Mr. Joseph Edward "Joe" Shelton age 70 of 143 Little Macy Lane, Ararat, NC husband of Mrs. Barbara Terry Shelton passed away, January 10, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born in Surry County June 27, 1941 to the late Lemuel Lafayette "L.L." and Polly Clement Shelton. He was a retired carpenter and attended Temple Baptist Church. Surviving are...
Mr. Kenneth Holder Cave, 52, of Dobson passed away unexpectedly on January 9, 2012 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Cave was born on June 15, 1959 to Guyner H. and Barbara Galyean Cave. He was a self employed farmer who loved the land and took great pleasure in watching his crops grow. He was a graduate of Surry...
Mr. James Adam Galyean, age 27 passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012. Adam was born to William "Jimmy" Galyean and the late Lorraine Gwyn Galyean. In addition to his father Mr. Galyean is survived by two children Cody Ethan Galyean and Alexis Renee Gaylean. Graveside services will be held Thursday January 12, 2012 at Zion Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery....
Mrs. Virginia Ruth Epperson Sloan, 90, of 1038 Raven Rock Road, Ararat, VA, passed away Monday morning, January 9, 2012, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Sloan was born February 23, 1921, in Patrick County, VA, the daughter of the late Emmitt Ulysses and Hattie Mae Gunter Epperson. In 1961, Ruth graduated from Winston-Salem School of Practical Nursing. For...
Mrs. Lenora Beatrice Simpson Frye, age 95 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, January 08, 2012 at Ridgecrest Retirement Center. Mrs. Frye was born in Hoke County on May 21, 1916 to Tyra McKinley and Roxie Badgett Simpson. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church as well as a former member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Northern Hospital. Surviving...
Mrs. Della Marie Sisk, age 72 of Vesta, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2012 at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was born in Patrick County on August 20, 1939 to the late Moten and Julie Keith Thompson. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Sisk was preceded in death by her first husband, Curtis...
Mrs. Ethel Virginia Wilson Moseley, age 91 of Mt. Airy passed away at Central Continuing Care on Sunday, January 8, 2012. Mrs. Moseley was born in Stokes County on July 13, 1920 to the late Cebron Joseph and Alice Nunn Wilson. She was homemaker and a member of Union Primitive Baptist Church. Mrs. Moseley is survived by a daughter, Penelope...
Mrs. Maggie Jane Senter Upchurch age 94 of 44 Upchurch Lane, Lambsburg, VA, wife of 77 years to Mr. Dennis Upchurch passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012 at home. She was a loving Christian mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother. Mrs. Upchurch was born May 25, 1917 in Carroll County VA to the late Ambours and Goldie Donabell Crotts...
Mr. Ricky Dean Parker age 39 of Harrisonburg, VA formerly of Cana, VA passed away Friday, January 6, 2012 at the Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, VA. He was born June 9, 1972 in Surry County to Sandra Parker Bryant and the late Billy Parker. He had served in the US Army and was a member of Blue Ridge Baptist...
Mrs. Cornelia Via Gaines, 89 of Stuart passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville. She was born in Patrick County on February 22, 1922 to the late Moses and Rosavell Wimbush Via. She retired from working in Textile and as her only surviving son stated; she was the nicest mother on the planet that was...
Mrs. Hazel Lorraine Smith Semones, 86 formerly of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, January 5, 2012 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home Inman, SC. Mrs. Semones was born on April 10, 1925 in Patrick County, VA to the late Roscoe and Maggie Boyd Smith. She retired from Adam Mills. Mrs. Semones is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Gary...
Mr. Roger Dale Hill, 64 of Westfield, NC passed away Thursday at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Patrick County on April 9, 1947 to the late James Alvin Hill and Virginia Gray Hill of Westfield NC. Roger was the proud owner of Hill Enterprises for over 25 years and a W.M.T. series race car, known...
Mrs. Jessie Mae Merriman Puckett, age 71 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Henry County on May 8, 1940 to the late Jesse F. and Margaret Jones Merriman. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Puckett was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Puckett; one step-great-granddaughter, Clarie Taylor; three...
Mr. William Clyde Hiatt, 81, of 307 Chatham Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Hiatt was born January 8, 1930, in Surry County, to the late Lunie Alma and Sarah Terrell Hiatt. Clyde was a veteran of the United States Army and the former owner and operator of Wagon Wheel...
Miss Ruth Louise Pike, 76, of Pilot Mountain passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at Central Continuing Care. She was born in Surry County on April 15, 1935 to the late William McKinley and Annie France Pike. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Cathy Lynn and David Smith of Dobson; three grandchildren, David Smith, Jr., Patricia Smith and Joseph...
Mr. Charles Burgess Jarrell age 74 of 193 Jarrell Lane, Mt. Airy, NC passed away Tuesday night, January 31, 2012 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He was born March 5, 1937 in Patrick County, VA to the late Ben and Alma Hancock Jarrell. Mr. Jarrell was a veteran of the US Army. He was a retired self employed...
Mr. Johnny Delane Hubbard, age 57 of Stuart, Virginia passed away Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Forysth Medical Center in Winston Salem. He was born in Patrick County on October 26, 1954 to the late John Marvin Hubbard and Mrs. Lorene Wright Gilley. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by his stepfather, Charles Allen Gilley. Johnny...
Mr. Early Richard Berrier, age 85 of Cana, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Berrier was born in Carroll County on February 23, 1926 to William and Eva Largen Berrier. He proudly served our country and retired from the United States Navy. Mr. Berrier will be dearly missed by so many. Loved ones he leaves...
Mrs. Janet Kaye Gatewood Snow, 66, of Dobson entered Heavens Portals on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Rockingham County on December 22, 1945 to the late George and Evelyn Shelton Gatewood. Mrs. Snow was a retired seamstress from Washington Mills and a devoted wife, mother,...
Ms. Sylvia Dawn Cornett, 61, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, December 30, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Ms. Cornett was born August 17, 1950, in Surry County, one of seven children born to J. Gleason and Alma Oleane Bunn Cornett. Sylvia graduated from North Surry High School in 1970 and attended the University of North Carolina...