Mr. Jack Wilbur Hundley, age 83 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2011 at his home. He was born in Stokes County, North Carolina on January 7, 1928 to the late John Hundley, Sr. and Ida Collins Hundley. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hundley was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jo Hundley and one brother, John...
Mr. Otis Erman "Lightning" Setliff, age 86 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2011 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on April 15, 1925 to the late John and Mary Emerson Setliff. In addition to his parents, Mr. Setliff was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Ross Setliff; three sisters,...
Christopher Alexander and Trevor Kyle Wilson, infant twins of Shasta Corine Church and Christopher Kyle Wilson both of Mt. Airy. The babies were born and went on to be with Jesus on December 23, 2011. In addition to their parents the twins are survived by two sisters, Kaylynn Renee Lewis and Kayden Church; grandparents, Janet Odum, Charles Church, Jeanette Brown...
Mr. Danny Bailey Bowman, age 58 of Mayodan, North Carolina and formerly of Patrick County, passed away Thursday, December 22, 2011 at the Reidsville Hospice Home. He was born in Stoneville, North Carolina on April 22, 1953 to the late David and Piney Pack Bowman. In addition to his parents, Mr. Bowman was preceded in death by four sisters, Geraldine...
Mrs. Cathy P. Edmonds, age 60, of Dobson, a loving wife and mother, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday December 20, 2011 at her home. She was born in Surry County on May 25, 1951 to the late Wilbur Peele and to Virginia Johnson Peele. She was a member of Fairview Baptist Church and she was a retired Kindergarten teacher from...
Mrs. Nancy Jane Caudill Brannock, 95, formerly of Sparta, peacefully passed on to Heaven in the hands of her precious grandchildren, Michael Brannock and Sheena Green on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Olde Knox Commons in Huntersville. She was born in Alleghany County on November 2, 1916 to the late Riley and Amanda Jane Sanders Caudill. She is survived by...
Ms. Lessie Marie Smart, age 71 of Vesta passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on September 1, 1940 to the late Millard and Vera Marshall Hooker. She had worked for Aerial Machine from 1988 to 2002, and was a member of Mount Hope Holiness Church. Ms. Smart is survived by three...
Mr. Griggs L. Hampton, of Mount Airy, died Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at Golden Living Center in Mount Airy. He was born March 14, 1949, in Mount Airy and was a lifelong resident. He loved his hometown and spent his time with worthy causes and interests useful to his town and the wider world. Griggs sustained brain injury at birth...
Mrs. Margaret Faye Reece Moncus, 68 of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, December 19, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Moncus was born in Surry County, October 3, 1943 to the late C. W. "Dock" and Ella Gunnell Reece. She was retired from Time Warner Cable and was a member of Northside Baptist Church. She is survived by...
Mr. Paige Delon Thompson, age 66 of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Thompson was born in Surry County on April 2, 1945 to Walter William and Alice Holder Thompson. He was retired from Renfro Corp. Surviving is his devoted wife, Nancy Hooper Thompson of the home; sons and...
Ms. Martha Catherine Jackson Gates, 76, of Dobson passed from this life to Glory in the comfort of her home on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on February 1, 1935 to the late Culmer and Mary Dobbins Jackson. Ms. Gates was retired from the Surry County School System and a...
Mrs. Claudia Annette Lyons Bowman, 88, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away Monday, December 19, 2011, at Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax, VA. Mrs. Bowman was born April 2, 1923, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Cortez and Maggie Jarrell Lyons. She retired from the Carroll County School System, where she taught for over 30 years. She was a...
Mrs. Margie Faye King Beck, 89, of Winston-Salem, passed away Monday, December 19, 2011, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Patsy and Mark Kistler, in Warren, OH. Mrs. Beck was born May 7, 1922, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late Hosea and Virginia Elizabeth Leonard King. She diligently worked beside her husband until his death...
Mr. Irvin Donald "Pete" Ward, 72, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center as it was his time for his body to be at peace. Pete, as he was known, was born March 27, 1939, in Surry County, to the late Irvin Dewy "ID" Ward and Nina Cook Ward. He was a retired building contractor. A memorial...
Mrs. Julia Anderson Wells Jackson died December 18, 2011. She was born in Edgefield, SC on March 16, 1920, daughter of the late Mitchell Preston Wells and Julia Mason Anderson Wells. Her parents died when she was seven years old and she and an older brother made their home with their cousins, the John C. Anderson family of Erie, PA....
Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Norman Lovill, 89, of Asheboro, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011, at Brian Center Nursing Care in Lexington. Mrs. Lovill was born June 3, 1922, in Surry County, one of six children born to the late James and Sarah Caroline McCreary Norman. Margaret retired from Golden Age in Lexington. She is survived by...
Mr. Douglas Wayne Conner, age 50, of Stuart, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011. He was born in Martinsville on April 20, 1961, and was preceded in death by his father, Donald Gray Conner. He had worked for the Virginia Department of Transportation and was a very hard worker. He was a good mechanic and was always working on something....
Mrs. Nettie Ruth Bowman Bell age 75 of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday December 17, 2011 at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Mt. Airy. Mrs. Bell was born April 2, 1936 in Surry County to the late John Avery and Stacy Ellar Edmonds Bowman, she was retired from Renfro Corporation and was of the Baptist Faith. Surviving are one...
Mrs. Norma Lee "Lou" Ring Swaim, age 89 of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, December 16, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Surry County on October 27, 1922 to the late Irvin Scott and Etta Caroline Patterson Ring. Mrs. Swaim owned Lou's Beauty Shop was a hairdresser for over 50 years; she retired only ten years ago....
Mrs. Iris Lovenia White Hayden, 88 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday morning December 17, 2011 at Golden Living Center-Surry Community in Mt. Airy. Mrs. Hayden was born in Surry County, January 8, 1923 to the late Cephus William and Maggie Lee Rogers White. She was retired from Spencers Inc. and was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. After...