Mrs. Sarah Ruth Reece
Sep 1, 2011
Mrs. Sarah Ruth Reece, age 80 passed away Thursday, September 1, 2011 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born in Surry County on March 14, 1931 to the late Jacob and Delia Love Coon. She retired from Sara Lee and was a member of White Plains Baptist Church. Mrs. Reece is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Janice...
Mr. Larry Roger Bowles
Aug 31, 2011
Mr. Larry Roger Bowles, age 62 of Bassett, passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at the V.A. Medical Center in Salem. He was born in Henry County on November 2, 1948, and was preceded in death by his father, E. Sell Bowles and sister, Margie B. Witt. Mr. Bowles was a brick mason, a member of Pleasant View Baptist...
Mrs. Gaye Roberts Taylor
Aug 31, 2011
Mrs. Gaye Roberts Taylor Age 68 of 285 Ridgewood Dr. Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday August 31, 2011 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem. Mrs. Taylor was born August 3, 1943 in Galax, VA. to the late Harold and Keister Farmer Roberts, and was a retired secretary for Dr. Gil Burke. Surviving are her husband Don Taylor,...
Mrs. Mary Virginia Akers Hiatt
Aug 29, 2011
Ms. Mary Virginia "Tootie" Akers Hiatt, age 91 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011 at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Hiatt was born in Surry County, August 28, 1920 to Joseph Lou and Lou Ann Midkiff Akers. She was retired from Spencer's Inc. and was a member of Shelton Church of the Brethren. Ms. Hiatt was a loving...
Mrs. Kimberly Alene Hodges Reynolds
Aug 29, 2011
Mrs. Kimberly Alene Hodges Reynolds age 51 of 155 Oak Ridge Circle, Mt. Airy, NC wife of Mr. David Reynolds passed away Monday, August 29, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. She was born May 4, 1960 in Surry County to Sam and Betty Lundy Hodges. She was employed by the Surry County Social Services and attended Fellowship...
Mary Ella Flinchum Hodges
Aug 29, 2011
Mrs. Mary Ella Flinchum Hodges, 96, of Lowgap, passed away Monday night, August 29, 2011, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 25, 1915, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late Oliver Pinkney and Rozena Brendle Flinchum. She was married to Elmer W. Hodges for 62 year prior to his death in 1994....
Mrs. Irene Jenkins Chaney
Aug 28, 2011
Blanche Irene Jenkins Chaney, 89, of Dobson, North Carolina passed away August 28, 2011. Born on March 11, 1922 in Dobson, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Nonnie Jenkins.Irene married the late Albert "A" Chaney in 1939 and they had 3 children. She rejoiced in her family and raising her children, much of which she did as...
Robert Dean Joyce
Aug 28, 2011
Mr. Robert Dean Joyce, 75, of 3110 Burke Mill Court, Winston-Salem, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011, at his home. Mr. Joyce was born April 22, 1936, in Surry County, the son of the late William Vestal and Ida Mae Inman Joyce. Robert served in the United States Army and was a member of the 503MP battalion as a chaplain...
Louise Estelle Mears Cockerham
Aug 28, 2011
Mrs. Louise Estelle Mears Cockerham, 83, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Cockerham was born July 9, 1928, in Surry County, to the late Joseph H. and Annie Pruitt Mears. She was a homemaker and a member of Faith Baptist Church. Mrs. Cockerham is survived by two sons and a...
Mr. William Ray Branch
Aug 28, 2011
Mr. William Ray Branch, 88 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Branch was born in Surry County June 4, 1923 to the late William Elmer and Maggie Kirkman Branch. He was retired from the construction business. He is survived by numerous cousins; his dog, Buttons of the home; very special...
Ms. Betty Jean Key Haynes
Aug 28, 2011
Ms. Betty Jean Key Haynes, age 53 of Monroe, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011 at the Union County Hospice Home. Ms. Haynes was born in Surry County, July 17, 1958 to the late Jesse Ray Key and Sarah Lou Hiatt Dawson. She was employed with Kentucky Derby Hosiery. Surviving is a daughter, Brittany Haynes of Mt. Airy; sisters, Tammy...
Mr. Lester O. Craig
Aug 27, 2011
Mr. Lester O. Craig, age 86 of Stuart passed away Saturday at the VA Medical Center in Salem. He was born on Jan. 6, 1925 to the late Ewell and Mary Dickerson Craig. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a son, Wayne Craig; his step mother, Aldine H. Craig; and a brother, Arvin Craig....
Mr. James Kelly Hutchens
Aug 27, 2011
Mr. James Kelly Hutchens, 84 of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, August 27, 2011 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Surry County on January 30, 1927. He was one of seven children born to the late Lewis Ernest and Annie Pearl Collins Hutchens. Mr. Hutchens graduated from Dobson High School and then entered the U.S. Army...
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Goodman
Aug 26, 2011
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Goodman, 85 of Winston Salem passed away Friday August 26, 2011 at the Oak Forest Health and Rehabilitation in Winston Salem. Mrs. Goodman was born in Surry County, January 24, 1926 to the late Kenneth K. Jones, Sr. and Roberta Draughon Jones. She graduated from Mt. Airy High School and worked as a bookkeeper for Coca Cola...
Marie "Jack" Nichols
Aug 26, 2011
Miss Marie "Jack" Nichols, 87, of 410 Old Cadle Ford Road, Mount Airy, passed away Friday afternoon, August 26, 2011, at Hugh Chatham Nursing Center in Elkin. Miss Nichols was born June 6, 1924, in Surry County, one of thirteen children born to the late Charlie Merlin and Lottie Bingman Nichols. She retired as a secretary from White Plains Elementary...
Mr. Charles Marion "Poppy" Sheppard
Aug 23, 2011
Mr. Charles Marion "Poppy" Sheppard, age 70 of Walkertown, North Carolina passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at his home. He was born in Lawsonville, North Carolina on February 27,1941 to the late Ralph and Rilla Stevens Sheppard. In addition to his parents, Mr. Sheppard was preceded in death by one brother, Kenneth Owen Sheppard. He had served in the...
Mrs. Vivie Mae Boles
Aug 23, 2011
Mrs. Vivie Mae Boles 85, of Mt. Airy passed away Tuesday afternoon, August 23, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born March 5, 1926 in Surry County to the late John Jake and Veattrice Painter McCreary. Mrs. Boles was owner and operator of Boles Fabric Shop in Bannertown. She is survived by two sons and daughter-in-law,...
Oliver Talmadge Draughn
Aug 22, 2011
Mr. Oliver Talmadge Draughn, 82, of High Point, passed away Monday, August 22, 2011, at High Point Regional Hospital. Mr. Draughn was born September 13, 1928, in Surry County, the son of the late Benjamin Edgar and Clara Watson Draughon. He was a United States Army veteran and retired from Kroger's. Mr. Draughn is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law,...
Mrs. Susie Wood Stanley
Aug 21, 2011
Mrs. Susie Magdalene Wood Stanley, age 88 of Dobson, NC passed away on Saturday August 20, 2011 at Dunmore Plantation in Dobson. She was born in Surry County on November 24, 1922 to the late Pete Wood Sr. and the late Elita Slaydon Wood. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Ford Manuel Stanley;...
Clarence Wade Golding
Aug 20, 2011
Mr. Clarence Wade Golding, 53, of 130 York Thicket Road, Lambsburg, VA, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born January 28, 1958, in Carroll County, VA, to Forest Bryant Golding and the late C.J. Golding. He was an employee of North Carolina Granite Corporation and attended Peace Haven Baptist Church in Yadkinville....