Mrs. Susan Elaine (Fleming) Cosper, age 60 of Greensboro, passed away peacefully at her home Tuesday, March 20, 2012 with her family by her side. She endured a 14 month battle against lung cancer with grace, courage and a strong spirit. Susan was born in Mt. Airy, North Carolina on September 6, 1951 to Paul "Rookie" and Joanna Forkner Fleming....
Mr. Hugh Caswell Bryant, 72, of Mount Airy entered the Portals of Heaven on Monday, March 19, 2012 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice. He was born in Surry County on October 19, 1939 to the late John Necola and Bessie Peele Bryant. Mr. Bryant was a dedicated man of God and was the Pastor of Gospel of Jesus Christ...
Mrs. Kate Leftwich Bunn, 89 of Fancy Gap, VA the widow of H. Wayne Bunn, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012 at Abbott's Creek Care and Rehabilitation Center in Lexington, NC. Mrs. Bunn was born in Carroll County, October 5, 1922 to the late Joel and Dora Brendle Leftwich. Since Feb. 2005 Mrs. Bunn lived in a Assisted Living Facility...
Mr. Herman Junior "Pete" Puckett, 57 of Myrtle Beach, SC formerly of Mt. Airy passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson Sunday, March 18, 2012. Mr. Puckett was born in Patrick County, VA on February 28, 1955 to Georgia Collins Puckett and the late Herman Puckett. He graduated from Patrick County High School in 1973...
Mr. William General "Pete" Bowman, age 67 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on July 1, 1944 to the late David and Piney Bowman. In addition to his parents, Mr. Bowman was preceded in death by an infant son; four sisters, Geraldine Merriman, Girlene Clifton, Lucy Agee and Shirley...
Mrs. Harris Cora Leonard Lawson, 84, of 130 Wall Street, Mount Airy, passed away early Sunday morning, March 18, 2012, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Lawson was born May 13, 1927, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late John Reuben and Cora Mae Dowell Leonard. Harris retired from Proctor-Silex Inc. and was a member of Welcome...
Mr. Lester Wayne Vaughn, 90, formerly of Mount Airy, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Brookridge Retirement Community in Winston-Salem, NC. Mr. Vaughn was born February 2, 1922, in Surry County, the son of the late Zebulon Vance Vaughn and Ella Mae Robertson Vaughn. Mr. Vaughn was retried after 61 years with National Mount Airy Furniture, a Division of Bassett...
Mr. Jack Ray Tate, 59, of 3236 East Pine Street, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday night, March 17, 2012, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Tate was born November 17, 1952, in Surry County, the son of the late Ray and Hazel Davis Tate. He was employed at Walmart. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Jean Hayden Tate of the...
Mr. Larkin "Eugene" Hubbard, age 73 of Meadows of Dan passed away Saturday evening at his home. He was born on May 9, 1938 to the late Charlie Dan Hubbard and India Mae Wood Hubbard. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a grandson, Sprout Rhodes; a brother, Hampton Hubbard and three sisters, Annabelle Hubbard, Ivydell...
Mrs. Ethel Corine Browder McCraw, age 76, of Pilot Mountain, NC passed away on Saturday morning March 17, 2012 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. She was born in Surry Co. on April 6, 1935 to the late Jessie Haymore Browder and the late Eunice Spainhour Browder. She was retired from the Northern Hospital of...
Mrs. Doris Helen Gilbert Collins, 93 of Stuart, passed away Saturday at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on September 9, 1918 to the late Sebastian and Lizzie Beth Dalton Gilbert. In addition to her parents Mrs. Collins was preceded in death by her husband William Collins; a son Gilbert Collins; a daughter-in-law, Jean...
Mrs. Lottie Mae Burgess Gouge, 91, of 277 Clover Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday morning, March 17, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Gouge was born March 2, 1921, in Putnam County, TN, the daughter of the late Matt and Janner Brewington Burgess. She was a homemaker and a devout Christian. She is...
Gladys Virginia Johnson Woodring, age 88, of Dobson, NC, Went home to be with the Lord on Saturday morning March 17, 2012 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC . She was born in Surry County on April 14, 1923 to the late Dillard Isaac Johnson and to the late Mallie Jane White Johnson. She was...
Ms. Virginia Cowles Smith Faw, 85, of 502 Woodberry Lane, Mount Airy, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, March 16, 2012, at her home. Ms. Faw was born July 24, 1926, in Richmond, VA, to the late George Herbert and Virginia Cowles Smith. She was a graduate of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was a longtime volunteer with...
Mr. Frank Powell Mabe age 86 of 730 Old Buck Shoals Road, Mt. Airy, NC widower of Mrs. Peggy Louise Horton Mabe went to be with the Lord on March 16, 2012 at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He was born May 22, 1925 in Surry County to the late John Beasley and Mary Anna Mabe, Sr. He...
Mrs. Okla Ovella Sawyers Easter, age 89 of Cana, passed away at her daughter's home on Friday, March 16, 2012 surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Easter was born in Carroll County on February 1, 1923 to Calvin E. and Florence Bonds Sawyers. She was a home maker and a member of Skyview Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Easter loved to...
Mrs. Sharon Denise Cox Bassett, age 50 of Claudville, Virginia passed away on Friday, March 16, 2012 as a result of an automobile accident. She was born on April 3, 1961 to Robert Samuel Cox and Mary Palmer Cox. Sharon truly enjoyed riding Harleys and fishing. She was a wonderful cook, avid reader, passionate gardener and just enjoyed life to...
Miss Vernia Elizabeth White, 80, of Dobson entered the Portals of Heaven at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home on Thursday, March 15, 2012 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Yadkin County on March 22, 1931 to the late Hubert and Cora Ellen White White. Mrs. White was a retired CNA and a member of Union Cross...
Mr. Charlie "Calvin" Jones, 65, of Dobson passed away in the comfort of his home surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, March 15, 2012. He was born in Surry County on September 18, 1946 to Robert Jones and the late Trudie Ethel Gunter Jones. Mr. Jones was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. He retired from Sonoco Corflex...
Mrs. Peggy Moser Burchette, 54, of Dobson passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Surry County on February 10, 1958 to Ella Moser and the late Oliver Eugene Moser. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her loving husband of 31 years, Duane Burchette of the home; a...