Mrs. Ruby Alice Dawson Sykes, age 87 of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, October 27, 2011 at the Joan and Howard Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Sykes was born in Carroll County, VA on August 30, 1924 to the late George Lester and Sarah Elizabeth Dawson. What better way to describe this woman than as in the proverbs of Solomon,...
Mr. W. Harden Bowman, age 89 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Mount Airy, North Carolina. He was born in Patrick County on November 15, 1921 to the late Bruce and Nora Pack Bowman. In addition to his parents, Mr. Bowman was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Ettie Nunn...
Mr. Carl Rufus Willard age 89 of Greensboro, NC and formally of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday October 26, 2011 at the Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, NC. Mr. Willard was born August 4, 1922 in Surry County to the late Sam Edgar and Ida Magdeline Willard, he was a veteran of the US Navy, was retired from the Engineering...
Mrs. Wendy Ann Martin, age 38 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. She was born in Roanoke on December 8, 1972. Mrs. Martin was a member of Smith River Church of the Brethren, and a 1990 graduate of Patrick County High School. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Clyde and...
Mr. William Clinton Watson, Jr. Age 65 of Elkin, NC passed away at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem on Wednesday October 26, 2011. He was born in Surry County on September 20, 1946 to William Clinton and Naomi White Watson. He was retired from the Surry County School System as the Transportation Supervisor. Surviving are his...
Ms. Clara Inez Dawson, age 75 of Cana, VA passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, Wednesday, October, 26, 2011. Ms. Dawson was born in Carroll County, VA on June 9, 1936 to the late George Lester and Sarah Elizabeth Edwards Dawson. She retired from Spencer's and was a member of Paul's Creek Baptist Church....
Mr. Carl Rufus Willard age 89 of Greensboro, NC and formally of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday August 26, 2011 at the Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, NC. Mr. Willard was born August 4, 1922 in Surry County to the late Sam Edgar and Ida Magdeline Willard, he was a veteran of the US Navy, was retired from the Engineering...
Mrs. Frances Chrismon Southard, 73, of Elkin passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Joan and Howard Woltz Home as her family gathered around her bedside in a circle of prayer. She was born in Surry County on October 7, 1938 to the late Carl Richard and Manervia Atkins Chrismon. Mrs. Southard was retired from Proctor-Silex and a...
Mr. Richard Ervin "Dick" Welborn, 85 of Winston Salem, formerly of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Welborn was born in Surry County on July 8, 1926 to the late Hubbard Arthur and Laura Bell Peele Welborn. He served our country during World War II and also during the Korean War. He retired...
Mr. Jeffery Wade Pope, 41 of China Grove passed away at his home Monday, October 22, 2011. He was born in Cabarrus County on March 5, 1970 to the late Clyde and Fay Faulkner Pope. Mr. Pope is survived by his daughter, Courtney Pope; a granddaughter, Tiara Pope both of China Grave; fiancée, Tracy Overcash of the home; and a...
Ms. Diane Faye Hazelwood Vaughn, age 60 of Stuart, Virginia passed away after a long and courageous battle with cancer on Friday, October 21, 2011 at Pioneer Community Hospital. She was the only child of the late Curtis S. Hazelwood and Luna Cassell Hazelwood born in Patrick County on April 18, 1951. A daughter and son-in-law, Teresa Conner and husband,...
Mr. Eugene Lee "Dolord" East, 72, of Kernersville, passed away Thursday morning, October 20, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. East was born September 9, 1939, in Cumberland County, the son of the late Paul Samuel and Daisy Johnson East. Eugene retired from Norfolk Southern Railroad and was a member of Mineral Springs Baptist Church. He is survived...
Mr. Luther Charles Anderson, 78, of Ararat, VA, passed away Thursday night, October 20, 2011, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Anderson was born July 20, 1933, in Patrick County, VA, the only child born to the late William and Mollie Epperson Anderson. He retired from Spencer's Inc. and attended Unity Presbyterian Church in Ararat, VA. He...
Mr. Charles Samuel "Chuck" Childress, Jr., 35, of Beulah passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, October 20, 2011. He was born in Grayson County, VA on January 26, 1976 to Charles Samuel Childress, Sr. and Patricia Kay Jackson Smith. Mr. Childress was employed by Glass Paving and of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his loving wife, Rebecca Willard Childress,...
Mr. Lawrence Ranil Hawks, Sr., age 93 of Laurel Fork passed away Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on January 23, 1918 to the late Elkanah "Kenny" and Elsie Mae Puckett Hawks. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hawks was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jane Robertson Hawks;...
Mr. Walter Franklin "Toehead" Holder, 71, of 106 Coral Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2011, at his home. He was born September 29, 1940, in Surry County, to the late Everett Franklin and Synester "Sina" Flippin Holder. He was a farmer, retired from Proctor-Silex Inc., and a member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife,...
Mr. Charlie Holley, age 74 of Ferrum, passed away peacefully Thursday, October 20, 2011 at the Stanleytown Heathcare Center surrounded by family and friends after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Patrick County on April 26, 1937 to the late Oscar Nelus Holley and Sarah Adkins Holley. In addition to his parents, Mr. Holley was preceded in...
Mrs. Vera Marie Johnson Moseley, 86 of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Moseley was born in Surry County on September 24, 1925 to the late John Frank and Olevia Hemmings Johnson. She retired from Spencer's and was a faithful member of Union Primitive Baptist Church. Mrs. Moseley is survived by her daughter...
Mr. Troy Lee Easter, age 65 of Mt. Airy passed away at his home, Wednesday, October 19, 2011. He was born in Surry County on September 12, 1946 to the late Troy Green and Hazel Bowman Easter. Mr. Easter worked as a mechanic and was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Tana...
Mr. C. Junior Parrish, age 81 of Claudville, passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Guilford County, North Carolina on February 9, 1930 to the late Clyde and Emily Pruitt Parrish. In addition to his parents, Mr. Parrish was preceded in death by his first...