Mrs. Ella Faye Easter Hawks, 70, of 58 Family Drive, Cana, VA, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2011, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Hawks was born September 13, 1940, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Issac Lester and Ida Marie Gwynn Easter. She retired from Spencer's Inc. and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by...
Mrs. Delia Geneva Hiatt Sechrest, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, April 8, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Sechrest was born October 6, 1920, in Surry County, to William Henry and Gracie Darling Shelton Hiatt. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother, who will be dearly missed by all her dear family and...
Mr. James Alfred Thompson, 72, of 3287 Ground Hog Mountain Road, Hillsville, VA, passed away Friday, April 8, 2011, at his home. Mr. Thompson was born September 30, 1938, in Floyd County, VA, to the James Eartel and Gladys Sutphin Thompson. He retired from Vaughn Furniture and was a member of Rome Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife,...
Mrs. Elizabeth Yvonne "Von" Thomas Atkinson, 72, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday, April 8, 2011, at her home. Mrs. Atkinson was born April 18, 1938, in Surry County, to the late Murray Columbus and Ester Belle Riggs Thomas. Von was a homemaker, a loving mother and grandmother, and a wonderful friend. She was a member of Blues Grove Baptist...
Mr. Roger Dean Oakley, 41, of 518 Junction Street, Mount Airy, passed away Friday morning, April 8, 2011, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Oakley was born September 20, 1969, in Surry County, to the Opal McHone Oakley and the late Ronald Oakley. He was employed by Veterans Memorial Park and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Mr. Oakley...
Mrs. Ruth Ann Vreeland Barry, age 90 of Stuart, passed away Friday, April 8, 2011 at her home. She was born on February 11, 1921 in Hastings, Nebraska to the late Philip and Aimee Kealy Vreeland. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Barry was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Barry; two sons, Philip Barry and Dixon Barry; and...
Miss Lillian Irene Flippen, 80, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Miss Flippen was born August 29, 1930, in Surry County, to the late James Odes and Nannie Money Flippen. She was a loving sister and aunt, who will be dearly missed by all her family and many friends. Miss Flippen...
Mr. Raymond Alvis Roberts, age 87 of Spencer, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on August 20, 1923 to the late Thomas Jefferson Roberts and Roxanna Shough Roberts. In addition to his parents, Mr. Roberts was preceded in death by eight brothers, Alma, Willie, Frank, Hughes, Roy, Clyde,...
Mrs. Irene Dixon Parrish, 72, of Lowgap, entered the portals of heaven on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, from the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 26, 1938, in Surry County, to the late Austin and Hattie McCann Dixon. Mrs. Parrish was a retired CNA and a member of Freedom Gospel Church....
Mr. Charles Jay Hicks, 69, of Dobson, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born September 29, 1941, in Surry County, to the late Joseph Owen and Vergie Elizabeth Roberts Hicks. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Darrell Rogers of Lowgap; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Brian Hicks and...
Ms. Sheila Lee Thomas Butcher Inscore, 46, of Dobson, passed away Monday, April 4, 2011, at her home. She was born March 19, 1965, in Surry County, to Roy Thomas and Jewel Gentry Thomas. She was a homemaker and a member of Holy Cross Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Keila Butcher of Winston-Salem; her father and stepmother, Roy and...
Mr. Kenneth Earl Swift, 61, of Thurmond, passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born November 8, 1949, in Surry County, to the late Joseph Wendell "Toots" and Hazel Pardue Swift. He was a wonderful husband and a proud father of A1C Shaun Wendell Swift of the United States Air...
Mr. George Washington Hull, 87, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Hull was born February 22, 1924, in Carroll County, VA, to the late George Oscar and Ellie Mae Utt Hull. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving with the Mars Task Force...
Mrs. Marcia Adkins Wickline, 61, of Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2011, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Wickline was born November 3, 1949, in Elton, WV, to the late Herbert and Mary Lucille Bryant Adkins. She retired from Golden Living Center and was a member of Faith Baptist Church. Mrs. Wickline is survived by two daughters...
Mr. David Gabriel "Gabe" Couch, age 19 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2011 as the results of an automobile accident. He was born in Suffolk, Virginia on August 19, 1991. Gabe was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Raymond Edward Couch and Evelyn Tesh Couch. He had attended Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Meadows of...
Mr. Claude Ardell "Mouse" York, 74, of Lambsburg, VA, passed away Friday, April 1, 2011, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Mr. York was born May 23, 1936, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Charlie and Mazie Surratt York. He was a retired farmer and sawmill worker and a member of Chestnut Grove Primitive Baptist Church. Mr. York...
Mrs. Audna Hylton Harbour age 96 of Stuart passed away at Pioneer Community Hospital on April 1, 2011. She was born in Patrick County on February 13, 1915 to the late George Hylton and Della Craig Hylton. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Forrest Harbour; three sisters, Priscilla Midkiff, Winnie Hylton, and Tiney...
Mrs. Shirley Ann Glidewell Mayes, 67, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, March 31 2011, at Alleghany Care and Rehab Center in Sparta. Mrs. Mayes was born December 2, 1943, in Guilford County, to the late Robert and Ella Allred Glidewell. She is survived by her husband, Curtis Holt Mayes of the home; two daughters, Deborah Hornaday of Mount Airy...
Mrs. Annie Lee Easter Sechrist, 88, of Cana, VA, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Sechrist was born August 15, 1922, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Valentine "Felty" and Laura Alice Easter. She was a homemaker and a member of Cana Baptist Church. She is survived by a son, Joey Roby...
Mr. Harold Eugene Warren, 69, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Warren was born November 24, 1941, in Hickory, to Clyde and Ruby Abercrombie Warren. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather, who will be dearly missed by all his family and many friends. Surviving...