr. Donald Gray Underwood Age 57 of 471 Big Oak Lane Lowgap, NC. passed away Wednesday August 22, 2012 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Underwood was born November 20, 1954 in Surry County to Louise Taylor Underwood and the late Donald Clifton "Cliff" Underwood, he was a superintendent for Salem Electric, was a member of Round Peak Masonic Lodge...
Mr. Luther Carl Hutson
Aug 22, 2012
Mr. Luther Carl Hutson, age 58, of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012, at his home. Mr. Hutson was born in Surry County on December 12, 1953, to James Vance and Lorine Hicks Hutson. He was retried from United Plastics. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Holly and Brian Hodges of Lowgap; his wife, Lena Hutson of Lowgap,...
Mr. Randall Reed Faw
Aug 21, 2012
Mr. Randall Reed Faw, 46, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Faw was born in Surry County on January 7, 1966 to Arnold Faw and the late Linda Draughn Faw. He is survived by his wife, Angela Faw of the home; a son, Cody Faw of Afghanistan; his father and...
Mrs. Margaret Wyrick Smith
Aug 20, 2012
Mrs. Margaret Louise Wyrick Smith, age 75 of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, August 20, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Smith was born in Surry County on May 1, 1937 to Ardena Montgomery Wyrick and the late Edgar Vernon Wyrick. She was retired from Belk of Mt. Airy and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Surviving is her...
Rev. Dewey Preston Corn
Aug 20, 2012
The Rev. Dewey Preston Corn, 88, of Flat Rock, passed away Monday, August 20, 2012, at Northern Hospital of Surry County, surrounded by his loving family. The Rev. Corn was born February 29, 1924, in Surry County, to the late Jesse Martin and Lela Ann Ross Corn. He was a retired minister of the gospel, having pastored Lawsonville Church of...
Mr. Omer Samuel Bryant
Aug 20, 2012
Mr. Omer Samuel Bryant age 78 of 225 Dan Bryant Road, Pilot Mountain, NC, widower of Mrs. Annie Beck Bryant passed away Monday, August 20, 2012 at the Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born July 28, 1934 in Surry County to the late Daniel and Vena Hunt Bryant. He was retired from the City of Pilot Mountain and...
Blanche Davenport Davis
Aug 18, 2012
Ms. Blanche Davenport Davis, age 87 of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Ms. Davis was born in Surry County on September 27, 1924 to Joseph Glen and Emma McCraw Davenport. She retired after over forty years of service at Brown Wooten Mills in Mt. Airy. Blanche was loved dearly by her...
Mr. Timothy Payne
Aug 18, 2012
Timothy "Timmy" Lee Payne, loving husband, beloved brother, and cherished friend to many, age 54 of Cana, VA, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Timmy was born in Carroll County on January 24, 1958 to Edgar Lee and Bertha Edwards Payne. Timmy enjoyed the outdoors and simple pleasures of life....