Juanita Helen McCraw Holst
Feb 3, 2012
Mrs. Juanita Helen McCraw Holst, 84, of Pilot Mountain, widow of Elmer Holst, LLD, passed away Friday, February 3, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born February 9, 1927, in Surry County, to the late William Monroe McCraw and Ora Johnson McCraw Snow. She retired from Riggs National Bank in Washington, DC, and...
Larry Willard Mills
Feb 3, 2012
Mr. Larry Willard Mills, 69, of 214 Mills Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday afternoon, February 3, 2012, at his home. Mr. Mills was born January 26, 1943, in Surry County, the son of the late Robert Cecil and Helen Willard Mills. Larry retired as a detention officer from the Surry County Sheriff's Department and attended The Peoples Church. He...
Mr. Ronnie Allen Sparks
Feb 2, 2012
Mr. Ronnie Allen Sparks age 68 of 350 Honey Locust Lane Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday February 2, 2012 at his home after a short battle with cancer. He was born in Surry County on December 7, 1943 to the late Amos and Lucille Hayes Sparks. Mr. Sparks was a lifelong member of Ladonia Baptist Church where he was an...
Mr. Royce Eugene Jessup
Feb 1, 2012
Mr. Royce Eugene Jessup, age 84 of Mt. Airy, passed away Wednesday, February 01, 2012 at Twelve Oaks Retirement Center. Mr. Jessup was born in Surry County on February 2, 1928 to Spencer and Audrey Tilley Jessup. He was a loving father, grandfather and great grandfather who will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him. Surviving are...
Sarah Savannah McHone Whitaker
Feb 1, 2012
Mrs. Sarah Savannah McHone Whitaker, 86, of 127 Bank Street, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday morning, February 1, 2012, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Whitaker was born March 17, 1925, in Stokes County, one of seventeen children born to the late William Anderson and Daisy Manring McHone. She retired from Renfro Corporation and was a member of White...
Mr. Charles Burgess Jarrell
Jan 31, 2012
Mr. Charles Burgess Jarrell age 74 of 193 Jarrell Lane, Mt. Airy, NC passed away Tuesday night, January 31, 2012 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He was born March 5, 1937 in Patrick County, VA to the late Ben and Alma Hancock Jarrell. Mr. Jarrell was a veteran of the US Army. He was a retired self employed...
Mr. Tony Gray Sawyers
Jan 31, 2012
Mr. Tony Gray Sawyers age 56 of 3803 Old Hwy 601, Mt. Airy, NC husband of Mrs. Diane Jessup Sawyers passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born October 30, 1955 in Surry County to Shirley Johnson Sawyers and the late Elbert Sawyers. He was retired from Gates Construction and was of the...
Wallace Walker Leonard
Jan 31, 2012
Mr. Wallace Walker Leonard, 80, of 173 Busick Lane, Mount Airy, passed away early Tuesday morning, January 31, 2012, at his home. Mr. Leonard was born February 22, 1931, in Surry County, the son of the late Thomas Walker and Sarah King Leonard. He owned and operated a sawmill and logging company for many years and was a member of...
Russell Hamilton Meyer
Jan 30, 2012
Mr. Russell Hamilton Meyer, age 54 of Stuart passed away Monday January 30, 2011 at Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County. He was born in Evansville, Indiana on June 19, 1957 to Russell Meyer and the late Barbara Grant Meyer. Mr. Meyer faithfully served his country as a captain in the Marine Corp. He was a wonderful cook, funny, witty...
Mrs. Lois "Ergie" Bowman
Jan 30, 2012
Mrs. Lois "Ergie" Nunn Bowman, age 90 of Claudville, passed away Monday, January 30, 2012 at Blue Ridge Nursing Center. Mrs. Bowman was born in Patrick County on October 20, 1921 to Abe and Layla Smart Nunn. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother and a devoted member of the Church of Christ Stuart. Surviving are...
Mr. William Elgin Roberson
Jan 29, 2012
Mr. William Elgin Roberson, age 93 of Ferrum, passed away Sunday, January 29, 2012 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on March 3, 1918 to the late George and Mary Eanes Roberson. In addition to his parents, Mr. Roberson was preceded in death by his wife, Janie Jamison Roberson; one daughter, Frances R. Ashley;...
Curtis Holt Mayes
Jan 28, 2012
Mr. Curtis Holt Mayes, Age 82 of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday January 28, 2012 at the Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy. Mr. Mayes was born January 18, 1930 in Surry County to the late Joseph and Grace Hawks Mayes, he was a retired car salesman with Friendly Car. Co. and attended Ladonia Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters...
Mrs. Elvera "Sid" Lind Mitan
Jan 28, 2012
Mrs. Elvera "Sid" Lind Mitan, age 94 of Stuart, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Landmark Center in Stuart. She was born in Litchfield, Illinois on November 20, 1917 to the late Asa and Emma Samples Hearlston. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Mitan was preceded in death by her first husband, Harry J. Lind; her second husband,...
Rosa Virginia Sexton Creed
Jan 28, 2012
Mrs. Rosa Virginia Sexton Creed, 77, of 681 Old Creed Road, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2012, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Creed was born March 22, 1934, in Grayson County, VA, the daughter of the late John and Effie Mae Puckett Sexton. She was a homemaker and worked on the family farm. Mrs. Creed was...
Mr. James C. "Connie" Adams
Jan 28, 2012
Mr. James Conrad "Connie" Adams, age 92 of Stuart passed away Saturday at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born on Dec. 17, 1919 in Patrick County to the late Walter and Duzzie Foley Adams. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a sister, Vivian Morrison; and three brothers, Curtis Adams, McCray...
Lacy Franklin Jones
Jan 27, 2012
Mr. Lacy Franklin Jones, Jr. age 93 of Mt. Airy passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home Friday, January 27, 2012. Mr. Jones was born in Surry County on March 29, 1918 to the late Lacy Franklin and Vivian E. Jones, Sr.. He retired in 1984 as owner of Jones Oil Company. Mr. Jones was a member...
Ellen Zelosky Mahr
Jan 27, 2012
Mrs. Ellen Zelosky Mahr, 87, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, January 27, 2012, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Mahr was born January 31, 1924, in Summit County, OH, the daughter of the late Peter and Julia Kopisciansky Zelosky. She was a homemaker and a member of the Catholic Church. She is survived...
Miss UIden Elaine Gammons
Jan 25, 2012
Miss Ulden Gammons age 82 of 372 Mt. Herman Road, Mt. Airy, NC passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at Central Continuing Care. She was born December 17, 1929 in Surry County to the late Willie and Atheline Hiatt Gammons. She was a farmer and a member of Mt. Herman United Methodist Church. Surviving is a special niece and husband,...
Mrs. Diana Joyce Bridgeman
Jan 25, 2012
Mrs. Diana Joyce Bridgeman, age 77, of Mt. Airy, NC passed away on Wednesday morning January 25, 2012 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born in Saginaw Co. Michigan to the late Harold and Lillian Rahtz Marten. She was of the Lutheran faith and was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband James Hubert Bridgeman of...
Mr. Bobby Jay Combs
Jan 25, 2012
Mr. Bobby Jay Combs, age 79 of Cana, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at his home. Mr. Combs was born in Carroll County on February 1, 1932 to Dolphus and Neva Cook Combs. He served our country in the Army during the Korean War and he owned and operated a heavy equipment business. Mr. Combs was a life-long, faithful...