Blanche Louise Kiser Badgett

Blanche Louise Kiser Badgett

May 16, 2012

Mrs. Blanche Louise Kiser Badgett, 94, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday morning, May 16, 2012, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Badgett was born September 17, 1917, in Gaston County, the daughter of the late Mike and Sally Clemmer Kiser. After graduating from Appalachian State Teachers' College, where she was a star basketball player, Blanche moved to Mount...

Mrs. Annie Lee Barker Hardy

Mrs. Annie Lee Barker Hardy

May 15, 2012

Mrs. Annie Lee Barker Hardy, 82, a devoted Christian, wife, mother, grandmother and friend, of Dobson died Tuesday morning May 15, 2012 surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Hardy was born in the Crutchfield community, Surry County, NC, January 23, 1930 to the late James Edgar (Ed) and Emma Dinkins Barker. She was descended from some of the oldest families...

Mr. James Clarence "J. C. " Coe

Mr. James Clarence "J. C. " Coe

May 15, 2012

Mr. James Clarence "J.C." Coe, age 70 of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center after a courageous and dignified battle with cancer since 2003. Mr. Coe was born in Surry County on September 5, 1941 to Ila Tate Coe and the late Ralph Henry Coe. He was a simple and honest man who will...

Lillie Geneva Simmons Simmons

Lillie Geneva Simmons Simmons

May 14, 2012

Mrs. Lillie Geneva Simmons Simmons, 90, of 506 Tom's Creek Church Road, Pilot Mountain, passed away Monday evening, May 14, 2012, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Simmons was born May 3, 1922, in Surry County, one of eleven children born to the late Ellis Wilcher and Ida Mae Adams Simmons. Lillie was a homemaker, a farmer, and a...

Mr. Stanley Kirk Haynes

Mr. Stanley Kirk Haynes

May 14, 2012

Mr. Stanley Kirk Haynes, age 65 of Mt. Airy, passed away Monday, May 14, 2012 in Panama City, FL. Mr. Haynes was born in Surry County on June 26, 1946 to the late Charlie and Bertie Creed Haynes. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during the Vietman War and was retired and attended Cedar Lane Baptist Church....

Mr. Billy Gray Smith

Mr. Billy Gray Smith

May 11, 2012

Mr. Billy Gray Smith, age 71 of Claudville, VA, a beloved husband, father and papa, , peacefully passed away Friday, May 11, 2012, at the home of his daughter after a courageous and dignified battle with cancer. A simple, honest man, he will be greatly missed by his family and the many people he came in contact with over the...

Carl Ray Freeman

Carl Ray Freeman

May 11, 2012

Mr. Carl Ray Freeman, 75, of 143 Centerwood Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Friday night, May 11, 2012, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Freeman was born August 17, 1936, in Surry County, the son of the late Earlie Richard and Alice Geneva Johnson Freeman. Carl was stationed in Germany while serving in the artillery unit of the United...

Helen Blankenship Andrews

Helen Blankenship Andrews

May 10, 2012

Mrs. Helen Blankenship Andrews age 85 of 1002 Springs St., Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Thursday May 10, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Andrews was born August 9, 1926, in North Wilkesboro to the late Mack Beech Blankenship and Bertha Estella Clanton Blankenship. She was retired from Sears & Roebuck Co. and from the Surry...

Mrs. Vener Burnett Billings Moxley

Mrs. Vener Burnett Billings Moxley

May 10, 2012

Mrs. Vener Mae Burnett Lawson Billings Moxley, 71, of Lexington passed away peacefully at her home on May 10, 2012 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on October 18, 1940 to the late Linnie and Ethel Blevins Burette. Mrs. Moxley was a homemaker and a member of New Grace Baptist Church. She leaves to cherish...

Mrs. Martha Irene Smith

Mrs. Martha Irene Smith

May 9, 2012

Mrs. Martha Irene Smith, 60, of Ararat, VA passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born in Patrick County on February 22, 1952 to the late Joe and Effie Hawks Smith. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Marti and Jason Harris of Ararat, VA; two granddaughters, Morgan and Miranda Jo Goins...

Mrs. Linda Simmons Jennings

Mrs. Linda Simmons Jennings

May 8, 2012

Mrs. Linda Simmons Jennings, age 68, of Mountain Park, North Carolina passed away on Tuesday May 8, 2012 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. She was born in Surry County on March 7, 1944 to the late Lee Roy Simmons and Alva Alice Holcomb Simmons. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...

James Aaron Brintle

James Aaron Brintle

May 8, 2012

Mr. James Aaron Brintle, 96, of 127 Old East Pine Street, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, May 8, 2012, at Golden Living Center. Mr. Brintle was born January 7, 1916, in Surry County, the son of the late James Walter Brintle and Addie Smith Brintle Bryant. Aaron served our country in the United States Marine Corps during World War...

Lisa Michelle McCraw

Lisa Michelle McCraw

May 8, 2012

Lisa Michelle McCraw, age 23 of Mt. Airy, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Miss McCraw was born in Surry County on July 21, 1988 to Michael McCraw and Donna Knueppel Vasquez-Rios. In addition to her parents, survivors include her husband, Camisa Garcia; two sisters, Tina McCraw and April McCraw and nieces, Erica Juarez and Elizabeth Juarez. A graveside service will...

James Moore Clement, Sr

James Moore Clement, Sr

May 7, 2012

Mr. James Moore Clement, Sr., 90, of 505 Fireside Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Monday night, May 7, 2012, at Golden Living Center. Mr. Clement was born March 22, 1922, in Surry County, the son of the late William Orville and Ora Anna Marshall Clement. He retired as a millwright from Goodyear Tire Company in Danville, VA, and attended Dover...

Mr. Matthew Lee Weiss

Mr. Matthew Lee Weiss

May 7, 2012

Mr. Matthew Lee Weiss age 39 of Stuart passed away at his home on Monday, May 7, 2012. He was born in Patrick County on December 11, 1972 to Bazzle Lee Weiss of Nashville, TN and Mary Pauline Joyce Weiss of Stuart, VA. Mr. Weiss was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents; Albert W. Weiss and Okie Weiss and...

Mr. Benjamin Herdman Odell

Mr. Benjamin Herdman Odell

May 7, 2012

Mr. Benjamin Herdman O'Dell age 77 of 531 Virgilina Circle, Cana, VA husband of Mrs. Ella Jean Dillon O'Dell passed away Thursday, May 3, 2012 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born October 1, 1934 in Swiss W.VA to the late Joseph and Dixie Simms O'Dell. He served his country in the US Air...

Ms. Blanche Gordon Heath

Ms. Blanche Gordon Heath

May 6, 2012

Ms. Blanche Virginia Gordon Heath, age 86, of Dobson, NC passed away on Sunday evening May 6, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center, in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born in Surry County on July 5, 1925 to the late Robert Cleveland Gordon and the late Nancy Lee Norman Gordon. She was a member of Rocky Ford Baptist Church and was retired...

Mrs. Vertie Snow Coe

Mrs. Vertie Snow Coe

May 6, 2012

Mrs. Vertie Snow Coe, age 94, of Dobson, NC, passed away on Sunday evening May 6, 2012 at Heritage Healthcare of Elkin. She was born in Surry Co. on December 22, 1917 to the late Robert William and the late Nancy Rebecca Alberty Snow. Vertie was a life long resident of Surry County and member of Fairview Baptist Church. In...

Elmer Jane Webb Bell

Elmer Jane Webb Bell

May 5, 2012

Mrs. Elmer Jane Webb Bell Age 69 of 168 Sarah St. Mt. Airy passed away Friday May 4, 2012 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Bell was born December 9, 1942 in Surry County to the late Barney and Inez Parries Webb. She is survived by her husband Wayne Bell of the home, one sister Mary Summers and...

Mr. David Lee Ashton

Mr. David Lee Ashton

May 5, 2012

Mr. David Lee Ashton, 63, of Mount Airy passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. He was born in Duval County Florida on July 12, 1948 to Mrs. Doris Redfern Ashton and the late Burton L. Ashton. Mr. Ashton was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps having served our country during the...