Donald Dee Smith
Sep 19, 2010
Mr. Donald Dee Smith, 75, of Ararat, VA, passed away Sunday, September 19, 2010, at his home. Mr. Smith was born October 4, 1934, in Carroll County, VA, son of the late Carl and Flora Elizabeth Boyd Smith. He retired from Bassett Furniture and was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Surviving are his loving wife of 45 years,...
Delmer William Mills
Sep 19, 2010
Mr. Delmer William Mills, 76, of 382 Little Mountain Church Road, Ararat, passed away Sunday morning, September 19, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mr. Mills was born March 14, 1934, in Surry County, son of the late Lonnie Theodore and Annie Atkins Mills. Delmer retired from Proctor-Silex Inc. after 28 years of service. He...
Hazel Alma Stanley Dunkley
Sep 18, 2010
Mrs. Hazel Alma Stanley Dunkley, 80, of Stuart, VA, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born July 7, 1930, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Ernest Allen and Lucy Alma Stanley. She retired from CMI of Stuart and was a member of Asbury Presbyterian Church. Surviving are...
Verona Holder Branscome
Sep 16, 2010
Mrs. Verona Holder Branscome, 75, of Wilmington, formerly of Mount Airy, passed away Thursday, September 16, 2010, at Britthaven of North Chase. Mrs. Branscome was born April 14, 1935, in Surry County, to the late Everett Franklin and Synester "Sina" Flippin Holder. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Branscome is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Timothy and Frankie...
Miss Anna Bell Wood
Sep 15, 2010
Miss Anna Bell Wood, age 91 of Meadows of Dan passed away Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at Laurel Meadows Nursing Center in Laurel Fork. She was born in Patrick County on October 22, 1918 to the late Samuel Nelson Wood and Florence Alice Brammer Wood. In addition to her parents, Miss Wood was preceded in death by one sister, Mildred...
Vickie Lynn Coe
Sep 14, 2010
Ms. Vickie Lynn Coe, 54, of Mount Airy, passed away Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at her home. Ms. Coe was born June 23, 1956, in Forsyth County, to the late Edgar William Hicks and Lila Louise Marion. She was of the Baptist faith. Ms. Coe is survived by a daughter, Candy Dawn Laws of Mount Airy; a son, Christopher Wade...
Iris Pauline Easter Hawks
Sep 14, 2010
Mrs. Iris Pauline Easter Hawks, 86, of Cana, VA, passed away Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Hawks was born April 27, 1924, in Carroll County, VA, to the late Emanuel and Hattie Smith Easter. She was a homemaker and a loving mother and grandmother. Mrs. Hawks is survived by a...
Shirley Stanley Shinault
Sep 13, 2010
Mrs. Shirley Louise Stanley Shinault, 62, of Dobson, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, September 13, 2010, at her home. She was born February 21, 1948, in Surry County, to the late Roby Durham and Nellie McCree Stanley. Mrs. Shinault was employed by Surry County Schools, where she worked in the cafeteria at Copeland Elementary School for eleven years. A loving...
Freida Elaine Caudle Jessup Robertson
Sep 13, 2010
Mrs. Freida Elaine Caudle Jessup Robertson, 46, of 132 Biscayne Lane, Mount Airy, passed away Monday morning, September 13, 2010, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. Mrs. Robertson was born September 9, 1964, in Surry County, daughter of the late Lester Jack "Chigger" and Rosa Jane Ayers Caudle. She worked at Smart Top Hosiery Mill for...
Somsanith Sisoukrath
Sep 12, 2010
Mr. Somsanith Sisoukrath, 57, of 143 West Lebanon Street, Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, September 12, 2010, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born December 8, 1952, in a small village in Laos to the late Tiem and Nou Sisoukrath. He was one of the three hearts that ran The Thialand Café Restaurant, bringing culture...
Clifton “Burnard†Willis
Sep 12, 2010
Clifton "Burnard" Willis, 78, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, September 12, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Willis was born May 24, 1932, to the late Lawrence "Bud" and Zella Willis of Mount Airy. Before retirement, Mr. Willis and his wife operated The Allison Tree in Dobson many years. He is survived by his wife, Marie Johnson...
Ida Mae Goins Bryant
Sep 12, 2010
Mrs. Ida Mae Goins Bryant, 78, of High Point, passed away Sunday, September 12, 2010, at her home. Mrs. Bryant was born March 17, 1932, in Surry County, to the late Elmer and Betty Rosetta Amburn Goins. "She lived most of her life in the city of High Point, but returned to her eternal view of her beloved mountains." She...
J. Grady Wilson
Sep 12, 2010
Mr. J. Grady Wilson, 80, of Mount Airy, passed away Sunday, September 12, 2010, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born April 18, 1930, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Jessie Frank and Early Frances Bouldin Wilson. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served in the Korean Conflict. He retired from Champion...
Mr. Calvin Edgar Belcher
Sep 11, 2010
Mr. Calvin Edgar Belcher, age 78 of Woolwine Hwy., Stuart passed away Saturday at Pioneer Community Hospital. He was born in Patrick County on July 27, 1932 to the late Lester Belcher and Adlena Harris Belcher. Surviving are his wife of 39 years, Dorothy Walker Belcher of the home; two step sons, Charles Hylton and wife Ellen of Stuart, Ray...
Darwin E Brightbill, Jr
Sep 11, 2010
Mr. Darwin E Brightbill, Jr., 63, of Mount Airy, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, September 11, 2010. Mr. Brightbill was born June 9, 1947, in Wayne County, MI, to the late Darwin E Brightbill, Sr. and Mary Cullom Brightbill. He served in the United States Navy and retired from Lucent Technologies. He was currently employed at Mountain Valley Hospice and...
Frances Jane Smith Gwyn
Sep 11, 2010
Mrs. Frances Jane Smith Gwyn, 64, of Pine Terrace Apartments, Mount Airy, passed away Saturday, September 11, 2010, at her home. Mrs. Gwyn was born August 22, 1946, in Surry County, to the late Eugene and Etta Frances Niten Smith. She was a homemaker and employed in the hosiery industry for many years. Mrs. Gwyn was a member of The...
Alan Gray Wright
Sep 11, 2010
Mr. Alan Gray Wright, 33, of Mount Airy, left on his heavenly flight to be with his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, September 11, 2010. Mr. Wright was born December 21, 1976, in Forsyth County, to Gray Wright and Susie Hayes Wright. Mr. Wright graduated with honors in 1995 from North Surry High School and was member of...
Jimmy Dale Ables
Sep 10, 2010
Mr. Jimmy Dale Ables, 62, of Mount Airy, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, September 10, 2010, from Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Mr. Ables was born July 6, 1948, in Surry County, to the late John Emory and Mammie Sue Bowman Ables. He retired from Insteel Wire. He is survived by his wife, Ethel Mae Coleman...
Odessa Riggan Skipper
Sep 10, 2010
Mrs. Odessa Riggan Skipper, of Dobson, passed away Friday, September 10, 2010, in the comfort of her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Skipper was born May 5, 1919, in Surry County, to the late Jackson and Ethel Hodge Riggan. She was a homemaker and a member of Rocky Ford Baptist Church. She leaves to cherish her memory her...
Zetta Magdalene Snow Haynes
Sep 10, 2010
Zetta Magdalene Snow Haynes passed away Friday, September 10, 2010, after several years of declining health. Born in 1917, in Boonville, to Byrd Winfield and Ida Holder Snow, she graduated from Boonville High School and Business College of Winston-Salem. In 1937, Mrs. Haynes married Clarence Leo Haynes (deceased 1987). They lived most of their lives on Cody Trail near Dobson....