Ms. Betty Jean Key Haynes
Aug 28, 2011
Ms. Betty Jean Key Haynes, age 53 of Monroe, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011 at the Union County Hospice Home. Ms. Haynes was born in Surry County, July 17, 1958 to the late Jesse Ray Key and Sarah Lou Hiatt Dawson. She was employed with Kentucky Derby Hosiery. Surviving is a daughter, Brittany Haynes of Mt. Airy; sisters, Tammy...
Mr. Lester O. Craig
Aug 27, 2011
Mr. Lester O. Craig, age 86 of Stuart passed away Saturday at the VA Medical Center in Salem. He was born on Jan. 6, 1925 to the late Ewell and Mary Dickerson Craig. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a son, Wayne Craig; his step mother, Aldine H. Craig; and a brother, Arvin Craig....
Mr. James Kelly Hutchens
Aug 27, 2011
Mr. James Kelly Hutchens, 84 of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, August 27, 2011 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Surry County on January 30, 1927. He was one of seven children born to the late Lewis Ernest and Annie Pearl Collins Hutchens. Mr. Hutchens graduated from Dobson High School and then entered the U.S. Army...
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Goodman
Aug 26, 2011
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Goodman, 85 of Winston Salem passed away Friday August 26, 2011 at the Oak Forest Health and Rehabilitation in Winston Salem. Mrs. Goodman was born in Surry County, January 24, 1926 to the late Kenneth K. Jones, Sr. and Roberta Draughon Jones. She graduated from Mt. Airy High School and worked as a bookkeeper for Coca Cola...
Marie "Jack" Nichols
Aug 26, 2011
Miss Marie "Jack" Nichols, 87, of 410 Old Cadle Ford Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday afternoon, August 26, 2011, at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center in Elkin. Miss Nichols was born June 6, 1924, in Surry County, one of thirteen children born to the late Charlie Merlin and Lottie Bingman Nichols. She retired as a secretary from White Plains Elementary...
Mr. Charles Marion "Poppy" Sheppard
Aug 23, 2011
Mr. Charles Marion "Poppy" Sheppard, age 70 of Walkertown, North Carolina passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at his home. He was born in Lawsonville, North Carolina on February 27,1941 to the late Ralph and Rilla Stevens Sheppard. In addition to his parents, Mr. Sheppard was preceded in death by one brother, Kenneth Owen Sheppard. He had served in the...
Mrs. Vivie Mae Boles
Aug 23, 2011
Mrs. Vivie Mae Boles 85, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday afternoon, August 23, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born March 5, 1926 in Surry County to the late John Jake and Veattrice Painter McCreary. Mrs. Boles was owner and operator of Boles Fabric Shop in Bannertown. She is survived by two sons and daughter-in-law,...
Oliver Talmadge Draughn
Aug 22, 2011
Mr. Oliver Talmadge Draughn, 82, of High Point, passed away Monday, August 22, 2011, at High Point Regional Hospital. Mr. Draughn was born September 13, 1928, in Surry County, the son of the late Benjamin Edgar and Clara Watson Draughon. He was a United States Army veteran and retired from Kroger's. Mr. Draughn is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law,...
Mrs. Susie Wood Stanley
Aug 21, 2011
Mrs. Susie Magdalene Wood Stanley, age 88 of Dobson, NC passed away on Saturday August 20, 2011 at Dunmore Plantation in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on November 24, 1922 to the late Pete Wood Sr. and the late Elita Slaydon Wood. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Ford Manuel Stanley;...
Clarence Wade Golding
Aug 20, 2011
Mr. Clarence Wade Golding, 53, of 130 York Thicket Road, Lambsburg, VA, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born January 28, 1958, in Carroll County, VA, to Forest Bryant Golding and the late C.J. Golding. He was an employee of North Carolina Granite Corporation and attended Peace Haven Baptist Church in Yadkinville....
Mr. David Beamer Childress
Aug 20, 2011
Mr. David Beamer Childress, age 61, of Elkin, NC , passed away on Saturday August 20, 2011 at the Wake Forest Baptist University Hospital in Winston-Salem , NC . He was born in Surry County on March 30, 1950 to the late Paul and Gladys Dollyhigh Childress. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and was retired from...
Mrs. Gertrude Mae Copeland McRoberts
Aug 20, 2011
Mrs. Gertrude Mae Copeland McRoberts, age 97 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2011 at Golden Living Center. Mrs. McRoberts was born in Wythe County, May 16, 1914 to Frank and Emma Collins Copeland. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her dear family and friends. Surviving are daughters...
Mrs. Nellie Faye Holt
Aug 19, 2011
Mrs. Nellie Faye Holt, 80 of Stuart, passed away Friday morning at her home. She was born in Patrick County on March 27, 1931 to the late Emmitt George East and Mary Ethel Stephens East. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband; William "Bill" Bernard Holt, an infant daughter Paige Holt, two brothers, James...
Sean Christopher Key
Aug 19, 2011
Mr. Sean Christopher Key, 21, of 514 Broad Street and 105 Cole Street, Mount Airy, passed away Friday night, August 19, 2011, in Eden. He was born February 4, 1990, in Surry County, to Travis Key and Patricia Tipton Kidd. He attended Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church. He is survived by his father and stepmother, Travis and Suzanne Key of...
Jerry Arnold Gardner
Aug 19, 2011
Mr. Jerry Arnold Gardner, 63, of 3172 Park Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Friday night, August 19, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Gardner was born September 2, 1947, in Surry County, the son of the late Wayne Joseph and Jane Frances Simmons Gardner. Jerry retired as a supervisor from United Plastics Corporation after 35 years of service....
Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer
Aug 19, 2011
Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer, age 88 of Lowgap, passed away Friday, August 19, 2011 at Central Continuing Care. Mr. Spencer was born in Carroll County, March 9, 1923 to George Washington Spencer and Eller Senter Spencer. He worked with the CC Camp in his early years and was a retired from the sawmilling business. Surviving is a daughter and...
Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer
Aug 19, 2011
Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer, age 88 of Lowgap, passed away Friday, August 19, 2011 at Central Continuing Care. Mr. Spencer was born in Carroll County, March 9, 1923 to George Washington Spencer and Eller Senter Spencer. He worked with the CC Camp in his early years and was a retired from the sawmilling business. Surviving is a daughter and...
Harvey Coolidge Atkins
Aug 18, 2011
Mr. Harvey Coolidge Atkins, 86, of 1095 Smith Road, Mount Airy, passed away early Thursday morning, August 18, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Atkins was born October 30, 1924, in Surry County, the third of six children born to the late Paul and Sadie Dollyhigh Atkins. Harvey served our country in the United...
Mr. Simon "Lee" Pilson
Aug 16, 2011
Mr. Simon "Lee" Pilson, age 82 of Woolwine, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on July 13, 1929 to the late James Garfield Pilson and Judy Via Pilson. In addition to his parents, Mr. Pilson was preceded in death by a sister, Cora Ethel Joyce, and a brother, Calvin Pilson. He...
Verlie Dean Hiatt Sheppard
Aug 16, 2011
Mrs. Verlie Dean Hiatt Sheppard, 78, of 346 Holly Avenue, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday evening, August 16, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Sheppard was born March 15, 1933, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late Ephriam Alfred and Lula McCloud Hiatt. Verlie retired from Spencer's Inc. after many years of...