Mr. Robert "Cobb" Harris
Jul 26, 2011
Mr. Robert "Cobb" Harris, age 71, of Dobson, NC passed away on Tuesday July 26, 2011 at Dunmore Plantation in Dobson, NC. He was born in Surry County on October 13, 1939 to the late Ruff and Lola Edwards Harris Smith Potts. He was retired from Renfro Corp. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his...
Peggy Lou Moser
Jul 25, 2011
Ms. Peggy Lou Moser, 43, of Dobson passed away on Monday, July 25, 2011 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Surry County on June 6, 1968 to the late Harvey and Thelma Edwards Moser. Ms. Moser was employed by Professional Health Care as a Certified Nursing Assistant and a...
Mr. Elijah Haywood Edwards
Jul 24, 2011
Mr. Elijah Haywood Edwards age 57 of Ararat, VA passed away Sunday, July 24, 2011 at his home. He was born February 9, 1953 in Carroll County, VA to the late Izer an Elva Spencer Edwards. He was a handyman and was of the Primitive Baptist Faith. Surviving are two daughters, Elizabeth Fern Edwards, Cana, VA and Rachel Autumn Edwards,...
Barbara Marshall Scott
Jul 24, 2011
Mrs. Barbara Marshall Scott, 82, of 317 Sunset Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2011, at Twelve Oaks Assisted Living. Mrs. Scott was born December 19, 1928, to the late Leroy and Lucy Livengood Marshall. Barbara was the fashion director for Sarah Coventry and Contempo Fashions and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by a son...
Mrs. Evola Vernon Hawks
Jul 23, 2011
Mrs. Evola Vernon Hawks, age 85, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Saturday morning July 23, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on March 23, 1926 to the late Rufus and Ada Wright Vernon. She was a Sales Manager for Cato's Corporation in Charlotte, NC, and was a member of...
Jerlean Margie Boles Payne
Jul 22, 2011
Mrs. Jerlean Margie Boles Payne, 81, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, July 22, 2011, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Payne was born March 27, 1930, in McDowell County, WV, to the late James Early and Allie Simpson Boles. She was the owner and operator of Fairview Grocery and a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church....
Mr. Eddie Gene Handy, Jr
Jul 22, 2011
Mr. Eddie Gene Handy, Jr., 42 of Bassett passed away Friday evening at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. He was born January 25, 1969 in Danville to Barbara Lawson Handy and the late Eddie Gene Handy, Sr. He was self employed in the lawn care business and a member of Community Fellowship Church in Collinsville. Other than his...
Mr. Lawrence Caldwell Wilson
Jul 22, 2011
Mr. Lawrence Caldwell Wilson, 71 of Mt. Airy passed away Friday, July 22, 2011 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Mr. Wilson was born in Surry County on October 2, 1939 to the late Gilmer Lawrence Wilson and Norene Velda Lowe Wilson. He retired from Pike Electric and was a member of Community Baptist Church. Mr. Wilson is...
Mr. Elmer Lee Elgin
Jul 21, 2011
Mr. Elmer Lee Elgin, age 78 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2011 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born in Henry County on December 5, 1932 to the late Lynn and Era Conner Elgin. He was a long time member of Ross Harbour United Methodist Church, where he was a superintendent for several years,...
Mrs. Arlene Hayes Simcox
Jul 21, 2011
Mrs. Arlene Hayes Simcox, 95 of Lowgap passed away Thursday, July 21, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Simcox was born in Surry County on January 22, 1916 to the late George and Susie Mayes Hayes. She was a retired school teacher and a member of Ladonia Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law,...
Mrs. Helen Ann Holt Shelton
Jul 20, 2011
Mrs. Helen Ann Holt Shelton, age 61 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mount Airy, North Carolina. She was born in Patrick County on May 5, 1950 to the late Edgar (Edd) Holt and Delcie H. Holt. In addition her parents, Mrs. Shelton was preceded in death by a niece, Patty...
Mrs. Helen Ann Holt Shelton
Jul 20, 2011
Mrs. Helen Ann Holt Shelton, age 61 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mount Airy, North Carolina. She was born in Patrick County on May 5, 1950 to the late Edgar Edd Holt and Delcie H. Holt. In addition her parents, Mrs. Shelton was preceded in death by a niece, Patty...
Nancy Elaine Jenkins Roberts
Jul 19, 2011
Mrs. Nancy Elaine Jenkins Roberts, 51, of 307 Virginia Street, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born December 7, 1959, in Surry County, to Virginia Imogene Hall Jenkins and the late Arthur Burton Jenkins. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist faith. Survivors...
Mrs. Hilda Jessup Adams
Jul 17, 2011
Mrs. Hilda Jessup Adams, age 71 of Mt. Airy, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 17, 2011. Mrs. Adams was born in Surry County, December 31, 1939 to Isom and Eunice Love Jessup. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend to so many. Mrs. Adams will be dearly missed. Surviving is a daughter and son-in-law,...
Roby Lee Goins, Jr
Jul 17, 2011
Mr. Roby Lee Goins, Jr., 54, of 202 William Penn Street, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday morning, July 17, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Goins was born October 1, 1956, in Surry County, the son of Elsie Gladys Edwards Goins and the late Roby Lee Goins, Sr. Roby was a member of Mount Airy Wesleyan Church, a...
Edna Venable Phillips
Jul 16, 2011
Mrs. Edna Monnie Venable Phillips, 88, of Dobson passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 16, 2011, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on March 12, 1923, to the late Dosier Albert and Bertha Ella Bullin Venable. Mrs. Phillips was a member of New Home Church of Christ at Copeland...
Mrs. Irene Cobler Collins
Jul 16, 2011
Mrs. Irene Cobler Collins, age 98 of Burlington, formerly of Mt. Airy passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2011 at White Oak Manor in Burlington. Mrs. Collins was born in Surry County on October 25, 1912 to the late William Yancy and Laura Noah Cobler. She was a home maker and a member of Community Methodist Church in Raeford. Mrs....
Mrs. Ellen Blair Childress
Jul 16, 2011
Mrs. Ellen Blair Childress, 70 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Childress was born in Richland County, SC, August 24, 1940 to the late Clyde and Dorothy Hawkins Green. She was a retired CNA and was a member of Woodland Baptist Church in Mt. Airy. She is survived by...
Mr. James Phillip Simmons
Jul 15, 2011
Mr. James Phillip Simmons, age 61 of Patrick Springs passed away Friday at his home. He was born in Patrick County on Dec. 2, 1949. He was preceded in death by his father, James Thomas "Babe" Simmons. Surviving are his wife, Devon Martin Simmons of the home; one son, Bryce Simmons of Danville; one daughter, Lindsey Simmons of the home;...
Mr. Jimmy L. Sawyers
Jul 15, 2011
Mr. Jimmy L. Sawyers, 44 of Dandridge, TN. Passed away Friday, July 15, 2011 in Jefferson City, TN. Mr. Sawyers was born in Surry County on May 28, 1967 to the late Glen Edward and Judith Carol McCormick Sawyers. He was a welder before becoming disabled and a member of Temple Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Rebecca...