Ronald Priddy
Oct 17, 2011
Mr. Ronald Louis Priddy, 54, of Mt. Airy passed away Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Alleghany Care and Rehabilitation Center in Sparta. He was born in Stokes County on May 18, 1957 to the late Louis and Mary Ruth Priddy. He was a farmer and a member of Westfield Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Debbie Priddy of...
Norman Powell Webb
Oct 17, 2011
America lost a defender of liberty and freedom when a true patriot, Norman Powell Webb, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2011. He was born to Robert Lawrence and Amanda Bowman Webb on September 5, 1921, in Wilco, WV, and grew up in Fancy Gap, VA. Norman helped construct the Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge at Fancy Gap and then Fairy...
Mrs. Pauline Clemmie Rakes Handy
Oct 16, 2011
Mrs. Pauline Clemmie Rakes Handy, age 87 of Martinsville, passed away Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the Kindred Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was born in Patrick County on June 28, 1924 to the late Homer and Nannie Martin Rakes. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Handy was preceded in death by her husband, Winfred Handy; one sister, Jean...
Mr. F. Curtis Hylton
Oct 16, 2011
Mr. F. Curtis Hylton, age 89 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Sunday, October 16, 2011 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Floyd County on July 23, 1922 to the late John Hylton and Melissa Ellen Weeks Hylton. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hylton was preceded in death by three brothers, Frederick, Ralph and G.W....
Evelyn June Warf Goard
Oct 16, 2011
Mrs. Evelyn June Warf Goard, 82, of 119 Efland Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday morning, October 16, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Goard was born January 24, 1929, in Russell County, VA, the daughter of the late Luther and Verna Adams Warf. She worked as a private duty sitter for many years...
Mrs. Mary Etta Snow Hamby
Oct 16, 2011
Mrs. Mary Etta Snow Hamby, 77 of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, October 16, 2011 at Central Continuing Care in Mt. Airy. She was born in Surry County on October 9, 1934 to the late Thomas Mitchell and Ola Gertrude Stewart Snow. She was a loving homemaker and a member of White Plains Friends Meeting. She is survived by a...
Mrs. Hazel Irene Branche
Oct 14, 2011
Mrs. Hazel Irene Branche, age 94 of Christiansburg, and formerly of Stuart, passed away Friday, October 14, 2011 at the Wheatland Retirement Community Home in Christiansburg. She was born in Raleigh County, West Virginia on March 30, 1917 to the late John Abe Martin and Maggie Mae Newman Martin. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Branche was preceded in death...
Mr. Floyd Thomas Tolbert
Oct 13, 2011
Mr. Floyd Thomas Tolbert, 84 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Surry County on June 23, 1927 to the late Hubert and Mecie Hodge Tolbert. He was a life long farmer and a member of Black Water Community Church. He is survived by his wife,...
Mrs. Wilma Edmonds Upchurch
Oct 13, 2011
Mrs. Wilma Edmonds Upchurch, 62 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. She was born in Surry County on June 11, 1949 to the late Garl Taylor and Nancy Bruner Edmonds. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and attended Woodland Baptist Church in Mt. Airy. She is survived by...
Mrs. Jacqueline "Jackie" Kinzer Sawyers
Oct 13, 2011
Mrs. Jacqueline "Jackie" Kinzer Sawyers, age 81, widow of Mr. Lacy H. Sawyers, Sr. of Mt. Airy passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born January 13, 1930 in Surry County, NC to the late William Saunders and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Barker Kinzer. Mrs. Sawyers was a homemaker and a member of Bannertown Baptist...
Miss Vera Ethel Thomas
Oct 13, 2011
Miss Vera Ethel Thomas, age 85 of Dry Fork, and formerly of Vesta, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011 at the Danville Regional Medical Center. She was born in Virginia on November 21, 1925 to the late Posey Allen and Rosa Smart Thomas. In addition to her parents, Miss Thomas was preceded in death by three sisters, Pernie T. Bowman,...
Mrs. Vivian Craig Ratliff
Oct 13, 2011
Mrs. Vivian Craig Ratliff, age 86 of Patrick Springs passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on February 27, 1925 to the late Flem and Queenie Hancock Craig. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Ratliff was preceded in death by her husband, James Alvis Ratliff; one brother,...
Miss Ora Gertrude Blackburn
Oct 12, 2011
Miss Ora Gertrude Blackburn, age 82 of Mt. Airy passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at Central Continuing Care. Miss Blackburn was born in Carroll County VA on April 4, 1929 to the late Sanford Hillary and Verna Nora Crotts Blackburn. She retired from Pine State after 43 years of service. Miss Blackburn is survived by sisters, Mabel Puckett and...
Michael Thomas Hawks
Oct 12, 2011
Mr. Michael Thomas Hawks, age 40 of Lowgap passed away on October 26, 2010 in Alleghany County, NC. Michael was born in Frankfurt, Germany on February 6, 1970 to Patricia Ann Venable Hawks and the late Richard Calvin Hawks. Early on Michael learned carpentry, the mason trade and the concrete and steel trade. He went on to excel in residential...
Mr. Herbert Lester Rorrer
Oct 12, 2011
Mr. Herbert Lester Rorrer, age 81 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at the Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County on October 19, 1929 to the late Lemly and Mildred Dollarhite Rorrer. In addition to his parents, Mr. Rorrer was preceded in death by three brothers, Clarence Leon Rorrer, Jimmy Rorrer and Bobby...
Sally Jane Hawks Horton
Oct 11, 2011
Mrs. Sally Jane Hawks Horton, 56, of 335 Rocky Ridge Road, Cana, VA, passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born May 28, 1955, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Howard and Hazel Hawks. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist faith. She is survived by a...
Nancy Caroline Edwards Lyons
Oct 11, 2011
Mrs. Nancy Caroline Edwards Lyons, 89, of 183 Paul's Creek Road, Cana, VA, passed away Tuesday morning, October 11, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Lyons was born November 6, 1921, in Carroll County, VA, the daughter of the late John Robert and Surena Alice Cagle Edwards. Caroline retired from Amos Knitwear and was...
Mr. Randall Curtis Simmons
Oct 10, 2011
Mr. Randall Curtis Simmons, Sr. age 60 of Mt. Airy passed away Monday, October 10, 2011 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. He was born in Surry County on September 24, 1951 to Nell Bowman Simmons and the late James Curtis Simmons. He was a corporate manager for McDonalds before becoming disabled, and was a member of Grace Moravian Church....
Katherine Sawyers
Oct 10, 2011
Mrs. Katherine Elaine Sawyers, 65 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, October 6, 2011 at her home. She was born in Surry County on June 19, 1946 to the late Alexander and Georgia Boyd Haynes. She was retired from Sara Lee. She is survived by a son, Steven Sawyers of Mt. Airy; three grandchildren; sisters and brother-in-law, Bonnie Quesinberry, Ruth...
Clatis Rogers Hunsucker
Oct 10, 2011
Mrs. Clatis Rogers Hunsucker, 99, of King, passed away Monday, October 10, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Hunsucker was born in Stokes County, NC on May 3, 1912 to the late David Sanders Rogers and Emily Rozilla Lawson Rogers. She was retired from Hanes Hosiery and was the oldest member of American Legion King Unit 290 Auxiliary for 54...