Mary Ruth Coleman Burton
Mar 25, 2011
Mrs. Mary Ruth Coleman Burton, 86, of Mount Airy, passed away Friday evening, March 25, 2011, at her home. Mrs. Burton was born January 6, 1925, daughter of the late Jack and Ollie Coleman. She retired from Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Burton was a lifelong and devoted member of Grace Moravian Church, where she served as circle leader...
Carrie Durham Bowman
Mar 24, 2011
Ms. Carrie Durham Bowman, 87, of 790 Quaker Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday morning, March 24, 2011, at her home. Ms. Bowman was born November 6, 1923, in Surry County, daughter of the late Jesse and Selena Hiatt Durham. Carrie retired from Renfro Corporation after 39 years of service and was a member of Shelton Church of the Brethren....
Lelia Lois Cooke Ayers
Mar 24, 2011
Mrs. Lelia Lois Cooke Ayers, 86, of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Ayers was born May 13, 1924, in Stokes County, to the late Martin and Virginia Tilley Cooke. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother and will be dearly missed by all her family and friends. Surviving are a...
Joanna Bates Hutchens
Mar 24, 2011
Ms. Joanna Bates Hutchens, 80, of Stony Knoll Road, Dobson, passed away Thursday morning, March 24, 2011, in Cabarrus County. She was born March 7, 1931, in Surry County, to the late Johnny William and Ethel Adaline Coe Bates. She retired from Tultex in Dobson and was a member of Stony Knoll United Methodist Church. Surviving are her son, Jeffery...
Mr. Orbin Swanson Smith
Mar 24, 2011
Mr. Orbin Swanson "Big O" Smith, age 65 of Martinsville, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. He was born in Henry County on July 26, 1945. Mr. Smith was preceded in death by his wife, Eloise Hughes Smith; one son, Orbin S. "Binky" Smith; his father, Edward Smith; and one sister, Ethel...
William Taylor Mitchell
Mar 24, 2011
Mr. William Taylor Mitchell, 90, of Claudville, VA, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart, VA. Mr. Mitchell was born April 11, 1920, in Patrick County, VA, to the late John Taylor and Lillie Smith Mitchell. He served our country in the South Pacific Theater during World War II in the United States Navy....
Marvin Andrew Kotila
Mar 24, 2011
Mr. Marvin Andrew Kotila, 83, of Arlington, VA, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. Mr. Kotila was born July 20, 1927, in Aberdeen, SD, the only child born to the late Oscar and Lempi Nixon Kotila. Marvin retired from the United States Navy and the Naval Intelligence Service. He is survived by a...
Nina Mae Bryant Sawyers
Mar 24, 2011
Mrs. Nina Mae Bryant Sawyers, 96, of Ararat, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011, at her home. Mrs. Sawyers was born June 24, 1914, in Surry County, to Elisha Phillip and Jennie Ann Cummings Bryant. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, who will be dearly missed by all her dear loved ones. Surviving are two daughters, Gloris...
Mrs. Patricia Howell Bowman
Mar 24, 2011
Mrs. Patricia Howell Bowman, age 53 of Danville passed away Thursday at her home. She was born on April 26, 1957 in Patrick County to the late Coy D. Howell and June Light Sigmon of Danville. In addition to her father she was also preceded in death by a daughter, Lisa Ann Burnette; one sister, Barbara Gail Hall; and one...
Ethel Mae Crouse Childress
Mar 24, 2011
Mrs. Ethel Mae Crouse Childress, 88, of Dobson, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born April 5, 1922, in Surry County, to the late Jim and Mandy Crouse Crouse. She was a homemaker and a member of Ladonia Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Joe Bill Arrington
Mar 23, 2011
Mr. Joe Bill Arrington, 80, of 156 Oak Avenue, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Wake Forest University Baptist Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Arrington was born April 7, 1930, in Surry County, the son of the late Jobe Edward and Ida Gordon Arrington. After his retirement from Lynne Hosiery, he owned Oak Street Café. Surviving are his...
Bobby Ray O'Neal
Mar 23, 2011
Mr. Bobby Ray O'Neal, 76, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. O'Neal was born February 27, 1935, in Surry County, to the late Oscar and Alice Gillespie O'Neal. He was a retired roofing contractor and a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Ararat. Mr. O'Neal is survived by a daughter...
Herbert Dale Coble
Mar 22, 2011
Mr. Herbert "Herby" Dale Coble, 57, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Coble was born February 16, 1954, in Surry County, to the late Roland DeWitt and Georgia Childress Coble. He was the owner of Coble Electronics and Automation in Mount Airy. Mr. Coble is survived by two sisters and...
Mr. James Lonnie Hodges, Jr
Mar 22, 2011
Mr. James Lonnie Hodges, Jr., age 46 of Patrick Springs, passed away Monday, March 21, 2011 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. He was born in Surry County, North Carolina on March 2, 1965 to the late James L. Hodges, Sr. and Mary Louise Mull Hodges. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hodges was preceded in death by...
Sara Davis Phillips
Mar 22, 2011
Mrs. Sara Davis Phillips, 98, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Central Continuing Care. Mrs. Phillips was born November 1, 1912, in Cabarrus County, to the late Joseph Vernon and Minnie Williams Davis. Mrs. Phillips earned her degree from Guilford College, where she was elected May Queen by the entire student body in her senior year....
Mr. Wesley Edwin Terry
Mar 21, 2011
Mr. Wesley Edwin Terry, 78, of Meadows of Dan and formerly of Christiansburg, passed away Monday, March 21, 2011. He was born in Carroll County on May 29, 1932 to the late Samuel Edwin Terry and Dorothy Jessup Terry. In addition to his parents, Wesley was preceded in death by two brothers Marvin Terry and Reuben Terry and two brothers-in-law,...
Maydee Scott Cromer
Mar 21, 2011
Mrs. Maydee Scott Cromer, 83, of 204 Garden Terrace, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, March 21, 2011, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Cromer was born July 13, 1927, in Surry County, to the late Walter and Sadie Jane Pack Scott. She retired from Spencer's Inc. and was a member of Midway Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters and...
Mr. Otis Franklin Stowe
Mar 21, 2011
Mr. Otis Franklin Stowe, age 90 of Stuart, passed away Monday, March 21,2011 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. He was born in Patrick County on June 17, 1920 to the late James Robert and Martha Biggs Stowe. In addition to his parents, Mr. Stowe was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Louise Layman Stowe; one son,...
Jettie Mae Vernon Riggs
Mar 20, 2011
Mrs. Jettie Mae Vernon Riggs, 90, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Riggs was born February 20, 1921, in Surry County, to the late Monty and Betty Younger Vernon. She retired from Northern Hospital of Surry County and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She...
Mrs. Margaret Ann Moxley Scruggs
Mar 20, 2011
Mrs. Margaret Ann Moxley Scruggs, age 85 of Stuart, and formerly of Newport News, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011 at the Landmark Center in Stuart. She was born in Welch, West Virginia on January 13, 1926 to the late R. K. and Virginia Gibson Moxley. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Scruggs was preceded in death by her husband,...