Mr. David Beamer Childress
Aug 20, 2011
Mr. David Beamer Childress, age 61, of Elkin, NC , passed away on Saturday August 20, 2011 at the Wake Forest Baptist University Hospital in Winston-Salem , NC . He was born in Surry County on March 30, 1950 to the late Paul and Gladys Dollyhigh Childress. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and was retired from...
Mrs. Gertrude Mae Copeland McRoberts
Aug 20, 2011
Mrs. Gertrude Mae Copeland McRoberts, age 97 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2011 at Golden Living Center. Mrs. McRoberts was born in Wythe County, May 16, 1914 to Frank and Emma Collins Copeland. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her dear family and friends. Surviving are daughters...
Mrs. Nellie Faye Holt
Aug 19, 2011
Mrs. Nellie Faye Holt, 80 of Stuart, passed away Friday morning at her home. She was born in Patrick County on March 27, 1931 to the late Emmitt George East and Mary Ethel Stephens East. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband; William "Bill" Bernard Holt, an infant daughter Paige Holt, two brothers, James...
Sean Christopher Key
Aug 19, 2011
Mr. Sean Christopher Key, 21, of 514 Broad Street and 105 Cole Street, Mount Airy, passed away Friday night, August 19, 2011, in Eden. He was born February 4, 1990, in Surry County, to Travis Key and Patricia Tipton Kidd. He attended Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church. He is survived by his father and stepmother, Travis and Suzanne Key of...
Jerry Arnold Gardner
Aug 19, 2011
Mr. Jerry Arnold Gardner, 63, of 3172 Park Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Friday night, August 19, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Gardner was born September 2, 1947, in Surry County, the son of the late Wayne Joseph and Jane Frances Simmons Gardner. Jerry retired as a supervisor from United Plastics Corporation after 35 years of service....
Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer
Aug 19, 2011
Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer, age 88 of Lowgap, passed away Friday, August 19, 2011 at Central Continuing Care. Mr. Spencer was born in Carroll County, March 9, 1923 to George Washington Spencer and Eller Senter Spencer. He worked with the CC Camp in his early years and was a retired from the sawmilling business. Surviving is a daughter and...
Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer
Aug 19, 2011
Mr. Warren Dee Arvin Spencer, age 88 of Lowgap, passed away Friday, August 19, 2011 at Central Continuing Care. Mr. Spencer was born in Carroll County, March 9, 1923 to George Washington Spencer and Eller Senter Spencer. He worked with the CC Camp in his early years and was a retired from the sawmilling business. Surviving is a daughter and...
Harvey Coolidge Atkins
Aug 18, 2011
Mr. Harvey Coolidge Atkins, 86, of 1095 Smith Road, Mount Airy, passed away early Thursday morning, August 18, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Atkins was born October 30, 1924, in Surry County, the third of six children born to the late Paul and Sadie Dollyhigh Atkins. Harvey served our country in the United...
Mr. Simon "Lee" Pilson
Aug 16, 2011
Mr. Simon "Lee" Pilson, age 82 of Woolwine, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at his home. He was born in Patrick County on July 13, 1929 to the late James Garfield Pilson and Judy Via Pilson. In addition to his parents, Mr. Pilson was preceded in death by a sister, Cora Ethel Joyce, and a brother, Calvin Pilson. He...
Verlie Dean Hiatt Sheppard
Aug 16, 2011
Mrs. Verlie Dean Hiatt Sheppard, 78, of 346 Holly Avenue, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday evening, August 16, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Sheppard was born March 15, 1933, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late Ephriam Alfred and Lula McCloud Hiatt. Verlie retired from Spencer's Inc. after many years of...
Mrs. Georgia Ethel Culler Johnson
Aug 16, 2011
Mrs. Georgia Ethel Culler Johnson, 72 of Mt. Airy, widow of Oliver Lee Johnson passed away at the home of her daughter, Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Mrs. Johnson was born in Patrick County on December 11, 1938 to the late Grant and Madie King Culler. She retired from Henredon Furniture and was a member of the Blue Ridge Tabernacle. Mrs....
Mrs. Cenda "Ethel" Ruth Ross Rakes
Aug 15, 2011
Mrs. Cenda "Ethel" Ruth Ross Rakes, age 97 of Woolwine, passed away Monday, August 15, 2011 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on July 20, 1914 to the late Abe and Mary Vie Ross. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Rakes was preceded in death by her husband, Everette Lee Rakes; a...
Mr. John Lee Johnson
Aug 12, 2011
Mr. John Lee Johnson, 80, of Mount Airy passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center surrounded by his loved ones. He was born in Surry County on August 30, 1930 to the late Berry Martin and Lovina Edwards Johnson. Mr. Johnson was retired from Surry County as a Maintenance Supervisor and a dedicated...
Charlie Monroe Thomas
Aug 12, 2011
Mr. Charlie Monroe Thomas, 66, of 1940 Wards Gap Road, Cana, VA, passed away early Friday morning, August 12, 2011, at Laurel Meadows Nursing Center in Laurel Fork, VA. Mr. Thomas was born March 12, 1945, in Carroll County, VA, the third child born to the late Charlie Roe and Sarah Jane Ayers Thomas. He worked as an inspector at...
Bobby Michael Speer
Aug 11, 2011
Mr. Bobby Michael Speer age 54 of 128 Steve Jones Lane, Lowgap, NC husand of Mrs. Betty McCann Speer was called to heaven Thursday, August 11, 2011 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He was born December 14, 1956 in Yadkin County to Dorothy Whitaker Speer and the late Bobby Lee Speer. He was a member of Ladonia Baptist...
Mr. Gray Dean Bowman
Aug 11, 2011
Mr. Gray Dean Bowman, age 74 of Ararat, VA, passed away Thursday, August 11, 2011 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Bowman was born in Patrick County, September 4, 1936 to Kermit and Clara Alice Marshall Bowman. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather who will be dearly missed. Mr. Bowman was retired from...
Mrs. Lillian Jones Vernon
Aug 11, 2011
Mrs. Lillian Jones Vernon age 86, widow of Mr. Marlie Vernon went to with the Lord Thursday, August 11, 2011 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born November 23, 1924 in Carroll County to the late Robert T. and Molly Smith Jones. She attended Rocky Ford Christian Church. Mrs. Vernon was retired from Renfro Corporation and...
Mr. Paul Henry Taylor
Aug 11, 2011
Mr. Paul Henry Taylor, age 84 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, August 11, 2011 at his home. Mr. Taylor was born in Surry County, April 7, 1927 to Bossie Henry and Erline Ruth Frans Taylor. He proudly served our country in the United States Navy during WWII and the Korean Conflict. Mr. Taylor was retired, having owned and operated...
Mr. Gary Dean Crews
Aug 11, 2011
Mr. Gary Dean Crews, age 47 of Meadows of Dan passed away Thursday evening at NC Baptist Hospital. He was born in Reidsville, NC on Dec. 21, 1963 to the late Pete Crews and Lola Wray Crews Marshall. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his step father, Joseph Glen Marshall; and a brother, Samuel...
Joe Lichus Simmons
Aug 10, 2011
Mr. Joe Lichus Simmons, 92, of 440 Culbert Street, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born August 7, 1919, in Surry County, to the late Austin and Annie Matthews Simmons. Joe served on the police force with the Mount Airy Police Department for many years, retiring as chief of police...