Margie Faye King Beck
Dec 19, 2011
Mrs. Margie Faye King Beck, 89, of Winston-Salem, passed away Monday, December 19, 2011, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Patsy and Mark Kistler, in Warren, OH. Mrs. Beck was born May 7, 1922, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late Hosea and Virginia Elizabeth Leonard King. She diligently worked beside her husband until his death...
Irvin Donald Ward
Dec 18, 2011
Mr. Irvin Donald "Pete" Ward, 72, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center as it was his time for his body to be at peace. Pete, as he was known, was born March 27, 1939, in Surry County, to the late Irvin Dewy "ID" Ward and Nina Cook Ward. He was a retired building contractor. A memorial...
Mrs. Julia Anderson Wells Jackson
Dec 18, 2011
Mrs. Julia Anderson Wells Jackson died December 18, 2011. She was born in Edgefield, SC on March 16, 1920, daughter of the late Mitchell Preston Wells and Julia Mason Anderson Wells. Her parents died when she was seven years old and she and an older brother made their home with their cousins, the John C. Anderson family of Erie, PA....
Margaret Elizabeth Norman Lovill
Dec 18, 2011
Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Norman Lovill, 89, of Asheboro, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011, at Brian Center Nursing Care in Lexington. Mrs. Lovill was born June 3, 1922, in Surry County, one of six children born to the late James and Sarah Caroline McCreary Norman. Margaret retired from Golden Age in Lexington. She is survived by...
Mr. Douglas Wayne Conner
Dec 18, 2011
Mr. Douglas Wayne Conner, age 50, of Stuart, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011. He was born in Martinsville on April 20, 1961, and was preceded in death by his father, Donald Gray Conner. He had worked for the Virginia Department of Transportation and was a very hard worker. He was a good mechanic and was always working on something....
Nettie Ruth Bowman Bell
Dec 17, 2011
Mrs. Nettie Ruth Bowman Bell age 75 of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday December 17, 2011 at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Mt. Airy. Mrs. Bell was born April 2, 1936 in Surry County to the late John Avery and Stacy Ellar Edmonds Bowman, she was retired from Renfro Corporation and was of the Baptist Faith. Surviving are one...
Mrs. Norma Lee "Lou" Ring Swaim
Dec 17, 2011
Mrs. Norma Lee "Lou" Ring Swaim, age 89 of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, December 16, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born in Surry County on October 27, 1922 to the late Irvin Scott and Etta Caroline Patterson Ring. Mrs. Swaim owned Lou's Beauty Shop was a hairdresser for over 50 years; she retired only ten years ago....
Mrs. Iris Lovenia White Hayden
Dec 17, 2011
Mrs. Iris Lovenia White Hayden, 88 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday morning December 17, 2011 at Golden Living Center-Surry Community in Mt. Airy. Mrs. Hayden was born in Surry County, January 8, 1923 to the late Cephus William and Maggie Lee Rogers White. She was retired from Spencers Inc. and was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. After...
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....