Mrs. Mabel Eldridge Collins
Nov 1, 2011
Mrs. Mabel Eldridge Collins, 90, of Elkin, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 1, 2011at Heritage Healthcare surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Randolph County on September 6, 1921 to the late Miles and Myrtle Snow Eldridge. Mrs. Collins was retired from Chatham Manufacturing and Surry Friends of Seniors and a dedicated member of Gum Orchard Baptist...
Herbert Howard Sawyers
Oct 31, 2011
Mr. Herbert Howard Sawyers, 68, of 3387 Friends Mission Road, Ararat, VA, passed away Monday, October 31, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Sawyers was born May 6, 1943, in Patrick County, VA, the son of the late Jimmy and Susan Iris Goins Sawyers. Herbert worked at Proctor-Silex Inc. for many years and later farmed. He is survived...
Mrs. Dorothy Mae Hayes
Oct 31, 2011
Mrs. Dorothy Mae Robertson Hayes, 95 of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, October 31, 2011 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Hayes was born on June 5, 1916 in High Point, NC to the late Thomas and Cassie Southern Robertson. Working in the textile industry at Lynn Hosiery, Quality Mills and then Spencer's was just a part...
Mr. James Webb Lawson
Oct 30, 2011
Mr. James Webb Lawson of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday October 30, 2011 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was the beloved husband of Betty Lawson. They had been married 55 years. He was born on August 22, 1928 in Surry County, he was the son of the late Hassell and Margie Lawson. James retired from Norfolk...
Mr. Arthur Norman Martin
Oct 30, 2011
Mr. Arthur Norman Martin, age 82 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2011 at his home. He was born in Henry County on May 9, 1929 to the late Harry Taylor Martin and Etta Purdy Martin. In addition to his parents, Mr. Martin was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Peggy Martin; two sisters, Irene Reeves and Mildred...
Mr. Brewster Michael Scott
Oct 30, 2011
Mr. Brewster Michael Scott, age 52 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2011 as the result of an automobile accident. He was born in Patrick County on July 9, 1959 to the late Brewster L. and Vera Martin Scott. He had been an electrician for Parks Construction, felt most comfortable and at home at the Fellowship at the Foothills...
Vance Alvin Pratt
Oct 30, 2011
Mr. Vance Alvin Pratt, 80, of 219 Smith Landing Road, Mount Airy, formerly of Stoneville, passed away Sunday morning, October 30, 2011, at his home. Mr. Pratt was born August 10, 1931, in Rockingham County, the son of the late John and Evelyn Snead Pratt. Alvin worked as a machine fixer at Stoneville Furniture Company for many years and was...
Mrs. Gladys Gates Winkler
Oct 30, 2011
Mrs. Gladys Estelle Winkler, 92, cherished wife of Charles H. Winkler, passed gently from this life on the evening of Oct 30,2011. She leaves behind two loving children, a son, Stephen M. Winkler and his wife Janet of Satillo Mississippi, and a daughter, Stacey D. Wood and her husband Jeff of Asheville NC. She was greatly loved not only by...
Mr. Adam John Beamer
Oct 29, 2011
Mr. Adam John Beamer age 92 of 212 Beamer Road, Mt. Airy, NC widower of Mrs. Connie Mae Hemmings Beamer passed away at his home on Saturday, October 29, 2011. He was born February 24, 1919 in Surry County, NC to the late Luther and Mary Nail Beamer. He was a veteran of the US Army serving during WWII, was...
Mrs. Mary Irene Pruitt Jessup
Oct 29, 2011
Mrs. Mary Irene Pruitt Jessup, age 83 of Claudville, passed away Saturday, October 29, 2011 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Jessup was born in Patrick County to Theodore Roosevelt "Rose" and Minnie Fulk Pruitt. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She and her husband are well known and respected farmers of the...
Mr. Jessie James Doss
Oct 29, 2011
Mr. Jessie James Doss, 102, devoted husband of Mrs. Pearl Childress Doss, of Mount Airy passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on March 11, 1909 to the late John Murphy and Lucy Johnson Doss. Mr. Doss was retired from the former Highland...
Mrs. Alene Sapp Stewart
Oct 28, 2011
Mrs. Alene Sapp Stewart, 95, of Elkin passed away peacefully on Friday October 28, 2011 in the comfort of her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on April 2, 1916 to the late Robert Lee and Lula Victoria Ring Sapp. Mrs. Stewart was a homemaker and a member of Stanford Methodist Church. She leaves...
Mrs. Ruby Alice Sykes
Oct 28, 2011
Mrs. Ruby Alice Dawson Sykes, age 87 of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, October 27, 2011 at the Joan and Howard Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Sykes was born in Carroll County, VA on August 30, 1924 to the late George Lester and Sarah Elizabeth Dawson. What better way to describe this woman than as in the proverbs of Solomon,...
Mr. W. Harden Bowman
Oct 26, 2011
Mr. W. Harden Bowman, age 89 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Mount Airy, North Carolina. He was born in Patrick County on November 15, 1921 to the late Bruce and Nora Pack Bowman. In addition to his parents, Mr. Bowman was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Ettie Nunn...
Mr. Carl Rufus Willard
Oct 26, 2011
Mr. Carl Rufus Willard age 89 of Greensboro, NC and formally of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday October 26, 2011 at the Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, NC. Mr. Willard was born August 4, 1922 in Surry County to the late Sam Edgar and Ida Magdeline Willard, he was a veteran of the US Navy, was retired from the Engineering...
Mrs. Wendy Ann Martin
Oct 26, 2011
Mrs. Wendy Ann Martin, age 38 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. She was born in Roanoke on December 8, 1972. Mrs. Martin was a member of Smith River Church of the Brethren, and a 1990 graduate of Patrick County High School. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Clyde and...
Mr. William Clinton Watson, Jr
Oct 26, 2011
Mr. William Clinton Watson, Jr. Age 65 of Elkin, NC passed away at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem on Wednesday October 26, 2011. He was born in Surry County on September 20, 1946 to William Clinton and Naomi White Watson. He was retired from the Surry County School System as the Transportation Supervisor. Surviving are his...
Ms. Clara Inez Dawson
Oct 26, 2011
Ms. Clara Inez Dawson, age 75 of Cana, VA passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, Wednesday, October, 26, 2011. Ms. Dawson was born in Carroll County, VA on June 9, 1936 to the late George Lester and Sarah Elizabeth Edwards Dawson. She retired from Spencer's and was a member of Paul's Creek Baptist Church....
Carl Rufus Willard
Oct 26, 2011
Mr. Carl Rufus Willard age 89 of Greensboro, NC and formally of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday August 26, 2011 at the Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, NC. Mr. Willard was born August 4, 1922 in Surry County to the late Sam Edgar and Ida Magdeline Willard, he was a veteran of the US Navy, was retired from the Engineering...
Mrs. Mary Frances Chrismon Southard
Oct 22, 2011
Mrs. Frances Chrismon Southard, 73, of Elkin passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Joan and Howard Woltz Home as her family gathered around her bedside in a circle of prayer. She was born in Surry County on October 7, 1938 to the late Carl Richard and Manervia Atkins Chrismon. Mrs. Southard was retired from Proctor-Silex and a...