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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Mr. John Bill Haynes, Jr
May 5, 2012
Mr. John Bill Haynes, Jr. age 63, of Mount Airy, passed away at the University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital on Saturday May 5, 2012. Mr. Haynes was born in Surry County, August 2, 1948, the son of the late John Bill Haynes, Sr. and Catherine Belton Haynes. He graduated from Mount Airy High School and got his degree in business from...
Mr. Larry Arlen Jones
May 5, 2012
Mr. Larry Arlen Jones, 67,of Lambsburg, VA passed away Saturday, May 5, 2012 peacefully at his home surrounded by his family and friends. Larry was born in Bel Air, Maryland on June 12, 1944 to the late, Jessie Jones and Vida Thomas Meredith Jones Baughan. A service to celebrate his life will be held at 1:00 PM on Monday, May...
Mr. Randy Roger Lane
May 4, 2012
Mr. Randy Roger Lane, 43 of Siloam, NC went to be with his Heavenly Father Friday, May 4, 2012. He was born in Surry County to Judy Hardy and the late Charles Roger Lane. Mr. Lane was co-owner of Lane's Tree Service with his best friend and brother Charles Walter Lane. He was a strong man, devoted father and husband....
Mr. John S. Clanton
May 3, 2012
Mr. John S. Clanton, age 77 of Critz, passed away Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Henry County on February 11, 1935 to the late Julius Henry and Lucy Bell Reynolds Clanton. In addition to his parents, Mr. Clanton was preceded in death by a grandson, Roger L. Clanton, Jr.; three brothers,...
Mr. John Calvin Vipperman
May 3, 2012
Mr. John Calvin Vipperman, age 87 of Spencer, passed away Thursday, May 3, 2012 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on November 4, 1924 to the late Posey Elmer "P.E." Vipperman and Laura Underwood Vipperman. In addition to his parents, Mr. Vipperman was preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Williams Vipperman;...
Mr. Robert Alvin Huffman
May 3, 2012
Mr. Robert Alvin Huffman, age 68, of Dobson, NC passed away on Thursday evening May 3, 2012 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home, in Dobson, NC. He was born in Haywood County on January 29, 1944 to the late Zilla and Elizabeth McGinnis Huffman. In addition to his parents He was preceded in death by two sisters and...