Obituaries
James Donald Laster
Dec 11, 2012
Mr. James Donald "Jim" Laster, 70, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home, after being in declining health for some time. He was born July 15, 1942, in Surry County, to the late Quillar and Thelma Swift Laster. Jim retired from R.J. Reynolds and was a member of...
Mr.James Wallace Hill
Dec 11, 2012
Mr. James Wallace "J.W." Hill, formerly of Dobson, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, S.C. He was born in Alleghany County on Jan. 8, 1928, to the late James Fred and Vena Belle Creed Hill. Mr. Hill retired from the Surry County School System, where he worked for 25 years in maintenance...
Lt. Col. James Stuart Love
Dec 11, 2012
Lt. Col. James Stuart Love, age 82 of Stuart passed away Tuesday at Forsyth Medical Center after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born in Patrick County on Aug. 31, 1930 to the late James G. Love and the late Delcie Bateman Love. Lt. Col. Love was a graduate of Blue Ridge High School, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the...
Mrs. Roxie Odella Bobbitt Blizard
Dec 11, 2012
Mrs. Roxie Odella Bobbitt Blizard, age 84 of Mt. Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at her son's home. Mrs. Blizard was born in Surry County on May 1, 1928 to Royce Anderson Bobbitt, Sr. and Elizabeth Beck Bobbitt. She was retired from Kentucky Derby Hosiery and was a member of Rockford Street United Methodist Church. Surviving are a...
Mrs. Helen Peeling Olinger
Dec 10, 2012
Mrs. Helen Peeling Olinger, age 101 of Stuart, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012 at the Landmark Center in Stuart. She was born in Finksburg, Maryland on April 10, 1911 to the late James Albert Peeling and Estella Barnes Peeling. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Olinger was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Olinger (County Agent of Patrick...
Mr. James Lindsay Mustin
Dec 10, 2012
Mr. James Lindsey Mustin, 95 of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, December 10, 2012 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. He was born in Forsyth County on April 17, 1917 to the late John Earl and Kate Middleton Mustin. Mr. Mustin was retired from Bassett Furniture Company. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Reba...
Mr. Clonie William Stanley
Dec 10, 2012
Mr. Clonie William Stanley, age 79 of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, December 10, 2012 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born on October 23, 1933 in Floyd County, Virginia to the late Dewey Ebbert and Nancy Ada Dalton Stanley. He graduated from Willis High School in 1953. Mr. Stanley served in the U.S. Navy during...
Mrs. Ruth Bonds Chittum
Dec 10, 2012
Mrs. Gladys Ruth Cobler Bonds Chittum, age 90 of East Bend, passed away at her home Monday, December 10, 2012, surrounded by family. Mrs. Chittum was born in Surry County on January 7, 1922 to William Yancy and Laura Noah Cobler. She was a loving mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her family and friends. Surviving...
Gates Franklin King
Dec 10, 2012
Mr. Gates Franklin King, 69, of 6372 Ararat Highway, Ararat, VA, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012, at Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County in Stuart, VA. Mr. King was born September 29, 1943, in Patrick County, VA, one of six children born to the late Samuel Percy and Hester Mankins King. Gates served our country in the United States...
Mrs. Glenna Sharpe Lanier
Dec 9, 2012
Mrs. Glenna Sharpe Lanier passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin. Mrs. Lanier was born September 2, 1923 in Davidson County to the late Garney and Cora Sharpe. Mrs. Lanier was the wife of Mr. Ralph O. Lanier, Sr. of Dobson for seventy-two years. She was the mother of Judy Lanier Crutchfield of Kernersville,...
Timothy Mark Gough, Sr
Dec 8, 2012
Mr. Timothy Mark Gough, Sr., 52, of Mount Airy, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, December 8, 2012, at his home. Mr. Gough was born January 8, 1960, in Forsyth County, the son of the late Richard Gray and Marcella Ivolene Roseberry Gough. Timothy was a proud truck driver for 25 years. He was a very proud and devoted son...
Mrs. Bertie Mae Pruitt Edwards
Dec 8, 2012
Mrs. Bertie Mae Pruitt Edwards age 83 of 2447 Fancy Gap Road, Mt. Airy, NC, widow of Mr. Garfield Edwards passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC She was born April 7, 1929 in Patrick County, VA to the late Taylor And Susie Pruitt. She was retired from Pine State Knitting and was a...
Mrs. Inez Golden Golding
Dec 7, 2012
Mrs. Inez Golden Golding age 91 of Lambsburg, Va widow of Mr. Floyd Roscoe Golding passed away Friday, December 7, 2012 at Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center in Galax, VA. She was born May 15, 1921 in Carroll County to the late Hillary Emmett and Nettie Mae Holderfield Golden. She was the former owner and operator of Inez Golding Grocery...
Roy Dale Collins
Dec 6, 2012
Mr. Roy Dale Collins, 68, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday morning, December 6, 2012, at his home. He was born October 30, 1944, in Surry County, to the late Jesse Willard Collins and Lillie Gray Boyd Collins Jones. Roy served our country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He retired from the VA Hospital in Tampa,...
Mrs. Billyken Nell Chilton Thompson
Dec 6, 2012
Mrs. Billyken Nell Chilton Thompson, 78 of Clemmons passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston Salem. She was born in Surry County on November 30, 1934 to the late William Oliver and Myrtle Hall Chilton. Mrs. Thompson was a homemaker and was a member of Clemmons Baptist Church. She is survived by...
Mr. Arlis Curtis "Mickey" Wright
Dec 5, 2012
Mr. Arlis Curtis "Mickey" Wright, age 84 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on September 26, 1928 to the late Walter Lester and Ethel Huff Wright. In addition to his parents, Mr. Wright was preceded in death by two brothers, Henry O. Wright and Wilburn Lee...
Mr. Lestell Edmond "L.E." Slaughter
Dec 5, 2012
Mr. Lestell Edmond "L.E." Slaughter, age 92 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at the Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Floyd County on February 26, 1920 to the late Luther E. and Susie Conner Slaughter. In addition to his parents, Mr. Slaughter was preceded in death by a son, Glenn E. Slaughter; a step-granddaughter,...
Mr. William Robert Creasey
Dec 4, 2012
Mr. William Robert Creasey, age 89 of Stuart, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on November 2, 1923 to the late Robert Edgar and Anice Smart Creasey. In addition to his parents, Mr. Creasey was preceded in death by his wife, India O. Moran Creasey; two sisters, Rachel...
Mrs. Gloria June Underwood Clark
Dec 4, 2012
Gloria June Underwood Clark quietly left her earthly body behind and found a new body in a much better land on Tuesday, December 4, 2012. She was 88 ½ years old. June lived her life as a devoted mother to eight children and as full-time Pastor's wife. The Clark family moved to and lived in many areas of Virginia during...
Clayton Columbus Wells
Dec 4, 2012
Mr. Clayton Columbus Wells, 82, of 727 North Franklin Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Wells was born September 2, 1930, in Mercer County, WV, the oldest of four children born to the late George Edward and Mary Etta York Wells. Clayton served our country in...


