Mollie McBride Jones
Jun 8, 2011
Mrs. Mollie Jones, 74, of Cana, VA, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at Golden Living Center in Mount Airy. Mrs. Jones was born January 28, 1937, in Surry County, daughter of the late Edgar and Maggie Marshall McBride. She was a homemaker. She is survived by a son, Franklin Dallas Jones, Jr. of Nashville, NC; two daughters and sons-in-law,...
David Joseph Wanchick
Jun 8, 2011
Mr. David Joseph Wanchick, 70, of Lowgap, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Wanchick was born March 28, 1941, in Ravenna, OH, in Portage County, to Margaret Krak Wanchick and the late Peter Wanchick. He spent his professional career in the transportation industry with Roadway Express and Mclean Trucking Company. He was an...
Mr. Gordon Joseph Axelson, II
Jun 7, 2011
Mr. Gordon Joseph Axelson, II, age 73 of Claudville, passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at Pioneer Community Hospital. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 11, 1938 to the late Gordon J. Axelson, I, and Dorothy Hild Axelson. He had attended Bethel Presbyterian Church, and had been the owner/operator of an accounting firm. Mr. Axelson is survived by...
Ervin Elsworth Gentry
Jun 7, 2011
Mr. Ervin Elsworth Gentry, 85, formerly of Dobson, passed away Tuesday June 7, 2011, at Liberty Nursing and Rehab Center of Charlotte. He was born July 11, 1925, in Surry County, to the late Lacy Watson and Nettie Jane Dobson Gentry. Mr. Gentry was employed as a farmer and worked for Chatham Manufacturing in Elkin. He was a veteran of...
James Thomas Leonard
Jun 6, 2011
Mr. James Thomas "Jay" Leonard, 78, of 215 Dudley Avenue, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Leonard was born June 2, 1933, in Surry County, to the late James Oscar and Maude Blackburn Leonard. He was a veteran of the United States Army and retired from Flowers...
Wesley Melvin Hiatt
Jun 6, 2011
Mr. Wesley Melvin Hiatt, 76, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, June 6, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Hiatt was born November 20, 1934, in Carroll County, VA, the son of the late Arnold Marion and Ella Mae Hicks Hiatt. He retired from Perry Manufacturing and was a member of Woodland Baptist Church. He was a former...
Mr. Edward Foley
Jun 5, 2011
Mr. Edward "Eugene" Foley, 84, of Stuart, passed away Sunday, June 5, 2011 at his home. He was born in Henry County on August 10, 1926 to the late Charlie "Cleve" Foley and Loni Pilson Foley. In addition to his parents, Mr. Foley was preceded in death by an infant son, Mark Eugene Foley; a twin sister, Virginia Pauline Hazelwood;...
Lucy Alice Willard Peele Reid
Jun 4, 2011
Mrs. Lucy Alice Willard Peele Reid, 92, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2011, at Universal Health Care of King. Mrs. Reid was born May 9, 1919, in Surry County, to the late Walter and Etta Reddick Willard. She retired from Brendle's and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Mrs. Reid is survived by two daughters and...
Patrice Lawson Musleh
Jun 4, 2011
Mrs. Patrice Lawson Musleh, of Winston-Salem, left this earth to join her heavenly father on Saturday June 4, 2011. Patrice was born August 4, 1950, in Patrick County, VA, the daughter of the late Clark Odell and Hucie Elizabeth Mabe Lawson. She was the finance manager at Flow Motors Inc. and was a member of the Winston-Salem First Assembly of...
Ethel Mae Coleman Ables
Jun 4, 2011
Mrs. Ethel Mae Coleman Ables, 64, of Mount Airy, went home to be with the Lord and join her husband of 45 years, Jimmy Dale Ables, on Saturday June 4, 2011. Mrs. Ables was born May 18, 1947, in Pike County, KY, to the late Frank and Dolly Mayhone Coleman. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist...
Susan Lynn Chandler Quesinberry
Jun 3, 2011
Mrs. Susan Lynn Chandler Quesinberry, 50, of 427 Patton Way, Mount Airy, passed away Friday, June 3, 2011, at her home. Mrs. Quesinberry was born August 23, 1960, in Surry County, the daughter of the late Albert Lee and Ellie Virginia Pack Chandler. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Chad and Misty Quesinberry of Cana, VA; a sister,...
Daniel Craig Lowe
Jun 3, 2011
Mr. Daniel Craig "Dute" Lowe, 54, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, June 3, 2011, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Lowe was born September 4, 1956, in Surry County, to Annie Lee Fowler Lowe and the late James Crissie Lowe. He graduated from Appalachian State University in 1994. He was known as the number one Carolina...
Mrs. Velva "Mama Clift" Webb Clifton
Jun 3, 2011
Mrs. Velva Inez Webb Clifton, age 99 of Statesville, NC and formerly of Stuart went to live with the Lord on Friday, June 3, 2011, at Autumn Care of Statesville, NC. She was born on July 24, 1911 in Carroll County to the late Talmadge and Lillie Vipperman Webb. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death...
Rev. J.T. Blevins
Jun 2, 2011
The Rev. J.T. Blevins, 76, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday morning, June 2, 2011, at his home. He was born June 16, 1934, in Surry County, to the late James Monroe and Elizabeth Brooks Blevins. He was the pastor of Zephyr Missionary Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Deborah Kim...
Kent Samuel Gibson, Sr
Jun 2, 2011
Mr. Kent Samuel Gibson, Sr., 89, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Gibson was born November 7, 1921, in Surry County, the son of the late John Gibson and Annie Myers Gibson Spicer. He honorably served our country in the United States Navy during World War II and in the...
Wanda James Towe
Jun 2, 2011
Mrs. Wanda James Towe, 74, of 1070 Brookhaven Road, Walnut Cove, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday night, June 2, 2011, from her home. Mrs. Towe was born November 23, 1936, in Forsyth County, daughter of the late Sam Ray and Novella Stack James. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Penny and Msgt Gary Holland...
Walter Taylor
Jun 2, 2011
Mr. Walter Taylor, 69, of Bryson City, passed away Thursday morning June 2, 2011, in Jackson County. He was born January 23, 1942, in Swain County, to the late Raleigh and Cleo Mashburn Taylor. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Norma Jean Vestal Taylor; an infant son, Mathew; and five siblings. Surviving are...
Raymond Fountin Jones
Jun 1, 2011
Mr. Raymond Fountin Jones, 83, of Cana, VA, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Jones was born June 4, 1927, in Carroll County, VA. He was the owner and operator of Ray's Produce in Cana, VA, for over 30 years. He served as a Sea Bee in the United States Navy...
Sammie R. Overby
Jun 1, 2011
Mr. Sammie R. Overby, 91, of Mount Airy, passed into eternal glory surrounded by members of his family on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. He was born October 18, 1919, in Surry County, a son of the late Theodore "Doc" and Carrie Slate Overby. He was the last surviving of seven children. Mr. Overby was a highly-decorated combat veteran of World...
Mrs. Claudine Agnes Handy Dalton
Jun 1, 2011
Mrs. Claudine Agnes Handy Dalton, age 84 of Reidsville, North Carolina, and formerly of Cherry Creek Road, Meadows of Dan, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at the home of her daughter. She was born in Patrick County on March 25, 1927. Mrs. Dalton was preceded in death by her husband, John Henry Dalton; a step-son, Henry Dalton; a step-daughter,...