Opal Forrest Pike
Feb 15, 2010
Opal Forrest Pike passed away Monday, February 15, 2010, at her home in Mount Airy. Mrs. Pike was born October 18, 1914, in Oxford. She was the daughter of William Emmett Forrest, Sr. and Margaret Haynes Forrest. Mrs. Pike was the wife of the late Floyd S. Pike. Together, they founded Floyd S. Pike Electrical Contractors, Inc. Mrs. Pike's survivors...
June Louise Rummel Anderson
Feb 14, 2010
Mrs. June Louise Rummel Anderson, 87, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2010, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Anderson was a resident of Golden Living Center. She was born June 27, 1922, in Lima, OH, to William C. and Clara Wright Rummel. Mrs. Anderson was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Surviving are her devoted husband,...
Nonnie Vera Hudson Monday
Feb 13, 2010
Mrs. Nonnie Vera Hudson Monday, 91, of Cana, VA, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2010, at her home, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Monday was born January 19, 1919, in Surry County, to the late Ed Jacob and Nora Jane Creed Hudson. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She was a homemaker, enjoyed quilting and gardening, and...
Edgar "Hassell" Handy
Feb 13, 2010
Mr. Edgar Hassell Handy, age 77 of Patrick Springs and formerly of the Dobyns Community passed away Saturday at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. He was born on July 27, 1932 in Patrick County to the late William Alonza Handy and Crystal Rorrer Handy. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by a brother,...
Mrs. Eula A. Marshall
Feb 13, 2010
Mrs. Eula A. Marshall age 93 of Laurel Fork, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2010 at Laurel Meadows Nursing Home. She was born in Patrick County on September 23, 1916 to the late Ernest Allen Stanley and Lucy Alma Stanley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Martin E. Marshall and three brothers, Wilton,...
Jo-Ann Lawson Coke
Feb 13, 2010
Ms. Jo-Ann Lawson Coke, 68, of King, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Ms. Coke was born May 9, 1941, in Surry County, to the late Wendell and Josie Gwyn Lawson. She was a member of Little Mountain Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law Judy and Darryl Kennedy of Bigelow, AR; two...
Mrs. Violet Paunee Newman Rorrer
Feb 11, 2010
Mrs. Violet Paunee Newman Rorrer, age 76 of Stuart, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2010 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Roanoke on March 15, 1933 to the late Eugene H. and Violet Clifton Newman. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Rorrer was preceded in death by one sister, Moncella Gray. She was a member of Fairystone Baptist...
Billy Jay Willard
Feb 10, 2010
Mr. Billy Jay Willard, 79, of Mount Airy, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2010, at his home. Mr. Willard was born October 14, 1930, in Surry County, to the late General Meigs and Cora Westmoreland Willard. He is survived by a son, David Willard and his girlfriend, Joan Gregg, of Mount Airy; three sisters and a brother-in-law, Juanita Bowman, Maude...
James Philip Stutt
Feb 10, 2010
James Philip Stutt, 92, of Ararat, VA, departed this life February 10, 2010. Born October 4, 1917, to a coal-mining family, he enlisted in the United States Army and served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After the war, he became a real estate broker in Pittsburgh; his ethical standards and generosity to his employees were notable. Jim...
Ruth Emaline Ayers Guynn
Feb 9, 2010
Mrs. Ruth Emaline Ayers Guynn, 72, of 38 Windmill Loop, Cana, VA, passed away Tuesday morning, February 9, 2010, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Guynn was born November 29, 1937, in Carroll County, VA, the second of twelve children born to the late Harless Beamer and Lucy Mae Ayers Ayers. She was a homemaker and a member of...
Mary Elizabeth Galyean Golding
Feb 9, 2010
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Galyean Golding, 71, of 1519 Pipers Gap Road, Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday morning, February 9, 2010, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mrs. Golding was born January 19, 1939, in Surry County, daughter of the late Tommy and Belle Edwards Galyean. She retired from Bassett Furniture Inc. and was a member of Westview Baptist Church. She...
Mr. Donnie Dexter Ore
Feb 8, 2010
Mr. Donnie Dexter Ore, age 65 of Spencer, passed away Monday, February 8, 2010 at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. He was born in Patrick County on April 22, 1944 to the late James Marshall and Pearlie Austin Ore. In addition to his parents, Mr. Ore was...
Rev. Ernest Yancy Nichols
Feb 7, 2010
The Rev. Ernest Yancy Nichols, 79, of 187 Haystack Road, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2010, at his home. He was born October 9, 1930, in Surry County, to the late Wes and Martha Brintle Nichols. He was a well-known farmer and taught school for 28 years at Copeland School and Beulah School. The Rev. Nichols was a...
Billy Green Wall
Feb 7, 2010
Mr. Billy Green Wall, 75, of Siloam, passed Sunday, February 7, 2010, at Northern Hospital of Surry County, with his loving family by his bedside. He was born in Surry County, May 6, 1934, to the late Ellis Green and Metta Doss Wall. Mr. Wall was a retired farmer and a member of Glory Light Baptist Church. He leaves to...
Mr. Edward John Diesel
Feb 7, 2010
Mr. Edward John Diesel, age 95 of Stuart, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2010 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, and retired from Ingersoll Rand Corporation as a financial controller. He is survived locally by his wife, Maye H. Wherry Diesel, and a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Adah Diesel, all...
Mrs. Frances Jane Joyce
Feb 7, 2010
Mrs. Frances Jane Joyce, age 91 of Lawsonville, North Carolina, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2010 at the Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart. She was born in Patrick County on April 4, 1918 to the late Palmer Joyce and Sara Jane Hylton Joyce. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Joyce was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert...
Paul Allen Sykes
Feb 6, 2010
Mr. Paul Allen "Pete" Sykes, 68, of Dobson, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 6, 2010, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Sykes was born June 15, 1941, in Surry County, to the late Elder Coy Leonard Sykes and Essie Faye Snow Sykes. He was a retired heavy equipment operator and a loving husband, father, and grandfather....
Jack Wallace
Feb 6, 2010
Mr. Jack "Doc" Wallace age 59 of 534 Butler St. Pilot Mountain went to be with the Lord Saturday February 6, 2010 at the Northern Hospital of Surry County with his loving granddaughter by his side. Mr. Wallace was born on March 15, 1950 in Painsville, Ohio to Evelyn Wallace of Chesterland, Ohio and the late Fred Maroff Wallace. He...
Mr. Clayton Ray Collins
Feb 5, 2010
Mr. Clayton Ray Collins, 56, of Stuart passed away Friday morning at Pioneer Hospital in Stuart. He was born in Patrick County November 17, 1953 to the late Moir and Gracie Lawson Collins and worked for A. C Furniture in Eden N.C. He was also preceded in death by a brother; Clarence Collins and his stepmother, Endie Collins. Mr. Collins...
Regina Crouse McMillian
Feb 5, 2010
Ms. Regina Crouse McMillian, 47, passed away February 5, 2010, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born August 19, 1962, in Surry County, to the late Audie and Vernell Woodle Crouse. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are a daughter, Ashley McMillian of Dobson; her fiance, Roger Harrell of Mount...