Mr. Anthony Lee Watson
Dec 16, 2011
Mr. Anthony Lee Watson, age 27 of Dobson passed away Friday, December 16, 2011. Mr. Watson was born in Surry County on February 16, 1984. Mr. Watson is survived by his mother and step father, Rhonda Kay Norman Atkins and Gurney of Dobson; father and step-mother, Timothy Wilton and Alisa Watson of SC; a sister, Ashley Watson and her fiancé,...
Mrs. Candis Ethelene Simmons Wilson
Dec 16, 2011
Mrs. Ethelene Simmons Wilson, age 90 of Pilot Mountain, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, December 16, 2011. Mrs. Wilson was born in Surry County on August 1, 1921 to Elzavan and Sophronia Jessup Simmons. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her devoted family and friends. Surviving...
Peggy Ann Gravley Thomas
Dec 15, 2011
Mrs. Peggy Ann Gravley Thomas, 78, of 518 North Franklin Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Thomas was born February 26, 1933, in Surry County, to the late Albert and Bertha A. Jones Gravley. She retired from Renfro Corporation and was of the Baptist faith. She...
Mr. Benny Ray Holt
Dec 15, 2011
Mr. Benny Ray Holt, age 59 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on October 22, 1952 to the late Harvey Lester Holt and Rachel Virginia Lawson Holt. Mr. Holt is survived by four sisters, Mildred Collins of Stuart, Ann Holt of Claudville, Barbara Brown of Claudville and Audrey Pendleton...
Mrs. Clara Joyce Flippin
Dec 15, 2011
Mrs. Clara Joyce Flippin, age 86 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Stokes County, North Carolina on August 17, 1925. Mrs. Flippin was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Flippin; her parents, Charlie Joyce and Linnie Hill Joyce Mills; and one brother, Rev. Weldon Joyce. She was a longtime...
Glenn Morris Gammons
Dec 15, 2011
Mr. Glenn Morris Gammons, 85, of 686 Holly Springs Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday night, December 15, 2011, at his home. Mr. Gammons was born November 6, 1926, in Surry County, the son of the late Andrew and Alma Inman Gammons. Glenn served our country in the United States Navy following World War II. He retired as a knitting...
Mrs. Mary Ethel Cox Vernon
Dec 14, 2011
Mary Ethel Cox Vernon, of Cana, Virginia, widow of Calvin Clayton Vernon died Tuesday, December 6, 2011, in Houston, Texas. Ethel was born October 3, 1916, the daughter of Herman Glenn and Minnie Bailiff Cox of Crooked Creek, Virginia. She graduated from Radford College and began teaching at Elkhorn School in Virginia at age 17. She then moved to Cana,...
Louise McHone Brown
Dec 13, 2011
Mrs. Louise McHone Brown, 86, of 1518 Flippin Road, Lowgap, passed away Tuesday morning, December 13, 2011, at her home. Mrs. Brown was born January 1, 1925, in Surry County, one of sixteen children born to the late Marion and Stella Hall McHone. Louise retired from Cross Creek Apparel and was a member of Central View Baptist Church. She is...
Peggy Lou Dickens Bedsaul
Dec 13, 2011
Mrs. Peggy Lou Dickens Bedsaul Age 74 of Lowgap passed away Tuesday December 13, 2011 at the Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Bedsaul was born January 31, 1937 in Grayson County, Va. to the late Garney and Roxie Levina Ramey Dickens, she was retired from Home Health Care services and was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband...
William Edward "Willie" Richardson
Dec 12, 2011
Mr. William Edward "Willie" Richardson, age 54, of Mt. Airy, NC died on Monday unexpectedly in Ashe County, NC. He was born in Forsyth County on July 2, 1957 to the late William Penn Richardson and to Gladys Ray Spainhour "Dolly" Richardson. Willie was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS, Mt. Airy Ward. He was a...
Mrs. Marie Lewis Creed
Dec 12, 2011
Mrs. Ida Marie Lewis Creed, 75, widow of Mr. Johnny Sanford Creed, of Mount Airy passed away on Monday, December 12, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Surry County on January 15, 1936 to the late Howard William and Vada Frances Johnson Lewis. She was retired from Hamilton Beach Proctor-Silex after 30 years of service and a...
Mamie Sue Norman Farris
Dec 12, 2011
Mrs. Mamie Sue Norman Farris, 94, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, December 12, 2011, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Farris was born December 19, 1916, in Carroll County, VA, one of twelve children born to the late Solomon Isaac and Lucy Bell Atkins Norman. Mamie was a homemaker and a member of Northwoods Baptist Church in Winston-Salem....
Mr. James Dean Browder
Dec 10, 2011
Mr. James Dean Browder, age 64 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2011 at his home. He was born in Surry County, May 20, 1947 to Jessie Haymore and Eunice Faye Spainhour Browder. Mr. Browder was well known in the community and several states for spreading God's word through his music. He blessed so many with his words...
Alice Edwards
Dec 10, 2011
Mrs. Alice Vernice Pack Edwards age 70 of 318 Cedar Lane, Cana, VA, widow of Mr. Isaac Roy Edwards, Sr. passed away Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She wasborn April 2, 1941 in Surry County to the late Fred and Essie Lambert Pack. She was a homemaker and was a member...
Mrs. Geraldine Ball Collins
Dec 9, 2011
Mrs. Geraldine Ball Collins, age 71 of Mt. Airy passed away, Friday, December 9, 2011 at her home surrounded by her caring family. Mrs. Collins was born on March 5, 1940 to the late Floyd Ball and Clara Caviness Ball. She was a loving mother and grandmother. Mrs. Collins retired from Kentucky Derby and was a member of Slate Mountain...
Donald & Cathy McMillian
Dec 9, 2011
This week we celebrate the life and death of Donald and Cathy McMillian who left this world on Friday, December 9, 2011. Donald and Cathy had been married for 35 years and had two children, Glenn Donald and Chasity. They resided on Wards Gap Road in Cana, VA, for several years. They had previously lived on Brunswick Road in Cana....
Mrs. Mary Pennix Taylor
Dec 9, 2011
Mrs. Mary Pennix Taylor, 92 of Mt. Airy passed away Friday December 9, 2011 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Taylor was born in Surry County on November 20, 1919 to the late John Winfield and Etta Estella Byrd Pennix. She was retired from Renfro and was a member of Haymore Memorial Baptist Church. Mrs....
Mrs. Hessie Hardy Stanley
Dec 9, 2011
Mrs. Hessie Hardy Stanley, 93, of Dobson passed away peacefully on Friday, December 9, 2011 at Heritage Healthcare surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on December 7, 1918 to the late William Thomas and Ella Poindexter Hardy. Mrs. Stanley was retired from Washington Mills and a faithful member of Mount Hermon Baptist Church. She was...
Joan Gay Snow
Dec 9, 2011
Miss Joan Gay Snow, 64, of Pensacola, FL, formerly of Dobson, NC, passed away Friday afternoon, December 9, 2011, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, FL. Miss Snow was born December 9, 1947, in Surry County, NC, the only child born to the late Oscar Cleatus and Hallie Mauldin Snow. Joan loved most everything except doctors. She loved to play...
Mrs. Mae Juanita Anderson Gammons
Dec 9, 2011
Mrs. Mae Juanita Anderson Gammons, 84 of Stuart, VA, passed away Friday December 9, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born September 3, 1927 in Forsyth County to the late Roy Samuel and Bertie Palmer Anderson. She was a long time member of Red Bank Primitive Baptist Church and retired from Spencer's Inc. in Mt Airy....