Obituaries
Mr. Robert E Lee Shumate
Feb 10, 2013
Angels in Heaven are truly rejoicing as Mr. Robert E Lee Shumate age 97, entered the portals of Heaven on Sunday, February 10, 2013 in the comfort of his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Wilkes on May 14, 1915 to the late Wiley and Venna Wyatt Shumate. Mr. Shumate was a retired carpenter from G.L....
Ms. Beatrice Hall Marshall
Feb 9, 2013
Ms. Persia Beatrice Hall Marshall, 88, of Dobson passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born in Surry County on October 29, 1924 to the late DR "Jack" and Sallie Bet Stanley Hall. She is survived by four children, Robert Lee Marshall of Greensboro, Linda Marshall, of the home. Betty and...
Mrs. Ruby Faye Bowman Hooker
Feb 9, 2013
Mrs. Ruby Faye Bowman Hooker, age 64 of Vesta passed away Saturday, February 9, 2013 at her home. She was born in Carroll County on December 6, 1948 to the late Delmar and Viola Willis Bowman, and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. She loved the Lord and her family, and truly enjoyed her job as a secretary for Hooker...
Mr. Johnnie Ray Robertson
Feb 9, 2013
Mr. Johnnie Ray Robertson, age 35 of Stuart, passed away Saturday, February 9,2013 in Laurel Fork. He was born in Patrick County on May 25, 1977, and attended Mayo Mountain Church. Mr. Robertson was preceded in death by his father, John "Jack" Robertson; his maternal grandparents, Raleigh Scales and Eva Mabe Abbott; and his paternal grandparents, John Robertson, Sr. and...
Mr. James Otis Key
Feb 8, 2013
Mr. James Otis Key, age 86, of Dobson, NC passed on Friday February 8, 2013 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home with his loving family and friends. He was born in Surry County on June 23, 1926 to the late John Henry and Mary Ellen Flippin Key. He was member of New Hope Baptist Church and served as...
Mrs. Verla Key Peele
Feb 8, 2013
Mrs. Verla Elizabeth Key Peele, age 92 of Mt. Airy, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 08, 2013 at Walnut Ridge Assisted Living. Mrs. Peele was born in Surry County on April 3, 1920 to John Gabriel and Ida Mae Boyles Key. She was a dedicated mother. She enjoyed oil painting, crochet, bead work and especially her family and friends....
Mary Edythe Marion Draughn
Feb 8, 2013
Mrs. Mary Edythe Marion Draughn, 76, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday evening, February 8, 2013, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Draughn was born February 27, 1936, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Jack and Euna Belle Marion. Edythe was a homemaker and a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by...
Brenda Gail Riggs Thomas
Feb 8, 2013
Mrs. Brenda Gail Riggs Thomas, 54, of 508 Maple Hollow Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, February 8, 2013, at her home. Mrs. Thomas was born December 9, 1958, in Surry County, the daughter of Dorothy Johnson Riggs and the late Bobby Lee Riggs. Brenda was a graduate of North Surry High School. She was gifted as a teaching...
Mr. Joshua Andrew Young
Feb 7, 2013
Mr. Joshua Andrew Young, age 29 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2013 in Spencer as the results of an automobile accident. He was born in Augusta Georgia on January 1, 1984. He had worked with Meadorwoods Landscaping. Mr. Young is survived by his wife, Michelle Worley Young of the home; his father, Darrell Young of North Augusta, South...
Mrs. Brenda Jarrell White
Feb 6, 2013
Mrs. Brenda Jarrell White, 63, of Dobson passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Surry County on January 24, 1950 to the late Ellard Vernon "Tom" and Imogene Dezern Jarrell. Mrs. White was a Registered Nurse...
Mrs. Cassie Hall Piedmont
Feb 6, 2013
Mrs. Cassie Hall Piedmont, age 98, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 in Richlands, VA. She was born in Patrick County, Va., a daughter of the late John and Lucy Hall. Mrs. Piedmont was a long-time member of Grace Moravian Church. She retired from the State of Virginia and also worked at both Lowe's Hardware and Surry Hospice...
Dennis Arnold
Feb 6, 2013
Mr. Dennis Arnold Age 86 of Mt. Airy, NC. passed away Tuesday February 6, 2013 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Mr. Arnold was born July 20, 1927 in Franklin Co. NC. to the late Ebby and Betty Vaughn Arnold, he was a veteran of the Army Air Corp serving in WWII, was self-employed and...
Ms. Judy Elizabeth Ring Burgess
Feb 5, 2013
Ms. Judy Elizabeth Ring Franks Burgess, 50 of King passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center. Ms. Burgess was born in Forsyth County on December 7, 1962. She is survived by a son, James Frederick Ashley, II; her parents, June Elizabeth Moody Franks and Jerry and Larry Gale Ring and Brenda; sisters and brothers-in-law, Janet Ring and...
Keisha Autumn Hice
Feb 4, 2013
Miss Keisha Autumn Hice, 22, of 338 Isaacs Road, Mount Airy, passed away early Monday morning, February 4, 2013, at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Miss Hice was born April 30, 1990, in Surry County, the only child born to John Lewis and Lucy Isaacs Hice. Keisha worked as a medical assistant for Stallings and Billings for several years and...
Ms. Jessie May Martin Slate
Feb 4, 2013
Ms. Jessie May Martin Slate, age 69 of Bassett, passed away Monday, February 4, 2013 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on February 4, 1944 to the late Andy and Gladys Clark Martin. In addition to her parents, Ms. Slate was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Georgia Ann Burgart; one brother, Akers Martin; and one sister,...
Darren Mark Chambers
Feb 4, 2013
Darren Mark Chambers, 37, of 155 Sheets Park Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Monday night, February 4, 2013, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born October 10, 1975, in Surry County, the son of Bonnie Holt Chambers and the late Garry Lee Chambers. Darren was a truck driver at Dude Smith Trucking and a...
Ms. Laylor York Wilmoth
Feb 4, 2013
Ms. Laylor York Wilmoth, age 81, of Elkin, NC passed away on Monday February 4, 2013 at the Wake Medical Center, in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born on January 22, 1932 to the late Willie Frank York and the late Margaret Empress Stanley York. She was a member of Union Cross Baptist church and retired from Renfro as a Office...
Ms. Norma Faye Mundy Ragland
Feb 3, 2013
Ms. Norma Faye Mundy Ragland age 74 of 10 Leonhardt Drive, Cana, VA passed away Sunday morning, February 3, 2013 at Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax, VA. She was born November 30, 1938 in Carroll County, VA to the late James J. "Jim" and Rita Vesta Dalton Mundy. She retired from Northern Hospital of Surry County and was a...
Katie Lou Moser Cooke
Feb 3, 2013
Mrs. Katie Lou Moser Cooke, 68, of 2636 Poplar Springs Road, State Road, passed away early Sunday morning, February 3, 2013, at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin. Mrs. Cooke was born February 23, 1944, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Robert Ray and Liza Shinault Moser. Katie was a homemaker and attended Zephyr Missionary Baptist Church. She...
Mary Edna Reynolds Williams
Feb 3, 2013
Mrs. Mary Edna Reynolds Williams, age 95 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, February 03, 2013 at Northern Hospital. Mrs. Williams was born in Surry County on March 13, 1917 to Andrew and Candace Reynolds. She was a loving homemaker who will be dearly missed by her family and many friends. Surviving are three daughters and sons-in-law, Lillian and Jesse...


