Shelba Jean Hill Carpenter
Mar 4, 2012
Mrs. Shelba Jean Hill Carpenter, 72, of 1516 West Fairfield Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2012, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born October 31, 1939, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Zeb and Ola Blanch Huie Hill. Mrs. Carpenter retired from Medical Associates of Surry and was a member of Bannertown Baptist...
Bobby Ray Sechrist
Mar 3, 2012
Mr. Bobby Ray Sechrist, 44, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, March 3, 2012, at Duke Medical Center in Durham. Mr. Sechrist was born July 29, 1967, in Surry County, to the late Bobby Lee Sechrist and Mary Quesinberry Beck. He is survived by his wife, Cindy Sechrist of Cana, VA; his father, Bobby Lee Sechrist of Mount Airy; his...
Ms. Dianne David
Mar 2, 2012
Dianne David passed away in her home state of Texas on March 2nd. She was 73. Those of us who were lucky enough to have known her will remember her intelligence, her wit, her certainty, her stubbornness and, preeminently, her evangelical love of art and literature. She was a combination of her father, self-made drilling mud tycoon, Henry David, and...
Pauline Martin Southern
Mar 2, 2012
Ms. Pauline Martin Southern, 93, of Elkin, went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 2, 2012. She was born September 7, 1918, in Surry County, the last surviving child of seven of the late Richard Vestal and Mary Idella Bledsoe Martin. Ms. Southern was a retired hairdresser and a member of Salem Fork Christian Church. She leaves to...
Ms. Shirley Ann Edwards
Mar 2, 2012
Ms. Shirley Ann Edwards, age 72 of Stuart and formerly of Meadows of Dan passed away Friday at Memorial Hospital in Martinsville. She was born on March 3, 1939 to the late Avery J. Edwards and Ellen Gay Belcher Edwards. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by a brother, Donald Edwards. Ms. Edwards was a...
Mrs. Helen Seay Gilley
Mar 1, 2012
Mrs. Helen Seay Gilley, age 77 of Patrick Springs, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2012 at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina. She was born in Gainesville, Florida on Sept. 12, 1934 to the late Cannie and Martha Lou Kendrick Seay. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Gilley was preceded in death by five brothers and one sister....
Nina Marie Bunker Snow
Feb 29, 2012
Mrs. Nina Marie Bunker Snow, 87, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Snow was born November 20, 1924, in Surry County, to the late Byron D. and Maude Key Bunker. She was a loving sister and aunt who will be dearly missed by her family and many friends. Mrs. Snow was a...
Doris Margie Love Bowman
Feb 28, 2012
Mrs. Doris Margie Love Bowman died Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born June 29, 1930, in Surry County, to the late Aldie L. and Margie Vaughn Love. Doris had been married to O.L. Bowman for 62 years. They have two sons, Joe Bowman and his wife, June, of Wendell and Mark Bowman and...
Connie Sue Hooker Lawson
Feb 27, 2012
Mrs. Connie Sue Hooker Lawson, 59, of Westfield, passed away Monday, February 27, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born April 8, 1952, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Arthur Reed and Marie Frances Collins Hooker. Mrs. Lawson was employed by Pioneer Medical Center in King and was of the Baptist faith....
George Anthony Trivette
Feb 27, 2012
Mr. George Anthony Trivette, 37, of Ararat, VA, passed away Monday, February 27, 2012, at his home. Mr. Trivette was born April 22, 1974, in Forsyth County, to Penny King Trivette Dalton and the late James W. Trivette. He was a loving son, husband, and friend to so many. Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Penny K. and Marlon Dalton...
Hardin Ray Hodges
Feb 27, 2012
Mr. Hardin Ray "Tiny" Hodges, 70, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, February 27, 2012. Mr. Hodges was born February 22, 1942, in Surry County, to the late John Lee and Lena Felts Hodges. He is survived by his wife, Charlene Marion Hodges of the home; three daughters and a son-in-law, Jessica M. Parsons of Tabor City, Stacy and Jonathan...
Annie Virginia Wood Nichols
Feb 26, 2012
Mrs. Annie Virginia Wood Nichols, 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2012, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Nichols was born February 13, 1921, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Monnie and Bessie Brown Wood. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist faith. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law,...
Mrs. Macy May Bowman
Feb 25, 2012
Mrs. Macy May Bowman, age 88 of Stuart passed away Saturday at her home. She was born on July 28, 1923 in Patrick County to the late Yance Ellis Bowman and Rosie Ann Branch Bowman. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Noeddie Bowman; a step daughter, Linda Moore; a great grandson, Erik...
Mr. Howard Lee Lewis
Feb 25, 2012
Mr. Howard Lee Lewis, age 70 of Patrick Springs passed away Saturday at his home. He was born on April 2, 1941 in Elkin, NC to the late Troy Lee Lewis and Forrest York Lewis. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by a son, Dan Madison Lewis. Mr. Lewis retired from VDOT and was a...
Alfred Kerry Dawson
Feb 24, 2012
Mr. Alfred Kerry Dawson, 77, of Thomasville, formerly of Cana, VA, passed away Friday, February 24, 2012, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. He was born August 12, 1934, in Henry County, VA, to the late Wilfred N. and Nell C. Tate Dawson. Mr. Dawson served in the United States Army from 1954 until 1956 and was...
Helen Irene Mills Brindle
Feb 24, 2012
Mrs. Helen Irene Mills Brindle, 86, of 118 Pearl Essence Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, February 24, 2012, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Brindle was born August 17, 1925, in Surry County, to the late Herbert Mills and Viola Atkins Mills Moser. She retired from Perry Manufacturing, was a member of the Baptist faith, and attended Blue...
Betty Leitch Burton McCraw
Feb 24, 2012
Mrs. Betty Leitch Burton McCraw, 82, of Cana, VA, passed away Friday, February 24, 2012, at her home. She was born January 14, 1930, in Surry County, to the late Graydon and Pauline Finch Burton. Mrs. McCraw retired from Quality Mills. She is survived by two nephews and their wives, Allen and Judy Burton and Coley and Jan Burton, all...
Pauline Hawks Haley
Feb 23, 2012
Mrs. Pauline Hawks Haley, 83, of 670 Holly Springs Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2012, at her home. She was born September 8, 1928, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Henry Franklin and Stella Dalton Hawks. She was employed by Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Haley is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Michelle...
Mary Frances Parker
Feb 23, 2012
Miss Mary Frances Parker, 79, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2012, at Central Continuing Care. Miss Parker was born February 15, 1933, in Surry County, to the late Elmer and Irene Willard Parker. She retired from Proctor-Silex Inc. and Central Care Rest Home. She is survived by special cousins, Carmen Eldridge, Fred Parker, Rachel Hill, Pauline Badgett,...
George Warren Jones
Feb 22, 2012
Mr. George Warren Jones, 85, of 1687 Old Fancy Gap Road, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Jones was born September 2, 1926, in Alamance County, to the late William A. and Margaret Beulah Holmes Jones. He retired from the United States Army after 35 years of...