Donald & Cathy McMillian
Dec 9, 2011
This week we celebrate the life and death of Donald and Cathy McMillian who left this world on Friday, December 9, 2011. Donald and Cathy had been married for 35 years and had two children, Glenn Donald and Chasity. They resided on Wards Gap Road in Cana, VA, for several years. They had previously lived on Brunswick Road in Cana....
Mrs. Mary Pennix Taylor
Dec 9, 2011
Mrs. Mary Pennix Taylor, 92 of Mt. Airy passed away Friday December 9, 2011 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Taylor was born in Surry County on November 20, 1919 to the late John Winfield and Etta Estella Byrd Pennix. She was retired from Renfro and was a member of Haymore Memorial Baptist Church. Mrs....
Mrs. Hessie Hardy Stanley
Dec 9, 2011
Mrs. Hessie Hardy Stanley, 93, of Dobson passed away peacefully on Friday, December 9, 2011 at Heritage Healthcare surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on December 7, 1918 to the late William Thomas and Ella Poindexter Hardy. Mrs. Stanley was retired from Washington Mills and a faithful member of Mount Hermon Baptist Church. She was...
Joan Gay Snow
Dec 9, 2011
Miss Joan Gay Snow, 64, of Pensacola, FL, formerly of Dobson, NC, passed away Friday afternoon, December 9, 2011, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, FL. Miss Snow was born December 9, 1947, in Surry County, NC, the only child born to the late Oscar Cleatus and Hallie Mauldin Snow. Joan loved most everything except doctors. She loved to play...
Mrs. Mae Juanita Anderson Gammons
Dec 9, 2011
Mrs. Mae Juanita Anderson Gammons, 84 of Stuart, VA, passed away Friday December 9, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born September 3, 1927 in Forsyth County to the late Roy Samuel and Bertie Palmer Anderson. She was a long time member of Red Bank Primitive Baptist Church and retired from Spencer's Inc. in Mt Airy....
Claude Allen King
Dec 9, 2011
Mr. Claude Allen King, age 90 of Mt. Airy passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson on Friday, December 9, 2011. He was born on August 15, 1921 in Coalwood, W. VA to the late John and Linda Edwards King. Mr. King was a veteran of the US Army and participated in the Battle of...
Mr. Roland "Ronnie" Lee Tate
Dec 8, 2011
Mr. Roland "Ronnie" Lee Tate, 78 of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday December 7, 2011 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Tate was born in Wythe County, October 7, 1933 to the late Lee Andrew Burton and Mollie Lee Gwynn Tate. He was a retired Truck Driver and was of the Baptist faith. He is...
Minnie Agnes Smith Cassady
Dec 8, 2011
Mrs. Minnie Agnes Smith Cassady Age 93 of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday December 8, 2011 at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Mrs. Cassady was born November 14, 1918 in Patrick County to the late Melvin and Lula Lovill Smith, she was a farmer and homemaker. Surviving are three daughters Frances Sue Cassady Cooke of...
Mr. James H. "Mack" Oliver
Dec 7, 2011
Mr. James Henry "Mack" Oliver, age 59 of Stuart passed away Wednesday morning at Pioneer Community Hospital. He was born in Henry County on Sept. 23, 1952. He was preceded in death by his father, Leonard L. Oliver; and a brother, Billy L. Oliver. Surviving are his wife, Theresa Rorrer Oliver of the home; one son, Heath Hawks of South...
Mrs. Ruth Cruise Hylton
Dec 7, 2011
Mrs. Ruth Cruise Hylton, age 81 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on July 14, 1930 to the late Robert and Sallie Turner Cruise. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hylton was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Ray Hylton, a granddaughter, Tana...
Clyde Slate, Jr
Dec 6, 2011
Mr. Clyde "CJ" Slate, Jr., 69, of 2192 McBride Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at the Charles George Veterans Hospital in Asheville. Mr. Slate was born August 1, 1942, in Surry County, to Dorothy Mae Shelton Slate and the late Clyde Joseph Slate. He served our country in the United States Army in Korea. He was...
Mrs. Peggy H. Hylton
Dec 6, 2011
Mrs. Peggy H. Hylton, age 75 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina surrounded by her three daughters. She was born in Floyd County on March 8, 1936 to the late Albert and Amy Willis Hylton. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hylton was preceded in death by her...
Mr. Glenn Edward Nester
Dec 6, 2011
Mr. Glenn Edward Nester, age 78 of Woolwine, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Pioneer Community Hospital. He was born in Carroll County on November 23, 1933 to the late Orby G. and Mattie Jane Dalton Nester. In addition to his parents, Mr. Nester was preceded in death by one son, Gary Nester and one sister, Lovelene Nester. Mr....
Mr. Raymond Carvey Lawson, Jr
Dec 5, 2011
Mr. Raymond Carvey Lawson, Jr., age 61 of Stuart, passed away Monday, December 5, 2011 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital as the result of an automobile accident. He was born in Patrick County on June 2, 1950 to the late Raymond Carvey Lawson, Sr. and Frances Meeks Lawson. He had served in the United States Army during the Vietnam conflict, and...
Mrs. Verna P. Anderson
Dec 4, 2011
Mrs. Verna P. Anderson, age 76 of Claudville, passed away in her home on Sunday, December 4, 2011. She was born in Patrick County on June 18, 1935 to the late W. B. and Mary Powell Slate. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Anderson was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Louis Anderson; one son, Frederick John "Freddie" Pike;...
Mrs. Mary Lessie Jenkins Coe
Dec 4, 2011
Mrs. Mary Lessie Jenkins Coe, age 82, of Dobson, NC passed away on Sunday evening December 4, 2011 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. Timothy 4:6-8: "For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, and I have kept...
Lois Wright Wood
Dec 4, 2011
Lois Wright Wood, age 74 of Stuart passed away Sunday, December 4, 2011 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart after a brief stay at home. She was born in Patrick County on August 29, 1937 to the late Alvis E. and Essie Newman Wright. Lois attended Buffalo Ridge Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was a loving mother and devoted grandmother who...
Mr. Horace Junior Sawyers
Dec 2, 2011
Mr. Horace Junior Sawyers, 70 of Dobson passed away at his home on Friday, December 2, 2011. Mr. Sawyers was born in Patrick County, VA on September 21, 1941 to Medie Esther Sawyers Craig. He was a member of Fairview Baptist Church and was employed by Surry County Public Works Department. In addition to his mother, Mr. Sawyers is survived...
Mrs. Lula Mae Joyce Moses
Dec 1, 2011
Mrs. Lula Mae Joyce Moses, age 83 formerly of Patrick Springs passed away Dec. 1, 2011 at her home in Chesterfield, MO. She was born on Sept. 14, 1928 in Patrick County to the late Clover Joyce and Nancy Nowlin France. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her grandparents, Tom and Stella Nowlin; and...
Mrs. Brenda Faye Davis McCarty
Dec 1, 2011
Mrs. Brenda Faye Davis McCarty, age 59 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, December 01, 2011 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. McCarty was born in Pulaski, VA on April 30, 1952 to Jimmy Lee and Alma Mae White Davis. She was employed with Life Span where she was a devoted caregiver. She also worked with The...