Obituaries

Lennie Mae Brown

Lennie Mae Brown

Jun 21, 2011

Ms. Lennie Mae Brown, 65, of Dobson passed away peacefully on Tuesday June 21, 21011 at Village Care of King surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Surry County on February 2, 1946 to the late William Franklin and Ruth Norman Brown. She leaves to cherish her memory her devoted sisters, Ellen Shelton of Pilot Mountain and Mary...

Charles Willey Cruise

Charles Willey Cruise

Jun 21, 2011

Mr. Charles Wiley Cruise age 69 of Conover, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory. Mr. Cruise was born in Surry County on November 28, 1941 to the late James Lloyd Cruise and Clara Elizabeth Gates Cruise Younger. He was retired from Duke Power and was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Conover....

Mr. David Eugene Mitchell, Sr

Mr. David Eugene Mitchell, Sr

Jun 21, 2011

Mr. David Eugene Mitchell, Sr. Age 55 of 2246 Pedigo Ridge Rd. Claudville, VA., passed away Tuesday June 21, 2011 at his home. Mr. Mitchell was born July 23, 1955 in LaGrange, GA. to Anna Jean Sawyers Mitchell and the late Alton Eugene Mitchell, he was an electrician and was a member of Fancy Gap Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving are...

Ethel Virginia Lawrence Fleming

Ethel Virginia Lawrence Fleming

Jun 20, 2011

Mrs. Ethel Virginia Lawrence Fleming age 96 of Mt. Airy, NC widow of Rev. Fred G. Fleming passed away Monday, June 20, 2011 at Central Continuing Care. She was born April 20, 1915 in Surry County, NC to the late Willis Fulton and Sarah Etta Smith Lawrence. She was a retired school teacher having taught at both Francisco Elementary and...

Mrs. Clara Dell McCann Huffman

Mrs. Clara Dell McCann Huffman

Jun 20, 2011

Mrs. Clara Dell McCann Huffman, age 77, of Ararat, NC, gracious wife of 53 years, nurturing mother, grandmother, great grandmother and proud leader of her family was carried away to the Lord by angels after a long and courageous battle on June 20, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. Clara Dell McCann Huffman was born in Wilkes County...

Mr. John Ebin Edwards

Mr. John Ebin Edwards

Jun 20, 2011

Mr. John Ebin Edwards, age 86, of Dobson, NC passed away on Monday June 20, 2011 at the Central Continuing Care Nursing Home in Mt. Airy, NC. He was born in Surry County on March 15, 1925 to the late Ebin and Alice Wood Edwards. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Grace Rhudy...

Mrs. Maggie Callahan Slate

Mrs. Maggie Callahan Slate

Jun 20, 2011

Mrs. Maggie Elizabeth Callahan Slate, age 93 of Mt. Airy, moved to the immediate presence of God on Monday, June 20, 2011. Mrs. Slate was born in Surry County, August 20, 1917 to Thomas Jefferson and Stella Lee Williams Callahan. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all her devoted family. Mrs....

Mrs. Julia Fulla Haynes Dawson

Mrs. Julia Fulla Haynes Dawson

Jun 19, 2011

Mrs. Julia Fulla Haynes Dawson age 93 Ararat, VA widow of Mr. Walter Dawson passed away Sunday evening at her home. She was born March 11, 1918 in Carroll County to the late John and Reath McMillian Haynes. She retired from Pine State Knitwear, was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith. She is survived by her loving daughter, Carol...

Ethel Magalene Tobler

Ethel Magalene Tobler

Jun 19, 2011

Miss Ethel Magalene Tobler, 80, of 292 Catalina Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday evening, June 19, 2011, at Twelve Oaks Rest Home. Miss Tobler was born November 14, 1930, in Surry County, daughter of the late Vertis Hoston and Eva Elizabeth Smith Tobler. Ethel retired from Brown-Wooten Hosiery Inc. and was a member of the Primitive Baptist faith. She...

Mrs. Mary Pauline Pilson King

Mrs. Mary Pauline Pilson King

Jun 19, 2011

Mrs. Mary Pauline Pilson King, age 86 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2011 at her home. She was born in Patrick County on July 25, 1924 to the late Riley Pilson and Hattie Ruth Goode Pilson. In addition to her parents, Mrs. King was preceded in death by her husband, Richard King, Sr.; one son, Ray Allen King;...

Mr. Wayne Moore

Mr. Wayne Moore

Jun 19, 2011

Mr. Wayne Moore age 76 of 490 Flippen Road, Lowgap, NC widower of Mrs. Mary Lou Hawks Moore passed away Sunday, June 19, 2011 at the Bill Heffner Veterans Administration Hospital in Salisbury, NC. He was born April 11, 1935 in Surry County to the late Arthur Odell and Docia Brown Moore. He was a veteran of the US Army...

Mrs. Eleanor Jane Dunbar

Mrs. Eleanor Jane Dunbar

Jun 18, 2011

Mrs. Eleanor Jane Dunbar, age 77 of Mt. Airy passed away at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Dunbar was born on October 24, 1933 in Surry County to the late Wade and Geneva Neal Laughridge. She retired from Pine State and was a member of Haymore Baptist Church. Mrs. Dunbar is survived by a daughter...

Pauline Miller McDonald

Pauline Miller McDonald

Jun 18, 2011

Mrs. Pauline Miller McDonald, 94, of Gastonia, passed away Saturday morning, June 18, 2011, at Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia. Mrs. McDonald was born April 25, 1917, in Macon County, the third child born to the Rev. Hughey Osborne and Theodosia Jane Peek Miller. Pauline earned her bachelor's degree from High Point College, a master's degree from the Peabody Institute...

Mrs. LaRue Welch Stanley

Mrs. LaRue Welch Stanley

Jun 18, 2011

Mrs. LaRue Welch Stanley, age 74 of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Stanley was born on April 13, 1937 in Surry County to the late George Harshel and Jessie Belton Welch. She worked at Quality Mills and later assisted her husband at Surry Hosiery before retirement. She was a devoted member of...

Mildred Stevens Hall

Mildred Stevens Hall

Jun 16, 2011

Mrs. Mildred Stevens "Teasy" Hall, 81, a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, mother-in-law, sister, and friend to all, of 617 McBride Road, Mount Airy, passed away Thursday morning, June 16, 2011, at Central Continuing Care. She was born June 30, 1929, in Surry County, to the late William Raymond and Susan Etta Hiatt Stevens. She was known for her quick wit...

Ms. Virginia Mae Bowman Ayers

Ms. Virginia Mae Bowman Ayers

Jun 16, 2011

Ms. Virginia Mae "Teeny" Bowman Ayers, age 72 of Mt. Airy, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2011 at Northern Hospital. Ms. Ayers was born in Surry County, April 5, 1939 to Wiley Lee and Mary Elizabeth Norman Bowman. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by her devoted family and friends. Surviving is...

Woodrow Jackson

Woodrow Jackson

Jun 15, 2011

Mr. Woodrow Jackson, 74, of 137 Booker Street, Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday evening, June 15, 2011, at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV. Mr. Jackson was born June 22, 1936, in Surry County, son of the Rev. Joseph T. and Maggie Williams Jackson. Woodrow retired as a printer at The King Times-News. He is survived by his wife of...

Era Ferris Alberty Snow

Era Ferris Alberty Snow

Jun 14, 2011

Mrs. Era Ferris Alberty Snow, 94, of Dobson, went home to be with her Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ, on June 14, 2011. She was born to Nathan Everette Alberty and Nanny Lou Layne Alberty on August 14, 1916, in the Fairview community south of Dobson. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, John Allen Snow; a sister,...

Elizabeth Louise Lundy Ramey

Elizabeth Louise Lundy Ramey

Jun 14, 2011

Mrs. Elizabeth Louise Lundy Ramey, 82, of Kernersville, formerly of Lowgap, passed away Tuesday night, June 14, 2011, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. She was born June 29, 1928, in Surry County, daughter of the late James Garlie and Mattie Bartley Lundy. Mrs. Ramey worked in factories during World War II to assist the needs of the...

Richard Gilbert Gillespie

Richard Gilbert Gillespie

Jun 14, 2011

Mr. Richard Gilbert Gillespie, 86, of Flint, MI, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at McLaren Regional Medical Center. The funeral service will be held Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 3:00 PM in the chapel of Moody-Davis Funeral Home in Dobson, NC, with the Rev. Jimmy Tucker, the Rev. Spencer Edmonds, and the Rev. Avery Branch officiating. Burial will follow in...