Obituaries
Mrs. Mary Sutphin Matthews
Apr 8, 2012
Mrs. Mary Ruth Sutphin Matthews, age 69 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, April 8, 2012 at the Woltz Hospice Home. Mrs. Matthews was born in Surry County on November 14, 1942 to Bernie and Pauline Timmons Sutphin. She was retired from Pine State Knitwear and was a faithful Member of Salem United Methodist Church. Mrs. Matthews was a dedicated...
Mr. Tom Wilson Anderson
Apr 8, 2012
Mr. Tom Wilson Anderson, 99, of Mt. Airy passed away Sunday, April 8, 2012 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Mr. Anderson was born in Surry County on March 14, 1913 to the late William "Bill" Henderson and Martha Jane Snody Anderson. He was a retired farmer and beekeeper and was a member of Mt. Herman United Methodist Church....
Mr. Timothy D. "Worm" Craig
Apr 7, 2012
Mr. Timothy Dean "Worm" Craig, age 52 of Bassett passed away Saturday at Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart. He was born on Jan. 8, 1960 to the late Jesse Alton Craig and Charlene Thomas Craig. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by an infant brother, Michael Lee Craig. Timmy had worked for Stanley Furniture, delivered...
Mrs. Bertha Nations Cox
Apr 5, 2012
Mrs. Bertha Nations Cox, age 85, of State Road, NC passed away at the Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC on Wednesday evening April 4, 2012. She was born in Surry County on January 27, 1927 to the late John Robert and Lenora Phoebe Wright Nations. She was a self employed seamstress and was of the Baptist...
Mrs. Kelsie Gray Bonnett Pierson
Apr 5, 2012
Mrs. Kelsie Gray Bonnett Pierson, age 86 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2012. She was born on May 12, 1925 in Clarksburg, West Virginia to the late Roscoe "Buckshot" Bonnett and Martha Mick "Bom Bom" Bonnett. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Pierson was preceded in death by one brother and four sisters. She was a member of...
Mrs. Kathleen George Marshall
Apr 4, 2012
Mrs. Kathleen "Kat" George Marshall, age 77 of Mt. Airy, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Marshall was born in Stokes County on September 26, 1934 and was the last surviving child of Fletcher and Georgia Owens George. She loved spending time with her family and talking to her...
Mr. James Clyde "J.C." Minish, Jr
Apr 4, 2012
Mr. James Clyde "J.C." Minish, Jr., age 81 of Meadows of Dan, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born on May 21, 1930 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to the late James Clyde Minish, Sr. and Lodemie Woodruff Minish. In addition to his parents, Mr. Minish was preceded in death by...
Mr. Walter Clarence Payne
Apr 3, 2012
Mr. Walter Clarence Payne, age 73 of Ferrum, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. He was born in Danville on May 16, 1938 to the late Worth Clarence and Martha Junia Cain Payne. In addition to his parents, Mr. Payne was preceded in death by two brothers, William Lon Payne and Kenneth...
Clifford Hiatt Johnson
Apr 3, 2012
Mr. Clifford Hiatt Johnson, 69, of Fuquay Varina, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday night, April 3, 2012, at the E. Carlton Powell Hospice Home in Lillington. Mr. Johnson was born July 29, 1942, in Surry County, the son of the late Howard William and Cornelia Alice Hiatt Johnson. Clifford worked at Acme Stone Company for 40 years, retiring...
Shelby Jean Edwards Goodson
Apr 2, 2012
Mrs. Shelby Jean Edwards Goodson 73 of 351 Ramey Orchard Rd. Lowgap, NC. passed away Monday morning April 2, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Goodson was born October 8, 1938 in Grayson County to the late Burt and Mae Tompkins Edwards, she was retired from the Eckerd Foundation as Head Cook and was a member of Roaring Gap Baptist Church....
Jimmy Dale Sexton
Apr 2, 2012
Mr. Jimmy Dale Sexton, 48, of 442 Siloam Road, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, April 2, 2012, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Sexton was born June 28, 1963, in Surry County, the son of Opal Sawyers Sexton and the late William Herbert Sexton, Sr. Jimmy was a brick mason. He is survived by a daughter, Crystal...
Mr. Virgil Eugene Ramey
Apr 2, 2012
Mr. Virgil Eugene Ramey age 79 of 429 Gilmer Miller Road, Lowgap, NC husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Hawks Ramey went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 2, 2012 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. He was born July 7, 1932 in Surry County to the late Letcher and Stella Doby Ramey. He was a wonderful husband...
Mrs. Mary Lou Holyfield
Apr 1, 2012
Mrs. Mary Lou Holyfield, 80 of Ararat, NC passed away at her home Sunday, April 1, 2012. Mrs. Holyfield was born in Surry County on February 12, 1932 to the late Ules and Callie Venable Johnson. She retired from Sara Lee Corporation and was a member of True Vine Baptist Church. Mrs. Holyfield is survived by three daughters and a...
Dorothy Jean Clifton
Apr 1, 2012
Ms. Dorothy Jean "Dot" Welch Clifton age 81 of 542 Allred Mill Road, Mt. Airy, NC passed away Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Northern Hospital of Surry County. She was born April 30, 1930 in Surry County to the late George H. and Jessie Belton Welch, Sr. She was retired from the Wilkes County Social Services Department and was a...
Nellie Jo Hall Snow
Apr 1, 2012
Mrs. Nellie Jo Hall Snow, 78 of Mt. Airy, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Snow was born in Carroll County on April 15, 1933 to the late Claude and Bessie Ramey Hall. She was retired from Pine State Knitwear and was a member of Pine Ridge Baptist Church. She is survived...
Mrs. Doris Joy Cloud
Apr 1, 2012
Mrs. Doris Joy Cloud, 75 of Mt. Airy passed away at Forsyth Medical Center on Sunday, April 1, 2012. Mrs. Cloud was born in Surry County on February 23, 1937 to the late Monty and Betty Younger Vernon. She was a homemaker and a faithful member of Midway Baptist Church. She is survived by her devoted husband, Junior Cloud; one...
George Troy Harbour
Mar 31, 2012
Mr. George "Troy" Harbour, age 71 of Patrick Springs, Virginia passed away Saturday evening at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He was born October 23, 1940 to the late Grady Harbour and Ruby Martin Harbour. In addition to his parents Mr. Harbour was preceded in death by a brother, Henderson Harbour. He had retired from Narroflex after...
Ethel Cook Flippin
Mar 31, 2012
Mrs. Ethel Cook Flippin, 102, of Pulaski, VA, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, devoted teacher, and faithful friend, died Saturday, March 31, 2012, at the Kroontje Center, Warm Hearth Village, in Blacksburg, VA. Mrs. Flippin was born June 22, 1909, in Surry County, NC, the daughter of Caleb Franklin and Ida Elizabeth Haymore Cook. She was preceded in death by...
Mrs. Esther Alexander Brown Lovill
Mar 30, 2012
Mrs. Esther Alexander Brown Lovill, 95 of Mt. Airy, widow of Robert Jones Lovill, Jr. passed away at Northern Hospital of Surry County on Friday, March 30, 2012. Mrs. Lovill was born in Concord, NC on August 19, 1916 to the late James Leon and Mary Zula Patterson Brown. She was a home maker and a member of Central United...
Mrs. Katherine West Eggers
Mar 30, 2012
Mrs. Katherine West Eggers, age 85 of Mt. Airy, passed away Friday, March 30, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Eggers was born in Forsyth County on May 22, 1926 to Edward Franklin and Ila Katherine Grubbs West. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by her family and friends. Mrs. Eggers loved...


